Gainor ferch John (1629 - abt. 1678)

Born 13 Sep 1629 in Fron Goch, Merionethshire, Wales

Wife of Owen ap Evan — married 1643 in Pentoc, Merionethshire, Wales

Descendants

Died about 14 Dec 1678 at about age 49 in Llanfor, Merionethshire, Wales

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Gainor ferch John

aka: Gainor John; Joan Gainor

Note: See note from original GEDCOM which gives different parents. The father of the Gainor who married Owen ab Even was John Lloyd.

Biography

Gainor was a Friend (Quaker)

Probably born in Frongoch, Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), Wales

Merion in the Welsh Tract has Gainor "living 6 March 1678-9"; I believe her youngest daughter was born about 1685. According to Thomas Glenn: She is supposed to have been the daughter of John Lloyd, Esquire, of Gwern y Brychdwn, in the township of Nant y Friar, and if so, was baptized in Lladderfel church 13 September 1629.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Gainor married Owen ab Evan who was the third son of Evan Robert Lewis and together they had five children:

1) Robert ab Owen, born about 1657, married Rebecca Owen

2) Owen ab Owen

3) Evan ab Owen, who remained in Wales and did not immigrate with his siblings

4) Jane ferch Owen, who married Hugh Roberts

5) Ellin ferch Owen, married Cadwalader Thomas ap Hugh

Gainor signed the marriage certificate of her son, Robert Owen, 6th of first month (March 6), 1678. She appears to have died December 14th of the same year and was buried at Llanfor church on the 16th. ^[2]

Research Notes

Mother’s death, Ferch John -6 1678, is before birth of child, Ferch Owen-1 1685, and needs further research.

Information from original GEDCOM

Gainor verch John, b. 1630, Merionethshire, Wales; Died 14 Dec 1678 Llanfor Parish, Merionethshire, Wales. Father John Ap Evan, b. Abt 1616, Penmaen, Merionethshire, Wales; d. 24 Apr 1697, Penmaen, Merionethshire, Wales. Mother Margaret John ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ citing the Llandderfel Register
2. ↑ Merion in the Welsh Tract, page 122
3. ↑ Rea-Williams family tree online

• »Glenn, Thomas Allen. Merion in the Welsh Tract with sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the provinces of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682. Herald Press, Norristown PA (1896). Internet Archive, OCLC #4942807
• Ancestral File #: 1163-DLW

See also:

• Gwynedd Friends Meeting History. Descendants of Ievan known as Evan Robert Lewis, The Evans family of Gwynedd, Pennsylvania (accessed July 17, 2016)

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