W.T., Albert, Ham, Chris, Ed, Lulu, Bob Our Ancestry We have a long and illustrious ancestry Marcus Bierden John Mary Ann (Polly) Moreland reaching all the way back to ancient times. bd. 3 Jan 1839, E. Tennessee bd. 11 Apr 1840 dd. 29 Mar 1909, Missouri dd. 21 Oct 1902 m. 28 Oct 1858 Marcus Bierden John fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side and served two years in a Union military prison. While there, he is said to have promised to build a church William A. John Rebekah M Detherage if he got home safely. In 1904, he deeded land for the church and cemetery, bd. 10 Aug 1806, Tennessee bd. 22 Jan 1819, Tennessee near where he and his sons had built the village of Broadway, including its dd. 21 Sep 1840, Tennessee dd. 19 Apr 1863, Missouri general store and post office. m. 21 Mar 1838

Ezekiel John Lydia bd. 1768, North Carolina bd. ca 1778, North Carolina dd. ca 1835 dd. m.

Zephaniah John bd. ca 1750 During the Revolutionary War dd. ca 1832 and time leading up to it, Zephaniah John was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. By 1781 the majority of the Johns in this area sided with the Patriots (against the British Loyalists). There was much fighting in the area David John of his home, but we don't know if Zephaniah actually fought. Records do bd. ca 1720 show that Zephaniah sold beef, sheep, and other livestock to the Patriot army. dd. 1764

Griffith John bd. dd. 1749

John Griffith bd. dd.

Griffith John bd. ca 1635, dd.

Griffith (ap) John was born in Wales John ap Evan and came to Delaware in 1683 in a wave bd. ca 1616 of "non-conformist" (Baptist and Quaker) dd. 1697, Wales Welsh immigrants

Evan ap Robert bd. ca 1585 dd. 1668

Robert ap Lewis bd. 1555 dd. 1635 Many Welsh have extra names that tell something more about them:

Lewis ap Gruffydd "Goch" means "red" (probably his hair) bd. 1525 dd. 1600 "Ddu" means "black" (again, probably his hair)

"Gloff" means "lame" Gruffydd ap Hywel Goch bd. ca 1488 dd. "Fychan" means "younger"

"Mawr" means "great" Hywel Goch ap Einion bd. ca 1456 "Frych" means "freckled" dd. 1543 "Hen" means "old"

Einion ap Deicws Ddu "Llydanwyn" means "stout & handsome" bd. ca 1415 dd. "Gul" means "lean"

"Lledlwm" means "ragged" Deicws Ddu ap Madog Goch bd. ca 1375 dd.

Madog Goch ap Ieuan Goch bd. ca 1340 dd.

Ieuan Goch ap Dafydd Goch bd. ca 1310 dd. 1352

Dafydd Goch ap Trahaearn Goch bd. ca 1275, Penllech dd. ca 1324

Trahaearn Goch ap Madog bd. ca 1250 dd. aft 1273, Tower of London

Madog ap Rhys Gloff bd. ca 1225 dd. ca 1292

Rhys Gloff ap Rhys Fychan Lord of Cymytmaen bd. ca 1167 dd.

Rhys Fychan ap Gruffydd bd. ca 1127 dd. ? 1197

Gruffydd ap Rhys bd. ca 1081, Dinefwr Castle dd. 1136

Rhys ap Tewdwr bd. ca 0997 dd. 1093

Yr Arglwydd Rhys - The Lord Rhys Tewdwr Mawr ap Cadell Dinefwr Castle, Kingdom of , Wales Last ruler of Deheubarth after his father, bd. ca 0977 Gruffydd ap Rhys was born at Dinefwr Gruffydd ap Rhys. He was brother to dd. Rhys Fychan ap Gryffydd.

Cadell ap Einion bd. ca 0953 dd.

Einion ap Owain bd. ca 0933 Hywel Dda dd. 0984 Known as the Lawgiver of Wales In 920 a.d. created the Kingdom of Deheubarth in southern Wales Owain ap Hywel Dda by combining Dyfed and bd. ca 0913 Seisyllwg and became the dd. 0987 first King of the new kingdom.

Hywel Dda ap Cadell King of Deheubarth bd. ca 0887 dd. 0950

Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr bd. ca 0861 dd. 0910

Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych Rhodri Mawr bd. ca 0789 Was the first Welsh ruler in history to unite dd. 0878 most of Wales under his leadership. He ruled before the coming of the Normans. Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad King of Gwynedd bd. ca 0764 Merfyn Frych - King of Gwynedd dd. 0843, Battle of Cyfeiliog Inherited the primary kingdom in Wales from his mother and founded a new dynasty. "Frych" means "the freckled." Gwriad ap Elidyr Esyllt ferch Cynan bd. ca 0738 Heiress of Gwynedd dd. bd. m. dd. Early Medieval Wales including the Kingdoms of Gwynedd (in the north) Elidyr ap Sandde Powys (in the middle) and Dyfed (in the southwest). bd. ca 0715 The region of Seisyllwg is also shown in the south. dd.

Sandde ap Alcun bd. ca 0690 dd.

Alcun ap Tegid bd. ca 0660 dd.

Tegid ap Caid bd. ca 0630 dd.

Caid ap Dwywg bd. ca 0595 dd.

Dwywg ap Llywarch bd. ca 0560 dd.

Llywarch Hen lived to the age of 100 Llywarch Hen ap Elidyr and had 42 children! Dwywg was his sixth. King of South Rheged Llywarch was overthrown and fled into Powys, bd. 0534 in what is now Wales, and became a poet. dd. 0634

Elidyr Llydanwyn ap Merchion King of South Rheged bd. ca 0462 Meirchion Gul's sons dd. divided his kingdom again. Elidyr Llydanwyn became King of South Rheged Meirchion Gul ap Gwrast King of Rheged bd. ca 0438 dd. 0535

Gwrast Lledlwm ap Ceneu King of Rheged bd. ca 0422 St. Ceneu's sons dd. divided his kingdom of North Britain. Gwrast became King of the western portion, known as Rheged. St. Ceneu ap Coel King of North Britain bd. ca 0382 dd.

Coel Hen , High King of Northern Britain bd. ca 0350 The word "hen" means "old" - Coel lived to be 80 years old. dd. ca 0430 He was possibly the last "dux Brittanorium" (Brittanic war-leader) recognized by the Romans before they left Britain. He is also generally believed to be the "Old King Coel" of the nursery rhyme!