YALE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF WALES The British Kings and Princes. LIFE OF OWEN GLYNDWR. BIOGRArHIES OF GOVERNOR ELIHU YALE For Whotn Yale University was Nmned. LINUS YALE, Sr., and LINUS YALE, Jr. The Inventors of Yale Locks. MAURICE FITZ GERALD; The Great Leader in the Conquest of Ireland. ROGER de MONTGOMERY The Greatest of the Norman Lords. and OTHER NOTED PERSONS. BY RODNEY HORACE YALE. BEA TRICE, NEBRASKA, U. S. A. 1908. PRINTED AND BOUND UY MILBURN ,\t; Soo•.rT O0MPANY HlllATRI0Jil, NBHBASKA U. S, A. GE:NE:RAL. MANUFACTURERS WINO MIJ,..LS, IRON PUMPS PUMP .JACKS, WOOO TANKS WELL MPCHINES. HAY TOOLS CAST IRON PULLEYS LINCOL11NEBRASKA April 14th 1917 Seymour Merri s, 112 W Adams St., C hioago , Ill Dear Sir:- Responding to yourletter of April 9th I mailed you one of the leather bound books-or rather sent it by Adams Express. The price is $4.00 and you maysend me your check at your convenience. Yours rnly, Qr.r~ (RODNEY HORACE YALE,) ARMS AND CREST OF y ALI,. ( Coat of Arms.) (See pages 84~R(i relating to" A rtns and Crests.") JI O. YWlRODOH I ~· I I l\fAP OF ANCIENT W ALfsS. .iJ n i: s 1' 0:1, MAP OF MomrnN \VALES. CONTENTS. Pages Preface ____________________________________ .. _____________ .. _ _ ___ 3-5 Introduction ______________________________________________ .. _______ 7-9 Pedigree ____ . ___ .. ______________________ .. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ IO Wales _________________________________________ . ______________ J 1-14 History of Wales (The British Kings and Princes)__________ _ ________ . I 5.53 Owen Glyndwr (Glendower). ______________________________________ 53-71 Genealogy of the Ancient Y ales_ _ _____ . _________ . _ . ___________ . _ . 72-8 I Biography of Maurice Fitz Gerald._. _______________________________ 74_75 The Y ales of Plas-yn-Yale _______ . _______ . ________________________ 81-82 The House of de Montgomery _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________ . 82-84 Arms and Crests • __ . _______________ '. ________________ . _ .. ___ . ___ 84-86 The Yales of Plas Grono______ __ ... _______________________ 86-95 The Yales of America _________________________________________ 96-591 Biography of Governor Elihu Yale --------- -· _______ 101-122 Biography of Linus Yale, Sr., __ ____ 294-296 Biography of Linus Yale, Jr., _____________________________ . __ ____ 437-442 War Records . ___________ . _____ . - - .. _ - - - - - - - - . - .. ____________ 591-596 KEY. A pe1son is only given one number and it is used as the family heading of the person, as well as in numbering this pe,son as offsp,ing of the parents. This is the "Key" to the work. Fo, example Thomas Yale No. 44, page 126, was son of Thomas Yale No. 29, page 123. All family and children numbers are in numer­ ical order, so any number can be located at once. Reco,ds of persons 1eceived late or overlooked, have been numbe,ed with the letter "A"' preceding. ILLUSTRATIONS. The Author_ _________ . _ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ .. Frontispiece Coat of Arms ______ .. ________________ .. __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ I Map of Modern Wales_____________________________ II Map of Ancient Wales. __ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _____ . _ __ __ __ _ _ Ill Llangollen and Dinas Bran __ __ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ __ _ ____ . _ _ 16 Castle Din as Bran (Two Views) _ _ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ _ __ __ __ __ _ 3 2 Valle Crucis Abbey ___________________________________ 36 Pembroke Castle _____________________________________ 44 Carew Castle __________________ . __ _ _ _ __ _ __ __ __ __ _ __ 48 Glyndwr's Mount__________ _________ __ 52 Sycherth or Cynllaeth ___ . __ . __ _ __ __ __ _ __ _ __ __ 60 Nannau (Two Views)_______ 64 Harlecl1 Castle 68 Aberystwith Castle______ _______________ 76 Plas yn Yale________________ _ _________ 80 Views at Plas yn Yale__________ 84 Bryneglwys Church. _ _______ _________ 92 Madryn Castle and Wm. Corbet Yale ________________ 96 Yale Monument (Oswestry)_________________ _ _______ JOO E,ddig Hall______ ______ l08 Signature of Dr. David Yale __ .__ __ __ _ _ __ _ __________ I 08 Bishop George Lloyd's House ___________________________ 112 Gov. Elihu Yale . _ _ _ _ __ __ __ __ __ _ _ ____ 116 Gov. Elihu Yale's Letter ___________ 124 Gov. Elihu Yale's Japanese Screen. ______ . ________ 128 Plas Grono_ _ _ _ __ _ .. ______ 132 Parish Church at Wrexham. ___________________ ]40 Views at Parish Church of Wrexham. _ __ _ __ __ __ __ _ .. ___ 144 Gov Elihu Yale's Tomb (Two Views)_ ____________ 152 Photo of Thomas Yale's Letter _ _ __ _ _ ________________ 160 Views at Yale University (Three Pages)_ _______________ 168 Linus Yale Sr.__ _ _ _ . _ _ _________ .. __ 296 Old Yale Lock Factory ______________ . __________ . ____ 296 Linus Yale Jr._ _ __________________ -436 The Yale Locks and Keys ___ . ____ . _ __ _ _ __ __ __ __ __ ___ -438 The Yale Locks and Keys _ _ __ __ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ ____ 440 The Yale Lock Factory, 1866. ________________________ -440 Factory of Yale and Towne Mfg. Co._ _ _-442 Residence of J. Hobart Yale. __ _ _ ________ -444 PREFACE. --o-- In compiling this work I have endeavored to present only definite and positive facts, base,l upon competent and proven authorities. H was intended that mere fiction and tradition should have no part in the events recorded herein, and the reader may be assured that the matter presented is authentic and founded entirely upon reliable historical, bi­ ographical, genealogical and private records. I have kept well in mind the fact that the mere assumption, based upon tradition or like unreliable authority, of descent from or connec­ tion with noted historical characters, should have no place in a work of this class, and the ancient genealogy of the Yales as presented herein is bereft of all suppositional matter and is a bare record of facts as es­ tablished by anciently recorded pedigrees and reliable historical matter, The principal authorities consulted are: "The Welsh People" (1906). by John Rhys, M.A., Professor of Celtic in the University of Oxford, and David Brynmor-Jones, member of Parliament, '·Burke's Peerage," "Burke's Landed Gentry," "The Life of Owen Glyndwr," by Bradley, "Abbeys and Castles of England and '\Vales," "The Dictionary of National Biographies,'' ''Country Townships of the Old Parish of vVrex­ ham," by Alfred Neobard Palmer, and various Encyclopedias and Histories. Substantial and valuable special information was also supplied direct, by Mr. AlfredNeobard Palmer, of vVrexham, ·wales, a recognized authority on ·welsh pedigrees and family history, and by Mr. George F. C. Yale of Pwllheli, vVales, son of vVm. Corbet Yale-Jone.s-Parry of Plas yn Yale and Madryn Castle. The principal original sources of information pertaining to early Britain, of the authorities named, are the' 'Brut,'' a history of the British Princes, and'' Annales Cambriae,'' both being of ancient Cymric origin. 4 PREFACE The sources of information for the genealogy of the Yales after their settlement in America were, "The Yale Family," by Judge Elihu Yale, ''The New Haven Historical Society Papers," the living Yales them­ selves, and their descendants. I am however especially indebted to several ladies and gentlemen, who have unselfishly and loyally, rendered mnch valuable assistance, in supplying records, information, etc., pertainiHg not only to their own branches, but to other branches as well; among whom are Miss Amelia Yale, Rouseville N. Y., Miss Charlotte Lilla Yale, Meriden Conn., Miss Fanny I. Yale, Hartford, Mrs. Madeline Yale-Wynne, Chicago, Mrs. C. C. King, Chicago, Mr. J. Hobart Yale,Meriden Conn., Mr. George H. Yale, Wallingford, Conn., Mr. "\Villiam T. Yale, New York N. Y., Mr. Fred'k C. Yale, New York, N. Y., Mr. William Henry Yale, New York, N.Y.,Mr. Washington Yale, Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. F. B. Yale, Waco, Neb., Mr. D. E. Williams, Reno, Nev., Mr. Arthur Yale, Montreal, Canada, and Mr. M. B. Waterman, Buckley, Ills., and others I also wish to extend thanks to the large number of other members of the Yale family and descendants, who have unstintingly and carefully supplied the reconis pertaining to their own branches; and in connection with these acknowlegments, I regret that it is necessary to state, that I have found it impossible to procure from some of the Yale families, whose addresses I have, the required information regarding their ancestry, to enable me to enter their family records in this work; although I have made repeated and urgent requests. I also deeply regret Hrnt there are some few whose ancestry I have been unable to trace, even with their own aid, willingly extended. I mention these facts at this time, so that it may be understood that the author is not wholly responsible for the absence of such desirable and essential family records as may be lacking. As many of theearlyancestors of the Yales were kings and princes of ancient Britain and Wales, and others prominent leaders of the Nor­ mans in their conquest of the Principality, I concluded that the most practical way to record the events in the lives of these important per­ sonages and present same in a connected manner and the order in which they appeared in the national life, was to write a brief history of ancient Britain and '.Vale;;, In fact the lives of these ancestors were so intertwined with the na- PREFACI!: 5 tional life and constituted such an important part of it, that it would be impossible to write their biographies without also writing a history of ·wales; and it would likewise be impossible to write a history of ·wales without writing their biographies.