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Families covered: Meredydd of Bodowyr, Meredydd of Traphwll, Lewis of Cae Mawr (Caemawr), Price of Bodowyr

                               
Meredydd ap Rhys ap Howel, of Bodowyr (a 1556)
m. Catherine (dau of Owen ap Meyrick, of Bodeon)
1. Rowland Meredydd of Bodowyr (d 03.08.1563)
  m. Annes (dau of Rhydderch ap David, of Myfyrian)
  A. Edmund of Bodowyr (a 1620)
  m. Catherine (dau/heir of William ap David, of Traphwll)
  i. Rowland Meredydd 'of Traphwll' (d 1654)
  m. Margaret (dau of Sir William Glynn of Glynnllifon)
  a. Rowland Meredydd (to Holland)
  b. Hugh Meredydd
  (1) Job Meredydd of Rhoscolyn (a 1723)
  (A) Margaret
  m. William Owen of Rhoscolyn
  (B) Catherine
  m. John Lewis ap Sir Richard Lewis
(C)+ other issue - Mary, Elen, Gaynor
  ii. Lewis Meredydd of Cae Mawr (d 27.09.1699)
  The following comes from Griffith's Pedigrees (Traphwll, p52).
  m. (23.11.1676) Elizabeth Jones (d 29.05.1***)
  a. Hugh Lewis of Caemawr (bpt 26.03.1680, d 08.05.1743)
  m. (1706) Martha (dau of John Lloyd in Maesoglan)
  (1) Lewis Hughes (b 1707)
  (A)+ issue - John (d unm 27.05.1746), Eleanor of Holyhead
  (2) Thomas Lewis of Caemawr (bpt 21.03.1713, bur 12.12.1782)
  m. Jane Weigh (dau of Samuel Weigh of Dodleston by Dulcibella Hughes)
  (A) Hugh Lewis of Llanfair ys y Cwmmwd (d 06.07.1792)
  m. (24.09.1742) Margaret (d 23.06.1798, dau of Richard Jones of Tyndryfal, sister of Rochard of Trewyn & John of Bodfelrig)
  (i) Richard Lewis of Bodeon (b 07.07.1776, d 29.09.1846, 2nd son) had issue
  m1. (1811) Mary Palin (niece of _ Lifton of Bodeon)
  m2. (sp?) Jane Williams (b 1786, d 19.12.1864, dau of William Owen of Cerrig y ddewi)
  (ii) Thomas Lewis of Treddafydd, later of Graig (b c1779, d 27.03.1862)
  m. (1806) Elizabeth (b c1779, d 27.03.1862, dau of John Thomas of Trefdraeth)
  (iii) Elizabeth Lewis
  m. _ Prichard (of Trewyn?) (Serjeant)
  (iv) Jane Lewis (b 1785, d 1857)
  m. Nathaniel Leigh
  (v) Mary Lewis (b 31.07.1786, d 08.03.1885)
  m. William Williams of Tyddyn Meredydd
  (vi) John Lewis (b c1789, d 1838)
  m. Elizabeth (dau of John Williams of Lledwigan, m2. Richard Griffith of Maesoglan)
  (vii) Margaret Lewis (b 01.07.1798, d 30.06.1861)
  m. Hugh Owen of Portdinorwic
  (viii)+ other issue - Thomas (b 15.02.1775, d infant), Hugh of Bodeon (b 1783, d 15.11.1823), Robert (b 17.04.1784, d 29.07.1814), Eleanor (b 06.11.1792, d 06.04.1812)
  (B) Thomas Lewis (b c1750, bur 17.11.1798, 3rd son)
  m. Dorothy (b c1748, d 12.11.1836, dau of Richard Williams of Treddafydd, widow of William Roberts of Ty Mawr)
  (i) Thomas Lewis of Ty Mawr (bpt 09.01.1788, d young)
  (ii) Margaret Lewis
m. William Davies of Pontfaen
  (C) Robert Lewis of Cae Mawr (b 1755-6, 19.01.1846)
  m. Eleanor (b c1769, d 29.09.1832, dau of Henry Lewis of Llanfair)
  (i) Henry Lewis of Ty Newydd (bpt 09.05.1790, d 02.07.1834) had issue
  m. (08.03.1814) Ellen Pierce of Glan y Morfa (b 1795-6, d 22.05.1861)
  (ii) Thomas Lewis of Cae Mawr (bpt 09.06.1799, dsp 05.05.1863)
  m. Jane (dau of John Hughes of Rhallt)
  (iii) Jane Lewis (bpt 04.11.1793, d 08.04.1872)
  m1. (sp) Hugh Edwards of Newborough then London
  m2. Michael Hughes of Treferwydd (b c1788, d 22.12.1864)
  (iv) Mary Lewis (bpt 1803)
  m. William Humphrey of Tal y bont
  (v) Margaret Lewis (bpt 27.04.1806, d 22.05.1880)
  m. Griffith Griffith of Taldrwst
  (D) Jane Lewis (bpt 18.11.1749, bur 1816)
  m1. Rowland Jones of Maesoglan
  m2. William Davies of Walton (b c1742, d 13.04.1803)
  (E) Elizabeth (b 20.11.1760, d 09.09.1845)
  m1. (10.10.1783) William Owen of Cerrig y ddewi (bur 29.08.1797)
  m2. (1800) John Owen of Llaneilian (b 1754-5, d 03.08.1830)
(F)+ other issue - John (b 1747, d young), Margaret (bpt 08.09.1753, bur 09.05.1776), Dulcibella (bpt 17.05.1759)
  (3) Elizabeth (b 1710)
  m. Richard Williams (rector of Llanfachreth)
  (4) Margaret (bpt 24.02.1711)
  m. William Thomas of Rhyddgaer (d 1751)
  (5)+ other issue - John (bpt 22.07.1716), Jane, Doulce (bpt 10.06.1719), Catherine (bpt 07.02.1721)
2. Rhys 'of Bodowyr'
  m. Ales (dau of Richard Owen Tudur of Penmynydd)
  A. Jasper Price 'of Bodowyr' (d 1626, vicar of Llanidan)
  m. Margaret Coetmor (dau of William Coetmor)
  i. Henry Price of Bodowyr (a 1623)
  m. Ales Puleston (dau of Edward Puleston of Llwyn Cnocke)
  a. Edward Price, Sheriff of Anglesey (dsp 1671, 2nd son)
  m. Margaret Hughes (dau of Owen Hughes of Newborough, m2. Owen Williams of Chwaen)
  b. Mary (a 1675)
  m. Edmund Fitzgerald of Ireland
  (1) Henry Price Fitzgerald (dsp bur 12.04.1709)
  m. Catherine Hughes (dau of Robert Hughes of Llandegfan, m2. Rowland Jones of Treffos, m3. Richard Roberts of Bodsuran
  c.+ other issue - Price (d unm), Rowland (b c1632, a 1648), Ann (d unm), Margaret (bur 04.04.1642)
  ii. Robert Price in Chester (d 1642)
  a.+ issue - Edward (dsp), Elin (a 1723), Penelope
  B. Lewis (5th son)
i. Ann Lewis
  m. Richard Johnson of Beaumaris
  a. Rowland Johnson (a 1700)
  C. Elizabeth
  m. Robert ap Ieuan Lloyd ap Rhys ap Ieuan ap Gwilim Bithel
  D. Annes
  m. William Lloyd ap Hugh Gwyn
  E.+ other issue - Rhydderch, Rowland, William, Richard, Susannah
3. David Lloyd (a 1564, rector of Trefdraeth)
  m. Margaret or Marsli (dau of Rev. William Prytherch of Myfyrian)
4. Owen Meredydd of Pencraig
  m. Mallt (dau of Robert ap Rhys, of Meyllteyrn)
5. Eva
  m1. Rhydderch ap David, of Myfyrian
  m2. Edward Trevor

Main source(s): Griffith's Pedigrees (Bodowyr, p51) with input as reported above
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