I36081: GRUFFUDD ap Llywelyn of All WalesKing (1007

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Bio: 3. Gruffudd ap Llywelyn
Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, (1007-63) was King of all Wales only from 1055-63, yet he was the only Welsh ruler to unite the ancient kingdoms of the whole of Wales. Gwynfor Evans points out that though for five centuries the people of Wales had shared a common language, culture, history, religion and for the most part a common law, it was only under Gruffudd ap Llywelyn that it had a single sovereign, and thus a measure of political unity. Gruffudd was a grandson of Maredudd ab Owain, King of Deheubarth and the son of Llywelyn ap Seisyllt, ruler of Gwynedd. By force of arms, he seized Gwynedd and Powys, and overthrew Deheubarth, Gwent and Morgannwg. Walter Map, in "De Nugis Curalium" (c.1180), recorded the kings' account of his military campaigns against his fellow Welsh: "Speak not of killing. I do but blunt the horns of the offspring of Wales, lest they should wound their dam."

Gruffudd was even successful in reclaiming lands east of Offa's Dyke from the English settlers. He established his court at Rhuddlan, in the heart of an area settled by Mercians, and his conquests of areas of Northeast Wales formerly part of the earldom of Chester meant that they would remain Welsh as parts of the later counties of Flintshire and Denbighshire. His very successes, however, led to the invasion of Wales by Harold, Earl of Wessex. During the fighting, Gruffudd was assassinated by a fellow Welshman. Wales was never again wholly united under a single sovereign though Llywelyn ap Iorweth's successes over a century later surpassed those of his predecessor.

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Query: seeking for the father, mother and siblings. Ausborn had a farm in Monroe Co. Al. He had a stroke and died in 1894. His wife moved to Hunt Co. Tex. They had several children, one of which was my g-father Charlie Council Bethea. My grandfather's brother Thomas Dickson married Maggie Bell McCants of Monroe Co. Alabama.
"Richard Bethea" [email protected]

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Joseph FLOOD b: 1774 in Buckingham County, Virginia
Children:
2 Mary Ann FLOOD
2 Arthur FLOOD b: 1805 + Paulina BROWN
2 Wesley FLOOD b: 1807 + Elizabeth ESTES
2 William FLOOD b: 1809 + Jane W. BLADES b: 25 NOV 1817 d: 21 OCT 1842
2 Mahala FLOOD b: 15 APR 1810 d: 14 MAR 1862 + Thomas SMITH
2 Nathanial FLOOD b: 25 FEB 1819 d: 5 DEC 1897 + Lucy W. LONG b: 4 MAR 1821 d: 26 AUG 1854 + Mary E. COOK + Seralda PEARSON b: 4 APR 1836 d: 7 NOV 1911

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"Before proceeding to Lucy Lee, let me first disprove and dispose of Stephen Lee. The proponents of Stephen Lee being the seventh child readily admit that said Stephen Lee emigrated from Prince William County, Virginia, to Kentucky, where he died. There is proof of this fact. In the Kentucky Genealogist, Volume 2, (1734-1803) pages 7 and 92, are listed "Claims filed in Public Record Office, London, England" which deal with the information about American colonists who dealt with loyalist merchants prior to the American Revolution. There is a Notation here as follows: "Stephen Lee of Prince William, debt due 1774 L.0.10.0. He removed to Kentucky ten years ago; the(n) solvent. Enquire of Colin Campbell. Page 243."18.

Stephen Lee had removed to Kentucky in 1789, taking several of his sons and daughters with him. He had resided in Prince William County, Virginia, for about thirty of forty years prior to going to Kentucky, and he and four of his sons appear in the Census Record (Tax List) for Prince William County for the period covering 1782-1787. There is no doubt as to the fact that Stephen Lee who wrote his Will in Mason County, Kentucky, which was proved on June 20, 1791 (19) was the Stephen Lee of Prince William County, Virginia.

The first appearance of Stephen Lee in Virginia is when he voted for Thomas Ludwell Lee in Stafford County in 1755-56.(20) Next we find him buying land in Fairfax County from Robert Carter on October 16, 1755.(21) Also, he purchased 204 Acres of land from Thomas Harrison on March 5, 1776.(22) I cite these transactions to point out that Stephen Lee did not live on inherited land, as he would have had he been a scion of the Ditchley family, but that he came to Virginia and bought his land.

The tombstone of Stephen Lee, located at "Leewood", near Maysville, Kentucky, has an inscription giving his date of death as 1791 and his age as either 81 or 84, depending upon the interpretation of the second figure (the first figure "8" being very clear).23 This death date is also attested by the proving of his Will in 1791. This would make Stephen Lee born around 1710 - much too early to be the son of Richard of Ditchley. Accordingly, he would have been a man of about forty-five years when his record first appears in Prince William County. Where was he prior to 1755?
There is positive proof as to his whereabouts. His daughter Priscilla Lee married William Botts of Stafford County, Virginia. This gentleman wrote in his Prayer Book - "William Botts and Priscilla Lee were married November ye 9th 1769." His daughter, Elizabeth (Botts) Shackleford made another entry in the Prayer Book concerning her father: "married Miss Priscilla Lee of Prince Georges County, Maryland." This definitely indicates that Stephen Lee's daughter, Priscilla, was born in Prince Georges County, Maryland. Her sister, Lucy Lee, married Moses Bridwell in Stafford County in 1758. (24)

Another daughter, Nancy, married a Mountjoy of Stafford County, and a forth daughter, Ann, remained single. This would indicate that the daughters removed with Stephen Lee from Prince Georges County, Maryland, to Prince William County, Virginia.

Thus, we see Stephen Lee living in Prince Georges County, Maryland, at least at the time of the birth of his daughters. It is possible to pick up the threads of his life there as early as 1740,(25) when he was first bonded as an adult, and carry them forward for another seven years, but that, and the matter of his actual parentage does not properly belong in this paper. They are, however, under current research. The point is that Stephen Lee never inherited land in Virginia and was never identified with the two counties wherein the Richard Lee of Ditchley family lived, Namely, Northumberland and Lancaster Counties, Virginia.

This position is further strengthened by the fact that Kendall Lee requested, in November, 1766 and "Act of the Assembly to dock the entail of certain lands whereof Kendall Lee is seized, and for settling other lands and slaves to the same use."26 This land comprised 2,050 Acres in Northampton County, Virginia; 50 Acres in Northumberland County; and 904 Acres in Northumberland County, and 235 Acres in Loudoun County. It was all of the land which had been willed to Kendall Lee by his father, Richard Lee. No other land remained for another son. It is highly unlikely that Richard Lee would have neglected to provide for another younger, minor son. Also, Kendall Lee was born about 1728; a younger brother (if existing) could not possibly have been old enough to have appeared in the records of Prince Georges County, Maryland, at the date upon which the said Stephen Lee was bonded in 1740. His age is definitely too old to have been a son of Richard Lee of Ditchley. And thus I rest the case of Stephen Lee.

Add to the above facts the most unusual fact that Stephen Lee did not give one of his sons a name traditional in the Lee of Westmoreland Family.

His sons were named Lewis, Stephen, Jr., Edward, Henry, and Peter. Not a Richard, John, Fran(k), Thomas, William or Philip appear in the lot! Thus I rest the case of Stephen Lee. I believe that I have disposed of the possibility of Stephen Lee being a son of Richard Lee of Ditchley, and the seventh child of that gentleman."

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lived in Shocklache, Cheshire, England. CONFLICT: Father: Rotheric

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2 Elizabeth 'Betty' Taylor b: ABT 1822 + Richard Gilliam b: ABT 1818

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never married, lived with sister Dolly Dudley.

My Southern Family

King GRUFFUDD ap Llywelyn of All Wales

1007 - 1063

ID Number: I36081

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Ausborn Watkins BETHEA C.S.A.

1829 - 1894

ID Number: I28844

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Joseph FLOOD

1774 - 1849

ID Number: I84060

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Stephen LEE Sr.

ABT 1710 - 1791

ID Number: I61285

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ISABELLA PATRICK of Malpas

1260 - AFT 1290

ID Number: I22589

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Dr. Charles H. PATTON

ABT 1810 - 1866

ID Number: I89427

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Thomas Pearson PEACOCK

ABT 1810 - ____

ID Number: I2691

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Sir EDWIN SANDYS M.P.

____ - 1699

ID Number: I103330

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R. B. SCOTT

ABT 1890 - ____

ID Number: I76823

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Elizabeth "Betty" Eliza TAYLOR

ABT 1833 - ____

ID Number: I20219

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Mary TINSLEY

9 Dec 1788 - ____

ID Number: I32760

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