General Notes

(Research): The first Llewellyns in America came from Engla
nd with Lord Baltimore. Sealed in St. Mary’s County, MD sta
unch Catholics. They date from the beginning of this count
y in MD and are all of the ancient line of Llewellyn ap Gri
ffith of Wales.  Llewellyns ap Griffith derived from a Wels
h king, Griffin ap Cynan, King of Noah Wales. He was slai
n 12-10-1282 by forces of Edward I, King of England. He mar
ried 10-3-1278 Eleanor daughter of Symon de Wontfort, Ear
l of Leicester, by Eleanor, widow of William, Earl of Pembr
oke and second daughter of King John of England. Eleanor, w
ife of Llewellyn ap Griffith died in 1280. Their only daugh
ter and heiress, Catherine, married Philip ap Ivor, Lord o
f lsold in Cardiga and had a daughter,m Eleanor, who marrie
d Thomas ap Llewellyn, last lord of South Wales. There wer
e two daughters to this marriage, one, Eleanor, who marrie
d Griffith Vaughan, Lord of Glyndwrdwy. They had issue Owe
n Glendower, and a second son, Tudor ap Griffith, male hei
r of his brother Glendower from whom descended by materna
l representation the Hughes of Gwerclas. The second daughte
r of Eleanor and Thomas ap Llewellyn was Margaret who marri
ed Sir Turor ap Grone, Knight, and was the mother of an eld
est son Mere-dith ap Tudor who was the father of Owen Tudo
r the father of King Henry VII and the royal house of Tudor
. From this line descended the Tudor Kings of England and S
cotland.  Among the early settlers of St. Mary’s county, MD
, was John Llewellyn, a lineal descendant of  Prince Davi
d ap Lleweilyn the Great, whose mother, Princess Joan wa
s a natural daughter of  King John of England by Agatha, da
ughter of Ferrars, fourth Earl of Derby.  The early Llewell
yn immigrants to VA, Daniel in 1637; John in 1655 to Glouce
ster County, VA, and John in 1637 to Charles City County, V
A. All came from St. Marys County in MD, descendants of Joh
n Llewellyn above.  The ancestor of the NC Lewellyns was Wi
lliam who died in Norfolk County, VA, in 1752. He originall
y came to VA from St. Marys County, MD. His wife , France
s Llewellyn died in Tyrrell County, NC, in 1 775. One of he
r daughters, Chloe, born 1747, died 1794, married Thomas Gr
imes, born 1745, died 1797 and the Grimes Family Bible (no
w in Bethel, NC) begins with them. Their son, William Grime
s, born 1769 died 1850 married Talitha Mayo, born 1770 die
d 1855, daughter of Colonel Nathan Mayo and Julia William
s Mayo. I believe that Frances Llewellyn after William’s de
ath in 1752 in Norfolk County, VA came to NC. Her son Joh
n Llewellyn took up land grants in the Conetoe section of M
artin and Edgecombe counties, NC in 1778, 1784, and 1801. S
ource: Memory of Miriam” by Edna Guilford Cook.