Anwyl of Tywyn family

Descent from Owain Gwynedd (died 1170) to James ap Maredudd (died c.1402)

• Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd = Cristina ferch Gronw ap Owain ap Edwin
• Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd, Lord of Anglesey = Annest ferch Rhys ap Gruffudd

"Thomas, Lord of Rhiw Llwyd, married Agnes, daughter of Einion ap Seissyllt, Lord of Mathafarn, widow of Owain Brogyntyn, Lord of Edeirnion. His descendants, Lords of Rhiw Llwyd, were successively Caradog, Gruffydd, Dafydd, and Hywel, who married Efa, daughter of Ifan ap Howel ap Meredydd of Ystumcegid, of the line of Collwyn
ap Tangno, founder of the fourth noble tribe of Wales."

• Tomas ap Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd = Annest ferch Einion ap Seisyllt
• Caradog ap Tomas = Efa ferch Gwyn ap Gruffudd ap Beli
• Gruffudd ap Caradog = Lleuca ferch Llywarch Fychan ap Llywarch
• Dafydd ap Gruffudd of Rhos = Efa ferch Gruffudd Fychan
• Hywel ap Dafydd = Efa ferch Evan ap Hywel ap Maredudd
• Maredudd ap Hywel = Morfydd verch Ieuan ap Dafydd ap Trahaern Goch. He had issue two sons;

1. Robert ap Maredudd
2. James ap Maredudd

"The father of James and Robert was Maredudd ab Hywel ab Dafydd ab Gruffudd ab Thomas ab Rodri, Lord of Anglesey, ab Owain Gwynedd, as is evident by the Extent of North Wales, in the twenty-sixth of Edward the Third. During Robert ab Maredudd's time, the inheritance, which descended to him and his brother James, was not parted after the custom of the country, by gavelkind, but James being married -enjoyed both houses, Cefn y fan and Cesail Gyfarch. From Robert, who did not marry till near eighty, descended the houses of Gwydir, Cesail Gyfarch, and Hafod Lwyfog; and Sir John the historian, his descendant, says, he was the elder brother; from James ab Maredudd, who was Constable of Cricieth, the families of Rhiwaedog, Clenenneu, Ystumcegid, Brynkir and Park."

Descent from Jeuan ap Maredudd (died c.1402) to William Lewis Annwill (died 1642)

• Ieuan ap Maredudd = Lucy verch Hywel Sele, Lord of Nannau
• Maredudd ab Ieuan = Angharad verch Einion ab Ithel sef aeres Rhiwaedog
• Siôn ap Maredudd = Gwenhwyvir ferch Goronwy ab Ieuan o Gollwyn

"To John ab Maredudd his kindred and friends cleaved steadfastly, like courageous men: so then it began to be a proverb or phrase, to call the family of Owain Gwynedd Tylwyth John ab Maredudd, the race of John ab Maredudd."

• Morys ap Sion ap Maredudd = Angharad verch Elisau ap Gruffydd ab Einion
• Robert ap Morys o'r Parc = Lowry verch Lewis ab Ieuan ap Dafydd

• Lewis Anwyl = Elizabeth verch Morys ab Ieuan ap Sion ap Maredudd o Frynkyr
• William Lewis Anwyl of Park, magistrate, High Sheriff of Merionethshire 1611 and 1624 and High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire 1637 = Elizabeth, eldest daughter and coheiress of Edward Herbert, of Maes Machre, Cemmaes, Wales.

  Descent from William Lewis Annwill (died 1642) to Evan Vaughan Anwyl (born 1943)

"William Lewis Anwyl, Esq., of Parc, Sheriff of Merioneth 1611, 1624, who married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Edward Herbert, Esquire, of Cemmaes, in Cyfeiliog, grandson of Sir Richard Herbert, Kt...By her he left a numerous offspring of 8 sons and 4 daughters."

1. Lewis
2. Robert
3. John
4. Edward
5. William
6. Evan
7. Emmanuel
8. Richard

   Descendants of William Anwyl (5)

• Lewis Anwyl = Anne, daughter of Hugh Owen, of Tynyfoel and had issue;
• William Anwyl of Hendremur, Merioneth educated St John's College Oxford = Jane, daughter and heiress of Thomas Lloyd, of Llandecwyn. In 1719 Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet of Gwydir died without male issue. William had issue;
• Thomas Lloyd Anwyl of Hendremur ; married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Meyrick, and died 1734. He had issue;
• William Anwyl of Hendremur = Margaret, daughter of Rice Pierce, of Celynyn. leaving issue:
• Rice Anwyl = Margaret, daughter of David Roberts, of Goppa, and died 1819 leaving:
• David Anwyl of Bala = married Mary, daughter of Gruffyd Owen of Pencader.

  Descendants of Evan Anwyl (6)

• Evan Anwyl of Brynkir, Caernarfonshire later Llugwy, Merionethshire and = Catherine daughter of Maurice Williams. He was High Sheriff of Merionethshire in 1649 and again in 1664. He had issue;
• Maurice Anwyl of Llugwy  = Joane daughter of Hugh Pryce, of Penmaendyfi, Caernarfonshire.

"The ancient family of Anwyl have resided at Llugwy from the time when Maurice Anwyl m. Joan, the heiress of that place, but previously for many ages at Parc, in the parish of Llanfrothen, in the same county of Merionethshire. There Lewys Dwnn, Deputy Herald, found them, in the 16th century, when pursuing his Heraldic Visitation of Wales; and there they had then been seated for several generations. Their lineage is from Owain Gwynedd, the illustrious Prince of North Wales, son of Prince Gruffudd ap Cynan, of the direct line of Rhodri Mawr, King, first of N. Wales, then of all Wales."

• Evan Anwyl of Llugwy = Mallt. He had issue: two sons, Maurice and Evan ;
• Maurice Anwyl of Llugwy = Anne daughter of Hugh Evans, of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. Had issue two sons, Evan and Maurice ;
• Evan Anwyl of Llugwy = Margaret Davies grand daughter of Jonathan Bunce, of Glanfread. Had issue one son;
• Jonathan Bunce Anwyl of Llugwy. He died unmarried and without issue and this line expires with him.

  Descendants of Evan Anwyl (b.1718)

• Evan Anwyl of Bacheiddan, Montgomeryshire = Margaret daughter of Evan Richard, of Penmaen, Glamorgan and had issue:
• Evan Anwyl of Hendre Seifion, Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire = Jonet daughter of John Pughe, of Cedris, Tal-y-llyn, Merionethshire. Had issue;
• Evan Anwyl of Hendre Seifion = Elinor daughter of Evan Watkin, of Matharvarn, Merionethshire. Had issue;
• Evan Anwyl of Gelli, Meifod, Montgomeryshire = Ann daughter of Edward Jones, of Lawr-y-cal, Mallwyd. Had issue two sons, Evan and Jonathan;
• Evan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr, Tywyn, Merionethshire = Sarah daughter of Jonathan Benbow of Meifod. Had issue;
• Evan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr, Tywyn, Merionethshire = Gwyneth daughter of Harold Henry Scott of Chester. Had issue;
• Evan Vaughan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr, Tywyn, Merionethshire.

  Evan Vaughan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr

"History was never a favourite subject of mine. We've always been humble farmers, that is until I and my two sisters became teachers. We've always been proud of our family history, but amongst ourselves, beyond that, no."

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2. Sable, a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis argent
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