parish of Berriew, by his wife, Sarah Evans, daughter and heir of Edward Evans, esq. of Rhyd y Carw, in the parish of Treveglwys. Owen Owen, esq. b. in 1723, served the office of high sheriff for Montgomeryshire in 1766, and d. 1789. He left issue by the said Anne, his wife, two daughters, and three sons, viz.

1. Arthur Davies Owen, knt. of Glan
Severn, served the office of high
sheriff for Montgomeryshire in 1814,
and d. without issue 1816. He was a
deputy-lieutenant of the county, for
many years chairman of the quarter
sessions, and second in command
(under the right hon. Charles W.
W. Wynn,) of the Montgomeryshire
yeomanry cavalry from its com-
mencement to the time of his death.
II. DAVID OWEN, A.M. in holy orders,
fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,
senior wrangler in that university in
1777. He d. unmarried in 1829, at
Campobello, New Brunswick, North
America. According to his own re-
quest, his remains were conveyed
over the Atlantic, to be deposited in
the family vault at Berriew.

III. William OWEN, esq. K.C. the pre-
sent proprietor.

1. Mary, m. Thomas Jones, esq. of Garthmyl-isav.

11. Eleanor, who d. unm. 1816.

Evans, of Rhyd y Carw (Stag-ford).

This family derived their descent from LLEWELYN AURDORCHOG (Leolinus Torquatus), Lord of Yale in the eleventh century, who married Eva, daughter of Bleddyn ab Cynvyn, Prince of Powis. (See Display of Heraldry, by Davies, 1716, p. 64.) Blome, in his Britannia, published in 1673, includes "Edward Evans, of Rhyd y Carw," among the resident gentry of Montgomeryshire. This Edward Evans, by a deed dated 5th April, 1652, settled an annuity upon Dorothy, his wife, in case she survived him. Providence ordered it otherwise; for on the 28th February, 1660, he took for his second wife, Frances, daughter of John Pryce, esq. of Park, in Llanwynnog, by whom he had issue,

1. Jane, b. in 1664.

H. Catherine, b. in 1663.

III. Francis, b. in 1665; his mother surviving his birth only one week. The said Edward Evans, by Dorothy, his first wife, had

1. EDWARD EVANS (the second), his
heir, m. Martha and had issue,
1. EDWARD EVANS (the third).
2. Ursula Evans.
Edward Evans (the second) d. in the

IV. Ursula Evans, devised certain lands to Ursula Evans, her niece, in 1670. Edward Evans (the first) survived his son ten years; for in the year 1697, he settled Rhyd y Carw estate on his grandson,

EDWARD EVANS (the third), father of Sarah Evans, his heiress, who married, in 1725, as already noticed, Charles Davies, esq. of Llivior, and surviving him, who d. in 1729, she m. secondly, John Pryce Clunne, esq.

Babies, of Llivior.

The DAVIESES OF LLIVIOR traced their pedigree from BROCHWEL YSGITHROG, Prince of Powis, the opponent of Ethelfrid, King of Northumberland, at the battles of Chester and Bangor, about the commencement of the seventh century. About the nineteenth in descent from Brochwel was MEILIR GRYG, of Tregynon, ancestor of all the Blayneys in Britain and Ireland. Llewelyn, son of Meilir Gryg, gavelled the main portions of his estates upon his two sons, Einion and Howel. To Einion, the youngest, he gave, according to custom, the paternal seat of Neuadd Gregynog and its appurtenances; and Howel he stationed at "the Vainor in Berriew." Howel was succeeded at "Vainor" by his son, Phylip Goch (Rufus), about the year 1320; another son, Madog Llwyd, was settled at Bryn-Cae-Meisir.

PHYLIP GOCH OF VAINOR's son was Madog, father of Gwilym ab Madog, who espoused Marred, daughter of Grufyd ab Meredydd ab Einion, of the line of Cadwgan of Nannau, and had, among other sons,

IEUAN AB GWILYM, who had for wife, Eva, daughter to Howel ab Adda, one of the penaethiaid, or chiefs of Kerry: their son,

DAVYDD AB IEUAN, wedded Gwervyl, daughter of Ieuan ab Madog ab Owen. Omitting the two following descents and their respective matches, we come to the great-grandson of Davydd ab Ieuan, who, on account of his stature, was called

DAVYDD HIR (ab Gwilym ab Ieuan ab Davydd), who espoused Gwenllian, daughter of John ab Ieuan ab Howel, of Kerry, and was s. by his son,

JOHN AB DAVYDD HIR, of Llivior, who m. Catherine, daughter of Rees Gwynn ab Grufydd ab Howel ab Ieuan Blayney. This

Ieuan was the first who assumed the surname. Blaenau is a pure Welsh word for points, extremities; and is applied to uplands; as Blaenau Gwent, the uplands of Monmouthshire, &c. It is probable that Jeuan ab Grufydd ab Llewelyn Vychan, of Tregynon, was put out to nurse at a house called Blaenau, wherever it lies, and thence named Ieuan of Blaenau, and since, corruptly, Blayney. The issue of John ab Davydd hir, by Catherine, his wife, abovementioned, were

I. EDWARD AB JOHN, his heir.

II. Morus ab John, m. Catherine, coheir to Richard ab Owen ab Gutyn Penwyn.

III. Richard.

IV. Thomas.

v. Rees.

daughters, Anne, Joan, and Bridget, and three sons, viz.

1. John Davies, d. unm. in 1729.
II. Charles Davies, of Llivior, b. in
1665, d. in 1729, having m. (as before
related) Sarah Evans, and had issue,
ANNE DAVIES, his heir, b. in 1728,
and wedded, in 1745, OWEN
OWEN, esq.

III. Arthur Davies, of Ty 'n y Coed, d
without issue in 1758.

Manavon.

EDWARD AB JOHN, of Llivior, eldest son of John ab Davydd hir, led to the altar Elizabeth, daughter of Davyd ab Morus ab Owen Blayney, esq. of Aber Bechan. Owen was the eldest son of Ieuan Blayney, of Tregynon, having, according to custom, left his younger brother, Grufydd, in possession of the paternal mansion. Edward ab John, by deed bearing date 20th January, 1598, settled part of his landed estate upon his

son,

DAVID AB EDWARD, upon his marriage to Joyce vch David, sister to Ieuan ab David ab Howel, gent. of Trev-esgob, in Montgomeryshire.

JOHN AB DAVID, of Llivior, son and heir of David ab Edward, joined with his mother, the said Joyce vch David, in a deed of family settlement dated 15th December, 1637, and was alive in 1657.

DAVID, son of John ab David, of Llivior, assumed the modern surname of Davies, and in 1649 married Bridget, sole daughter and heir of Richard Edwards, of Llivior. She d. in 1707, having survived her husband seven years, and leaving issue by him three

Carw, from LLEWELYN AURDORCHOG, az. a lion rampant guardant or. Fourth, for the heiress Davies of Llivior, from BRochwel, sa. three nags' heads erased arg.

Crests-First,ppr. the wolf saliantlangued of Tudwal Gloff, for OWEN. Second, a stag trippant ppr. horned and hoofed or, for EVANS OF RHYD Y CARW.

Mottoes-Torav cyn plygav;

and Flecti non frangi.

Estates-The Glyngynwyd estate, in Cevn Havod, Llangurig, came into possession of the family by the marriage of Llywelyn ab Howel with ANGHARAD, the heiress thereof, about the year 1470. Rhyd y Carw was obtained with Sarah, the heiress of Edward Evans.

Rhyd y Carw and the Tynycoed estates have been in the possession of the present proprietor's maternal ancestors for several centuries, and became attached to the paternal estate of Glyngynwyd by the marriage of Owen Owen with Anne Davies.

The above estates are in the county of Montgomery.

Seat-Glan Severn, on the banks of the Severn, Montgomeryshire.

The family of Upton, or, as the name was anciently spelt, De Uppeton, were settled at Upton, in Cornwall, about the time of the conquest. From the extreme age of the original pedigree, still in existence at Ingmire Hall, some of the earlier names and dates are illegible, but from the twelfth century, the descent is continued in an unbroken line to the present Mr. Upton, of Ingmire, who now represents the elder branch of the house of Upton. To

JOHN UPPETON, de Uppeton, in the county of Cornwall, succeeded

ANDREW UPPETON, de Uppeton, whose son and heir,

HAMELYN UPPETON, living in 1218, was father of

JOHN UPPETON, living in 1283, to whom succeeded his son,

RICHARD UPPETON, who m. Agnes, dau. and heir of Walter Carwather, and dying temp. EDWARD I. was s. by his son,

JOHN UPPETON, of Upton, living in 1308, who m. Margaret, sister and co-heir of John Mules, and had a son and successor,

THOMAS UPTON, living in 1450, 28 HENRY VI. who m. Johan, daughter and heir of John Trelawny, and had issue,

1. ARTHUR, Son and heir, who m. Joan,
daughter and heir of Richard Palmer,
of Langton, and was father of
JOHN, who m. Elizabeth, daughter
of
Leversege, and was father

of
JEFFREY UPTON, esq. who m. Mar-
garet, daughter and co-heir of
Robert Home, esq. and was s. by

his son, GEORGE UPTON, esq. of Wells, who m. Frances, daughter and heir of John Newton, of Hartree, and dying s. p. m. this branch of the family became extinct.

II. JOHN, of whose line we have to treat. This

JOHN UPTON was of Trelask, in Cornwall. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir

of William Mohun, of Postlinch, in Devon, and had two sons (whom Playfair states to have both been christened by the same name), viz.

This

1. JOHN, of Postlinch, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Burley, of Chanacombe, in Devon, and had, with two daughters, Jane, wife of Thomas Rowe; and Elizabeth, of Nicholas Dillon, three sons, viz.

John, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Bedlowe, and d. s. p. Nicholas, who is presumed to have been the learned and pious Dr. Nicholas Upton, of whom Prince gives an ample history in his Worthies of Devon.

William, of Postlinch, who m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Kirkham, of Blacydon, and had two sons, George, who married Philippa, daughter of John Wray, esq. of Trebitts, in Cornwall, and was father of two sons and four daughters. William Upton, the last male heir of this branch of the family, d. in 1709, leaving two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. The latter died unm. the former wedded James Yonge, M.D. of Plymouth, son of Dr. Yonge, the friend and correspondent of Sir Hans Sloane, and author of several works popular in their day. II. JOHN (second son).

JOHN UPTON, esq. m. temp. EDWARD VI. Agnes, dau. of Nicholas Peniles, of Lupton, and sister and heir of John Peniles, of Lupton, in Devonshire, by whom he acquired that estate, and had, with a daughter, Jane, m. to William Hill, of Shilston, a son and successor,

WILLIAM UPTON, esq. who was seated at Lupton. He m. Joan, dau. of John Pount, of Derbyshire, and had, JOHN, his heir; Thomas; and Joan, wife of John Varvell, of Brixham.

The elder son,

JOHN UPTON, esq. of Lupton, m. Johan, daughter and heiress of Sir Wincomb Raleigh, knt. of Fardell, and had issue, JOHN, his heir.

William.

Nicholas.

Marshall, m. to Richard Sparke, of
Plympton.

Joan, m. to William Sparke, of Dartmouth. The eldest son,

II. Henry, who went to Ireland in 1598, as captain in the army, under the Earl of Essex, and settling in the county of Antrim, was returned to parliament by the town of Carrickfergus. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir Hugh Clotworthy, knt. and left, with three daughters, four sons, of whom the eldest,

ARTHUR, of Castle Upton, b. 31st May, 1623, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Michael Beresford, esq. of Coleraine, and had, with other issue,

CLOTWORTHY, of Castle Upton, b. 6th January, 1665, M. P. for the county of Antrim, whose only daughter, Elizabeth, m. the Right Hon. Hercules-Langford Rowley, of Summerhill, in Meath. JOHN, of Castle Upton, b. 19th April, 1671, whose son, CLOTWORTHY, was created BARON TEMPLETOWN, in the peerage of Ireland, in 1776. (See BURKE'S Peerage.) Thomas, king's counsel, recorder and M.P. for Londondery, whose daughter, Dorothy, m. Thomas Tennison, esq. one of the judges

Le Chevalier Upton, commandeur Anglois, et un des plus braves Chevaliers de l'Ordre, à la tête de trente autres, et suive de quatre cens habitans de l'Isle, tous à cheval, se présenta fierment au bord de la mer du côté du bourg, pour s'opposer aux descentes que les Turcs pourroient tenter, 1551. Histoire de l'Ordre de Malte, par Vertôt. Tom. iii. p. 261. Edit. de Paris, 4to.

+ SIR JOHN OTWAY, admitted fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1635, was among the first of those ejected by the Earl of Manchester, and after his removal became one of the readers in Gray's Inn. He was instrumental in bringing over two regiments to the royal cause, one commanded by Colonel Redman, who m. his sister, the other commanded by Colonel Cloberry, who m. his wife's sister. On the return of CHARLES II. Otway was knighted, made of the king's counsel, vice-chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and

JOHN UPTON, esq. of Lupton, living in 1620, m. Dorothy, daughter of Sir Anthony Rous, knt. of Halton, in Cornwall, and was s. by his son,

ARTHUR UPTON, esq. of Lupton, aged six in 1620, who m. Elizabeth, relict of Robert Haydon, esq. and daughter of William Gould, esq. and had issue,

1. JOHN, of Lupton, M. P. for Dartmouth, whom. Ursula, relict of George Clerk, of London, merchant, and daughter of Sir John Lytcot, knt. of Moulsey, in Surrey, and died without surviving issue in 1687.

II. Arthur, who d. unm.

III. William, of whom presently. The third, but only son to survive,

WILLIAM UPTON, seated at Lupton, m. Catherine, youngest daughter of Sir John Otway,† of Ingmire Hall, by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Brathwaite, esq. of Westmoreland, and had issue, 1. William, who d. unm. II. JOHN, heir to his father. III. Arthur, d. unm.

1. Catherine, m. John Egerton, esq. of Oulton, Cheshire, and d. s. p.

11. Elizabeth, m. Philip Fernyhough, of Chester.

The second, but eldest surviving son and heir, JOHN UPTON, esq. of Ingmire Hall, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Boucher, esq. of Twickenham, in the county of Middlesex, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

Elizabeth, m. in 1751, to Thomas Swettenham, esq. of Swettenham, in Cheshire. (See vol. i. p. 641.)