VERNER, WILLIAM, esq. of Church Hill, in the county of Armagh, b. 25th Oc tober, 1782, m. 19th October, 1819, Harriet, only daughter of the Hon. Colonel Edward Wingfield, of Cork Abbey, son of Richard, third Viscount Powerscourt, and has issue, WILLIAM, b. 4th April, 1822. Edward-Wingfield, b. 20th October, 1830. Amelia. Frances-Elizabeth. Frederica. Harriett-Jane-Isabella. Cecilia. Henrietta-Constantia-Frances. Colonel Verner, who is a lieutenant-colonel in the army, succeeded to the estates of his paternal grand-uncle, Thomas Verner, esq. in 1788, and represents the county of Armagh in parliament. He is a magistrate for Armagh and Tyrone, a deputy-lieutenant of the latter, and has served as high sheriff for Monaghan in 1820, Armagh in 1821, and Tyrone in 1823. Lineage. This family is of long standing in the county of Armagh, and has been for a considerable time settled at Church Hill. DAVID VERNER, esq. grandfather of the present proprietor, left by Elizabeth, his wife, two sons, JAMES and THOMAS, an officer in the army, killed at the battle of Bunker's Hill. The elder, JAMES VERNER, esq. sat in the Irish parliament for many years, and served the office of sheriff for the counties of Armagh, Meath, Monaghan, Dublin, and Tyrone. He m. Jane, daughter of the Rev. Henry Clarke, of Summer Island, in the county of Armagh, by his wife, the only daughter of John Atkinson, of Money, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Thomas, b. in 1774, m. Elizabeth second daughter of Sir Edward May, sister to the Marchioness of Donegall, and has four sons and two daughters. Mr. Thomas Verner is a trustee of the Linen Manufactures, and a justice of the peace for Armagh and Tyrone. He served the office of high sheriff of the former county in 1800. James, b. in 1777, late a captain of the David, b. in 1780, m. Annah Cole, and of New Lodge, in Sussex, who has Arms—Arg. on a fess sa. between three boars' heads couped of the second or, fretty or, a trefoil slipped of the last. Crest-A boar's head as in the arms. Estates-In the counties of Tyrone, Armagh, Monaghan, Meath, Dublin, and Wicklow. Seat-Church Hill, Verner's Bridge, Moy, Ireland. PEDLER, OF HOO MAVEY. PEDLER, PHILIP-WARREN, esq. of Hoo Mavey, in the county of Devon, a lieu MM tenant-colonel in the army of India. This gentleman was for several years actively engaged in the service of the East India Company, and for a great portion of the time held a distinguished command in the Indian army. His military career commenced in 1802, and he was soon afterwards placed in the division commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley. In 1807 he held the rank of brigade-major, and was under Colonel East at the siege of Chyah, where he obtained the thanks of his commanding officer, by gallantly heading a storming party. Subsequently, in 1815, the Marquess of Hastings, then governor-general of India, having adopted the project of Captain George Sydenham, political agent at Berar, to organize a corps of four thousand auxiliary horse under the command of British officers, Captain Pedler was selected as second to Captain Evan Davies for this important service, and he led, under the command of that officer, 600 of those reformed cavalry against 2000 insurgents, who were devastating the territories of the Company and their allies. Captains Davies and Pedler were both wounded,* and the complete success of the first affair in which the reformed cavalry was engaged, called forth the expression of the governor-general's approbation, in a dispatch to the resident at Hyderabad: from which the following passage is extracted. "The governor-general in council has remarked with particular satisfaction the excellent conduct of the reformed horse on the first occasion of their being led into action; the gallant manner in which they advanced against a superior force would have been creditable to any troops, and affords the strongest proof of the zeal and attention which has been exerted in perfecting this corps. The spirit with which Captains Davies and Pedler, Lieutenant Rind, and the native officers displayed in leading the men into action, affording them the most animating example, is considered deserving the highest praise." Soon after this affair Captain Pedler reassumed the command of his division, and moved with it to the relief of Nagpore, was engaged at the siege of that place, and in the action of the 16th December, 1817, where he had a horse shot under him and was slightly wounded in the foot, was thanked on the field by Brigade-General Doveton, and was mentioned in the report of the general to the adjutant-general. Captain Pedler was subsequently placed in command of his portion of the corps by the governor-general, in the following flattering terms communicated by Mr. Secretary Adams to the British resident at Nagpore. "The governor-general has learned from your private letters that you have invited Captain Pedler to raise and form the Nagpore The following humane and generous act of one of the enemy's soldiers in this conflict is deserving of record. Captain Pedler, who had been severely wounded in the sword arm, was returning, after the retreat and total rout of the enemy, to where the battle began, when he fainted from loss of blood and fell from his horse. A Rajhpoot soldier of fortune, one of the hostile ranks, observing an officer fall, came at once to his assistance, staunched the bleeding wound by tearing off the end of his turban and using it as a turnicate, removed the sufferer to the shade of a neighbouring tree, where, after some time, he restored life and animation. Captain Pedler, on recovering, found himself supported by his generous foe, whom he easily persuaded to follow his fortunes; and afterwards finding him as faithful as he was humane and brave, conferred upon him a commission in the Nagpore Auxiliary Cavalry. It is further worthy of remark, that this soldier was recognized as a deserter at Bombay, having formerly served for a short period in the company's army; but on a statement of his disinterested and humane conduct being made, the commander-in-chief, Sir Miles Nightingale, accorded him his free pardon. He was beside handsomely rewarded by many distinguished individuals at Bombay, and the Hon. Mount Stuart Elphinstone, the then governor, presented him, from his private purse, with 200 rupees as a mark of his approbation. It was a proud and just estimation of the character of the British officers he had formed, whilst serving in the company's army, which, he often afterwards acknowledged, actuated him in this disinterested act of humanity. Horse, a selection which his lordship cannot but approve. His lordship purposes to place Captain Pedler in command of that portion of his Highness the Rajah's troops, and his lordship expects the service will derive great advantage from that officer's judgment and familiarity with the prejudices of this class of troops as well as from his tried gallantry in the field." Captain Pedler next joined Brigade-General Adams's division, was present at the attack and defeat of the Persha, and at the siege and capture of Chandah, where he was again thanked for his services. He was afterwards invited by the resident at Nagpore to reform and organize his Highness the Rajah's cavalry, and was confirmed in the command of the corps by the governor-general of India. On his removal, Major Davies thus speaks of his services, in an order announcing the fact of his promotion, dated “ Camp, Ahmednugger, 18th May, 1818. On this occasion the commanding officer feels it due to the merits of Captain Pedler to record the high sense he entertains of his eminent public services since he joined the Reformed Horse, displayed as they have been on so many occasions of arduous contests, and distinguished by the most zealous devotion to a cause which has required so much of that personal intrepidity for which Captain Pedler has ever been conspicuous. Captain Pedler will be happy to learn that his loss is deeply felt by the commanding officer and the corps, and that his admirable and zealous co-operation in effecting the purposes for which the Nizams cavalry were reformed, have left him incapable of estimating by any common standard the value of such services; and in taking leave of a subject so interesting to his feelings, he cannot but congratulate the service on the distinguished place which Captain Pedler has acquired through his own exertions, and he assures Captain Pedler, that however their mutual interests may be separated, he cannot avoid associating them with his own and that of the troops he has the honor to command." After nearly ten years' active employment in this command Major Pedler retired from the service, and his resignation is thus recorded: "Nagpore, 6th Dec. 1826. "ORDERS BY THE BRITISH RESIDENT. "In announcing to the Nagpore Auxiliary Force Major Pedler's resignation of the command of the horse in the service of his Highness the Rajah, the resident feels it due to record in the most public manner the high sense which he entertains of that officer's services throughout the period of more than ten years that has elapsed since he was selected to fill that important station. "The duties devolving on Major Pedler at the outset of his service were of an arduous and delicate nature; to reform a body of men such as the Rajah's corps of horse then were, and to bring them into such a state of discipline and efficiency as might render them useful, or even safe, as auxiliaries, was a task of no common or ordinary difficulty; that it has been accomplished with eminent success is mainly attributable to the judgment, temper, and address displayed by Major Pedler in the execution of all arrangements formed under his superintendence. "The constant good feeling evinced, with that zeal and fidelity at all times manifested by the corps, furnishes a strong proof of the merit of the system introduced into that body by Major Pedler, and the resident has only to wish that the same qualities may continue, to perpetuate the memory of the officer under whom they have been so long fostered. Major Pedler will no doubt consider this statement as his best praise of the result of his exertions in the Rajah's service, yet the resident must add his warmest thanks and applause as a parting tribute due from himself and the government which has so largely benefitted, and will still benefit, by those exertions. Colonel Pedler having returned to Europe, purchased the manor and estate of Hoo Mavey, in Devon, with lands in Dorsetshire, of which latter county he is in the commission of the peace. JOHNES, JOHN, esq. of Dolecothy, in the county of Carmarthen, barrister-atlaw, b. in 1800, m. in 1822, Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. John Edwardes, of Gileston, Glamorganshire, and has two daughters, viz. Charlotte-Anna-Maria. Elizabeth. Mr. Johnes succeeded his father in 1815. He is a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Carmarthenshire. Lineage. This family, a very ancient one, and of It is not certain when the family adopted the name of JOUNES, the first, Sir Thomas Johnes spelt his name JONES, others of the Abermarles branch continued Johnes, and some Jones. The Dolecothy branch for the last 200 years used "Johnes" only. long standing in the counties of Carmarthen and Cardigan, derives its lineage from Urien Reged, a Cambro-Briton, fifth in descent from Coel Godebog, king of Britain. URIEN REGED was one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, and was a prince of the district of Gwyr or Gower, in Glamorganshire, and Iskennen, Carnawllon, and Kidwely, in Carmarthenshire. Tradition ascribes to him the building of Carregkennen Castle in Llandilofawr. He m. Leffoy, dau. of Gwrlais, Duke of Cornwall, and was direct ancestor of REES AP GRONOW AP EINON, who m. Margaret, or Mary, dau. and co-heir of Griffith ap Cydrych, Lord of Gwinfe, by a dau. and co-heir of Howell, Lord of Caerllion, and had a son, ELYDYR AP REES, who m. Gwladys, dau. of Phillip ap Bach ap Gwaithvoed, Lord of Esgairfach, in Glamorganshire, but according to others, of Cadwgan ap Jorwerth ap Llywarch ap Bran, and had a son, SIR ELYDYR DDU,or LEONARD DDU, knight of the Sepulchre, who m. Cecil, daughter of Sitsyllt ap Llewellyn ap Moreiddig Warwin Lord of Cantresely ff, and had with other issue, PHILLIP AP EYDYR, who m. Gwladys, dau. of David Vras ap Enion Goch ap Griffith ap Enion Vychan, and had, inter alios, NICHOLAS AP PHILLIP, who m. Jemmett, daughter of Griffith ap Llewellyn, and was father of GRIFFITH AP NICHOLAS, of Newton, in Carmarthenshire, who m. first, Mably, daughter of Meredith Donn, of Kidwelly; secondly, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Perrot of Pembrokeshire; and thirdly, Jane, daughter and co-heir of Jenkin ap Rees. Griffith was slain at Wakefield, on the side of York, leaving a numerous issue by his three wives. The eldest son, THOMAS AP GRIFFITH, of Newton, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Griffith, of Abermarles, in Carmarthenshire, and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis or James, second son of Philip Duke of Burgundy. He was killed in a duel, and buried at Bardsey Island, leaving issue, 1. Morgan ap Thomas, fought on the side of York, d. s. p. II. David ap Thomas, called David Ceffyl Cutta (or short-tail horse) fought on the side of Lancaster: he left no legitimate issue. III. Jenkin ap Thomas. IV. David ap Thomas, the younger. EVOR. VI. JOHN AP THOMAS, of whom we have to treat. The sixth son (issue of the second marriage), JOHN AP THOMAS of Abermarles, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Vaughan of Bredwardine, by Elinor, his wife, daughter of Robert Lord Whitney, and had a son and successor, SIR THOMAS JOHNES, knight of Abermarles and Haroldston, in Pembrokeshire, sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1541, and of Cardiganshire in 1544, was first knight for the county of Pembroke. He m. Mary daughter and heir of James Berkeley, second son of Maurice Lord Berkeley, and widow of Thomas Perrot of Haroldstone, and by her, who wedded thirdly Sir Robert Whitney, had issue, 1. HENRY (Sir), of Abermarles, from whom sprang the family of JOHNES of that place, now extinct in the male line. 11. Richard, of Cwmgwilly, in Carmar- III. JAMES, of whom presently. 1. Catherine, m. to John Vaughan, esq. II. Eleanor, m. to Griffith Rice, esq. of III. Mary, m. to Rudderch Gwynne, esq. of Glanbrane. The third son, JAMES JOHNES, esq. of Llanbadarn-fawr, Cardiganshire, was high sheriff of that county in 1586. He m. Anne, daughter of John Thomas, esq. of Cryngae, in Cardiganshire, and Dolecothy in Carmarthenshire, and widow of James Lewis of Llanbadarn-fawr. By this lady he left, with a daughter, Mary m. to David Lloyd, of Glanswin in Carmarthenshire, a son, THOMAS JOHNES, esq. of Llanbadarn-fawr, and Dolecothy, sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1618, whom. Mary, daughter of James Lewis, esq. of Abernantbychan, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Rowland Pugh, esq. of Mathavarn, left a daughter Winifred, the wife of David Lloyd, esq. and a son, JAMES JOHNES, esq. of Dolecothy, sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1667, and of Cardiganshire in 1670, who m. first, a daughter of Rowland Pugh, esq. of Mathavarn; and secondly Mary, daughter of Sir John Pryce of Gogerthan; he had issue, 1. THOMAS, his heir. II. John, of Abermead, m. Anne, dau. of Howell Gwynne, esq. of Glanbrane. III. Richard, d. s. p. IV. James of Llandre, d. in 1709. I. Anne, m. to Edward Jones, esq. of Llanina. m. to John Lloyd, esq. of Llanllawddog. III. Bridget, m. to Thomas Lloyd, esq. of Bronwydd. The eldest son, THOMAS JOHNES, esq. of Dolecothy, was II. JAMES, of Dolecothy, whose son, II. Elizabeth, m. to Richard Jones of |