Surfacing, briefly* . . . Thanks to yr Achwr; the development of Welsh naming systems is a bit of a mystery out here, so mapping how we get from Rhydderch to Protheroe is an education. :-) Cheers from soggy bits of Queensland Dale PS: Scant comfort, I realise, but Kowanyama QLD has had more than a yard of rain in 5 days. So, it could be worse. > -----Original Message----- > From: dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of yr achwr > Sent: Sunday, 9 February 2014 9:46 AM > To: SANDRA DAVIES > Cc: Pat Powell; Dyfed > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Rhydderch and Protheroe > > Sandra, > In my opinion no. > Searching the NLW Wills database for Rhydderch, Prydderch and Protheroe (I > have not searched for variant spellings) for St. David's Diocese gives: > Rhydderch - 34 Wills. > Prytherch - 7 Wills (all in Carmarthenshire). > Protheroe - 40 Wills. Many of these probably relate to the Protheroe Family of > Dolwilym, Llanglydwen, but there are so few, that it would not take that long > to look at each one, and would in my opinion be a worthwhile exercise for > anyone researching these names. > Rhodri > > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: Feb 08 2014, 08:45 AM > From: "SANDRA DAVIES" > To: achwr@fsmail.net > Cc: "Pat Powell" , "Dyfed" > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Rhydderch and Protheroe > > > Hi Rhodri > > > As Rhydderch was an uncommon Christian name as you say, would that indicate > that all the Protheroes are descended from one individual Rhydderch. No, > connection as far as I know, just interested! > > > Regards > Sandra > > > > > > > > ACHWR > > ================================ > Dyfed list REVISED resources http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > [Dec2012] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message