My great x 4-grandfather is Captain John Enoch (1756 1833). (Captain distinguishes him from his son, Colonel John Enoch) I found a reference to him in a book in Welsh, Enwogion Ceredigion (Great Men of Cardigan) by Benjamin Williams, 1869. The translation reads: > > John Enoch was born in Troed yr Aur. He was a son of Enoch Hywel who was the > son of Dafydd Hywel, the bard of Wernlogws, this family being true descendents > of Cadifor Fawr, Lord of Blaencych. The lineage runs as follows: John son of > Enoch son of Dafydd son of Hywel son of Hywel son of Einion son of Dafydd son > of Hywel son of Ieuan son of Dafydd son of Gruffydd son of Rhys son of > Llywelyn son of Ifor son of Llywelyn son of Ifor son of Llywelyn son of Ifor > son of Bledri son of Cadifor Fawr. Gwernlogws is in the midst of the old > manor/court of Cadifor Fawr; some 70 years ago it was in the possession of > Howell Davies, an uncle of John Enoch. It was a remnant of the old Cadifor > estate which remained in the family until the time of Howell Davies, who sold > it. John Enoch joined the Ceredigion militia when he was quite young. He > came in time to be a Captain and their chief paymaster. Physically, he was > tall, strong, handsome and cheerful; and his behaviour was gentlemanly, > pleasant and good natured. He was well respected and none of the local gentry > would see their children join the army without first consulting with Mr Enoch. > He died on 10th February, 1833 aged 74. He resided in Aberathan Fach, which > he bought and extended. Mr John Thomas of Crymnant is his grandson. The Rev. > D Silvan Evans, B.D. is his first cousin. > My question is how would Benjamin Williams have obtained this pedigree of some 20 generations? Was it published somewhere? How reliable is it likely to be? Can I add 20 generations to my family tree? And does anybody know where Wernlogws is? -- Dr Peter Borrows Amersham, Bucks. You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on (George W. Bush)
Peter, The Golden Grove book of pedigrees may have been the source. You can read it online at: http://goo.gl/K6KGX. This page shows Cadifor, his son Bledri and grandson, Ifor: http://goo.gl/6oxgo. Note what is said about the accuracy of the pedigrees. Caroline Gurney www.carosfamily.com