Tree showing possible ancestry of James Owen
Note that:
Spellings of early names & dates are not always consistent.
The tree does not show all the children of a marriage.
Much of the information is from secondary sources.
The proposed direct line is written in this colour
1 Hwfa ap Cynddelw b bef. 1137 in Presaddfed, Wales, d aft. 1169 Lord of Llifion, founder of 1st of 15 noble tribes of N Wales
+Ceinfryd Verch Ednowain Bendew, founder of 13th of 15 noble tribes of N Wales
2 Methusalem (aka Mathusalem) ap Hwfa b Penhesgin, Llanfaethlu, Anglesey (3rd son of Hwfa) b c1160
+Agnes verch Gryffydd ap Conan
3 Meredydd (aka Meredith) ap Methusalem b c1190
+Angharad verch Llowarch Hwllbwrch
4 lorwerth (aka Jorwerth) ap Meredydd b c1220
+Gwenhyfer verch Jevah
5 Gruffydd (Griffith) ap lorwerth b c1250
+Gwenllian verch Rhirid Flaid
6 Iorwerth ap Gruffudd b c1280
+Gwladys verch Howel (descended from Llywarch ap Bran, founder of 2nd of 15 Noble tribes,
descended from Rhodri Mawr King of All Wales)
7 Iorwerth Ddu (the black) ap Iorwerth b c1310
+Gwenllian, dau/heir of Howel Goeg ap Iorwerth ap Cadwgan
8 Hywel (aka Howel) ap Iorwerth Ddu
+Angharad Verch Howel Ap Cynwrig Vychan (of Tre Brys & Hiraethog) ap Cynwrig ap Llowarch ap Heilyn Goch, of Carwed Fynydd)
9 Hwlkin ap Hwyel (aka Hwlcyn Bodychen) b c1380 - killed c.1400 fighting with Owen Glyndwr against Henry IV
+Eurddyled verch Ierwerth ap Dafydd Lloyd (aka Llwyd) descended from Llywarch Bran founder of 2nd of 15 Noble Tribes.
10 Llewellyn ap Hwlcyn d 1483
+Mali (aka Mallt), dau/coheir of Evan (aka Ifan) Lloyd of Bodsilin ap Griffith ap Grono ap Howell ap Cunfig
ap Jorwerth ap Yarthur ap Cynddulodigi King of Wales
11 Meurig (aka Meyrick or Mayrick) (of Bodeon & Bodsilin) ap LLewellyn b c1500 in Ireland
+Margaret verch Ieuan Vychen (aka Evan Fychan) ap Evan ap Adda ap Iorwerth Ddu of Nantley-fwyi,
of Pengwern or Pingwirn, Denbigh
12 Owen ap Meurig b c1460, died 1530
+Eleanor verch Robert ap Meredith ap Hwleyn Lloyd of Glynllifon
The Owen family of Bodeon (Bodowen ), Anglesey
The Owen family of Orielton, Pembs
12 John ap Meurig
+Angharad verch Gruffydd (aka Griffith) ap Howell ap David ap Meredith
or Angharad verch Gruffydd ap Howel ap Madog ap Ieuan ap Einion, of Lleyn
13 Robert ap John
+Gwenhwyfvan (Gwenhwyvar) verch William ap Meredith ap Rys
14 Owen ap Robert (aka Owen of Bodsilin)
+Angharad verch (& heir of) Dafydd ap William ap Griffith ap Robyn
15 Robert Owen, of Bodsilin, co. Carnarvon d: Aft 1588
+(1)Anne Wynne, dau. of John Wynne of Hirdrefaig
+(2)Lowry (aka Laura) Coetmor, dau. of William Coetmor
15 John Owen b: Abt 1577 d: 27 Mar 1611 (continued below)
15 Owen Owen b: Bodsilin, Aber, Carnarvon d: 1593
+(1)Margaret Matthews
+(2)Jane Griffith
14 Alice verch Robert
+Ieuan Llwyd
15 Geoffrey Llwyd b: Abt 1557 Hafodunas, Llangernyn
15 Ieuan Llwyd b: Abt 1555 Hafodunas, Llangernyn
11 Rhys ap LLewellyn (aka Rhys Bodychen) - well rewarded by Henry VII for his service on the Bosworth battlefield
15 John Owen b: Abt 1577 d: 27 Mar 1611 (continued from above)
+Ellin Maurice (Morris)b: 1578 m: Abt 1602 d: 1626, dau. of William Wynne Maurice of Clenneney
16 John Owen b: 1600 Clenennau, near Dolbenmaen, Caernarvonshire, his mother's home d: 1666
+Janet Gruffydd
17 William Owen d: Bet 1677 - 1678
+Katherine Anwyl d: Bef 1685
18 Robert Owen d: 1698
+Margaret Wynn b: 07 Jun 1663 Glyn, Merioneth
19 Elizabeth Owen b: 24 Jun 1684 Selattyn, Shropshire
19 William Owen b: 30 Jul 1688 Selattyn, Shropshire d: 1768 aet 79
+Mary Godolphin
20 Robert Godolphin Owen b: 1733 d: 1792 dsp (Unmarried)
20 Francis Owen b: 24 Feb 1745/46 Selattyn, Shropshire d: 1774 dsp (unmarried)
20 Margaret Owen b: 03 Jan 1737/38 Porkington, Shropshire d: 02 Mar 1806
+Owen Ormsby b: Apr 1749 Hazelwood m: 1777 Porkington, Mayo, Ireland d: 24 Aug 1804
21 Mary Jane Ormsby b: 17 Sep 1781 St Marylebone, London d: 1869
+William Gore b: of Sligo, Ireland m: 11 Jan 1815 Gortner Abbey, Mayo, Ireland
22 John Ralph Ormsby-Gore b: 03 Jun 1816 d: 1876 created the first Lord Harlech in 1876
+Sarah Tyrrell m: 04 Mar 1844 (aka 4 June) Essex d: 1898
23 Fanny Mary Catherine Ormsby-Gore b: 1845 Leitrim, Leitrim, Ireland d: Aft 1916
+(1)Thomas Mainwaring Bulkeley Bulkeley-Owen d: 1910
+(2)Lloyd Kenyon b: 15 Jun 1804 Pradoe, Flint m: 21 Jul 1863 St James, Westminster d: 1865
24 Lloyd Kenyon Kenyon b: 05 Jul 1864 London, Middx
22 (Mio) Fanny Ormsby-Gore b: Dec 1817 Parkington, Leitrim, Ireland d: Bef 1836
22 William Richard Ormsby-Gore b: 03 Mar 1819 Parkington, Leitrim, Ireland d: 1904
+Emily Charlotte Seymour m: 1850 d: 1892
23 Mary Georgina Ormsby-Gore b: 1851
+Alfred Mordaunt Egerton m: 1878 d: 1908
24 Arthur George Edward Egerton b: 1879 d: 29 Sep 1915 Killed in action, aged 36
+Fynvola Mackinnon m: 1905
24 Louis Edwin William Egerton b: 1880
+Jane Seymour m: 1912
24 Josslyn Semour Egerton b: 1883
+Winifred Dorothy Crake
24 Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton b: 1886
+Ruth Julia Cripps m: 1912
23 William Seymour Ormsby-Gore b: 27 Dec 1852 of Willowbrook, Sligo, Ireland d: Bef 1916
23 George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore b: 21 Jan 1853 of, Leitrim & of Willowbrook, Sligo, Ireland
+Mary Ethel Gordon
24 William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore b: 11 Apr 1885
+Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascogne-Cecil
23 Henry Arthur Ormsby-Gore b: 18 Mar 1857 London
23 Emily Ormsby-Gore b: 1859
+Fourth Earl of Fortescue m: 1886
23 Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby-Gore b: 18 Jun 1863 of Willowbrook, Sligo, Ireland
22 Harriet Selina Ormsby-Gore b: Oct 1820 At Parkington, Leitrim d: Bef 1835
22 Owen Arthur Ormsby-Gore b: Oct 1820 (aka 1821 or 1828) Parkington, Leitrim, Ireland
22 Charles Arthur Ormsby-Gore b: 15 Feb 1823 Parkington, Leitrim, Ireland d: Possibly in infancy
22 George Ralph Ormsby-Gore b: 1829 Parkington, Leitrim, Ireland d: Possibly in infancy
20 Ellen Owen b: 1740 d: 1802 dsp
20 Henry Owen b: 06 May 1743 Selattyn, Shropshire
20 Mary Owen b: 15 Aug 1749 Selattyn, Shropshire
20 Jane Owen b: 1736
19 John Owen b: 08 Oct 1691 Selattyn, Shropshire
19 Arthur Owen b: 20 Feb 1692/93 Selattyn, Shropshire d
+Mary Clayton b: 1703 , Shropshire m: 14 Jan 1726/27 Selattyn, Shropshire
(dau of Robert Griffith of Brymbo)
20 Thomas Owen b: Abt 1737 Llanymynech, Shropshire
+Elizabeth Parry? b: Abt 1741 Llanymynech, Shropshire m: 12 Nov 1762 Llanymynech
21 Thomas Owen b: 1763
+Anne Williams? m: 24 Nov 1788 Kinnerley, Shropshire
22 James Owen b: Abt 1806 d: 1886
+Susannah Morgan b: 1805 d: 1868
21 Elizabeth Owen b: 20 Sep 1765 Llanymynech, Shropshire
21 Mary Owen b: 15 Jun 1766 Llanymynech, Shropshire
21 Sarah Owen b: 13 Jun 1767 Llanymynech, Shropshire
19 Frances Owen b: 09 Jun 1694 Selattyn, Shropshire
19 Edward Owen b: 18 Jun 1695 Selattyn, Shropshire
19 Lewis Owen b: 1696 d: 1746
+Elizabeth Lyster b: 16 Apr 1676 Mathern, Monmouth m: Abt 1730 d: 1753,
memorial in Penrhos church, Llandrinio
20 John Owen b: Abt 1731 of Moynes Court, co Monmouth d: 18 Dec 1823 aet 82, unmarried
20 Margaret Owen (1742 - 1816) Unmarried
18 Jane Owen
17 Catherine Owen
+Robert Anwyl
16 William Owen (last section) b: 1607 d: 1670 dsp
+Mary Kemp m: 30 Nov 1630 Selattyn, Shropshire
16 Jane Owen b: 16 May 1609 Fernhill, Whittington, Salop
16 Maurice Owen b: 11 Apr 1610 Fernhill, Whittington, Shropshire