The last descendant of the Vaughan family sold the estate around 1740 to the
Glanllyn family and so it became part of the huge Wynnstay estate
eventually.
Beryl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane" <jagrwi(a)comcast.net>
To: <wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MER] Help with translation
Thanks for important piece of information. I was way off, wasn't
I --
about
two hundred fifty years or so. When my John Roberts died there in 1742
had
the family of Vaughans moved somewhere else or was John Roberts possibly a
worker on Caer Gai?
Jane
----- Original Message -----
From: "BERYL GRIFFITHS" <berylh.griffiths(a)btinternet.com>
To: <wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MER] Help with translation
> The 'Great War' referred to in this piece is the Civil War.
>
> Beryl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jane" <jagrwi(a)comcast.net>
> To: "Wales (Merionethshire)" <wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:32 AM
> Subject: [MER] Help with translation
>
>
>> Could some kind person translate this for me? It is taken from the
>> ebook
>> titled Cartrefi Cymur by Owen M. Edwards.Some of my ancestors lived at
>> Caer Gai, Llanywchllyn and I wondered if this is the same
>> place.JaneVII.--CAER GAI.--CARTREF UCHELWYR.
>>
>> Hen balas Rhufeinig yw Caer Gai, ar fryncyn heulog uwch ben Llyn
>> Tegid, yn nyffryn uchaf y Ddyfrdwy.
>>
>> Yr oedd y Fychaniaid, hen deulu Caer Gai, yn enwog am eu hathrylith.
>> Y ddau fwyaf adnabyddus ohonynt ydyw Gwerfyl Fychan a Rowland
>> Fychan. Yn amser y Rhyfel Mawr yr oedd Rowland Fychan yn byw, a
>> Gwerfyl dipyn yn gynt.
>>
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