Jane and Peter,
This is a geographic conundrum! Parc and Sarnau are two different
places in the Penllyn area, but the original question suggests that
the two are associated with one another - Parc, Sarnau,
Merioinethshire. The settlement of Parc is located a few miles SW of
Bala and Sarnau about the same number miles to the North East.
There is perhaps another interpretation.
A search of place names in the Parc area did not result in the word
Sarnau being found in the near vicinity. Previous work on a similar
problem on this site suggests that place names around Parc have
remained unchanged or slightly modified in the area since the 19th
century. Parc is also a unique name associated with protected land on
large estates. If I recall correctly, the local expression for "Parc"
is 'Y Parc" - which includes the definite article for emphasis = "The
Park." The parish is Llanycil.
Is there a "Parc" near Sarnau? A search of the area a few years ago
turned up Parc y Derwgoed (OS Reference SH986 782) which is about a
mile of east of Cefn Ddwysarn (Cefn Ddwysarn and Sarnau are
neighbouring communities). This is a meeting place of local roads and
trackways that are quite ancient in origin. Parc y Derwgoed (rough
translation - Oakwood Park) may have been associated with one of the
large estates in the area - Rhiwlas and Pale come to mind.
I would also consider a search associated with Parc y Derwgoed in the
two parishes of Llanfor and Llandderfel.
Ken Richards
On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:48 AM, Peter Evans wrote:
Jane,
>> My ancestor who emigrated to New York from Parc, Sarnau,
>> Merionethshire
signed his name William En Phillips.
A place in that format may follow the format Place, Township, County.
Certainly the county is Merionethshire. There is also a place Parc
in the
parish
of Llanycil. It is near the south end of Llyn Tegid.
So does Sarnau fit the format and is a township?
Looking through the book 'History of Merioneth' volume 2 :-
Appendix 2 which
lists
parishes and townships.
Sarnau is not listed as a township in the whole of Merionethshire.
However the place Sarnau is mentioned in the publication 'Memorial
Inscriptions
of the Church of St. Deiniol Llanfor, Bala, Parish of Llanfor,
Meirionnydd,
Wales' by
the Gwynedd Family History Society.
For example, the place Pen-y-bryn, Sarnau. For example, the place Rhyd
Ellis, Sarnau.
For example, the place Ty'n y ffridd, Sarnau.
You mentioned Ismynydd. This is a farm between Bala and Llyn Celyn
to the
north west.
Regarding the abbreviation E superscript n. Two names come to mind
for this
period: 1) Evan 2) Enoch.
I would think Evan is highly likely.
I have tried to find the birth/baptism of John Phillips who was
known as
the poet Tegidon. I haven't found a source given to his birth
although many
references give the date. (His father was Philip Jones.) Apparently
he was
born in Bala on 12 Apr 1810. I haven't found him in the Llanycil or
Llanfor
baptism registers. (His mother was Grace Evans, a relative of mine.)
So it seems there are a few Philips families in the area, your
efforts in
sorting them out may help me.
Regards,
Peter Evans
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