Acuff

Members of the Acuff family, founders of the William Penn Inn are buried at Gwynedd Meeting. The William Penn Inn (today a restaurant) stands across the road from Gwynedd Friends Meeting. Details about this family can be found at www.acuff.org. DNA shows this family to be descendants of the Ekoff family from the 17th Century New Sweden colony.

Ambler

A book privately published in 1968 by Frank R. Ambler is the best source for information on this family. Many Amblers are buried at Gwynedd Meeting, including Mary Ambler whose name was given to the borough of Ambler, PA. The home of Joseph Ambler is operated today as an Inn and restaurant.

Buzby

The Buzbys were an active family at Gwynedd in the middle of the nineteenth century. Some are buried there. Descendants say they came to Gwynedd from New Jersey.

Cleaver

The German Quaker family descended from Peter Klever (1667-1727/8) of Germantown is one of the most common names in the Gwynedd burying ground. A brief commentary was given by H.M. Jenkins on this family.

Dickinson

Originally from Plymouth twp., a branch of this family moved to Whitpain twp. and were early members of Gwynedd. The first of the Whitpain branch was Joshua Dickinson who married Elizabeth Morris of Whitpain twp. Also see the link for the Ellis family.

Ellis

Rowland Ellis arrived in the Gwynedd MM area about 1707 from Bryn Mawr (his estate in Merion, PA and the name of the place he came from in Wales). Rowland's daughter Eleanor married John Evans and remained at Gwynedd. This Ellis line is probably unrelated to the Humphrey Ellis line below. Yet another Ellis line is Thomas Ellis the Quaker elder of Exeter who married John Hugh's daughter Jane in 1712 at Gwynedd. He is sometimes thought a child of Rowland's but was not mentioned by Rowland in a genealogical manuscript he wrote which may still exist. There was also a Theodore Ellis, whose children and grandchildren are found in the Gwynedd records before 1750.

Ellis

Humphrey Ellis was an early member of Gwynedd who lived in Whitpain township. He was the brother-in-law of Richard Morris of Whitpain who married his sister Gwen. He was the son of Cadwalader Ellis and Jane verch Cadwalader Rowland of Bala, Merionethshire, Wales. His wives were Mary Hugh and Sage Morgan. Humphrey's brother Cadwalader was an early resident of Upper Dublin twp., settling where Temple University has a satellite campus.

Evans

Source: H.M. Jenkins (1897) plus some internet lines from www.rootsweb.com Worldconnect. The Evans genealogy includes the Hanks line. There is some dispute over the ancestry of Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln. An extensive Welsh ancestry for the Evans family can be found here.

Foulke

Hancock

Ancestry of Winfield Scott Hancock, mainly from www.rootsweb.com Worldconnect, with additional material from H.M. Jenkins (1897)

Hugh/Hughes

The descendants of Hugh ap Cadwalader of Wales include three lines of the first settlers of Gwynedd in 1698. The wives of Edward Foulke and William John were his daughters and John Hughes (1652/3-1736 Exeter, Berks Co. PA) was his son. John Hugh and family went to Exeter, 1731. There are numerous other Hugh and Pugh (ap Hugh) families at Gwynedd in the 18th century as well.

Jenkins

Source: H.M. Jenkins (1897), with some slight additions from www.rootsweb.com Worldconnect.

John/Jones

There were more than one Jones line of historical importance at Gwynedd. One is the line of William John (1644-1712), an original settler, who owned half of today's Upper Gwynedd township. His descendants left Gwynedd and are not well-known. Another important line is the line of John Jones, carpenter of Montgomery township. The Robert John/Jones lines are briefly mentioned by H.M. Jenkins. Experience shows there are likely to me more Jones lines not covered yet.

Lewis

A brief commentary is given by H.M. Jenkins (1897) of the Lewis family of Upper Dublin. Jane Lewis of this family married the unrelated Enos Lewis of Gwynedd (b abt 1714, s/o William) giving a second Lewis line.

Lukens

The German Quaker family descended from Jan Lukens (1650-1743/4) of Germantown is one of the most common names in the Gwynedd burying ground.

Morgan

Descendants of Edward Morgan of Towamencin. Sources: From all over the internet with some additions from H.M. Jenkins (1897). The file includes the Squire Boone (father of Daniel Boone) line. Edward Morgan's log home still stands and is a museum.

Morris

Early members of Gwynedd meeting, they lived along present day Morris Rd. in Whitpain township. The first was Richard Morris (b. Wales, d. Whitpain 1737) who married Gwen Ellis and had children Elizabeth (m. Joseph Dickinson) and Cadwalader.

Pugh (ap Hugh)

Two Pugh families were associated with Gwynedd meeting in the founding years. One group are probably cousins of the Evans family (descendants of Hugh ap Griffith who settled near Spring House). The other branch are descendants of Ellis Pugh of Plymouth. Both Pugh families largely migrated to Virginia early in the eighteenth century. We have a new web page that is under construction and includes these families.

Roberts

Descendants of Robert Cadwalader (the largest Roberts family at Gwynedd Friends). Sources: H.M. Jenkins (1897) with a few additions from www.rootsweb.com Worldconnect.

Roberts

The Edward Roberts line of Gwynedd. Sources: Elwood Roberts, H.M. Jenkins (1897) with a few additions from www.rootsweb.com Worldconnect. The genealogy is combined with the Humphreys lines of his wife Anne.

Roberts

There are several more unconnected Roberts families associated with Gwynedd meeting in one way or another. These include three apparently unconnected William Roberts lines. The linked file also contains documentation for the various Roberts families used in making connections. This is a work in progress.

Shoemaker

The German Quaker line, with numerous descendants in the Gwynedd burying ground. The sources are mostly from www.rootsweb.com Worldconnect, particularly the data bases from Donna Basinger, with some additional notes from H.M. Jenkins (1897).

Spencer

A brief commentary is given by H.M. Jenkins (1897).

Thomas

An abstract of the Gwynedd MM minutes for this name