The Druids they conquered and nearly wiped out in that bloody battle, however, were replaced by no less fierce peoples, the Celtic Welsh, who tied up the British monarchy for centuries.Īdditional historical footnotes closer to the time period in which we pick up this family lineage, are found in Britannia Depicta Emanuel Bowen 1720, which states: The Roman historian Tacitus recorded that many of the soldiery stood ‘watching fearfully, their limbs shaking in terror’.” Women – wild painted, shrieking madly – danced naked through the irregular ranks and waved torches of fire to warm their men folk to the heat of battle. Whilst the Druids invoked dark forces on the invaders, the tribesmen beat their shields with the flat of their swords and cheered, jeered and insulted the Romans. Meanwhile, on the far bank, thousands of tribesmen gathered. The Celts were not a fanatically religious people but the Romans saw Druidism as a serious menace – and Anglesey, spiritual home of the Druids and the last remaining bastion of Druidism in the British Isles – as the centre of that threat…. “Like many periods of unrest throughout history, the prime mover for the Roman assault and invasion of Anglesey lay in the religious significance posed by Druidism. Writes John Griffiths from Holyhead, in the BBC website on Anglesey: The area is famous as the site of the battle between the Roman general, Paulinius, and the Druids. The family with which we are dealing had its earliest proven ancestry in Wales, on the Isle of Anglesey, known in Roman times as Mona Insulis. This being awkward, the masculine took the form John. In the 13th and 14th centuries Johan stood for both Johannes and Johanna. Jones is a common name in the British Empire, meaning “son of John.” A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH AND WELSH SURNAMES WITH SPECIAL AMERICAN INSTANCES states also that the name means “John or Johan or Jone as at first written and pronounced both masculine and feminine. THE JONES FAMILY OF WALES AND NEW ZEALAND VIII. GREENHALGH’S AND NUTTALL’S ART WORLD V. LOMAX/GREENHALGE FAMILY OF BOLTON LE MOORS III. BLAIN FAMILY OF IRELAND AND LANCASHIRE, ENG I. NUTTALL FAMILY OF WIGAN AND ORMSKIRK, LANCS. VI. MCDONALD FAMILY OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND V. SCOTT FAMILY OF EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND II. MCNEILL FAMILY OF SCOTLAND AND NEW ZEALAND This small text is dedicated to the late Terrence Idris Jones, who remains the sole inspiration for it, and who came to America on a search, and who found much of what he sought. I am grateful to those family members whose input was useful, including Glenn Duthie, Janet Seddon Flavell, Wayne William Posgate, and Keith and Derek Jones. Much of the information is necessarily brief: At the beginning of this study, family, members known to the author did not have available significant data, and so the reliance for the early work is on third party sources, which involves a great deal of search, explore, and search again. MCNEILL CONNECTIONS: Families include Scott Posgate Tinker Noble Dove. JONES CONNECTIONS: Families include Seddon Morris Nuttall Blain Tonge Brooks and Greenhalgh. For those persons wishing to track the various connections the following guide is given: The lineage which is followed here includes material on the following major families:Īdditional information on other bloodlines and allied families is also given. This record is a draft copy and meant for family use only, in the hopes it will stimulate further input. It is, indeed, more a compilation of information, and much of the material is “cribbed” so this is not for general publication – a later edition of all original material is anticipated. THE FOLLOWING text represents only the beginning of a family study and is not to be considered a final or polished product.
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