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  • DAVIES-COOKE family Gwysaney, Llannerch, Gwysaney, Glodrydd. Defnyddiwyd y cyfenw Davies gyntaf gan John ap David, a briododd Jane, gweddw Richard Mostyn, a merch Thomas Salisbury o Leadbroke, sir Fflint. Bu iddynt hwy dri o blant, sef dau fab, Robert a John, a merch, Catrin, a briododd Edward Morgan o'r Gelli Aur, Sir y Fflint. Ar 20 Ebrill 1581 derbyniodd ROBERT DAVIES (?- 1600), a etifeddodd ystad y teulu, sicrwydd gan Goleg yr Herodrwyr ynglŷn â
  • DAVIES-COOKE family Gwysaney, Llannerch, Gwysaney, Griffith ap Howel, fifth in descent from Elstan Glodrydd. The patronymic Davies was first assumed by JOHN AP DAVID, who married Jane, widow of Richard Mostyn and daughter of Thomas Salisbury, of Leadbroke, Flintshire. They had three children - two sons, Robert and John, and a daughter, Catherine, who married Edward Morgan of Golden Grove, Flintshire. ROBERT DAVIES (?- 1600), who succeeded to the family
  • DAVIS family, perchnogion glofeydd 1867 a bu farw Frederick Davis yn 1876. Parhawyd y gwaith gan y ddau frawd arall. Yr oedd David Davis, ieu. (1821 - 1884) yn fwy o ddyn cyhoeddus na'i dad. Bu iddo ran amlwg ym mherswadio Henry Richard i sefyll etholiad seneddol ym Merthyr Tudful ac Aberdâr (1868) ac fel Lewis ei frawd cafodd wahoddiad i ddyfod yn ymgeisydd seneddol yno pan ymddeolodd Richard Fothergill (III) yn 1880. Yr oedd yn
  • DAVIS family, coalowners father had been. He took a prominent part in inducing Henry Richard to seek election as Member of Parliament for the Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare district (1868) and, like his brother, Lewis, was invited to contest the second seat there when Richard Fothergill ('III ') retired in 1880. A good employer, he kept the Davis collieries open throughout the ' lock-out ' of 1875, and subsequently became vice
  • DAVIS, DAVID (Dafis Castellhywel; 1745 - 1827), gweinidog Ariaidd, bardd, ac ysgolfeistr athro drwy Gymru gyfan; ordeinid offeiriaid o'i ysgol am flynyddoedd. Ceir enwau rhyw 111 o'i hen ddisgyblion fel tanysgrifwyr i Telyn Dewi. Cyfathrachai â'r Dr. Richard Price, Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), Thomas Roberts, Llwyn'rhudol, 'Glanygors,' Thomas Evans ('Thomas Glyn Cothi'); a throes lu o wŷr ei ardal yn bleidwyr y Chwyldro Ffrengig. Yn 1801-2 bu anghydfod a rhwyg yn ei eglwysi, a
  • DAVIS, DAVID (Dafis Castellhywel; 1745 - 1827), Arian minister, poet, and schoolmaster vale of Cletwr, and from that time on was known as 'Dafis Castellhywel.' Here he kept a school for over thirty years and his reputation as a teacher spread throughout Wales; for many years candidates for Anglican orders were ordained direct from the school. The names of 111 of his former pupils are to be found in the list of subscribers to Telyn Dewi. He was a friend of Richard Price, Edward Williams
  • DAVIS, ELIZABETH (1789 - 1860), nyrs a theithwraig . Boddodd Harris ddau ddiwrnod cyn eu priodas pan ddrylliwyd ei long y tu allan i borthladd Lerpwl. Diweddïodd Betsi sawl tro ar ôl hynny, yn gyntaf gyda James B___, peintiwr tai o Gaer, ond ffôdd i Lundain ddau ddiwrnod cyn y briodas, gan aros yn nhŷ John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), perthynas bell iddi. Yn ystod y cyfnod dilynol yn Llundain, lle bu'n gweithio fel morwyn tŷ, diweddïodd am amser byr â
  • DAVIS, ELIZABETH (1789 - 1860), nurse and traveller London two days before their wedding, where she stayed in the house of John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), with whom she claimed distant kinship. During the following period in London, where she worked as a domestic servant, she briefly became engaged to an upholsterer whom the Autobiography designates only as H___. In November 1820, she was hired as maid to the wife of the captain of a merchant ship sailing
  • DAVIS, ISAAC ('Aikake') (1756 - 1810), morwr a chynghorydd brenhinol ffrwydron, at Kamehameha, pen-rhyfelwr a oedd newydd gychwyn ar ei ymgyrch milwrol i oresgyn yr archipelago. Anfonodd Simon Metcalfe Sais o'r enw John Young i'r ynys i gael gwybod beth oedd wedi digwydd i'r Fair American a'i fab Thomas. Ond daliwyd Young gan Kamehameha, a defnyddiwyd Davis a Young gan y pennaeth fel ymgynghorwyr milwrol wedyn er mwyn cynnwys technoleg orllewinol yn ei ryfela. Yn nes
  • DAVIS, ISAAC ('Aikake') (1756 - 1810), mariner and royal advisor chief but missed. Davis, along with the firearms and ammunition, were taken to Kamehameha, a battle-tested chief who was just beginning his military campaign to conquer the archipelago. Wondering what happened to the Fair American and his son Thomas, Simon Metcalfe sent Englishman John Young ashore to investigate. However, Young was subsequently captured by Kamehameha who made use of Davis and Young
  • DAVIS, RICHARD (1658 - 1714), gweinidog Annibynnol
  • DAVIS, RICHARD (1658 - 1714), Independent minister