MR. JOHN AP EDWARD. MERION, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
John ap Edward. The entry in the Llandderfel Parish Register reads : "Johannes ap Edward filius Edwardi ap John baptizatus fuit decimo nono die Junij dieq Veneris," 1635.He joined the Society of Friends, and removed to Merion, Pennsylvania, 1682.
Under the designation of John ap Edward of Nantlleidiog, yeoman, he is grantee in a deed, executed in Wales, dated 18 March, 1681-2, for 312 1/2 acres of land in Pennsylvania, of which part was surveyed to him in Merion, and part of Goshen.
He arrived in Pennsylvania in August 1682, and died the following year.
Will dated 8 month, 16, 1683; proved at Philadelphia, 2 month, 8, 1683-4. He names children, Evan, Edward and Elizabeth; brothers Evan ap Edward and William ap Edward, and nephew John Evan, son of his brother, Evan ap Edward.
The children of John ap Edward were : 1, Evan, b. 2 month, 2, 1677; d. before 1699; 2, Sarah, b. 11 month, 8, 1673; d. young; 3, Edward, b. 8 month, 5, 1681; 4, Elizabeth (surname) Jones, b. 12 month, 18, 1671; m. 10 month, 25, 1699; Robert Fletcher, of Philadelphia.
Edward, b. 1681; who assumed the surname of Jones, and was known as Edward Jones, jr., to distinguish him from Dr. Edward Jones, sold his Merion and Goshen lands, and it is not known what became of him, but he probably removed to Virginia. (Deed Book C. I., Phila.; Will Book A, folio 37, Phila.)