The Pedigree of William Griffith, John Griffith and Griffith Griffiths (Sons of Griffith John, of the Parish of Llanddewi Brefi, in the County of Cardigan, South Wales, Great Britain) Who Removed to the County of Chester, Pennsylvania, in the Early Part PDF Download

Author: Thomas Allen Glenn
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282858759
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Excerpt from The Pedigree of William Griffith, John Griffith and Griffith Griffiths (Sons of Griffith John, of the Parish of Llanddewi Brefi, in the County of Cardigan, South Wales, Great Britain) Who Removed to the County of Chester, Pennsylvania, in the Early Part It has been stated that in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire from whence so many of the Welsh Baptist settlers of Pennsyl vania came, the best type of the Cymry is to be found in the descendants of the ancient Silurians, and the inhabitants of these Counties also claim that their language, which differs somewhat from the North Welsh tongue, is purer and therefore more primitive than the latter; but, although in a sense this may be true, insomuch as North Wales was frequently invaded by the Picts, Scots and Strath Clyde Britains and even by Armoricans, many of whom settled there. Whilst the tribes in the south for the most part drove back these invaders; yet it is unquestionable that the influence of Roman arms, Roman blood and the Roman lan guage is more evident here to-dav than in any other part of Eng land or Wales, and it is not surprising, indeed, that this should be so. The impress of Roman civilization and blood in England was almost entirely effaced by the Saxon conquest, and, to a very considerable extent, in North Wales also, but in South Wales, especially in the Counties of Cardigan and Carmarthen, the peo ple, subsequent to the Roman evacuation, although repeatedly at tacked by Saxon and Dane and finally by the Normans, defended their territory more stubbornly, more successfully, and longer than their Northern kinsmen. Again, it is only natural that the Roman should have left a deep impress upon this spot in Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.