Wilkins, in 1784, it was successively the property of the families of Pell, Russell, Gilchrist, Taylor and Aspen, from whom it passed to Martin Wilkins, Esq., by whose son it is now enjoyed. The family of Wilkins, was originally seated in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales, and derives from " Robert de Wintona, or Wincestria, who came into that county with Robert Fitzhamon, who was lord of the manor of lianguian, near Coubridge and built a castle there, the ruins of which are still extant. The

a A name derived from the Indian castle whicli formerly stood near the termination of the neck.

b From this family, it obtained the name of Cromioell's neck.

e Co. Rec. Lib. A. 95. _^ •-

d See vol. i. 251. ■ - ' • • . /, -/ . .

• Co.Rec. Lib. A. 214.

f The name is supposed to be derived from tlie Whelk, an imaginary animal, which tradition asserts, inhabited the vale. The Whelk is still borne on the coat armor of the family, with the significant Welch motto : Sun ar dy Ilyn : angiice, beware of thyself.

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valley underneath, is called Pant Wilkyn (Welkyn's vale) to this day.=i Members of the family, yet reside at Brecon, Glamorganshire and Maeslongh, Radnorshire. Tlie more immediate ancestor of the American branch emigrated to Jamaica, West Indies, in 1720, and settled as a planter at St. Dorothy's in that colony. His grandson, was the Rev. Isaac Wilkins, D. U.