| Father | Sir John Gaines (b. 1559, d. 1606) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Games (b. 1559) |
| Son | Lieutenant Edward P Gaines (b. 1612, d. 1634) |
| Son | Robert Gaines (b. 1613, d. 1711) |
| Son | Daniel Gaines+ (b. 1614, d. 18 August 1682) |
| Son | Private James Gaines - Continental Troops (b. 1620, d. 18 August 1705) |
| Son | Richard Gaines (b. 1626, d. 1710) |
| Daughter | Frances Gaines (b. 1628, d. 1656) |
| Daughter | Catherine Gaines (b. 1628, d. 1705) |
| Daughter | Margaret Gaines (b. 1630, d. 17 February 1717) |
| Son | Roger Games (b. 1632) |
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| Included in charts - lists | Carol Gilstrap Ancestors |
| Relationship | 7th great-grandfather of Carol Jay Gilstrap 9th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn 9th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 9th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott 9th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 9th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn 9th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
| Anecdote | GAINES For the early history of the Gaines family, as given here, we are indebted chiefly to Major Richard V. Gaines, of Mossingford, Virginia, who devoted many years to the study of this family and traced it through an unbroken line to Brychan, who became King of Wales early in the fifth century and reigned until his death in A. D. 450. His lineage gave to Wales some of the foremost men in her annals and the history of Wales is, in a large measure, the record of the achieve ments of his descendants, a few of whom were: Beli the Great, Em peror of Great Britain; Cadwalader, great grandson of Beli; St. David, patron saint of Wales; Roderic the Great, from whom de scended King George V., of England; Howel the Good, who prepared the first system of civil law which was put into operation in the territory now embraced in the British Realm; Cradoc, of Llancarvon, the his torian; Sir Rhysap-Thomas, who commanded the forces under the Earl of Richmond, and by his skill and gallantry at the battle of Bosworth, where Richard III. was slain, placed Richmond (Henry VII.) upon the throne; David-ap-Gwillam, the father of Welsh poetry, and Llewellyn the Great, the last and probably the greatest of Welsh kings, whose reign extended from 1 1 94 to 1 240. His administration of affairs caused a great literary and educational revival in Wales, and his achievements in arms were not less signal and masterful. To no one man does Wales owe more for the deep foundation of her inde structible, invincible national spirit than to Lllewellyn the Great. The Reverend Theophilus Jones in his history gives Brecon City, Wales, as the home of the family at the earliest known period of its history and also gives the genealogy of the family and many valuable facts concerning it. From Howel the Good the line is traced to Einon Sais (who had lived in England and inherited the estate of Castle Einon Sais), his son Howel and his son, Llewellyn-ap-Hoel, the father of Roger, Griffith, Richard, William, Helen and David-ap- Llewellyn, later known as David Gam, a conspicuous and potential personage in Wales in the early part of the fifteenth century, a man of courage and judgment; of dauntless spirit and soldierly tact. By his personal daring on the Field of Agincourt (1415) he saved the life of Henry V., but was himself mortally wounded. He was knighted by his King just before he died. He entered the King's military service as David-ap-Lllewellyn, but having a squint eye, the word signifying it, "Gam," was applied to him and he was knighted Sir David Gam and herein we find the origin of the name Gaines. The name remained Gam through two generations. His great grandson added "es" and thereafter it was Games; which form was adhered to in Wales, but in England it became Ganes, Gaynes and finally Gaines. Thomas Jones, an eminent genealogist, in 1 599, makes this important state ment: "From this Sir David Gam all ye Games of Brecknogshire, all ye Vaughns, and all ye Herberts of South Wales are descended and ye most part of all the nobility of England." William Herbert and the Earl of Pembroke were great grandsons of Gladis, daughter of Sir David Gam. They were the friends and patrons of Shakespeare, and it was at Wilton, the home of the Earl of Pembroke, that King James, on December, second, 1 603, first witnessed a performance of one of Shakespeare's plays. The Herberts took an active part in the early settlement of America, and were mem bers of the Virginia Company organized by Sir Walter Raleigh. Mor gan, the eldest son of Sir David Gaines (Gam) was great-great-grand father of Sir John Gaines ( 1 559-1 606) of Newton, County of Brecon, Wales, from whom the Gaines family of Virginia is believed to descend. The children of Sir John Gaines were Catherine, Thomas, John, Walter, Richard and Elizabeth Gaines. From Virginia Land Office and State Library records we find that six members of the Gaines family had located in the colony prior to 1 650, one of whom, Thomas Gaines, is believed to have been son of Sir John Gaines and father of Daniel, Robert, Thomas and James (of 1620.)1 | |
| Birth | 1584 | Thomas Gaines was born in 1584 in Aberdeen, Breconshire, WalesBGO. |
| Marriage | 1608 | He and Blanch Kemis were married in 1608 in Virginia, United StatesBGO. |
| Death | 1640 | He died in 1640 at age ~56 in Virginia, United StatesBGO. |
| Last Edited | 2 December 2016 |