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Email provider. Visit website. History Until the late 11th century south-west Wales formed part of a Welsh kingdom named Deheubarth, which was ruled by Rhys ap Tewdwr. About Easter he was killed in battle near Brecon by Normans, who then undertook a general invasion of South Wales. It must have been about this time that the first castle was built. By the end of the 13th century Picton was in the hands of the Wogans, barons of Wiston. The current castle was built between and by Sir John Wogan.

The Philippses have held Picton Castle since then. Big traceried windows replaced smaller ones in the hall about In Sir John Philipps made extensive alterations, as did Sir John Philipps between and , when he remodelled the interior of the castle. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries the Philippses of Picton Castle were the most powerful family in Pembrokeshire and their country seat reflects their status. Features The castle has no internal courtyard, and originally the main block was protected by seven projecting circular towers: the two at the east end were linked to form a gatehouse, and the entrance originally led straight through a portcullis into the undercroft of the hall.

Walled courtyard with galleries and antique lawnmower exhibition. Additional Information. Open from December to December. April to October- 9 am to 5. Castle Tours at 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm. November to March- 10am to 4pm. Castle Tours at 12pm and 1pm. The German and Dutch Phillips family, is the founding root source of the family in early days in New Amsterdam New York and other locations in the early colonies. This family is found with spellings such as 'Fylps', 'Flips', 'Philip', and most often 'Philips', though most later descendants chose the spelling 'Phillips'.

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Please click here to visit our main web page. Using this assumption, you might be tempted to try a DNA testing service to find lost cousins. However, as valuable as DNA testing is for some purposes, DNA testing is not yet able to help with historic family links. After examining a number of failed test results, where known family members were found to have 'no relationship' or 'little relationship' with proven family members over a longer span of generations, NFFG now believes that such testing is a waste of time and money, at this point.

The y-chromosome path, which is supposed to go directly from father to son, has failed for complex reasons. The only useful answers will be obtained when tests using mitochondial DNA are developed further. To read a summary of our findings on this matter, please click here.

Root Meaning of 'Phillips'. The name 'Phillips' derives from the Greek name 'Philippos', which is a union of "philien", meaning 'lover' and "hippos" or 'horse'. Phillips means ' great horseman '. An early exemplar of the name was Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. The surname Phillips is a patronymic surname, which likely based on skills as horsemen. Once an individual was named 'Phillips' that remained their surname.

We have searched through many sources, and arrived at unknown darkness in the annals of time. He was cousin of Rhodri Mawr, the first recorded King of Wales. Aaron, a great grandson of Cadivor, was given a family coat-of-arms by King Richard I Aaron received the crest as a token of his services during the third crusade to the Holy Land. This is now displayed as the Phillips Coat of Arms see it elsewhere on this site. His descendant in the 12th century, named Ffylib ap Jevan, is the first who used the name Phillips.

Ffylib became Phillips, and he was known as Jevan Phillips. This early family, MAY have had earlier roots in Europe. The Phillips family of Wales, was rendered first in the Brythonic Celtic language, and thus spun off names in English with many spellings: Phillips, Phelps, Philip, Phip, Phips, and more.

To view a Map of the main castles and settlement patterns of the Phillips family of Wales, as they branched out from Wales, please click here.