The Thomas Blayney African link - [1]

 

Thomas Blayney married Anna Jones - an African connection

The Blayney-Percival link is frequently listed on the Internet, particularly [2], but the eldest Thomas is not linked to any known Welsh or Irish Blayney.

1 Thomas BLAYNEY son (or grandson) of a Richard [4],
  possibly the Richard BLAYNEY (baptised 29Mar1687 in Llanllwchaiarn). 
  Alive 1758 with a father or grandfather "Richard"
 + Anna Jones m<1727 [72]
  2 Thomas BLAYNEY b.24Aug1729 (Tregynon)[72]; d.1812
   + Sara Stephen b.1740 d.1819
    3 Thomas BLAYNEY b.1778 d.1822 
      of Glyn Farm, Bettws, Cedewain, Montgomeryshire.
     + Elizabeth Rogers d.1828
      4 Arthur BLAYNEY b.1814 d.1863
       + Isabell Charleton m.1848
        5 Arthur BLAYNEY b.1853 d.1883 
          killed in Transvaal, South Africa
        5 Annie BLAYNEY 




Emily Margaret Blayney [5]


        5 Emily Margaret BLAYNEY d.1916 near NewCastle and 
          buried in the family vault there. 
         + Percy PERCIVAL b.1845 d.1911
          6 Arthur Blayney PERCIVAL (known as A. Blayney PERCIVAL)
            b.Mar1875 Newcastle on Tyne
            d.20Jan1941, Mandu Estate, near Machakos, Kenya 
            Pioneer of game Preservation (wrote "A Game Ranger's Notebook" 1924)
            See pictures & story of Arthur Blayney PERCIVAL
          + Jacqueline Breckenridge
           7 Margaret PERCIVAL
            + ___ KUMMERFELDT
           7 Peter (?Buster) PERCIVAL d. in WWII age 20
          6 Walter PERCIVAL b.1879 d.1921, Kenya (Blackwater fever)
          6 Philip Hope PERCIVAL b.10May1884 (Westoe, Durham,UK) 
            d.1966 (Wami, Kenya) bur. Potha Hill
            Leading big game hunter
           + Flora Vivien Smith-Spark b.1884 d.1957
            7 Evelyn Margaret Blayney PERCIVAL
              b.9Sep1912, Berrow, Somerset, d.Jan 1985, Nairobi
            7 Joyce Franklin PERCIVAL b.22Jun1915, Potha, Kenya. 
              d.1Mar1997, Wooler Northumberland
            7 Richard PERCIVAL b.22Jun1915, Potha, Kenya. 
              Occ Farmer d.1Mar1997, Wooler Northumberland
             + unknown
              8 Philip Murray PERCIVAL
              8 Rosemary Anne PERCIVAL
              8 David Richard PERCIVAL
              8 Felicity Vivien PERCIVAL
        5 George BLAYNEY d.1912 
        5 Jessie BLAYNEY d.1937/8 
        5 Robert BLAYNEY b.1860 d.1921
         + Eva Hardy 
          6 Owen Geoffrey (George) BLAYNEY b.1892 d.1957
           + Olive Lazenby b.1899 d.1962
            7 Robert (Bob) BLAYNEY b.1934 [4]
             + Ann Turner m.1965
              8 Andrew BLAYNEY b.1966
              8 David BLAYNEY b.1969
            7 Anna BLAYNEY b.1937 m.1962
             + Edward Trevelyn
              8 Three children
            7 Biddy BLAYNEY b.1939, m.1965
             + Simon Boucher
              8 Three children
          6 Brian Wingrave BLAYNEY

Bibliography
[1] Ancestry.com search site [Robert Finnigan Database]
http://www.ancestry.com/main.htm?lfl=m and the refinnigan database

[2] PERCIVAL, Philip: Genealogy Percival Family Tree [Potha At CIX], the The Extended Family Tree at www.potha.co.uk/tree/family.htm and specifically...Thomas Blayney (oldest) at www.potha.co.uk/tree/d0003/g0000093.htm#I429 and Arthur Blayney www.potha.co.uk/tree/d0002/g0000074.htm#I251

[3] LDS Family Search www.familysearch.org specifically Alexander BLANEY

[4] Blayney, Robert of Jersy (Channel Is, UK) -personal communication

[5] Percival Family Picture Archive www.the-percivals.co.uk
Percival Family Picture Archive www.the-percivals.co.uk/percival_1.htm

[6] Percival, Philip. "Percival Family" GEDCOM database 1730942 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:1730942