The Welsh Who Built America | Everyone from Prince Madoc Ap Owain Gwynedd to Tom Cruise.

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3 ай бұрын

In ‘The Welsh who built America” history film makers Graham Loveluck-Edwards and Chris Lloyd look at people through history who have helped shape the great nation of the United States. They examine everything from unlikely legends to inescapable truths.
In this video we discuss:
• The legend of Prince Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd who is claimed to have discovered and colonised America in 1170
• Richard Amerike (born Richard Ap Meurig) who just might be the man America was named after
• The legacy of Richard Price, an intellectual from the Garw valley and his inspiration in the constitution
• The signatories to the declaration of independence including Llandaff born Francis Lewis, John Penn - the man who gave his name to Pensylvania, Lewis Morris from Tintern, Thomas Jefferson and many more
• How five of the first six presidents of the United States had Welsh ancestry.
• The Jones from the Dow Jones.
• Griffith J. Griffith, the man from Bettws near Bridgend who built Hollywood.
• American music and Hollywood legends with Welsh roots.
And much, much more besides. First broadcast on Bro Radio FM on Wednesday 24th April 2024.
This video is written, presented and produced by Welsh author and historian; Graham Loveluck-Edwards. Author of 'Monica', 'Historic Pubs of Wales' and the 'Legends and Folklore of Bridgend and the Vale' series of books, published by Candy Jar Books LTD (Cardiff). I hope you enjoy it. And if you do, please subscribe to this channel and share the content on social media.
For more information visit my website at: grahamloveluckedwards.com
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@whatchrisdoes 3 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed chatting to you on this Graham. I look forward to next time!

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Definitely.

@olliechuck1 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant show gents! Really enjoyed it and learnt so much.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@astrohaterade 3 ай бұрын

Proud Welsh American here. Thank you for this! 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@GlamorganManor 3 ай бұрын

I live on a farm in Virginia, USA that has been called Glamorgan since it was established in 1851! The story is that the family who built the home was originally from there. The oldest ancestor I can find is William Morris, born in New Kent, Virginia in 1688 so this Welsh family definitely has been here since the beginning of colonization.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful bit of shared history. Thank you

@coraljackz Ай бұрын

Great videos, diolch!

@GrahamLoveluck Ай бұрын

Croseo

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

If William Robert Grove can be forgotten, any and all Welsh men will be. He invented the first fuel cell! This is a really good show. Really enjoyed it.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@jardon8636 3 ай бұрын

maybe chris lloyd can return, for a australian, candian & NZ episode... the welsh who left wales...

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Good call

@petrovonoccymro9063 2 ай бұрын

Loved this vid Graham. Thank you. Can’t help feeling the education system foisted on the Welsh by the late Victorians did us no favours when it comes to our history. All of this should be taught in schools in Britain, not just in Wales. I’m reminded of the late great Wilson and Blackett who often complained about the way our history, about Arthur as King of Gwent, was dropped from Welsh school lessons in the 1920s. They did such a good number on him that he is now regarded as a myth, or some Roman general, rather than the member of a Welsh royal line. Yet even the Bruts of England in the Bodlian Library state that Arthur was crowned in Glamorgan (which then included much of Gwent.) By the way, do you happen to know if the Artorius cross and the gravestones have been kept in a safe place after Baram’s death? In my opinion they are the most important archaeological finds of the past several centuries. I’d hate to think of them falling into nefarious hands or being destroyed by the powers that be in England.

@GrahamLoveluck 2 ай бұрын

You are so right

@chwilhogyn 3 ай бұрын

Porthmadog is named after William Madocks, who built a sea wall, the Cob. Reclaiming land from the Traeth Mawr!

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for clarifying

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

One note on Betsy Ross and the American flag, it’s taken directly from the Breton flag, in terms of Design. The Bretons ofcourse being the ancestral kin of the “Welsh”. This show, or episode just touches on all the influences the Welsh have made on America. I often forget the man’s name, but one U.S senator 30 or 40 years ago stated that no nation or people have made such an impact on America than the Welsh of Wales. His name may have been William Sharpe, or Bill Sharpe. I can’t remember I’m afraid. I think he was the governor of Tennessee or Kentucky.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Wow! I hadn’t thought of that 😮

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

As for the name of America, yes. It definitely makes more sense for it to be named after Richard Ap Meryck. He was the financier of an “English” colony, so why wouldn’t it be named after a man who had direct involvement? As opposed to some random Spanish or Italian man that’s influence with America came far later.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

I think so too

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

Decent reasoning as to why it could have been political for the English, however that being said, that angle doesn’t explain why the Natives also claimed the same thing. Not only the Cherokee but the Mandan also. I believe it to be true as not only do you have the same story from multiple different people but you also have evidence surrounding Snake mounds, and The latent linguistic evidence in the languages also.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

I think the 1170 part of the story is more likely to be true than the 1660 bit. But honestly, who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

Well, there are some who believe the story to have been true but moved from the south to the north in order to justify the Tudor control over Wales, and not England or America. The use of it to influence the pope and have control of America was just a by product of the propaganda that was already in use by the Tudors.m over their own countrymen.

@brynroberts9880 3 ай бұрын

Porthmadoc was named after William Maddocks not prince Madoc The prince Madoc myth was made up by a man called John Dee who was court astronomer to Elizabeth 1.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for clearing that up

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

No, not made up, but rather transferred from the south to the north to justify the Tudor control of England. They first had to have legal authority over Wales, hence the need to transfer the history to the north and the house of Aberffraw instead of the house of Bran.

@johnsuncle888 3 ай бұрын

Tom Cruise is not of Welsh descent. He is descended from an Irishman who briefly lived in a Wales before emigrating to the USA.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for clearing that up

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

That occurs for many Anglo Americans also! Many of them had family going back to Wales decades or centuries earlier.

@johnsuncle888 3 ай бұрын

@@WalesTheTrueBritons What’s that got to do with Tom Cruise?

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

I’m just saying it works both ways. And we actually see how this affects Americans as over 11million have surnames originating from Wales, yet only 2 million claim ancestry from Wales. This implies they either are unaware of Wales, or they have been led to believe Wales is in England, rather than Britain. When the second one occurs it can often effect Americans into thinking once they find the first Person to settle America came from England, they assume their entire ancestry was English, not realising that a lot of Welsh had already moved to the major English port cities before their travels to America.

@johnsuncle888 3 ай бұрын

@@WalesTheTrueBritons Again, what’s that got to do with Tom Cruise? Do I detect a sense of grievance, if so, let it go?

@WalesTheTrueBritons 3 ай бұрын

Why the Welsh aren’t is for 3 reasons…1. As to what you said, The Welsh were mostly already Americanised by the time the Irish arrived and 2. The American education system is heavily focused on Irish and Anglo in terms of Celtic and British studies. It’s by design!!!! Even though the Welsh are the original Britons and the term Celtic was invented by a Edward Llwyd, a Welshman! 3..Agree, with are too nice and too quick to adept to pressures from outside. This is a deferment.

@GrahamLoveluck 3 ай бұрын

Quite agree