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Elizabeth Kynaston 
 
1768-1840 married   
 
Captain   
 
William Gaskell 
The Kynaston family can be traced from Wales and Shropshire over 
many centuries, then London from the 1620s up to the mid 1700s then Essex, 
and London to the first quarter of the 1800’s.  
  
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    This hatchment shows, on the left, the 
    Gaskell Coat of Arms 
    with a black background indicating the death of William Gaskell and on the 
    right the Kynaston Coat of Arms..  
      
    The Hatchment hangs in the Church of Chalfont St Peter, 
    Buckinghamshire, where Elizabeth lived with her husband, William 
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    Below are the 
	Kynaston family line from the marriage of  Elizabeth Kynaston to 
	William  Gaskell back to  
	Cynfyn ap Gwerystan, King of Powys c.1002 - 1063. 
	 
      
    Hyperlinks in bold
    on Kynastons below lead to the histories of each individual  
  
Cynfyn ap Gwerystan, King of 
Powys 
1002 (husband of 
Angharad verch Maredudd, Queen of Wales
 and 
father of 
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Princeps 
Walliae)
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Princeps 
Walliae 
1024 (husband of 
Heire verch Cillin 
and father of
Maredudd ap 
Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince of Powys)
Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Prince 
of Powys c.1047 (husband 
of Eua verch Beti ap 
Endowen Bendow and 
father of 
Iowerth ap Mareddud ap Bleddyn, 
Prince of Powys)
Iowerth ap Mareddud ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys 
c.1106 (husband of Maud de Manly 
and 
father of Griffith Vychan)
Griffith Vychan
c.1150 (husband of Matilda verch Ieuan 
and 
father of Griffith Vychan)
Griffith Vychan
c.1190 (husband of Agnes Bulkeley 
and 
father of Griffith Kynaston)
Griffith Kynaston
c.1231 (husband of Gwen verch Iowerth 
and 
father of Phillipus Kynaston)
Phillipus Kynaston
c.1270 (husband of Gweruilla Vychan 
and 
father of Madocus Kynaston)
Madocus Kynaston
c.1300 (husband of Sillotta verch Jenkin 
Francton and 
father of Johannes Kynaston)
Johannes Kynaston
c.1331 (husband of Agnes verch Llewellyn
and 
father of Madocus Kynaston)
Madocus Kynaston
c.1350 (husband of 
Isolda de Percy and father of Johannnes 
Kynaston)
Johannes Kynaston
c.1381 (father of 
Griffinus 
Kynaston)
	
	
	Griffinus Kynaston c.1400 (husband 
	of Margaretta Hoord and father of 
	Sir Rogerus 
Kynaston)
	
	Sir Roger Kynaston
	c.1433 (husband 
	of Lady Elizabeth Grey and father of Humphrey 
Kynaston)
	
	Humphrey Kynaston
	c.1468 (husband of 
Isabella verch Meredith ap Howell ap Morrice de Oswalestre and father of Rogerus 
Kynaston)
	
	Roger Kynaston
	c.1520 (husband 
	of Gwen verch Maredudd and father of Edwardus Kynaston
	
	Edward Kynaston
	c.1560 (husband of Katherina Lloyd and father of Thomas Kynaston)
	
	Thomas Kynaston
	c.1600 - 1652 (husband of Susan Morris and father of Edward Kynaston)
	
	Edward Kynaston
	1629 - 1712 (husband of Mary Carter and father of Thomas Kynaston)
	
	Thomas Kynaston
	1665 - 1719 (husband of Mary Bailey and father of 
Rev. Thomas Kynaston) plus children
	
	Rev. Thomas Kynaston 1705 - 1764 (husband of Susanna Hooper, nee 
Torriano, and father of Thomas Kynaston)
	
	Thomas Kynaston 1734 - 1804 (husband of Ann Jones and father of 
Elizabeth Kynaston) plus children plus
	Herbert Snow (Kynaston) and his descendants  
	
	
	
	Elizabeth Kynaston  
1768 - 1840 (wife of William Gaskell and mother of
	Charles Thomas Gaskell) 
 
This was painted on a shield above the Memorial Tablet to 
Susannah Kynaston, nee Torriano, in St Mary & St Christopher Church, Panfield, 
Essex, where Rev. Thomas Kynaston was Rector from 1737. Susannah had died in 
1734. 
  
The Kynaston Arms are to the left and the badly damaged Torriano 
Arms to the right 
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