"...the first David Lloyd known to have lived at Cefnbarrach. This individual was dead by 1672 -- a deed of 1691 redeeming a mortgage by his grandson David Lloyd III mentions him and his wife Margaret Morgan.... This first David Lloyd was a member of the Lloyd family of Cwm-newidion in the parish of Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, Cardiganshire who were a cadet branch of the Lloyds of Mabws descended from Owain Gwynedd the 12th century prince of North Wales."