Hi!
I gather from your profiles that your primary interest is families from Wales. The Flewwellin's were, as the name suggests, likely descended from someone named llewelyn (certainly not the prince's as some have contended, more likely llewelyn the shepherd rather than llewelyn the prince). I feel, however, that it is unlikely that anyone from the family has seen Wales for 500 years. I suspect that they followed the sheep and cattle trading routes into Warwickshire, probably Stratford-upon-Avon, but that is conjecture. More on this and the probable history of the Flewelling's (the usual, but not only, spelling in North America) is at:
http://thomasamurray1.tripod.com/ancestors.htmThis was in answer to a question which asked what I knew about the ancestors of Thomas Flewelling and Hannah Smith. Not much, really, and not really all of it, but a beginning. Thomas and Hannah were ancestors of all Flewelling's, Flewwelling's, Flewellin's, Flewellyn's, Fleuelling's, etc. north of Cape May, New Jersey. There were variations of the name in the southern states (especially Virginia and the Carolina's) but I believe they are unrelated.
In the instance you seek, your querent is descended from the Quaker Branch (the Loyalist branches went first to New Brunswick, Canada) of the family, that of Robert Flewelling (son of Thomas and Hannah) and his wife, Maplet, of North Castle, Westchester Co, NY. More on them is at:
http://robertflewelling.tripod.com/robert_flewelling.htmespecially, in this case:
http://robertflewelling.tripod.com/family_of_robert_flewwellin__son_of_robert_and_maplet_flewelling.htmThis includes Isaiah and Hannah (Lyon) Flewelling, their son, Barnabus Flewwellin, etc. The spelling, Flewwellin, especially marks this family. What you have been given so far links your friend to what I have so far.
After about 300 years on this continent the family is found from the Arctic to the Rio Grande and coast-to-coast.
Thomas.
