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In 1660 Daniel Williams, son of the Rev. John Williams (1580-1657), a descendant of the Williams family of Abercamlais, Breconshire, built the Penybont mansion and founded the Penpont branch of the family. The estate then descended in the male line, each heir being called Penry. The last male heir was Penry Boleyne Williams who died unmarried in 1893. According to the 1873 return of owners of land, Penry Williams of Penpont owned an estimated 7,010 acres, all in Breconshire, with an estimated annual rental of £4,370.

Sir David Williams (?1536-1613) bought the Gwernyfed estate in 1600 from John Gunter. Sir David's grandson, Sir Henry Williams (d. 1652) was created a baronet in 1644. Sir David's grand-daughter, Elizabeth Williams, carried by marriage the Gwernyfed estate to Sir Edward Williams (d. 1721) of Eltham, who was descended from the Williams family of Talyllyn. However the family title did not pass with the estate, but went to Sir Walter Williams. The estate descended in the male line until the death without a surviving son of Sir Edward Williams in 1804. He had married firstly, Mary, daughter of Isaac Leheup of Gunthorpe, Norfolk. Gwernyfed was inherited by his daughter, Mary Williams. She married Thomas Wood of Middlesex, and their son, Thomas Wood (1777-1860) was M.P. for Breconshire, 1806-1847. The estate remained in the hands of the Wood family until it was sold in 1922.

The Edwinsford estate stands midway between Llansawel and Talley near the banks of the river Cothi. The original owner of Edwinsford was Meurig Goch and the oldest part of the building probably dates to the Elizabethan period. It was extended during the seventeenth century then later extensively renovated in the nineteenth century. The Williams (later Drummond Williams) family of Edwinsford intermarried with the Vaughans of Golden Grove, so adding to both estates. From the mid-twentieth century Edwinsford fell into decay. According to a 1873 return, the last possessor, Sir James Hamlyn Williams Williams-Drummond, who died in 1970, owned an estimated 9,282 acres in Carmarthenshire at an estimated annual rental of ℗Đ6,358. The Williams family contributed notably to Carmarthenshire civic and political life, with eight High Sheriffs, two Lords Lieutenants, three Members of Parliament, as well as numerous Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace to their credit. Sir Francis Dudley Williams Drummond (1863-1935) chronicled his family history in Annals of Edwinsford, Clovelly and Hawthorn-den (1924). The first owners of Golden Grove (Gelli Aur) near Bronwydd in Carmarthenshire were the Vaughan family during the sixteenth century. The estate was taken over by the Cawdor family in 1804 and, between 1827 and 1832, John Frederick Campbell, second baron Cawdor, completely rebuilt the original Tudor mansion. The 5th Earl of Cawdor, John Duncan Vaughan Campbell (1900-1970), leased Golden Grove to Carmarthenshire County Council. Its grounds today are open to the public as a country park and the buildings themselves house Carmarthenshire Agricultural College.

Mathew Evans, a solicitor and twice mayor of Aberystwyth (1734 and 1760) is the first recorded occupier of Cwmcynfelyn. He left his estate to his nephew, Mathew Davies of Wileirog-uchaf (sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1790). Mathew Davies married Jane, daughter of Roderick Richards of Plas Penglais, Aberystwyth, and had two daughters and co-heiresses. Jane, the eldest, married Isaac Lloyd Williams (1771-1846) of Lincolns Inn, the son of David Williams of Ty'n-y-wern and Ystrad Teilo in the parish of Llanrhystud, Cardiganshire. Isaac was succeeded by his eldest son, Mathew Davies Williams (1800-1860), who sold parts of the estate to the Gogerddan estate. Cwmcynfelyn appears to have passed out of the hands of the Williams family by 1881.