Monthly Archives: October 2015

GENEALOGICAL NOTES

Posted on October 30, 2015 by genealogy1066

RAGNAR LODBROK ROBERT DE HERIZ MALVOISIN DE HERCY ROBERT DE UMFRAVILLE WALTER FITZGILBERT DE HAMILTON ST CLAIR OF ROSLIN SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS CAPTAIN THOMAS HARRIS OF LONGFIELD TWO THOMAS HARRISES OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA HISTORY OF THE STANHOPE FAMILY THE … Continue reading →

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BARNBURGH, CADEBY, HIGH MELTON, AND WILDETHORP

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BARNBURGH, CADEBY, HIGH MELTON, AND WILDETHORP A BRIEF HISTORY M. Stanhope Medieval legal deeds seem to be devoid of emotional content. This is far from the case, for every land transaction involving a daughter’s dower was of the utmost importance … Continue reading →

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THE NORMAN ELITE

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THE NORMAN ELITE – with special notice of the families of Crispin, Heriz, Lacy, Ferrers, and Wormley Much of the nineteenth-century ‘construction’ of the Crispin family stemmed from the writings of such as Mr. Grimaldi, who borrowed from an utterly … Continue reading →

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FIRST SCOTTISH HAMILTONS

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INTRODUCTION The great antiquarian John Riddell (in ‘Stewartania’, 1843) made the case for a settlement in Scotland of a family of Hamilton prior to that of Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton. ‘But who, then, was the first Hameldun or Hamelton who … Continue reading →

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PARKER, RISHTON, AND BARLOW

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INTRODUCTION A Parker family of Virginia originated in Odiham, Southampton, England. The notion of ‘continuation of association’ is perfectly exampled when, between 1412 and 1419, Roger Gunter, John Turgys, William Apsle, and Thomas Parker witness the same deeds (para. vi.), … Continue reading →

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SCROGGS FAMILY OF SCOTLAND

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SCROGGS FAMILY OF SCOTLAND I believe it has been too infrequently asked why Robert de Scroggs was associated with the de Lynes; the relationship may have been based on familial associations; which was mostly the case when land (in this … Continue reading →

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HOLLANDS OF WEARE GIFFARD

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HOLLANDS OF ENGLAND It is commonly suggested by antiquaries, on what evidence is not known, that the Hollands of Weare Giffard, Shipwash, and Upcott Avenel, in Devon, descended from the marriage of John de Holland (a younger son of Robert, … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL HOLLAND OF GOOCHLAND

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 THE SUGGESTED ANCESTRY OF MICHAEL HOLLAND OF GOOCHLAND, DIED 1746 1. ‘Willimus Holland.’ 1.1. Thomas Holland, mar. Elizabeth Wall, d/o ‘Will. Wawll’ (Wahull) of Wheathill. Shropshire. This Elizabeth can be taken to have been of a young age at marriage, … Continue reading →

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MALVOISIN DE HERCY

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MALVOISIN DE HERCY FORWARD What follows is my view on the most likely ancestry of “Malvoisin de Hercy”; he who married Théophanie Pont de l´Arche, daughter and coheir of Gilbert de Pont de l´Arche (C.M. Lesaulnier, ed.,”Recherches sur la Domesday”, … Continue reading →

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ROBERT DE UMFRAVILLE

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THE POSSIBLE ORIGINS OF ROBERT DE UMFRAVILLE Although this account concerns Robert de Umfraville, alias Umframville, known without foundation as “Robert with-the-beard”, who was mentioned in 1207 by his supposed great-grandson, Richard, when claiming the wardship of Henry Batail by … Continue reading →

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HISTORY OF THE STANHOPE FAMILY

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THE HISTORY OF THE STANHOPE FAMILY By Michael Stanhope Dedicated to the memory of Philip Henry Stanhope, 1805-1875 INTRODUCTION I commenced this history of the Stanhope family in 2005, many years from when my curiosity about the origin of my … Continue reading →

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RAGNAR LODBROK

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INTRODUCTION Descendants of Ragnar is an extract from my essay on the history of the Stanhope family, which will attempt to show that such chieftains in Normandy as Hrolf Turstain and Bernard the Dane were descendants of Ragnar Lodbrok, alias … Continue reading →

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ROBERT DE HERIZ

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Reading Mr. Yeatman* is like opening a box of chocolates, people just pick out the chocolate that is most attractive to their tastebuds. He offered chocolates to suit all prejudice. If he were with us now, he would not, as … Continue reading →

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WALTER FITZGILBERT DE HAMILTON

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What follows are familial links which strongly suggest the ancestry of Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton. To explain the inter-relatedness of high status families of this period in a verbose style of an antiquarian of old, such as Mr. Collins, replete … Continue reading →

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ST CLAIR OF ROSLIN

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There are undoubtedly in Scotland as many families of Saint Clair as there were communes in Normandy named after this saint, and will be unrelated. Any study of early Norman genealogy must consider Dudo’s assertion that they were ‘birds of … Continue reading →

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THE ANCESTRY OF ROBERT JONES OF FLEET’S BAY

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At first glance, many associations of Virginia settlers are a confusing mixture, with links to different geographical associations in England, yet, what is being observed are families connected to those in the ‘Virginia trade’. A prime example of merchants involved … Continue reading →

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SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS

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The following is a genealogical summary of my notes in progress, ‘Two Thomas Harises of Isle of Wight, Virginia’, which I have produced in response to requests to speculate on the probable relationships between a Harris family of Southwark, London, … Continue reading →

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MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS

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The connection of Captain Thomas Harris to Elizabeth Boardman, a peripheral member of his kinship group, examplifies the complexity of relationships through which people were linked. It is likely that such complexity was repeated in Virginia, for, as in the … Continue reading →

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CAPTAIN THOMAS HARRIS OF LONGFIELD

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A basic premise of genealogical research of early English settlers of Virginia is that they were part of a kinship system that aided such settlement. In one sense, Virginia was not predominantly colonised by individuals, but by English kinship groups. … Continue reading →

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TWO THOMAS HARRISES OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA

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This work follows on from my description of Captain Thomas Harris, of Bechampton, Buckinghamshire, and of the 1624 Virginia Muster, in that, again, the family connections in England of such as the two Thomas Harrises of Virginia, one dying in … Continue reading →

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