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SCOTTISH NORMANVILLES

Posted on January 31, 2017 by genealogy1066

Normanville, canton Fauville-en Caux, between Le Havre and Dieppe. Héricourt-en-Caux (cant. Ourville-en-Caux), within 8 km of Normanville. Robert de Clipanville, younger br. of John de Normanville, used an armorial seal incorporating three martlets, which is almost identical with the seals … Continue reading →

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THE HARRIS ENTITY

Posted on January 31, 2017 by genealogy1066

This post is dedicated to a renowned Harris researcher of old,  Marjorie Reagan, who kindly suggested a central link between families of Davis and Harris. Almost the entirety of the associations of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, in Virginia, can be … Continue reading →

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BENNETT HARRIS

Posted on January 23, 2017 by genealogy1066

1. Malachi Thruston, of West Buckland, Somerset. He was not of Buckland and Wellington, as the following deed concerning his son makes plain: Final Concord Martin Sanford, Esq., & Edward Thurstone gent., & w. Thomasine for 24a. meadow with appurtenances … Continue reading →

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THOMAS DISPENSATOR

Posted on January 15, 2017 by genealogy1066

1. Torf. According to Robert of Torigny (GND, viii. c. 37), Torf was the father of Turold and Turchetil (see also OV ii. 12). It is wrongly assumed that this Turchetil was a forefather of the Harcourts; he died childless, … Continue reading →

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CUTHBERT POTTER

Posted on January 13, 2017 by genealogy1066

Cuthbert Potter’s father, also Cuthbert, is noted in the recusancy accounts of 1604 for Worsale, where the squire was John Saire (Sawyer), another recusant. John Sayer, of Worsall, Esq., m. Margery da. and heir of William Conyers, of Thormanby, Esq. … Continue reading →

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WESTS OF VIRGINIA

Posted on January 10, 2017 by genealogy1066

Essentially, the account of a family of West in Virginia is one in which seperate families of that name, from various English regions, have been cobbled together to produce a work of fiction. The Wests associated with Thomas Harris, d. … Continue reading →

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DREW, HARRIS, AND NEWETT

Posted on January 6, 2017 by genealogy1066

  What seems chaotic in the genealogy of English settlers in Virginia is often the result of a single strand of connection accounting for the association of several families; wherehas when connections were within a kinship group, and comprised of … Continue reading →

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HARRIS GROUPS

Posted on January 5, 2017 by genealogy1066

With no little frequency I am asked to summarise my thoughts as to the origins of various families of Harris; a comment often being that what I have written is scattered over a range of articles, which have undergone much … Continue reading →

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HOLLAND AND WHITFIELD

Posted on January 5, 2017 by genealogy1066

The families of Holland and Whitfield shared associations in East Sussex/Kent: ESRO, ref. PAR498/24/2/1. 13 Apr. 1670: Agreement between the Churchwardens and Overseers of Wadhurst concerning the disposal of the arrears of Whitfield’s charity of the £22 received by the … Continue reading →

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ROLLO

Posted on December 24, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Sigfrid – alias Sigurd, the nephew of Godefrid, King of the Danes, or, perhaps more accurately, as ruler in Hedeby, a modern spelling of the runic Heiðabý(r), which was an important trading settlement in the Danish-German borderland, located towards … Continue reading →

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HOMINES OF THE COUNTS OF EU

Posted on December 22, 2016 by genealogy1066

Richard I., surnamed fearless, Duke of Normandy, who died at Eu in the year 996. His son Richard II and Lesceline his wife, founded the collegiate church of Eu. Robert Count of Eu, their son, commanded the right wing of … Continue reading →

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ASCHETILLUS DISPENSATOR – A HARCOURT?

Posted on December 21, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Robert de Courcy, fl. 1058, m. Hebria de Bernieres, receiving as her dower land adjacent the river Dives at Jort, Bernieres, d’Ailly, Couliboeuf and Morteaux. Jort is a commune in the arrondissement of Falaise. Galeron, Brébisson, Desnoyers, Statistique de … Continue reading →

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TURSTINIUS FILIUS ROLLONIS

Posted on December 18, 2016 by genealogy1066

Then, who was he who bore the famed title, “Turstinus filius Rollonis vexillum Normanorum portavit?”. Wise men of old debated this question in pre-revolutionary France, and would often comment on the ascertion made in Le Mercure Galant (1709) that the … Continue reading →

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BALDWYN, HARRIS, AND LANGFORD

Posted on December 14, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. John Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, Shropshire, m. Anne, da. of Richard Childe, of Diddlebury. 2. Thomas Bawdewin. 3. William Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, fl. 1333, m. a da. of William de Wigley and Alice Childe. 4. Thomas Bawdewin, of Diddlebury. 5. … Continue reading →

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LONGFIELD REVISITED

Posted on December 11, 2016 by genealogy1066

  1. Adam Lutley, of Bromcroft Castle, Shropshire, fl. 1584. m. Elizabeth Cressett, da. of Robert Cressett, of Upton Cressett. Adam Lutley’s sister, Joyce Lutley, m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, … Continue reading →

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SYMES, JONES, HARDIE, VIRGINIA

Posted on December 11, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Sir John Symes, m. Amy Horner, da. of Sir Thomas Horner of Mells, sheriff of Somerset. 1.1. Thomas Symes, 1621-1670, m. (3 June 1640) Amy Bridges, 1621-1662, da. of Edward Bridges Esq. (d. 1639), of Keynsham, by his wife … Continue reading →

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THE DERRICK FAMILY OF BRISTOL AND VIRGINIA

Posted on November 30, 2016 by genealogy1066

The Derrick family of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, like many Bristol seafaring merchants, were originally of Somerset. Francis Derrick, Sen. is recorded in 1632 as gifting bread to the poor of St. Stephen’s, in Bristol. His will was probated in March, … Continue reading →

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DREW AND NEWETT

Posted on November 28, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Thomas Drew, often quoted as coming from Exeter, on the sole basis of a namesake being recorded in the Visitation of Devon. He was more likely to have been the Thomas Drew, bapt. 7 May 1594 (son of Robert) … Continue reading →

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SOME HARRIS NOTES

Posted on November 27, 2016 by genealogy1066

It is impossible to understand settler families of America without understanding their origins, and their kinship associations in England, which were invariably repeated in America. These notes commence with ‘trimmed’ versions of the genealogies of those families of Somerset, England, … Continue reading →

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DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD MERIWETHER (MERYWEDDER)

Posted on November 12, 2016 by genealogy1066

It is simple enough to show the kinship connections between the Bathursts and Meriwethers of Virginia: 1. Richard Merywedder, m. … Wright. 1.1. John Merywedder. 1.2. Roger Merywedder: Roger Merywedder v. John Nykkyne: answer and replication. (Nat. Arch., ref. C … Continue reading →

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