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HARRIS OF WOLF SWAMP

Posted on May 9, 2016 by genealogy1066

  INTRODUCTION A basic premise of genealogical research of early English settlers of Virginia is that they were part of a kinship group,that protected and enhanced their members interests by promoting marriages within them, with marriages between close degrees of … Continue reading →

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BASSANO, LANIER, HARRIS

Posted on May 9, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Anthony Bassano (Bassan, Bassani), m. Elena de Nasi, da. of Benedetto de Nasi. 1.1. Edward Bassano (1551-1615), m. Alice Austin, Jan. 13, 1583. PROB 11/139/42: Will of Edward Bassano of Hoxton, London, Middlesex. 20 May 1622. 1.1.1. Daniel Bassano. … Continue reading →

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THE BYRDS OF VIRGINIA

Posted on May 7, 2016 by genealogy1066

                                                                    William Byrd  II Mr. Collins, the somewhat verbose genealogist, who never wasted an opportunity to lavish praise on those of the higher order of English society, and who I suggest was the source of many characters in Jane Austen’s … Continue reading →

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GRINDALL AND GRENDON – A MODERN PROMETHEUS

Posted on April 30, 2016 by genealogy1066

  You can not always tell someone’s ancestry by looking at their coat; of arms, that is. Neither is ancestry revealed by assuming two people with similar names are synomous. An example of both mistakes is found in Virginia in … Continue reading →

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HOLLAND AND BASSANO – VIRGINIA LINKS

Posted on April 22, 2016 by genealogy1066

   Amelia These notes demonstrate a connection of Noel Bassano, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Grendon in Virginia, and the family of Michael Holland of Goochland; that is, they identify Noel Bassano as a cousin of the Whitton family, … Continue reading →

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HOLMANS OF VIRGINIA

Posted on April 18, 2016 by genealogy1066

Any Holmans of Virginia, connected to the Holmans of Southwark, London, would have been quite a specific family among many families so named. Their connections to the Harris family of St Saviour, Southwark, cousins of the Griffins and (probably) the … Continue reading →

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RICHARD PEW OF VIRGINIA

Posted on April 17, 2016 by genealogy1066

Peering into the dark of some early Virginia genealogies is like attempting to define shapes by the light of a small candle. We might think we see something, but are only imagining what we expect to see, which in most … Continue reading →

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CHILDREN OF THE MALVERN HILLS

Posted on April 14, 2016 by genealogy1066

The following notes concern the Baugh, Cocke, Harris, and Price families of Shropshire and Virginia. Although detail is also given of the Baugh family of Worcestershire, county demarcations of this time are quite meaningless. The families mentioned hereinafter can be … Continue reading →

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JOHN PRICE OF HENRICO

Posted on April 8, 2016 by genealogy1066

John Price and Richard Cocke of Henrico would have known each other very well. They were both of Shropshire, and a number of the various branches of the Cocke family resided in Ludlow, and were, with the families of Harris … Continue reading →

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THE CRISPINS AND DAMVILLE

Posted on April 5, 2016 by genealogy1066

par M. Ange Petit, 1859 … In the illiterate centuries, when a population centre was formed, usually many years went by before any monument, stone or parchment came to reveal its existence and preserve its memory; even the origin of … Continue reading →

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BEC/CRISPIN

Posted on April 4, 2016 by genealogy1066

 L’ EGLISE DAMVILLE The Bec/Crispin composite was popularised in the imaginative works of Mr. Grimaldi in 1832. He proposed that Ralf/Rollo/Rou de Bec was a brother of Gilbert Crispin I. It might be assumed that he based his supposition on … Continue reading →

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JOHN LANEY, ALDERMAN OF DUBLIN

Posted on April 1, 2016 by genealogy1066

John Laney, Alderman of Dublin; (High Sheriff of that City in 1606). Vis. Dublin, 1607, Or on a chev. eng. betw. three mullets, pierced az., as many torteaux. ‘In a note to an article on Manningford Bruce, published in your … Continue reading →

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HARRIS OF SOUTHWARK AND VIRGINIA

Posted on March 31, 2016 by genealogy1066

  PART 1: HERIZ AND HANKFORD St. Saviour’s Church – one of the finest parochial churches in the kingdom, in spite of the barbarous mutilation which it underwent when its nave was pulled down, is now almost the sole remaining … Continue reading →

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EARLY HARRIS BAPTISMS, BIRTHS, AND MARRIAGES, SOUTHWARK LONDON

Posted on March 10, 2016 by genealogy1066

  ST SAVIOUR, SOUTHWARK There were two parishes of Southwark, London, that particularly represented families that settled in early Virginia, those being St Olave and St Saviour. The following is an account of the majority of the available birth, baptismal, … Continue reading →

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THOMAS GRENDON OF FOOTHERLY

Posted on March 8, 2016 by genealogy1066

THE OLD CHURCH OF  SHENSTONE The authentic ancestry of Colonel Thomas Grendon of Virginia is easily adduced, and the sparse number of genuine descendants of genuine ‘ancient palnters’ is lessened further: Manorial record: 1. Roland Frith v. John Silvester, Wm. … Continue reading →

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FOG MADE INK – TUROLD OF PONT AUDEMER

Posted on March 3, 2016 by genealogy1066

Bourgthéroulde, near Rouen, in the opinion of M. Le Prevost, was founded by a Theroulde, brother Achard de Bourg-Achard. This is little more than conjecture, and disputed as soon as the ink dried. Yet, successive generation repeat Prevost’s hypothesis as … Continue reading →

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COLONEL THOMAS GRENDON OF VIRGINIA REVEALED

Posted on March 2, 2016 by genealogy1066

Abstract of the Will of Colonel Thomas Grendon, of Dukes Place, Citizen & Draper of London, dated December 15, 1678: ‘To Mr. John Harding Cittizen & Grocer of London and Mr. Robert Coe Cittizen & Goldsmith of London whome I … Continue reading →

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THOMAS GRENDON OF VIRGINIA

Posted on February 28, 2016 by genealogy1066

 FOOTPATH TO GRINDON, STAFFORDSHIRE  Sherton is also called Shenton in old texts (see Gregory King’s ‘Staffordshire Pedigrees’ – based on Dugdale’s ‘Visitation’, 1663/4), and was home to a family of Grindon/Grendon. Colonel Thomas Grendon’s will was probated in London, December … Continue reading →

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SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GILBERT CRISPIN

Posted on February 24, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Gilbert Crispin I., ‘who because of the shape of his hair was to be known as Crispin. For in his early youth he had hair that was brush-like and stiff and sticking out, and in a manner of speaking … Continue reading →

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LANGFORD

Posted on February 12, 2016 by genealogy1066

The family of Langford (of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Shropshire), bore for arms paly of six, or and gu. over all a bend ar., differenced by the bend from the arms  of Goushill, a family to which they were kin: Ralph … Continue reading →

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