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1. John Williams (d. 1515) Bailiff of Dorchester, 1479. 1.1. John Williams (1473-1549) Bailiff of Dorchester, 1500, m. Margery dau. and co-heir of Thomas Baker, of Lyme, Dorset; (2) Alice dau. of Alexander Cheney of the Isle of Sheppy, Kent, … Continue reading →

It is probably the case that the parentage of Christopher Holman of Virginia can never be ascertained, as the relevant parish register entries are not extant. However, a very reasonable assumption can be made as to his near kin. 1. … Continue reading →

1. Sir Reynold de Grey, of Ruthin, Denbighshire, d. October 18, 1440, m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron Ros of Helmsley, and Beatrice, dau. of Ralph, 1st Earl Stafford. 1.1. Sir Edward Grey, 1st Lord of Groby … Continue reading →

1. Joseph Bridger (April 29, 1631 – April 15, 1686), m. a dau. of Robert Pitt, of Bristol, and Hester Stevens (Stephens). He is bur. in St Luke’s Church, 4 miles south of Smithfield, VA., the oldest existing ‘English’ Church … Continue reading →

Bridgewater, Cannington, and Wedmore are all within a 20 mile triangle in south Somerset, and all were the abodes of families of Duke and Hooke, which exhibits a key feature of the English kinship sytem – members of the same … Continue reading →

A part of Virginia, on each side of Seward’s Creek, was populated by those with a long history of relocation. They had moved from the small villages of Somerset and Gloucestershire to seek their fortunes in Bristol, by becoming merchants, … Continue reading →

1. William Chapman, Glover, m. Margaret … 1.1. John Chapman, bapt. Feb. 4, 1615, m. Edith Hicks, 14 Apr. 1645. 1.2. Katherine Chapman, bapt. Nov. 17, 1611, m. Richard Mayo, Oct. 19, 1640; grandparents of James Mayo, father of Abigail … Continue reading →

Grant by William Bere and Walter de Hameldon, both of Staunford (Stamford), to Raymond le Spicer of the same, Edda his wife, and his heirs and assigns, of a garden in the parish of St Mary of Bynewerk, Staunford, between … Continue reading →

Families of the South Somerset marshes continued their kinship associations in Virginia, and their dialect: Cottony (kaut-nee), v. i. To be in harmony; to agree. (Com.) Well, I never didn hear no harm by her like, but tis a poor … Continue reading →

The original kinship groups that colonised early Virginia had intermarried in the eighteenth century, leading people to trace those associated with them to one strand or other of an original group. An example of this is the Kennon and Eppes … Continue reading →

1. Robert I de Heriz, Sheriff of Notts. and Derbys., 1110-1114; ob. by 1128. He held of the Peverels in Notts., and Henry Ferrers in Derbys., and Herissiere, in Haye-Pesnel, Avranches, of the Peverels, under Hugh d’Avranches. “Le Sieur de … Continue reading →

  One blight of genealogical research is the need to conjure up pedigrees where no proof of them exists. So it was in the 19th century, when pedigree-makers gave their audience a seamless account of relationships between families. The Paynels … Continue reading →

1. Hywel ap Llewelyn, of Talybont. 1.1. Owen ap Hywel, m Gwenlwyfer v. Meyrick ap Gruffydd. 1.1.1. Lewis Owen (Lewys ab Owain), m. Margaret Pulleston (dau. of Robert Pulleston and Margaret Whitney); a niece of Sir John Puleston (John ap … Continue reading →

There were many shared connections betw. the branches of the Harris family of Somerset in Virginia. Naturally so, an advantageous association made by a kinsman was an advantage to all. Yet, there are unique strands in any cut of cloth: … Continue reading →

Carter v Harreis. Plaintiffs: John Carter. Defendants: John Harreis, Elizabeth, his wife, William Andrew and Margaret, his wife, and Alice Trymlet, single woman. Subject: A tenement called `Southome,’ in Glastonbury, held on lease from defendants by plaintiff, Isabel, his wife, … Continue reading →

Part 1. A. 1. Col. John Flood, m. Margaret, relict of William Finch. 1.1. John Flood. 1.1.1. John Flood, m. (1678), Mary Creed, dau. of Raphael Creed; sister of Maudlin Creed who m. John Warren, son of Edward Warren; brother … Continue reading →

1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Bennett, Oct. 8, 1594, in Wiveliscombe; the sister of Edward Bennett, business partner of Edward Robins (whose attorney was Thomas Joyner, whose son was the guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), and … Continue reading →

The ancestry of the ‘Walter son of Gilbert’ who was given the forfeited lands of John Comyn in 1326 by Robert Brus can only be seen through the perspective of a ‘game of thrones’, in which Robert was securing the … Continue reading →

The fundamental fact about the Walter FitzGilbert who was given land in Scotland by Robert de Brus is that he was necessarily of a knightly class who were equipped by military training and a network of kin who could be … Continue reading →

Boiled down for simplicity: It would be a remarkable occurrence by the kinship system operating at the time if Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton was not a son of Gilbert de Colville, shown in the Writs of Military Service of 1292 … Continue reading →