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HARRIS AND DRIVER FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA
This refinement of the associations of the Harris cousins of Southwark, London, in all likelihood gives the lineage of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and Thomas Harris, d. 1688. This branch of the family had intermarried with the Dryver family of … Continue reading
Hirlas Horn (The Long Blue Horn)
Owen Cyveilioc Hirlas Horn (The Long Blue Horne) Sharon Turner. The History of the Anglo-Saxons. vol iii., p. 333, 1840: Another princely Bard was Owen Cyveilioc. He flourished between 1150 and 1197. He was the prince of Powys. He was … Continue reading
MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS AND THE LORDS OF CHIRK
In what follows, I have followed the notes of eminent antiquarians, though not without question, as some genealogies of this time confound one generation with another. This said, I believe the following to be a reasonable outline of the ancestry … Continue reading
THE ROYAL WELSH ANCESTRY OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS
1. Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed. 2. Cynfyn ap Gwerystan, m. Angharad, widow of Llywelyn ap Seisyll (d. 1023); an 11th century King of Gwynedd, Powys and Deheubarth. 3. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, d. 1073; installed by Harold and Tostig Godwinson as king … Continue reading
THE ARNOLD FAMILY OF SOUTHWARK, LONDON, AND HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The Arnold family of Virginia were inhabitants of Southwark, London. William Harris, husband of Temperance Overton, was almost certainly of the Harris family of Southwark, London. The family of Elizabeth (Waters) Overton were of St. Sepulchre, London. The Overton family … Continue reading
MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS OF LUDLOW AND VIRGINIA
THE CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, LUDLOW Mary Harris, daughter of Captain Thomas Harris, found herself in an enclave in Virginia that was peopled by many families from the Malvern Hills area of England, that is, of the counties of Herefordshire, … Continue reading
GENEALOGICAL NOTES
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
THE NORMAN ELITE
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
FIRST SCOTTISH HAMILTONS
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
SCROGGS FAMILY OF SCOTLAND
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
HOLLANDS OF WEARE GIFFARD
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
MICHAEL HOLLAND OF GOOCHLAND
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
MALVOISIN DE HERCY
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
ROBERT DE UMFRAVILLE
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
HISTORY OF THE STANHOPE FAMILY
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
RAGNAR LODBROK
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
ROBERT DE HERIZ
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
WALTER FITZGILBERT DE HAMILTON
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
