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[23851] David K. Conover, 9068 Crystal Vista Lane, West Jordan, UT 84088 (dave@conovergenealogy.com) shared 15 Oct 2003: "Edward Bangs was born circa 1591 Chichester,, Sussex, England. He was baptized on October 28, 1591 Panfield,, Essex, England. He married Lydia Hicks, daughter of Robert Hicks and Margaret (Unknown), circa 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca (Unknown) (see #42) between 1634 and 1636 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He died between October 19, 1677 and March 5, 1678 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His estate was probated on March 5, 677/78. Edward Bangs; signed his will and several deeds. He was grandted land in the amount of four acres as a passenger of the Anne in 1623 in the division of land in 1623 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He emigrated on July 31, 1623 from Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; sailed on the Anne. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle "Edward Banges" was the thirteenth person in the twelthe company in 1627. He was committee to lay out land Plymouth, MA on January 3, 1627/28. In 1633 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He held the position of committee to divide meadow on July 1, 1633. He was committe to assess taxes, Plymouth, MA on January 5, 1634/35. He was commtiiee to assess taxes, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1635/36. He was Plymouth representative to reunite Plymouth and Duxbury (but did not serve) on March 14, 1635/36. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on October 4, 1636. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on January 3, 1636/37. On March 7, 1636/37 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He held the ofiice of Grand Jury in Plymouth, MA on March 7, 1636/37. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on March 20, 1636/37. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on October 2, 1637. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 5, 1638. In 1639 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; listed as gone in Plymouth County. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on September 3, 1639. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on December 3, 1639. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on March 3, 1639/40. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on June 1, 1640. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 2, 1640. He was granted ten acres of meadow in the South Meadows on November 2, 1640. He was committee to lay out highway, Plymouth, MA on February 1, 1640/41. He was committe to lay out land Plymouth, MA on February 1, 1640/41. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on August 3, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on September 6, 1641. "Edward Banges" was granted a parcel fo fourscore acres of upland about "Warrens Wells" on September 7, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on December 7, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1641/42. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1641/42. "Wheras fourscore of upland are formerly granted to Edward Banges at Waren's Wells, he now desiring to have some land near his house, it is granted that he shall look out a parcel of land, which upon view shall be laid fourth for him, and to be deducted out of the 80 acres he should have at Warren's Wells" on October 17, 1642. In Plymouth section of list of men able to bear arms in 1643. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on June 6, 1643. He from Joyce Wallen, widow for L8 "all that her house and messuage situate and being at Hobs Hole or Wellingsly with the garden place and uplands thereunto adjoining on September 7, 1643. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on November 7, 1643. He resided at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, before 1645. He was treasurer, Eastham, MA between 1646 and 1665. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 1, 1647. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 4, 1650. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 3, 1651. He sold land to Samuel Hicks of Plymouth for L3, 10s "a parcel of marsh meadow lying at the high pines on the Salthouse Beach" on June 22, 1651 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was committee to lay out highway, Plymouth, MA on February 24, 1652. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 7, 1652. He was Deputy to Plymouth Court for Eastham on June 7, 1652 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was an inkeeper on October 6, 1657 Edward Bangs Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was coroner's jury, Plymouth County, MA on October 30, 1667. On May 29, 1670 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He left a will on October 19, 1677 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His children with wife Rebecca are: Edward12 Bangs was born circa 1591 Chichester,, Sussex, England. He was baptized on October 28, 1591 Panfield,, Essex, England. He married Lydia Hicks, daughter of Robert Hicks and Margaret (Unknown), circa 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca (Unknown) (see #42) between 1634 and 1636 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He died between October 19, 1677 and March 5, 1678 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His estate was probated on March 5, 1677/78. Edward Bangs; signed his will and several deeds. He was grandted land in the amount of four acres as a passenger of the Anne in 1623 in the division of land in 1623 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He emigrated on July 31, 1623 from Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; sailed on the Anne. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle "Edward Banges" was the thirteenth person in the twelthe company in 1627. He was committee to lay out land Plymouth, MA on January 3, 1627/28. In 1633 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He held the position of committee to divide meadow on July 1, 1633. He was committe to assess taxes, Plymouth, MA on January 5, 1634/35. He was commtiiee to assess taxes, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1635/36. He was Plymouth representative to reunite Plymouth and Duxbury (but did not serve) on March 14, 1635/36. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on October 4, 1636. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on January 3, 1636/37. On March 7, 1636/37 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He held the ofiice of Grand Jury in Plymouth, MA on March 7, 1636/37. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on March 20, 1636/37. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on October 2, 1637. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 5, 1638. In 1639 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; listed as gone in Plymouth County. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on September 3, 1639. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on December 3, 1639. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on March 3, 1639/40. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on June 1, 1640. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 2, 1640. He was granted ten acres of meadow in the South Meadows on November 2, 1640. He was committee to lay out highway, Plymouth, MA on February 1, 1640/41. He was committe to lay out land Plymouth, MA on February 1, 1640/41. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on August 3, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on September 6, 1641. "Edward Banges" was granted a parcel fo fourscore acres of upland about "Warrens Wells" on September 7, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on December 7, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1641/42. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1641/42. "Wheras fourscore of upland are formerly granted to Edward Banges at Waren's Wells, he now desiring to have some land near his house, it is granted that he shall look out a parcel of land, which upon view shall be laid fourth for him, and to be deducted out of the 80 acres he should have at Warren's Wells" on October 17, 1642. In Plymouth section of list of men able to bear arms in 1643. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on June 6, 1643. He from Joyce Wallen, widow for L8 "all that her house and messuage situate and being at Hobs Hole or Wellingsly with the garden place and uplands thereunto adjoining on September 7, 1643. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on November 7, 1643. He resided at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, before 1645. He was treasurer, Eastham, MA between 1646 and 1665. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 1, 1647. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 4, 1650. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 3, 1651. He sold land to Samuel Hicks of Plymouth for L3, 10s "a parcel of marsh meadow lying at the high pines on the Salthouse Beach" on June 22, 1651 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was committee to lay out highway, Plymouth, MA on February 24, 1652. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 7, 1652. He was Deputy to Plymouth Court for Eastham on June 7, 1652 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was an inkeeper on October 6, 1657 Edward Bangs Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was coroner's jury, Plymouth County, MA on October 30, 1667. On May 29, 1670 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He left a will on October 19, 1677 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His children with wife Rebecca are: i. Rebecca11 Bangs was born circa 1636 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She married Jonathan Sparrow Esq., son of Richard Sparrow and Pandora (Unknown), on October 26, 1654 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She died on October 19, 1677 Massachusetts. ii. Sarah Bangs was born circa 1638 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She married Capt. Thomas Howes Jr., son of Thomas Howes and Mary Burr, circa 1657 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She died on February 28, 1682/83. She died before March 17, 1683. iii. Capt. Johnathan Bangs. iv. Lydia Bangs was born circa 1642 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She was born in 1642 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She married Benjamin Higgins on December 24, 1661 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She married Richard Higgins circa 1694. She died on February 13, 1706 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She died after 1709. v. Hannah Bangs was born circa 1644. She married John Doane, son of Deacon John Doane, on April 30, 1662 in Eastham, MA. vi. Lt. Joshua Bangs was born circa 1646. He married Hannah Scudder, daughter of John Scudder, on December 1, 1669 in Deastham, MA. He died on January 14, 1709/70. vii. Bethia Bangs was born on May 24, 1650 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She married Gershom Hall, son of John Hall, before 1669. viii. Apphia Bangs was born on October 15, 1651 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She married John Knowles, son of Richard Knowles and Ruth Bowers, on December 28, 1670 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She married Stephen Wood Jr. before March 6, 1677. ix. Mercy Bangs was born on October 15, 1651 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She married Stephen Merrick on December 28, 1670 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts."
_George Michael BREINER __________________
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_Johann George BRINER _|_Catharina Magdalena (Ley or) LOY ________
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_Solomon BRINER _____________|
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| | _Johann Georg (Hamer or) HAMMER __________+
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| |_Anna Maria HAMMER ____|_Anna Maria, wife of Johann Georg HAMMER _
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_Elmer Ellsworth BRINER _|
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| _Joseph BOWER _________|__________________________________________
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|_Sarah BOWER ________________|
(1837 - 1913) |
| _John ARNOLD _____________________________+
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|_Anna Maria ARNOLD ____|_Magdalena TRESSLER ______________________
(1815 - 1903) (1786 - 1874)
[15653] This person is presumed living.
_David (Sr.) DUNBAR _______________+
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_David (Jr.) DUNBAR _______|_Margaret BENNETT _________________
| (1757 - 1841) m 1779 (1734 - 1809)
_Jairus DUNBAR ______________|
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| |_Elizabeth ELMS ___________|_Elizabeth SUTTON _________________
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_Albert DUNBAR ______|
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| |_Hannah LEACH _______________|
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| | _John GRINDLE _____________________+
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| |_Mary GRINDLE _____________|_Dorothy WEBBER ___________________
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| _Jeremiah WARDWELL ________________+
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| _William WARDWELL _________|_Elizabeth BANKS __________________
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| _Ebenezer ("Eben") WARDWELL _|
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| | | _Stephen LITTLEFIELD ______________+
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| | |_Deborah LITTLEFIELD ______|_Deborah PERKINS __________________
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|_Emily WARDWELL _____|
(1845 - 1920) m 1862|
| _Charles (The "Patriot") HUTCHINS _+
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| _William HUTCHINGS ________|_Mary PERKINS _____________________
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|_Lovinia HUTCHINGS __________|
(1810 - ....) m 1832 |
| _Daniel WARDWELL __________________+
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|_Mercy ("Mary?") WARDWELL _|_Sarah STAPLES ____________________
(1770 - 1837) m 1786
[9763] Nellie m. 2 Dec 1882 William S. Bridges of Penobscot (ref.: The Ellsworth American, 14 Dec 1882).
_Christoph GEIST ___________
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_Andreas GEIST _____________|_Anna Margaretha PLOWHEAD __
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_Andreas GEIST ______|
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| |_Maria Catharina SCHNEIDER _|_Anna Maria BORDNER ________
| (1778 - 1859) (1756 - 1827)
_Andrew GEIST _______|
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| | _Christopher HEPLER ________|_Anna Maria SCHMIDT ________
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| |_Magdalena HEPLER ___|
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| | _Hans Jacob (Jr) WAGNER ____+
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| |_Catherine WAGNER __________|_Louisa HUBER ______________
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[15173] This person is presumed living.
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_John HOLLENBAUGH ___|
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| | _George (Jr) ARNOLD _
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| |_Catherine E. ARNOLD _|_Catherine BREINER __
| (.... - 1870) (.... - 1836)
_David H. HOLLENBAUGH _|
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[10327] Laura m. George L. Peterson - they had no children.
[12254] This person is presumed living.
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[626] Anna Caterina is known as child of Andrew and Catherine from Pastor Stoever's baptismal records; her sponsors were Wendell Heyl and his wife Anna.
_Henry de Huntingdon, Prince of SCOTLAND _+
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_William (I) "The Lion", King of SCOTS ___|_Ada DE WARENNE __________________________
| (1143 - 1214) m 1186 (.... - 1178)
_Alexander II, King of SCOTLAND _|
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| |_Ermengarde BEAUMONT _____________________|_Lucie DE L'AIGLE ________________________
| (.... - 1233) m 1186
_Alexander III of SCOTLAND _|
| (1241 - 1286) m 1251 |
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| _Henry II Plantagenet, King of ENGLAND ___+
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| _John Plantagenet, King of ENGLAND _______|_Eleanor of AQUITAINE ____________________
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| _Henry III, King of ENGLAND _____|
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| | | _Aymer de Valence, Count of ANGOULÊME ____+
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| | |_Isabella of ANGOULÊME ___________________|_Alice DE COURTENAY ______________________
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|_Margaret PLANTAGENET ______|
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| _Alfonso, Count of PROVENCE ______________+
| | (1180 - 1209) m 1193
| _Raymond V Berenger, 4th Ct. of PROVENCE _|_Gersenda II of SABRAN ___________________
| | (1195 - 1245) m 1219 (.... - 1222)
|_Eleanor of PROVENCE ____________|
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| _Thomas I, Count of SAVOY ________________+
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|_Beatrice of SAVOY _______________________|_Margaret of GENEVA ______________________
(.... - 1266) m 1219 (1180 - 1257)
[5461] Margaret m. Eric Masnusson and they had a daughter, Margaret, known as "Maid of Norway," (b. ca. 1282, d. unmarried in 1290 en route to marriage with a son of Edward I of England, reigned in Scotland 1286-90 - following her death a disputed succession followed with twelve competitors).
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| _William TETHERLY ___|
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| _Thomas ROBIE _______+
| | (1579 - 1653) m 1606
| _Samuel ROBIE _______|_Mary COXON _________
| | (1628 - ....) (1586 - 1641)
|_Mary ROBIE _________|
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| _George WALTON ______
| | (.... - 1685) m 1635
|_Mary WALTON ________|_Alice HILTON _______
(1646 - ....)
[1304] This child from Internet correspondent and not verified (1/97).
_Owen ap Hywel DHA __+
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_Eneon, Prince of South WALES _|_____________________
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_Cadell ab Einion ab Owain ap Hywel DDA _|
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Rhys pursued his claim to the kingdom at the Battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081, assisted by Gruffydd ap Cynan; King William I of England confirmed his claim. "A Guide to Irish Roots," William & Mary Durning, p. II-114, states that from his son, Hywel, descend the Rice and Price families. Cf. http://www.thepeerage.com/p5142.htm.
http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-RHYS-APT-1093.html offers: "Rhys ap Tewdwr (d. 1093), king of Deheubarth; grandson of Cadell ab Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda. In 1075 he took possession of Deheubarth on the death of his second-cousin, Rhys ab Owain ab Edwin (q.v.). In 1081 he was dislodged by Caradog ap Gruffydd (q.v.), but later in the year, with the help of Gruffudd ap Cynan (q.v.), he was firmly reinstated after the historic battle of Mynydd Cam. In the same year William the Conqueror made a demonstration of power in South Wales, traversing the land as far as S. Davids; it is reasonably certain that during the visit the two kings came to an agreement as to their future good relations, which lasted to the end of William's reign. A few years later it is recorded that Rhys is paying the king £40 a year for Deheubarth, thereby becoming a vassal of the Norman Crown and establishing a precedent with lasting consequences on Anglo-Welsh relations. Henceforth, with the exception of the closing tragedy of his career, Rhys had only to contend with the jealousies of his fellow princes. In 1088 he was attacked by the young rulers of Powys and was obliged to seek refuge in Ireland, but he soon returned and, with Danish help, decisively defeated his opponents (see Madog, Rhiryd, and Cadwgan ap Bleddyn). Again in 1091 he was opposed by a group of his own vassals in Dyfed, who sought to restore the kingship to the senior line of Hywel Dda in the person of Gruffydd ap Maredudd ab Owain. At Llandudoch (S. Dogmaels) on the Teifi the rebels were defeated and Gruffydd killed. Meanwhile the Norman conquest of the south had gathered a new momentum after William's death in 1087, and among the territories then being over-run was the old kingdom of Brycheiniog. It was while resisting the Norman advance in this all-important approach to his own dominions that Rhys was killed in uncertain circumstances near Aberhonddu (Brecon). He was virtually the last of the ancient kings of Deheubarth, and it was in a different political setting that the power of the dynasty was eventually revived by his grandson Rhys ap Gruffydd (q.v.). He m. Gwladus, daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn (q.v.). He was survived by two sons, Gruffydd ap Rhys (q.v.) and Hywel, and by a daughter, Nest (q.v.)."
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Aimery IV was a "Companion" of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. He was murdered. He is discussed as follows in "The Conqueror and His Companions," by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald (London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874): We have already heard of "Le Visquens cil de Thouars" (Aimeri, Aumari, or Haimon, as he is indifferently called), in the first chapter of this volume, as the enthusiastic admirer of the martial appearance of the Conqueror previous to the battle. "Never have I seen a man so fairly armed nor one who rode so gallantly, or bore his arms, or became his hauberk so well; neither any one who carried his lance so gracefully, or sat his horse and manoeuvred him so nobly. There is no other such knight under Heaven! A fair Count he is, and a fair King he will be. Let him fight and be shall overcome; shame be to him who shall fail him!" And assuredly no shame could be cast on "li bon Visquenz de Toarz" on that occasion, who, appointed by William to lead with Alain of Brittany the left wing of the army, principally composed of Poitevins, Bretons, Manceaux, and of course his own following, which was a numerous one, proved himself "no coward that day." As neither Monsieur le Prévost nor Mr. Taylor have given us any information respecting the family of this undoubted companion of the Conqueror, I shall endeavour to supply the deficiency, more particularly as this is one of the Norman families in which a remarkable custom existed to the great confusion of the genealogists. Monsieur de Besly, in a letter to his brother antiquary, the learned André du Chesne, dated 23rd May, 1620, says: "Of all the great houses in this country, there are none in my opinion so difficult to give a clear account of as that of the Viscount of Thouars and of the other 'Gentilhommes' between the river Sèvre, which flows to Mortagne, and the Dive, which passes to Moncontour, the more because in these parts they have retained an ancient mode of succession exceedingly singular, and of which an example could scarcely be found elsewhere in the kingdom; for the eldest son in the direct line, if he had male issue only, took all the fiefs and 'biens nobles,' with the obligation of providing for his younger brothers, which was done by dividing the usufruct of the whole estate into nine portions, two of which they afterwards divided equally amongst themselves. But if the eldest son died before his younger brothers, his children succeeded only to his personalities, and all his estates went to the next brother charged with the provision as before to any younger brothers and the children of the elder deceased, by subdivision of the two-ninths of the usufruct equally amongst themselves, as I have already stated. The lands thus passed from brother to brother, and after the decease of the youngest reverted entirely and absolutely to his nephews, the sons of the eldest brother, who became heirs of each other in the regular order of succession. This custom, which was termed 'Retour,' was abolished by the Three Estates of the kingdom in 1514, in consequence of its severity and the troubles and litigation it engendered. "Here, in fact, you have the true cause and origin of the deplorable confusion at present to be seen in the genealogies of our nobility in these quarters. For the fief passing from brother to brother, all the younger assumed the full title as though they were lords in actual possession of the territories, in lieu of simple annuitants. Sometimes also these uncles permitted their nephew, the eldest son of their eldest brother, to do homage for the lands and bear the title, saving the right as to the annuity, the reservation of which, nevertheless, was not thereafter expressed in their charters, so that frequently two Viscounts de Thouars are found named in and signing the same charter. Sometimes twelve viscounts are found succeeding each other in less than thirty years, arising from the circumstance that the elder of several brothers having lived to a very great age, the younger having all become old men, soon followed him to the grave, leaving us in these days uncertain and at a loss to guess which was the father, which the son, which the uncle, and which the nephew; so that the ordinary calculation could not be relied upon in such a case which allows ninety or a hundred years for three generations." Guided by this curious exposition of manners and customs, as interesting to the jurist as to the genealogist, I find that our Aimeri IV, Vicomte de Thouars, was the eldest son of Geoffrey II, Viscount de Thouars, by a lady named Ainor or Aldearde, but in consequence of the strange perplexing rules alluded to does not appear to have directly succeeded to him, though bearing in accordance with them the title of Viscount. He was present when Agnes, Duchess of Guyenne, gave the town of St. Angely to the abbey of that name in 1048. At the time of the invasion he was probably between twenty and thirty, and the husband of Aserengarde, sister of Raoul de Mauleon, living in 1069, by whom he had two sons, Herbert and Geoffrey, and a daughter, lldegarde, who became the wife of Hugues VI, Sire de Lezingen. Aimeri married, secondly, a lady named Ameline, for the health of whose soul, the souls of his father and mother, of his own soul, and those of his sons Herbert and Geoffrey, he gave, in December 1088, the Church of St. John the Evangelist, in the Castle of La Cheze, to the Abbey of St. Florent de Saumur. He also commenced the erection of another church in that castle, in honour of St. Nicholas, and confirmed to it all the gifts he had made to it, with the consent of his wife and children, Thursday, 15th of January, 1092. He died the following year, and was buried in his new Church of St. Nicholas de la Cheze, leaving by his second wife, according to Père Anselm, four sons, Savary, Raoul, Hugues, and another Geoffrey, whom he makes the successor to his grandfather Geoffrey; but as Savary and Raoul were both witnesses to charters in favour of St. Florent in 1054 and 1068, and as he makes Geoffrey out to be eighty years of ago in 1120, and consequently born in 1040, they could not be the sons of Ameline, married between 1069 and 1088. I can recommend the whole pedigree as a pleasing puzzle to all whom it may concern. I have extracted as much as concerns me on this occasion, which, little as it is, sheds some light on "li bon Visquenz de Toarz," who was "ne mauvais ne coarz, qui ert apelé Eimeris," and who "mult recu le jor grand pris," and at the same time illustrates the singular custom recorded by Monsieur Besly.
[9221] This person is presumed living.
[6575] This person is presumed living.