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_Nathaniel BOWDEN ___________|_Mary ("Molly") HEATH ___
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_Bailey Walker BOWDEN _______________|
| (1838 - 1907) m 1865 |
| | _Edward SAUNDERS ________+
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| |_Tryphena SAUNDERS __________|_Tryphena LAWRENCE ______
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_Albert Sydney BOWDEN _|
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| | _John STAPLES ___________+
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| | _George Goodwin STAPLES _____|_Abigail ("Nabby") GRAY _
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| _Peletiah PERKINS ___________|_Abigail PENNY __________
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| _Samuel Herrick PERKINS _____________|
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| | | _Samuel HERRICK _________+
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| | |_Lucy HERRICK _______________|_Lucy BLACK _____________
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| _William L. PERKINS ___|
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| | | _Daniel GRINDLE _________+
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| | | _John GRINDLE _______________|_Sarah GRAY _____________
| | | | (1788 - 1835) m 1811 (1763 - 1818)
| | |_Margaret A. GRINDLE ________________|
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| | |_Margaret ("Peggy") FREETHY _|_________________________
| | (1793 - 1874) m 1811
|_Ethel Blanche PERKINS _|
(1902 - 1982) m 1925 |
| _Solomon GRAY ___________+
| | (1783 - 1873) m 1806
| _Shadrick Herrick GRAY ______|_Betsy Black FREETHY ____
| | (1816 - 1893) (1784 - 1873)
| _Charles Polk GRAY __________________|
| | (1844 - 1919) m 1867 |
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| | |_Prudence L SNELLGROVE ______|_________________________
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|_Mattie Eloise GRAY ___|
(1882 - 1923) |
| _Josiah GRINDLE _________+
| | (1795 - 1872)
| _Henry Dyer GRINDLE _________|_________________________
| | (1826 - 1902) m 1848
|_Priscilla Herrick GRINDLE __________|
(1851 - 1924) m 1867 |
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|_Mary Susan BABBIDGE ________|_________________________
(.... - 1829) m 1848
_Rollo (Robert), Duke of NORMANDY _+
| (.... - 0931)
_William Longsword, Duke of NORMANDY _|_Poppa DE VALOIS __________________
| (.... - 0943)
_Richard I ("the Fearless") of NORMANDY _|
| (0933 - 0996) |
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| (.... - 1054) |
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| (.... - 1031) |
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| (.... - 1093) |
| | _Bernard The DANE _________________
| | | m 0912
| | _Torf ("Turfus") The RICH ____________|_Sphreta DE BURGUNDY ______________
| | | m 0955
| | _Turchetil, Lord of TURQUEVILLE _________|
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| | | | _Anslec DE BERTRAND _______________+
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| | | |_Ermengarda DE BRIGENBERG ____________|___________________________________
| | | m 0955
| |_Lesceline DE HARCOURT __|
| (.... - 1058) |
| | _Anslec DE BERTRAND _______________+
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| | _Thurston (Toussaint) DE MONTFORT ____|___________________________________
| | | (.... - 1023)
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(.... - 1085) |
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[2196] See http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN NOBILITY.htm.
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_Henry DE ERDLINGTON _|
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| | _Ralph DE SOMERI ____+
| | | (.... - 1211)
| | _Roger DE SOMERI ____|_Margaret MARSHALL __
| | | m 1230
| |_Maud DE SOMERY __________|
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| | _William D'AUBIGNY __+
| | | (.... - 1221)
| |_Nicole D'AUBIGNY ___|_Mabel of CHESTER ___
| (1205 - 1240) m 1230
_Sir Giles DE ERDLINGTON _|
| (1291 - 1359) |
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(.... - 1375) |
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[22316] OneWorldTree on Ancestry. com in 2006 (not verified) provides her information and states that Margaret is daughter of Giles de Erdington (son of Henry de Erdington and Joan de Wolvey) and E. de Tofthorpe (daughter of W. de Tofthorpe and A. de Normanville).
[22314]
[S2]
LDS Church's Ancestral File - not verified.
[22315]
[S2]
LDS Church's Ancestral File - not verified.
_Rutpert III, Count In WORMGAU ____________+
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_Robert "The Strong", DUKE _______________|___________________________________________
| (.... - 0866)
_Robert I, King of West FRANKS ____|
| (0866 - 0923) |
| | _Hugh III, Count of TOURS _________________+
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| |_Adelaide of TOURS _______________________|___________________________________________
| (0819 - 0866)
_Prince Hugh the Great, Duke of FRANCE _|
| (0898 - 0956) m 0938 |
| | _Pepin of VERMANDOIS ______________________+
| | | (0817 - ....)
| | _Herbert I, Count of VERMANDOIS __________|___________________________________________
| | | (0840 - 0907)
| |_Beatrice of VERMANDOIS ___________|
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| | _Guarri, Count of MORVOIS _________________
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| |_Bertha ("Lady Beatrix") DE MORVOIS ______|_Eva DE ROUSILLION ________________________
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| (0941 - 0996) |
| | _Ludolph The Great, Duke of SAXONY ________+
| | | (.... - 0864)
| | _Otho, The Illustrious, Duke of SAXONY ___|_Hatwige of FRIULI ________________________
| | | (0828 - 0912) m 0869
| | _Henry I ("the Fowler"), EMPEROR __|
| | | (.... - 0936) m 0906 |
| | | | _Arnulf of Bavaria & Italy, Roman EMPEROR _+
| | | | | (.... - 0899)
| | | |_Hedwige (Edith) of BAVARIA ______________|_Ota of BAVARIA ___________________________
| | | (.... - 0903) m 0869 (.... - 0903)
| |_Hatwide (Hawise?), Princess of SAXONY _|
| (.... - 0965) m 0938 |
| | _Walpert, Count of OLDENBURG ______________+
| | | (.... - 0856)
| | _Dietrich (Theodoric), Ct. of RINGELHEIM _|_Alfburgis VON RINGELHEIM _________________
| | | (.... - 0920) m 0882
| |_Mathilda of RINGELHEIM ___________|
| (0894 - 0968) m 0906 |
| | _Lothair II "The Saxon", King of LORRAINE _+
| | | (0827 - 0869)
| |_Gisela of LORRAINE ______________________|_Waldrada, wife of LOTHAIR ________________
| (0865 - 0908) m 0882
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|--Robert II ("the Pious"), King of FRANCE
| (0970 - 1031)
| _Ranulf I, Duke of AQUITAINE ______________+
| | (.... - 0866)
| _Ranulf II, Count of POITOU ______________|_Bilchilda of MAINE _______________________
| | (0855 - 0890)
| _Elbes Mancer, Count of POITOU ____|
| | (.... - 0932) |
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| _William I of Poitou, Count of POITOU __|
| | (.... - 0963) m 0935 |
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| _Eystein GLUMRA ___________________________+
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| _Rogenwald, Count of MAER ________________|_Ascrida Rognvaldsdatter of JUTLAND _______
| | (0830 - 0890)
| _Rollo (Robert), Duke of NORMANDY _|
| | (.... - 0931) |
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| | |_Hildir, daughter of Rolf NEFIO __________|___________________________________________
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[1459] Robert was educated at Rheims under Gerbert (later Pope Silvester II). "As the ideal of mediaeval Christianity he won his surname of `Pious' by his humility and charity, but he also possessed some of the qualities of a soldier and a statesman." Crowned in 12-987, he became sole king on his father's death in 996. Marriage irregularities led to his excommunication by Pope Gregory V.{-Encycl.Brit.,`56,19:347} "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 101-21 gives his birth year as 985. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II states: "In 987, Roberts father had the nobles crown him as successor at Orléans on December 30th, thereby confirming the house of Capet as rulers of France. After Robert became king he did as his father and crowned his eldest son Hugh as his successor. But, due to Prince Hugh's death, another son, Henri, became king. Robert, despite marital problems that saw him temporarily excommunicated by Pope Gregory V, was a very devout Roman Catholic, hence the name Robert the Pious. He was very musically inclined and was a composer, a chorister, and a poet, making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. Part of Robert's piety at the time, was because he did not tolerate heretics and harshly punished them. The kingdom Robert inherited was not large, and in an effort to increase his power, he vigorously pursued his claim to any of the feudal lands as they became vacant which action usually resulted in war with a counter-claimant. In 1003, his invasion of Burgundy was thwarted and it would not be until 1016 that he was finally able to get the support of the Church and be recognized as the Duke of Burgundy. The pious King Robert II made few friends and many enemies, including his own sons Henri and Robert. They turned against their father, in a civil war for power and property. King Roberts army was beaten and he retreated to Beaugency outside Paris. He died in the middle of the war with his sons on July 20, 1031 at Melun, France. He was interred with his third wife, Constance d'Arles (973-July 25, 1032) in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his and Constance's second son, Henri I of France." Also see "The Forge of Christendom: the End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West," Tom Holland (Little, Brown, 2008).
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| (1646 - 1714) m 1667|
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| (1619 - 1677) m 1645 |
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[49000] See the unverified file L418-CDG in familysearch.org. Did John really die on his birthday?
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_Michael HöRNER __________|_________________________________________
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_John Andrew HOERNER ____________________|
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_Milton HOERNER __________|
| (1868 - 1937) m 1890 |
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| (1841 - 1885) m 1862 |
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| _William SWARNER ________________________+
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| _John SWARNER _____________|_Margaretha ("Margaret") Rebecca TITZEL _
| | (1823 - 1905) m 1853 (1804 - 1868)
| _Benjamin Franklin ("Frank B.") SWARNER _|
| | (1853 - 1916) m 1876 |
| | | _Henry BRINER ___________________________+
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| | |_Anna Mary BRINER _________|_Maria Philippina SWARNER _______________
| | (1830 - 1856) m 1853 (.... - 1884)
| _John Reuben SWARNER _____|
| | (1882 - 1965) m 1903 |
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| | |_Laura Caroline LIGHTNER ________________|
| | (1854 - 1933) m 1876 |
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| |_Catherine BREINER __|
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| | _Mathias (Lei, Ley?) LOY _
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| |_Catharina Magdalena (Ley or) LOY _|_Anna Maria DAY __________
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[48558] Harriett is daughter of James Franklin McMannus (1853-1921) & Mary Ellen Swett (b. 1858, m. ca. 1875 in ME).
[2834] Evan registered for the draft 12 Sept 1918 in Athens Co., OH stating his was b. 11 Sept 1897 and is "truckman, freight dept., Hocking Valley A. A. Co. Athens, OH". "The Akron Beacon Journal [Akron, Ohio], 21 April 1971," p. 58: "Evan A. Powell, 73, a mail carrier 38 years, died Tuesday in St. Thomas Hospital after a short illness. Mr. Powell of 1195 Murray av. was born in Athens, O., and came to Akron 53 years ago. He retired from the Post Office branch on North Hill in 1958. He was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, its 65 Plus Club and Mt. Akra Lodge 680, F&AM. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie E. McMunn, Stow; a son, William E., Akron ; three grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Rochel Edgar and Mrs. Mary Dishinger, both of Tucson, Ariz. Services will be at 11 a. m. Friday at the Hennessy funeral home, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Thursday. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery."
[23129] Savina is daughter of Johann Frantz Barnhard Sauer and Barbara Gieseman. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonniesgenes/Mower/pafg03.htm#23
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[30491] Edmund m. (1) 25 April 1569 in Dedham, Co. Essex to Anna Clere Pellattee (or Pellett) (b. 8 June 1548 in Dedham, Co. Essex, d. there 8 June 1584) and m. (2) 11 Sept 1584 in Dedham, Co. Essex to Ann Cleare, daughter of Nicholas Cleare. Edmund is son of Henry Sherman (1520-1590) and Agnes Lucy Butter (1521-1580). See NEHGR 167:213-224 and 168:16-33 for these marriages and for Sherman and Pellett ancestry and genealogy.
http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/Articles/Wakes-history.htm offers:
"The Wakes of Blisworth" - A talk given in Blisworth Village Hall [1] by Sir Hereward Wake on 28th March 2003.
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"Over 700 years ago my great, great, gr . . . grandfather Sir Hugh Wake of Bourne in Lincolnshire inherited in 1265 the Manor of Blisworth. He lived in a manor house (Wakeseat.html), long since fallen down, just near the Church. It had a park and a warren. He already held lands at Deeping near Bourne, and in Guernsey. Due to marrying heiresses the family in the course of time owned Liddel in Cumberland, Clevedon in Somerset, Wake's Colne and Waltham Abbey and Nazeing in Essex, Clifton Reynes and Chicheley in Buckinghamshire, Riddlesworth in Suffolk and lands in Derbyshire and Kent. And not least Collingtree and Courteenhall in Northamptonshire.
"But Blisworth was the family's main base. Both Sir Hugh's grandfather Baldwin and grandson Sir Thomas were Patrons of the Living of Blisworth and appointed the earliest recorded Rector in 1272. We lived there for 258 years. Sadly in 1523 Thomas Wake who had been imprisoned in the Tower of London for his misdeeds, sold Blisworth.
"Over the following 475 years the family owned land at Piddington, Preston Deanery, Hartwell and Salcey Forest, finally inheriting Courteenhall which has been our home for the last 11 generations of Wakes including our son Charles aged 50 and his two sons now both at Universities.
"The remarkable thing about the family is that, astonishingly, we have archives going back nearly 1000 years to the time when Hereward the Wake who owned Bourne defied William the Conqueror on the Isle of Ely, About 30 generations all succeeded through the male Wake line from father to son and all of whom were Northamptonshire or Lincolnshire Squires.
"But it is about Blisworth I talk to you tonight, so I only just touch on some of the earlier Wakes before Sir Hugh. His great, great grandfather died in 1172 having founded the Abbey at Bourne and the Priory at nearby Deeping. We continued being Lords of the Manor of Bourne for about 450 years. Surprisingly we are still Lords of the Manor of Deeping.
"Sir Hugh's father also named Hugh, fought alongside King Henry II in Brittany in 1230. He was the first bearer of our Wake coat of arms. Our crest then was a black lion, the Wake Knot being an even older family badge. He went on the Crusade to the Holy Land with Simon de Montford where he built a castle at Ascalon near Gaza which still bears our Coat of Arms today. He died there in 1241.
"Sir Hugh died in 1315. He was a Knight of the Shire and represented Northamptonshire in 7 Parliaments. His elder brother Baldwin, probably born at Blisworth, did not inherit. His son, the 1st Lord Blisworth, defended the Scottish frontier on behalf of the King and lived in the stronghold of Liddel Castle in Cumberland.
"After Hugh there were 6 generations of Thomas Wakes all of whom owned Blisworth, all father to son nearly all of whom inherited young and died young after playing important parts in Northamptonshire.
"Sir Thomas Wake I, ie. the first, married Elizabeth Cransley from Kettering. He was a Knight of the County, the Kings Chief Falconer and Sheriff in 1329 and again in 1335. He was the King's chief representative in the County. No local government e.g. County or District Councils. There were no Lords Lieutenant until Henry VIII's reign. Since 1329 there have been 12 occasions when Wakes have been Sheriffs of Northamptonshire.
"While Chief Officer of the Crown, Thomas revived the appointment of Justices of the Peace which had been dormant for 45 years. He gave judgment on that important occasion In the Great Hall of Northampton Castle. He was a distinguished soldier. He took 200 Archers to France in 1345 and fought with the Black Prince son of King Edward III at Crecy. The Black Prince was married to Joan Baroness Wake the 'Fair Maid of Kent'. He died in 1346 during the Siege of Calais.
"His son Sir Thomas Wake II married Alice, a daughter of Sir John Pattishall. He was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1341. Amongst his duties in Northamptonshire he was a Justice of the Peace. He died in 1379. His son Thomas Wake III married Maud, sister of Sir John Pigot. He died only 4 years after his father in 1383. Thomas Wake IV married Margaret Philpot and died in 1425.