_Rollo (Robert), Duke of NORMANDY _+ | (.... - 0931) _William Longsword, Duke of NORMANDY _|_Poppa DE VALOIS __________________ | (.... - 0943) _Richard I ("the Fearless") of NORMANDY _| | (0933 - 0996) | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |_Sporta of NORMANDY __________________|___________________________________ | _Godfrey, Count of Eu & BRIONNE _| | (0953 - ....) | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | ______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |______________________________________|___________________________________ | _Giselbert Crispin, Count of Eu et BRIONNE _| | (1000 - 1040) | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | ______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | | | _________________________________________| | | | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | | | |______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | | |_Lasceline DE TURQUEVILLE _______| | (.... - 1058) | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | ______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |______________________________________|___________________________________ | | |--Richard (Lord) Fitz GILBERT | (.... - 1091) | ___________________________________ | | | ______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | _________________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | |______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | _________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | | ______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | |______________________________________|___________________________________ | | |____________________________________________| | | ___________________________________ | | | ______________________________________|___________________________________ | | | _________________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | | | |______________________________________|___________________________________ | | |_________________________________| | | ___________________________________ | | | ______________________________________|___________________________________ | | |_________________________________________| | | ___________________________________ | | |______________________________________|___________________________________
[1816] Richard was Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy and Lord of Clare of Tonbridge; Chief Justice of England; kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror. He founded the House of Clare during the Conquest, and played a major role in suppressing the revolt of 1075. His wife Rohese Giffard brought him the great estates of her family. Their son Walter founded Tintern Abbey. From this couple sprang the great house of Clare. See W. H. Turton, "Plantagenet Ancestry", Genealogical Publishing Co., 1928, p. 94 and "Medieval Ancestors of Certain Americans," Carl Boyer III (Santa Clarita, CA, 2001), p 51. Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fitz_Gilbert.
_Alexander M. GRAY ______+ | (1800 - 1875) _Samuel A. GRAY ____________|_Margaret MCCASLIN ______ | (1828 - 1869) m 1855 (1800 - 1842) _Alexander H. GRAY _______| | (1858 - 1929) m 1877 | | | _Alexander Jesse ALLEY __ | | | (1792 - 1873) m 1828 | |_Louisa C. ALLEY ___________|_Mary Ann GRAY __________ | (1836 - 1880) m 1855 (1806 - ....) _Herman Samuel GRAY _| | (1881 - 1962) m 1905| | | _________________________ | | | | | ____________________________|_________________________ | | | | |_Lydia J. SAUNDERS _______| | (1861 - 1895) m 1877 | | | _________________________ | | | | |____________________________|_________________________ | _Merle Herman GRAY __| | (1915 - 1963) m 1935| | | _________________________ | | | | | ____________________________|_________________________ | | | | | __________________________| | | | | | | | | _________________________ | | | | | | | | |____________________________|_________________________ | | | | |_Bessie E. COWING ___| | (1886 - 1937) m 1905| | | _________________________ | | | | | ____________________________|_________________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |____________________________|_________________________ | | |--Merle Herman ("Johnny") (Jr) GRAY | (1938 - 2013) | _Andrew S. BOWDEN _______ | | (1798 - 1882) | _Elbridge C. BOWDEN ________|_________________________ | | (1823 - 1899) | _John Everett BOWDEN _____| | | (1856 - 1932) | | | | _John Paine SNOW ________+ | | | | (1801 - 1881) m 1823 | | |_Emily SNOW ________________|_Mary TAPLEY ____________ | | (1828 - 1905) (1801 - 1887) | _Everett J. BOWDEN __| | | (1878 - 1957) m 1899| | | | _________________________ | | | | | | | ____________________________|_________________________ | | | | | | |_Ida Pleaner JUDGE _______| | | | | | | _________________________ | | | | | | |____________________________|_________________________ | | |_Callie May BOWDEN __| (1912 - 2004) m 1935| | _Andrew WESCOTT _________+ | | (1768 - 1833) m 1790 | _Samuel WESCOTT ____________|_Mary PERKINS ___________ | | (1802 - 1866) m 1834 (1772 - 1840) | _Charles Everett WESCOTT _| | | (1844 - 1906) m 1867 | | | | _Stephen GRINDLE ________+ | | | | (1781 - 1855) m 1806 | | |_Harriet Elizabeth GRINDLE _|_Betsy JOHNSON __________ | | (1807 - 1854) m 1834 (.... - 1819) |_Ada Mary WESCOTT ___| (1875 - 1939) m 1899| | _Tobias ROBERTS _________ | | (1789 - 1838) | _Tobias ROBERTS ____________|_Sarah ("Sally") CONDON _ | | (1818 - ....) m 1844 (1793 - 1855) |_Mary G. ROBERTS _________| (1843 - ....) m 1867 | | _Avery GRAY _____________+ | | (1800 - 1890) m 1820 |_Rachel C. GRAY ____________|_Mary CONDON ____________ (1824 - 1874) m 1844 (1799 - 1875)
[50941] "The Ellsworth American [Ellsworth, Maine], 29 January 2013": "Hancock - Merle 'Johnny' Gray Jr., 73, died Jan. 29, 2013, at his home in Hancock. He was born April 3, 1938, in Lamoine the son of Merle and Callie (Bowden) Gray. Merle served in the U.S. Army in France. After returning to Maine, he ran Grays Exxon in Bar Harbor, and then managed the Texaco Station after that. He worked for MacQuinn Construction for 22 years, and worked for 10 years for Peasley Construction. Merle loved to fish, play solitaire, watch the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots. He loved his children and made the 'Best' molasses cookies and biscuits ever. Merle is survived by his significant other, Anne Wells of Hancock; daughters, Rhonda Kelley and husband, Jeffrey, of Ellsworth, Lisa Hallett and husband, Kevin, of Trenton, Amber Gray of Ellsworth, Denise Carrow of Waterville, Sonda Hamilton of Texas; a son, Bruce Gray and wife, Marina, of Florida; stepdaughter, Cammy Edgecomb of Mariaville; grandchildren, John, Jock, Joshua, Misty, Alyssa, Derek, Nick, Dylan, Kevin, Matthew; great-grandchildren, Gavin and Benjamin; step-grandchildren, Ryan, Sheena, and Tiffany; brothers, Earle Gray, Dana Gray; sisters, Debbie and Rosemary. He was predeceased by wives, Pauline and Carlene; a daughter, Lorraine; granddaughter, Felisha; brother, Eugene; sisters, Ada and Norma."
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