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| 101 | in Dublin 1655; meeting at his house | Fawkes (Foukes), Richard (20322046)
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| 102 | In Durham as early as 1635, Thompson's Point just south of Cocheco River was named for him. | Family: Robert Thompson / Helen Sibbald (F8998092)
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| 103 | In Durham as early as 1635, Thompson's Point just south of Cocheco River was named for him. | Family: William Thompson / Mary Elizabeth White (F8998091)
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| 104 | In Durham as early as 1635, Thompson's Point just south of Cocheco River was named for him. | Thompson, Robert (I298)
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| 105 | In Kittery before 1610. age 70 on 5 May 1679 | Family: John White / Lucy (F8998094)
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| 106 | In Kittery before 1610. age 70 on 5 May 1679 | White, John (I300)
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| 107 | In Revolutionary War: in Captain Caspar Stoever's Company, 5th class: marched in 8th class to (Long Island?) | Leitner, Johann Jacob (I106)
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| 108 | In Thornbury township, Chester County in 1687, built the "Beehive", still occupied (Concord Road, south of West Chester | Woodward, Richard (2613668)
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| 109 | Isabel de Bolebec, Countess of Oxford (c. 1164 – 2 or 3 February 1245), was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Hugh de Bolebec II, Lord of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Margaret de Montfichet. She married Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and was a benefactress of the Order of Friars Preacher (Dominicans) in England. Isabel de Bolebec was the daughter and co-heiress of Hugh de Bolebec II (died c. 1165), Lord of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Margaret de Montfichet. She had a brother, Walter, and a sister, Constance, the wife of Ellis de Beauchamp. In 1206-07 she and Constance were co-heirs to their niece, Isabel de Bolebec, daughter of their brother, Walter, and wife of Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford. Isabel's first husband was Henry de Nonant (Novaunt), Lord of Totnes, Devon, who died childless in 1206. The widowed Isabel petitioned the Crown in 1207 for the right to marry whom she wished. That same year she married Robert de Vere, a younger brother of the earl of Oxford, by whom she had a son, Hugh de Vere. In the autumn of 1214 Robert inherited the earldom at the death of his brother, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford, without legitimate offspring, and Isabel became Countess of Oxford. The new earl joined barons and kinsmen whose dissatisfaction with King John prompted their rebellion. On 15 June 1215 the King agreed to Magna Carta, and Oxford was one of twenty-five barons elected to guarantee its observance, and was thus among those excommunicated by Pope Innocent III when he released the King from its terms. In 1216 King John besieged and took the Oxford's seat, Castle Hedingham, in Essex. Oxford made peace with the regents of John's son, Henry III the next year, and later served as a royal judge. He died before 25 October 1221. Isabel inherited the barony of Bolebec, and from her death in 1245 until 1703 the Earls of Oxford adopted the style of "Baron de Bolebec" in addition to their title of earl, and from 1462-1625 that of "Viscount Bolebec". On the death of Earl Robert, the widowed Countess purchased the wardship of her minor son from the crown for the substantial sum of 6000 marks. In 1237, she and Hugh traveled together on a pilgrimage "beyond the seas". In 1224-25 Isabel sued Woburn Abbey for the manor of Mendham. Isabel was a benefactress of the Order of Friars Preacher (Dominicans) in England, helping them to find quarters at Oxford, and contributing to the building of their oratory there about 1227. When the friars needed a larger priory, she and the Bishop of Carlisle bought land south of Oxford and contributed most of the funds and materials. She was buried in the new church in the friary there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Bolebec --------------------------- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Isabel was the eldest daughter of Hugh de Bolebec. She appears first in the records as the widow of Henry de Nonant (d. 1206), lord of Totnes, Devon, her first husband. In 1207 she petitioned the crown for the right to marry whom she wished. The first installment of her fine was paid by Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford, her second husband, who had made his own fine to marry Isabel if she consented. At the time of her remarriage she was coheir of her niece Isabel de Bolebec, countess of Oxford and Robert de Vere's former sister-in-law (with whom she is frequently confused). By c.1225 Isabel had inherited all of the Bolebec honour of thirty knights' fees in Buckinghamshire. "Isabel bore her only known child, Hugh de Vere, late in her reproductive years. She purchased his wardship and the guardianship of his inheritance upon her husband's death in 1221 for £2228 (6000 marks), and traveled with him on pilgrimage beyond the seas in 1237. A generally successful suitor at court, she engaged in a long-running dispute with Woburn Abbey. "The countess was the chief benefactor of the Dominican order in Oxford. The friars sent to England in 1221 were assisted in their search for quarters in the Oxford Jewry by Isabel, who took a Dominican as her confessor and financed their oratory to the east of St Aldate's Street c.1227. When the friars decided to expand, she bought land to the south of Oxford for them. On her death on 3 February 1245 her body was temporarily entombed in their oratory, then transported to the newly consecrated Dominican priory church in St Ebbe's for burial. A monument proclaimed Isabel their foundress. Her other known charitable grants were to the hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, and to Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire (a Bolebec foundation)." Birth c1164, from the citation to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography in her Wikipedia article note that this differs from the birth year guessed for her "1176?" in the ODNB entry for her husband, Robert de Vere. about 1160, based on "...in or just before 1207...Isabel, who was probably a maiden aunt, well over forty,1 was at once sought in marriage as 'daughter of Hugh and sister and heir of Walter de Bolebec,' by Robert de Ver, younger brother to the Earl. Marriages Before 1206 to Henry de Nonent (about 1197) Between 1206 and 1210 to Robert de Vere (fine to marry in 1208); "before Michaelmas 1207" "Sometime before Michaelmas 1207 Robert had married Isabel de Bolebec, the aunt and namesake of Earl Aubrey’s wife, who had died childless in 1206 or 1207. Isabel the niece had been the heiress to the Bolebec estate, which was centred on Whitchurch (Bucks.), and her own heirs were her two aunts. Robert’s marriage can therefore be seen as part of a de Vere strategy to retain control over at least half of the Bolebec lands." "Her two marriages are confirmed by the Testa de Nevill which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 recording that "Robertus de Ver" held "manerium de Cliston" in Devon "de dote cum Isabella uxore sua que fuit uxor Henrici de Nunant", adding that King Henry I had first granted the manor to "Rogero de Nunant antecessori suo". Children with Robert de Vere They had one son, Hugh (born about 1210), and one daughter, Eleanor. "... order dated 20 Oct 1222 under which King Henry III granted custody of "Hugonis filii et heredis Roberti de Ver, quondam comitis Oxonie" to "Ysabelle de Bolebec comitisse Oxonie" dated 19 Jun 1222 Death 3 February 1245 Burial February 1245, Church of the Black Friars, Oxford, England bur Oxford, Church of the Preaching Friars The Dominican priory church of the Black Friars (Friars Preachers), Oxford, Oxfordshire, was founded by her husband, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, in the early 13th century and was dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Research Notes Fines Rolls show Isabel out-lived her husband: 6/23 (13 November 1221) [No date]. Isabella de Bolbec, countess of Oxford, has made fine with the king, by £2228 2s. 9½d., for having custody of the land and her son, the heir of Robert de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford , her husband, so that, beyond that fine, she will answer the king at the Exchequer for £1778 11s. of the debt that the earl owed to the king for several debts. She is also to render 250 m. of the aforesaid monies at Hilary in the sixth year, 250 m. at Easter in the same year, 250 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year, 250 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and £400 in the following year at the terms aforesaid, and £400 from year to year by the same terms until the aforesaid fine and debt have been paid in full. This Isabel was "co-heiress in 1206-7 to her niece, Isabel de Bolebec, wife of Robert's brother Aubrey de Vere." J.H Round explained the confusing records about Isabel and her family: Her land, we read, had been (like her father's) in the custody of Reginald de Curtenai, since 1175 or thereabout, but she herself was in that of Aubrey, Earl of Oxford. In 1190 (she was then about fifteen) he gave no less than 500 marcs for licence to marry her to his son, who must have secured the fief, for he paid the scutage due on it. Her name and the fact of the marriage (although ignored in works on the peerage) are proved by two charters—Harl. Chart., 57 C. 3 and Add. Chart. 6026—granted by "Albericus de Ver filius Alberici comitis et femina sua Isabel filia Walteri de Bolebech," of which the latter was granted to Woburn Abbey and was, I have found, the actual charter produced by the Abbot of Woburn in 1231. (Bracton's Notebook, Case 633). This Isabel, it appears, died childless, so that her husband, then Earl, could not even claim tenure " by the curtesy." The Bolebec fief passed away to his wife's heirs. This crisis in the Veres' fortunes must be dated in or just before 1207. It is evident that the heirs of the Countess were her father's sisters, Isabel and a younger sister. Isabel, who was probably a maiden aunt, well over forty,1 was at once sought in marriage as " daughter of Hugh and sister and heir of Walter de Bolebec," by Robert de Ver, younger brother to the Earl. She retorted, clearly, by offering £200 and three palfreys that she might not be " distrained " to marry by the King or any other lord (ibid.)." Robert, however, married her and was holding, in 1211, her moiety of the Bolebec barony. He succeeded to the earldom and was father by her of the next earl, Hugh. There were thus two successive earls, each of whom married an heiress, named Isabel de Bolebec. This singular fact has been hitherto unsuspected. Marriage to Henry de Nonant: Richardson states that Robert de Vere married the widow of Henry de Nonant (d 1206). This agrees with with conclusion given in Complete Peerage, in its "Oxford" article, which explains that the evidence is in the Curia Regis Rolls, vol. vii, p. 342, and also explains how the evidence has been misinterpreted. Darryl Lundy states, incorrectly, that Isabel married Henry de Nonant after 1221, presumably based on Robert de Vere's death in 1221 - Richardson has that Robert de Vere died "before 25 October 1221". | de Bolebec, Isabel (I909)
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| 110 | It appears that Wilhelm Bucher b.1683 who died in Bern, Switzerland is related to the Nicholas Bucher line that emigrated from Bern, Switzerland to York County, Pennsylvania in the early 1700's. Wilhelm is the ancestor of Beat Bucher, who lives today in Bern, and after Beat joined our Bucher Y-DNA research project, we learned his Y-DNA test on 12 markers match 10 out of 12 markers to our three other American Buchers we tested who are descendants of the immigrant Nicholas Bucher line. While 11 or 12 out of 12 is considered a recent match, not 10 out of 12, we believe when we compare 37 marker tests that will more precisely prove when these Buchers are related. Upgraded Y-DNA tests are at the lab now and we will get the answersat the end of May. Nicholas and Wilhelm are from the same area in Canton Bern, so it's logical they are from the same ancestors. Although both were born about 1680, since there are at least two mutations in their DNA markers, we know they cannot be brothers, and weare more likely to learn they shared the same grandfather or great grandfather. To date, our Bucher Y-DNA research has identified four related males in this particular line. Prior to testing, we didn't know any of the four were the same Bucher family: Wilhelm Bucher b.1683 who died in Switzerland is in Beat Bucher's tree at: http://www.lemas.ch/familie/karteiblatt107.html Nicholas Bucher b.1670 who lived in York County, Pennsylvania is at: http://www.Siteservers.net/family/tree/2935.htm Adam Bucher b.1767 died lived in York/Adams Counties but we do not yet know his father. Adam is at: http://www.siteservers.net/family/tree/4804.htm Another Nicholas Bucher b.1808 immigrated in the 1800's to Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He is at: http://www.siteservers.net/family/tree/3890.htm You can see the actual DNA marker results for our R-007 Bucher Family males in the tan area at the bottom of the table at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Bucher/index.aspx?fixed_columns=on The Bucher Y-DNA Research Project has now tested 3 males related to the 1727 immigrant Nicholas Bucher of York Co. PA, as well as 35 males total, and those DNA results invalidate many trees published on the Internet, while revealing new evidenceabout Nicholas' family (details at http://www.SiteServers.net/family/dna ) The "myths" that are not true about Nicholas: 1) Nicholas is definitely not related to Bartholomew Bucher of Frederick Co., MD as many Internet trees suggest. Their DNA is very different. 2)Nicholas is not related to Peter Bucher/Booher of Fayette Co. PA. 3)Nicholas is not related to the Bucher lines living in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, as some trees show. New truths about Nicholas: 1)Nicholas is related to another Bucher line from Switzerland that immigrated in the early 1800's to Northampton County, PA, in which another Nicholas born in 1808 moved in 1837 to Northumberland County where he is buried. 2)Many early 1700's branches of Nicholas line have never been identified before for lack of documentation, but our DNA tests are able to discover them. For instance, the DNA of Adam Bucher born 1767 who died in Adams County, PA is identical to Nicholas Bucher's line. As more Bucher males are tested more missing sons will be uncovered. We are now testing a male Bucher living today in Canton Bern, Switzerland who could match Nicholas, as this is where he is reportedly from. Consult http://www.SiteServers.net/family/dna for future news. | Family: Jainnis Nicholaus Bucher / Eva (F8998040)
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| 111 | Jacob, Margareth, ch. Jacob, Ana Margaretha and Anna Barbara arr; with Palatinates, 1710; to Tulpenhocken in 1723. In April 1758 Jacob and wife were killed and scalped by Indians. Their daughter Margaretha and her 2 youngest (of 8) children (John Peter and Johan George) were carried away and never heard from again. | Legengut, Johann Jacob (I87)
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| 112 | James Warren was born in England or more likely Scotland, perhaps around 1630. His parentage and birth have not yet been discovered. Family tradition says he was among the prisoners that Oliver Cromwell sent to New England after his victory over the royal troops at Dunbar in the north. Recently published research, after extensive study, views it as probable that he was one of the 150 Scottish prisoners exiled to Boston on the ship Unity. | Warren, James (I879)
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| 113 | Jane/Joan de Foliot's father is Sir Jordan, per D. Richardson: Complete Peerage Addition: Joan Foliot, wife of Sir Alphonse de Vere Douglas Richardson Dear Newsgroup ~ Complete Peerage 10 (1945): 222 (sub Oxford), footnote a, gives a good account of the life of Sir Alphonse de Vere, of Great Hormead, Hertfordshire (died 1328). The editor indicates that Leland, Itinerary, ed. by Smith, states that his wife was Joan, daughter of Sir Richard Foliot, "but no proof has been found of this." Actually there is additional evidence of Sir Alphonse's wife's identity. The 1563/4 Visitation of Yorkshire gives the following information: "Sir Alphonso de Vere Erl of Oxford maryed = Jone doughter of ....Follyot." [Reference: H.S.P. 16 (1881): 227 (1563/4 Vis. Yorkshire) (Nevil pedigree)]. This confirms that Sir Alphonse's wife was named Joan Foliot, but leaves her parentage unidentified. John Ravilious' account of the Foliot family provided below indicates that the manor of Cowesby, Yorkshire was held in 1282 by Sir Jordan Foliot, 1st Lord Foliot (died 1299). Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 538-540 (sub Foliot) indicates that Sir Jordan Foliot earlier inherited Cowesby, Yorkshire from his maternal uncle, Sir Robert de Stuteville. My own research indicates that by 1316, Cowesby, Yorkshire had passed to Sir Alphonse de Vere [Reference: Feudal Aids, 6 (1920): 175]. Likewise, I find that in 1324, Sir Alphonse de Vere presented to the church of Cowesby, Yorkshire as its patron [Reference: R.M.T. Hill, Register of William Melton Archbishop of York, 1 (Canterbury & York Soc. 70) (1977): 129]. I presume Sir Alphonse de Vere had Cowesby, Yorkshire in marriage with his wife, Joan, who chronologically would fit to be a daughter of Sir Jordan Foliot. Sir Alphonse and Joan were evidently married before 1312 (date of birth of their son, John de Vere, later 7th Earl of Oxford). In an earlier post dated August 4, 2002, I discussed the evidence that Sir Alphonse de Vere and his wife, Joan Foliot, were the parents of Margery de Vere, wife of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, of Uley, Gloucestershire. Margery and Maurice were married by papal dispensation dated 1331, they being related in the 4th degree of kindred, evidently by common descent from the Zouche family. The given name, Margery, was presumably bestowed on Sir Alphonse de Vere's daughter in honor of his wife's mother, Margery (de Newmarch) Foliot. Sir Alphonse de Vere's wife, Joan Foliot, possesses many royal lines, the best one being through Joan's maternal grandmother, Elizabeth (or Isabel) de Mowbray, whose own grandmother, Bertha de Ferrers, is a descendant of King Henry I of England. For Bertha de Ferrers' parentage, see my post in the newsgroup archives dated 25 June 2000. I wish to thank John Ravilious for his helpful input on this post. Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah | Foliot, Joan (I903)
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| 114 | Joan Bigod . A manuscript genealogy of the Gant family records that “Philippus de Kyme” married “Hugoni Bigot…filiam suam”[1041]. Her name is confirmed by a charter dated to the reign of King Edward II under which “Philip de Kyme, son and heir of William de Kyme” confirmed property to Bullington priory, for his soul and that of “Joan his wife”[1042]. m PHILIP de Kyme Lord Kyme, son of WILLIAM de Kyme & his wife Lucy de Ros (-1323 before 2 Apr). [Medieval Lands.] Joan Bigod in the UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-CurrentVisit website Name: Joan Bigod Birth Date: 1247 Birth Place: Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England Death Place: North Kyme, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England Cemetery: Kyme Priory Burial or Cremation Place: North Kyme, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England Has Bio?: N Spouse: Philip de Kyme Children: Lucy De Umfreville URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146924093/joan | Bigod, Joan (I850)
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| 115 | Johan Casper Stoever records | Heilman, Maria Magdalena (I146)
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| 116 | Johan Casper Stoever records | Heilman, John Adam (I144)
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| 117 | Johan Casper Stoever records | Heilman, Anastasius (I142)
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| 118 | Johan Casper Stoever records | Heilman, Anastasius (I142)
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| 119 | JOHANN WILHELM LEUTNER was probably born about 1714 - derived from actual and estimated birth years of siblings and approximate marriage date. Because Wilhelm spent his adult years in Tulpehocken Township, Lancaster/Berks County, it had been assumed that the Leutner/Leitner/Lightner family had been among the 1709ers who removed to the Tulpehocken from Scoharie, New York, but no record of the family has been found, on this side of the Atlantic, among others in that migration. The first record found of him to date appears in the records of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, PA where Wilhelm is given as a Sponsor at the 1 September 1734 baptism of Joh. Wilhelm son of Ignatius (Nathaniel) Leitner. It's not known when Wilhelm had married, but most likely about 1735 since his eldest son, Joh. Peter, was likely born in 1736. He then begins to appear, though somewhat indirectly, in the Land records of Lancaster County: 1) On 2 April 1736, a Land Warrant was granted to Leonard Tabler for "200 Acres of Land situate in Tulpehoccen Township (whereon he has been 3 years settled) & adjoining to William Leidner in the said County of Lancaster". His name appears on surveys associated with this warrant - one made 23 June 1737 (Copied Survey Book, C-107-92) and another made at a later date (Copied Survey Book, C-107-112) - as occupant of adjoining land; 2) On a Land Warrant granted to Peter Leppo, dated 23 January 1737 [unsure if old- or new-style year], for "100 Acres of Land more or less situate between Peter Clupp & William Leydenaar in the said County of Lancaster". This property, located several tracts to the East of that in "1)" above, wasn't surveyed until 1861, when it was divided into three separate tracts. Adjoining lands on the East are labeled on the survey as "formerly William Leydenaar" and adjoining lands to the West are labeled "formerly Peter Clupp". Peter Clupp (Klob, Klopp, Glopp, &c.) also held two tracts of land bordering to the East and South of that "William Leydenaar" land. It doesn't appear that Wilhelm was ever granted a Land Warrant in his own right. Wilhelm and Maria Elisabetha's eldest son, Joh. Peter, may have been named after one of these neighboring Peters - in which case, one may have been a baptismal sponsor and/or Maria Elisabetha's father. "Joh. Wilhelm Leitner and his wife" were sponsors at the baptism of Maria Elisabetha Bortner 30 April 1738 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Little Tulpehocken, near Bernville, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. This is circumstancial evidence for the Christian name of Wilhelm's wife, at the time, since at baptism a child was most often named for one of the sponsors. Baptisms for just five of his own children appear later, beginning in 1744, in the Stoever Record; though, son Peter, aged 21 years, was confirmed and admitted to Holy Communion at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania, on Pentecost (14 May) 1758 placing his birth in 1736 or 1737. Additionally, William Leidner witnessed the will of Mary Tabler of Talpahalm (sic.) Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, proved in Philadelphia County March 26, 1738/39. And on the 1743 list of charter members of Christ (Tulpehocken) Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks Co. was a William LEITNER. The church was formed in May, 1743 largely from former members of Ried's Lutheran which was founded about 1727. The 1767 (1768) tax list for Tulpehocken Township, Berks, County shows William Leidner (Leydner) possessed of 100 acres, 2 (3) horses and 2 (3) head of cattle. Letters of Administration were granted at Berks County to his eldest son Peter on 26 March 1770, his widow Maria Elisabetha having renounced her right to administer the estate. | Leutner, Johann Wilhelm (I108)
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| 120 | John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford (c. 12 March 1312 – 24 January 1360) was the nephew and heir of Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford who succeeded as Earl of Oxford in 1331, after his uncle died without issue. John de Vere was a trusted captain of Edward III in the king's wars in Scotland and France, and took part in both the Battle of Crécy and the Battle of Poitiers. He died campaigning in France in 1360. Throughout his career he was closely associated with William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, who was his brother-in-law. Family background and marriage John de Vere was the only son of Alphonse de Vere, and Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Foliot. Alphonse was a younger son of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford and apparently died shortly before 20 December 1328, when a writ was issued for inquisitions post mortem into the land that he held direct from the King. These hearings established that Alphonse's next heir was his son John, then aged 15 years and more. The manors concerned were Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire, Westwick by St Albans and Great Hormead, Hertfordshire, as well as property at Beaumont and Althorne in Essex. Alphonse was a brother of Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford. When the 6th Earl's son died without issue in 1329, he obtained licence from the king to entail his estates on his nephew, John. It was in this way that John de Vere, when his uncle died 17 April 1331, became Earl of Oxford. He had made homage and received livery by 17 May. In 1336 John married Maud de Badlesmere, who was the second of the four daughters of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, of Badlesmere in Kent and Margaret de Clare. Maud was a co-heiress of her brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere. When Giles died in 1338, this brought a significant part of the Badlesmere inheritance into de Vere's hands. The marriage also forged a strong bond with William Bohun, Earl of Northampton, who had married Badlesmere's third daughter, Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and thus became Oxford's brother-in-law. The two campaigned together, sat on the same commissions and died the same year. Career De Vere's military career began with service on Edward III's Scottish campaigns, in the 1330s Second War of Scottish Independence. He took part in the Roxburgh campaign of 1334–5, and in the summer campaign of 1335. Later in the decade, England's military efforts turned towards France, with the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. In March 1340, de Vere served in Flanders, and was therefore out of the country during Edward's disputes with Archbishop John de Stratford. Oxford was not forced to take sides in the conflict, and has been described as a "political neutral". After a period in England, de Vere returned to the Continent in 1342, where he served with Northampton, who had been made lieutenant of Brittany. They both took part in the Battle of Morlaix that year. The next year the two earls were sent to Scotland to relieve Lochmaben Castle, and in 1345 they were again campaigning in Brittany. Tradition has it that, returning to England, their ships were forced ashore by bad weather, and the party was robbed of their possessions by the locals. In the summer of 1346 de Vere was campaigning with the king in Normandy, and took part in the Battle of Crécy. According to the chronicler Froissart, de Vere was fighting with the Black Prince, and was among the captains who sent a request to Edward III for reinforcements when the king famously answered 'Let the boy win his spurs'. Oxford was also at the siege of Calais, but reportedly fell ill in 1348, and did not take part in any major campaigning until 1355. In 1355 he was again in the company of the Black Prince, and took part in the prince's great raid in Languedoc. 19 September 1356, at the Battle of Poitiers, Oxford was in command of the vanguard together with the earl of Warwick. de Vere's attack on the flank of the French cavalry, with a group of archers, did much to secure the English victory. His last campaign was Edward III's Rheims campaign in 1359–60. Here he died, probably during the raid into Burgundy, on 23 or 24 January 1360. He was buried in the de Vere family's burial place Colne Priory in Essex. Descendants and assessment Maud de Vere died in 1366. The couple had four sons and three daughters. The eldest son, John, married Elizabeth Courtenay, daughter of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, but died before his father, in 1350. (After the death of her husband, Elizabeth married Sir Andrew Luttrell of Chilton (in Thorverton), Devon.) Another son, Robert, also died in his father's lifetime. The eldest remaining son was then Thomas, born about 1336 or 1337, who succeeded his father in 1360. Thomas's son Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford succeeded at his father's death, but with Robert's forfeiture in 1392, the earldom was given to Robert's uncle Aubrey – the seventh earl's fourth son. The eldest daughter, Margaret, married three times, while of the second, Matilda, little is known. The third daughter, Elizabeth, married Sir Hugh Courtenay, eldest son and heir of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon. John de Vere, in the family tradition of the "fighting de Veres", was active in almost all major military engagements in the years from 1340 to 1360. On the Roxburgh campaign he brought a retinue of twenty-eight men-at-arms and twelve mounted archers. In Brittany in 1342, the retinue had grown to forty men-at-arms, one banneret, nine knights, twenty-nine esquires, and thirty mounted archers. His retinue was of a diverse composition, and also included foreign mercenaries. At one point, in the Battle of Poitiers, John Hawkwood, who was later to make his fortune as a condottiero in Italy, also served with de Vere. Yet in spite of this, de Vere never distinguished himself particularly as a military commander. Neither did he receive a great amount of royal patronage, and was never made a member of the Order of the Garter. This was largely a consequence of the de Vere family's relatively modest resources among the English peerage. As an example can be mentioned that in the late 1340, £349 were owed to Oxford in arrears for his services, yet at the same time the king owed Northampton two debts of £782 and £1237. This obstacle of resources and status John de Vere was unable to overcome either by marriage or warfare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Vere,_7th_Earl_of_Oxford | de Vere, John VII Earl of Oxford (I900)
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| 121 | John Thompson m. Elizabeth Reid, 18 DEC 1679 Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian, Scotland | Thompson, John (I220)
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| 122 | Julia Anne Powers was born on 5 July 1843, in New Brunswick, Canada as the daughter of John Powers and Sarah. She married Henry Luther Dryden on 31 December 1857, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada in 1871. She was buried in Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada. | Powers, Julia Anne (I256)
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| 123 | Katie A Burton was born in March 1874, in Margaree, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married John Henry Jenkins on 1 August 1895, in Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1895 and Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States for about 20 years. | Burton, Katharine (I254)
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| 124 | Keziah Cole was born in 1789, in Lewiston, Lincoln, Maine, United States as the daughter of Benjamin Cole and Keziah. She married Philip Jenkins on 26 November 1807, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wales, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1850. She died in August 1869, in Wales, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Wales, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. | Cole, Kezia (I262)
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| 125 | Killed by Indians and her daughter and 2 grandchildren (John Peter and Johan George) taken captive and not heard from again. | Artz, Anna Margaret (I88)
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| 126 | King Henry I of France Henry I of France, King of France French: Henri I de France, roi de France, Latin: Henricus I Franciae, rex Franciae, Spanish: Dn. Enrique I Capeto, King of France Also Known As: "Henri Capet", "Roi de France", "Prince of France" Birthdate: May 04, 1008 Birthplace: Muelan, Paris, Orleannais, West Francia (now Ile-de-France, France) Death: August 04, 1060 (52) Palais de Vitry-aux-Loges, Vitry-aux-Loges, Centre, France Place of Burial: Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France Immediate Family: Son of Robert II Capet, "the Pious" king of the Franks and Constance d'Arles, queen consort of the Franks Husband of Matilda of Frisia, queen consort of the Franks and Anna of Kiev, Queen Consort of the Franks Fiancé of Mathilde de Germanie Father of N.N.; Emma Capet de France; Robert Capet de France; Hugues I 'Magnus', Comte de Vermandois and Philip I, king of France Brother of Emergarde de Auvergne; Hedwige de France, comtesse d'Auxerre; Hugues, roi associé de France; Adela of France, countess of Flanders; Constance de France, heritiere de Dammartin; Robert I le Vieux, duc de Bourgogne and Eudes de France « less Half brother of .... Capet Occupation: King of France (1031-1060), Roi de France (1031-1060), King of France, King of the Franks, King f France, Kung av Frankrike 1031 - 1060, King, Roi des Francs, duc de Bourgogne, Koning van Frankrijk (1031-1060) | Capet, Henri Ier roi des Francs (I803)
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| 127 | Knighted 16 June 1487 Nottinghamshire, England For his distinguished valour at the battle of Stoke near Newark, Nottinghamshire | Tyrwhitt, Sir William (I835)
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| 128 | Little in known of Beatrice, wife of Robert I, King of France. She is named in two charters (once in full, a second only in abbreviated form as 'Be.') of her son Hugh the Great. She is not referred to as queen, which seemingly places her death before her husband succeeded to the crown. The latest date of the marriage can only be indirectly dated, by the fact that Hugh was an active adult in 922 | de Vermandois, Béatrice (I812)
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| 129 | living 1400's | Family: Thomas Chase / (F8998104)
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| 130 | living 1400's | Chase, Thomas (I319)
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| 131 | Lord of Wakerly Manor | Newlin, Nicholas (16382444)
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| 132 | M.P. for Ilchester, 1540 Factor in Spain | Strode, William (45457630)
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| 133 | Marie Eva Fehler's Lebengut grandparents were killed by Indians and her mother and 2 younger siblings taken captive and not heard from again. | Fehler, Marie Eva (I29)
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| 134 | Marriage at the home of Hannah Jones in Tredyffrin Township | Family: Isaac Walker / Sarah Jerman (F20)
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| 135 | Married 2nd Edmund Cartledge | Richardson, Ann (24623308)
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| 136 | married at Zion Lutheran Church Jonestown, PA | Family: Andrew Walter / Elizabeth Achenbach (F8998004)
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| 137 | Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 - November 2, 1083, Caen) was the wife of William the Conqueror and, as such, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England. She was regent of the duchy of Normandy while her husband was in England and also participated in courts of justice with him in the kingdom across the Channel. She was also the mother of two future kings: William II of England and Henry I of England. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilde_de_Flandre | of Flanders, Matilda Queen Consort of England (I866)
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| 138 | Maud de Badlesmere, Countess of Oxford (1310 – May 1366) was an English noblewoman, and the wife of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford. She, along with her three sisters, was a co-heiress of her only brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere, who had no male issue. At the age of 11 she was imprisoned in the Tower of London along with her mother, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere and her four siblings, after the former refused Queen consort Isabella admittance to Leeds Castle and ordered an assault upon her when she attempted entry. Maud was born at Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England in 1310, the second eldest daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare. She had three sisters, Margery, Elizabeth, and Margaret; all of whom eventually married and had issue. She had one brother, Giles. Her paternal grandparents were Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly. On 14 April 1322, when she was twelve years of age, Maud's father was hanged, drawn and quartered by orders of King Edward II, following his participation in the Earl of Lancaster's rebellion and his subsequent capture after the Battle of Boroughbridge. Maud, her siblings, and her mother had been arrested the previous October after the latter had ordered an assault upon Queen consort Isabella after refusing her admittance to Leeds Castle where Baron Badlesmere held the post of governor.[2] Maud's mother, Baroness Badlesmere, remained imprisoned in the Tower of London until 3 November 1322, although it is not known when Maud and her siblings were released. Her brother Giles obtained a reversal of their father's attainder in 1328, and he succeeded to the barony as 2nd Baron Badlesmere. Maud, along with her three sisters, was Giles's co-heiress, as he had married but fathered no children by his wife, Elizabeth Montagu. Marriages and issue In June 1316, Maud, aged six, married her first husband, Robert FitzPayn, son of Robert FitzPayn. Welsh historian R. R. Davies relates in his book, Lords and lordship in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages how her father, Lord Badlesmere, when drawing up the marriage contract, sought to provide for Maud's future by ensuring that she would have independent means. He granted her land worth 200 marks per year, and her future father-in-law was constrained to endow her with three manors and their revenues. The marriage did not produce children; and on an unknown date sometime before March 1335 Maud married secondly, John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford. Upon her marriage, Maud assumed the title Countess of Oxford. John was a captain in King Edward III's army, and as such participated in the Battle of Crécy and the Battle of Poitiers. The marriage produced seven children: 1. John de Vere (December 1335- before 23 June 1350), married Elizabeth de Courtney as her first husband. 2. Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (1336- 18 September 1371), married Maud de Ufford, by whom he had a son Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford 3. Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford (1338- 15 February 1400), married Alice FitzWalter, by whom he had three children, including Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford 4. Robert de Vere (died 1360) 5. Elizabeth de Vere (died 23 September 1375), married firstly in 1341, Sir Hugh de Courtney, by whom she had one son, Hugh de Courtney, Lord Courtney; she married secondly John de Mowbray, 3rd Lord Mowbray; she married thirdly on 18 January 1369 Sir William Costyn 6. Margaret de Vere (died 15 June 1398), married firstly Henry de Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont (4 April 1340 – 17 June 1369), the son of John de Beaumont, 2nd Baron Beaumont and Eleanor of Lancaster, by whom she had issue; she married secondly Sir Nicholas de Loveyne; she married thirdly after 1375 Sir John Devereux, by whom she had issue. 7. Maud de Vere In June 1338, Maud's brother Giles died without leaving any legitimate issue. A considerable portion of the Badlesmere estates was inherited by Maud and her husband. Maud died at the de Vere family mansion Hall Place in Earls Colne, Essex in May 1366 at the age of fifty-six years. Evidence given at the various inquisitions post mortem held after her death differ as to whether she died on the 19th, 23rd or 24th day of the month. This source gives details of her numerous properties which were to be found in Essex and six other counties. Maud was buried in Colne Priory. Her husband had died in 1360. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_de_Badlesmere,_Countess_of_Oxford | de Badlesmere, Lady Maud Countess of Oxford (I901)
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| 139 | Milicent de Cantelowe was born circa 1245 at of Calne, Wiltshire, Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire, England. She married twice. First, before 1254, she married John de Montault, son of Sir Roger de Montalt, Seneschal & Justice of Chester and Cecilia d' Aubeney. No known issue. Before December 13, 1273, she next married Sir Eudes la Zouche (1279-1299), son of Roger le Zouche, 2nd Lord Zouche, Sheriff of Devonshire and Margaret Biset. and Millicent had five children: 1.) Elizabeth la Zouche d. bt 1297-9 Feb 1309, wife of Sir Nicholas Poyntz 2.) Lucy la Zouche 3.) Eve la Zoucheb. c 1271, d. 5 Dec 1314 4.) Sir William la Zouche, 1st Lord Zouche of Harringworth b. 18 Dec 1276 or 21 Dec 1276, d. 11 Mar 1352 or 12 Mar 1352 5.) Eleanor la Zouche b. c 1278, wife of Sir John de Harcourt. Milicent de Cantelowe died circa January 7, 1299. | de Cantilupe, Millicent (I786)
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| 140 | Mo. Mtg.: Hardshaw East | Tarback, Richard (I736)
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| 141 | Myers "Irish Quakers", p. 336: received Feb. 7, 1713 bu Kennett MM from Moate MM, County W. Meath, Ireland; grant in New Garden Township, Chester County | Halliday, William (I723)
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| 142 | Name spelling from arrival list in Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers | Seyfriedt, Johann Erhardt (73442698)
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| 143 | Name: Hans Michael Stocker Birth: 21 Mar 1669, Prechdorf Alsace Germany Death: 27 Mar 1749, Hereford Township. Lehigh Co. PA Religion: Reformed Lutheran Father: Hans Jacob Stocker Mother: Margaretha SCHINBEIN (1643-)Misc. Notes http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/t/Nikki--RothSkiles/index.html http://www.millerheyergenealogy.com/index.php http://boards.ancestry.com.au/surnames.stocker/264.3/mb.ashx Hans Michael Stocker was the only son born to Michael Stocker and Maria Remp on November 24, 1701, in Mitschdorf, Alsace, Germany. This location is now located at the very easternmost point of France. Hans, who went by his middle name, Michael, was the 4th of 7 children, having 3 older sisters and 3 younger sisters. Michael was christened in the Reformed Lutheran faith on November 27, 1701. Michael was attracted to a girl from the nearby town of Preuschdorf, not even a mile southwest of Mitschdorf. Michael (23) married Anna Margretha Stephan (17) on January 30, 1725. Anna’s exact birth date is not known but she was probably born in1708 since she was also christened in the Reformed Lutheran faith on May 30, 1708. Five years after their marriage, in June of 1730, two of Michael’s married sisters (one older, one younger) departed for what would later become America on the Thistle of Glasgow under Captain Colin Dunlop. The ship left Rotterdam and arrived inDover England on June 19, 1730. The ship then arrived in Philadelphia on August 29, 1730, after 71 days at sea. These sisters were Anna Maria (Stocker) Schramm, Michael’s oldest sister, and Maria Catharina (Stocker) Stiefel, Michael’s next younger sister. It is likely that Michael and Anna received a favorable report from his sisters and brothers in-law about the new world across the Atlantic Ocean. Michael’s young family decided to join with 105 other families in following their minister, John Bartholomew Rieger , in boarding the Britannia of London departing from Rotterdam via Cowes, England in 1731. The ship arrived in Philadelphia on September 21, 1731, with Michael (31) and Margretha (23), and their 3 small children: Michael (4), Anna Maria (2), and Maria Barbara (1). Michael may have come to the New World as an indentured servant . It was common for young heads of households to finance their family’s passage to the New World by entering into an agreement to work as a servant for a number of years upon arrival, usually 3-5 years. The merchant/mariners sold these indentured work agreements upon arrival to more wealthy colonists in the English Colony. Michael’s first five years were spent in Frederick Maryland and two of his children were born in Frederick. Then, possibly after his indenture work agreement was fulfilled, Michael relocated his family to Hereford Township in Berks County Pennsylvania where the rest of his children were born. Michaels and Anna’s firstborn son on American soil was Hans Michael Stoker born in Frederick Maryland. Hans was their fifth child and 2nd son and was born sometime between September 21, 1731 and March 26, 1732. Hans [Jr.] is our family’s progenitor. Michael Stocker, the German immigrant, died at only 48 years of age in 1749 and is buried in Hereford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Michael had spent only 18 years on American soil. Michael’s untimely death left Anna pregnant and with 11 children ranging from 22 down to 3 years of age as follows: 1. Michael (22), born August 31, 1727 in Germany 2. Anna Maria (21), born December 7, 1728 in Germany 3. Maria Barbara (19), born September 20, 1730 in Germany 4. Hans Michael (18), our progenitor, born 1731-1732 in Frederick Maryland 5. Nancy Catherine (17), born 1733 in Frederick Maryland 6. Adam (13), born February 15, 1736, in Hereford, Berks County, Pennsylvania 7. George (11), born about 1738 in Hereford, Berks County, Pennsylvania 8. John (10), born about 1739 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania 9. Henry (7), born about 1742 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania 10. Jacob (5), born about 1744 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania 11. Andreas (3), born May 1746 in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania 12. Anna delivered Eva Christine the same year as her father’s death. She was born on November 14, 1749 in Moore Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Probably out of necessity, following Michael’s death, 41-year old Anna remarried Hans Adam Gramlich in the St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on October 23, 1750. In 1751, Anna bore a son, her 13th child, Francis, to Hans Gramlich. Michael and Anna’s last son, Andreas, who never changed the spelling of his last name, as a 28-year-old young man, relocated to an area of Northampton County Pennsylvania along Bushkill and Little Bushkill Creeks. This community has been known asStockertown Pennsylvania ever since Andreas Stocker settled there. Anna died in 1775 at Northampton Pennsylvania at the age of 67 years. Anna was witness to the events leading up to the birth of a new nation in 1776. She had borne and nurtured 13 children (9 sons and 4 daughters) and had left a great heritage and contribution toward the strong foundation of what would become America Cared by Reformed Church in Dordt, Holland in 1731. Michel arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 21, 1731. Took the oath of Allegiance that date. He and wife Anna Margaret were passengers on theship Brittania, which sailed from Rotterdam. The colony of 800 persons was entertained at Dort, Holland by the synod of the Reformed church,given medicine, provisions, and council, and assurance that the synod would see them through their difficulties in the new land. Michael tooklandnear the Berks, Lehigh, Bucks County lines in what is now Lehigh County, Pennsylvania near Zionsville. He owned 150 acres in 1738. Died between February 1749 and October 1750. Place of burial is unknown. He worshipped at Blue church near Coopersburg, and at Zionsville. The latterchurch was established 1734, one of the first in that community. It wasburned 1800, so most of our early records were destroyed with it. However, we do have some of the records from there, and from Blue church.The family also worshipped at Dillingersville church. Anna Margaret known as Margaret born 1707. Death date not known, but she was living in 1773. Communed as widow in 1750 (church record) and married October 23, 1750 to Hans John Adam Gramlich(Blue church record). Had one child, a son Francis in this second marriage. Margaret, her second husband, and the younger children appeared in Northampton County, Pennsylvania about 1771. The will of H. John Adam Gramlich 1773, mentions Francis,his son with second wife Margaret. Also children with former wife, and Margaret's children in her Stocker marriage. (Gramlich also spelled Cromley). Took out a patent for about 150 acres of public land in what wa then Upper Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The location is near the present village of Zionsville, Milford Township, Lehigh County. After Michael's early death, it appears that this land went back to the state or, rather, the colony. from Kerry Simi; editor@credible.com Christened 11-27-1701 Mitschdorf, Alsace, Germany. He was born on the border between Germany and Switzerland. Those from this area were known as Palatines. He came from Schauffhausen, Germany. In Rotterdam, Holland he boarded the ship Brittania (while on board Master Franklin changed his name from Hans Michel Stockar to Michael Stocker) to Philadelphia, PA, USA arriving 9-21-1731. Also shown as died 2-1749 or 2-1750 in Zionsville, Berks Co., PA, USA. Essie pg 10: daughter Eve Christine Stocker b.11-15-1649 and Michael d. between 2-1749 and 11-1749. Margaret communed as Widow Stocker in 1750 and m.10-1750 Johannes Adam Gramlich. from Our Combined Families database rootsweb - http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chrisy1953&id=I9638 Spouses 1 Maria REMP Birth: 21 Mar 1669, Prechdorf Alsace Germany Death: 6 Mar 1750, Mitschdorf Germany Father: Johann Jacob REMP (1645-) Mother: Maria STEPHAN (1649-) Marriage: 25 Nov 1692, Mitschdorf Germany Children: Hans Michael (1701-1749) Anna Maria (1693-) Catharina (1696-1697) Maria Elizabeth (1697-1724) Maria Catharina (1704-) Anna Margretha (1707-) Maria Barbara (1713-) | Stocker, Hans Michael (I232)
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| 144 | Notation in tax records of 1779 states that James Thompson was 100 years old. | Thompson, James (I218)
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| 145 | Notice 1st column reads adjacent, rather than tenant-- so next door neighbors | Source (67217956)
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| 146 | Now Leinster Co. 45 min. WSW od Dublin | Newlin, Nathaniel (99604377)
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| 147 | Obituary: GEN Me 149:3 MSP p.36... 100 yrs., 9 mos., 15 days old | Woodward, Mary (48067878)
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| 148 | ollo of Normandy (circa 860 - circa 932) was a Viking, who became ruler of Normandy was born in (Scandinavia) and died circa 932 in France of unspecified causes. He married Poppa de Bayeux (c 870-c 910) . Contents: Rollo of Normandy was the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy in modern-day western France. Disputed origins: The question of Rollo's Danish or Norwegian origins was a matter of heated dispute between Norwegian and Danish historians of the 19th and early 20th century, particularly in the run-up to Normandy's 1000-year-anniversary in 1911. Today, historians still disagree on this question, but most would now agree that a certain conclusion can never be reached. Danish theory Dudo of St. Quentin, in his De moribus et actis primorum Normannorum ducum (Latin), tells of a powerful Danish nobleman at loggerheads with the king of Denmark, who then died and left his two sons, Gurim and Rollo, leaving Rollo to be expelled and Gurim killed. William of Jumièges also mentions Rollo's prehistory in his Gesta Normannorum Ducum however he states that he was from the Danish town of Fakse. Wace, writing some 300 years after the event in his Roman de Rou, also mentions the two brothers (as Rou and Garin), as does the Orkneyinga Saga. Norwegian theory Norwegian and Icelandic historians identified this Rollo with a son of Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre, in Western Norway, based on medieval Norwegian and Icelandic sagas that mention a Ganger Hrolf (Hrolf, the Walker). The oldest source of this version is the Latin Historia Norvegiae, written in Norway at the end of the 12th century. This Hrolf fell foul of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair, and became a Jarl in Normandy. The nickname of that character came from being so big that no horse could carry him. Major achievements: In the reign of Charles II the Bald, Rollo sailed up the Seine River and took Rouen, which he kept as a base of operations. He gained a number of victories over the Franks, and extorted the cession of the province since called Normandy. By the famous treaty which Charles the Bald and Rollo signed the latter agreed to adopt Christianity. Biography details: 885 Siege of Paris In 885, Rollo was one of the lesser leaders of the Viking fleet which besieged Paris under Sigfred. Legend has it that an emissary was sent by the king to find the chieftain and negotiate terms. When he asked for this information, the Vikings replied that they were all chieftains in their own right. In 886, when Sigfred retreated in return for tribute, Rollo stayed behind and was eventually bought off and sent to harry Burgundy. 911 Invasion of Western France Later, he returned to the Seine with his followers (known as Danes, or Norsemen). He invaded the area of northern France now known as Normandy. In 911 Rollo's forces were defeated at the Battle of Chartres by the troops of King Charles the Simple.[1] In the aftermath of the battle, rather than pay Rollo to leave, as was customary, Charles the Simple understood that he could no longer hold back their onslaught, and decided to give Rollo the coastal lands they occupied under the condition that he defend against other raiding Vikings. In the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911) with King Charles, Rollo pledged feudal allegiance to the king, and converted to Christianity, probably taking the baptismal name Robert.[2] In return, King Charles granted Rollo the lower Seine area (today's upper Normandy) and the titular rulership of Normandy, centred around the city of Rouen. There exists some argument among historians as to whether Rollo was a "duke" (dux) or whether his position was equivalent to that of a "count" under Charlemagne. According to legend, when required to kiss the foot of King Charles, as a condition of the treaty, he refused to perform so great a humiliation, and when Charles extended his foot to Rollo, Rollo ordered one of his warriors to do so in his place. His warrior then lifted Charles' foot up to his mouth causing him to fall to the ground. Settlement of Normandy: Initially, Rollo stayed true to his word of defending the shores of the Seine river in accordance to the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, but in time he and his followers had very different ideas. Rollo began to divide the land between the Epte and Risle rivers among his chieftains and settled there with a de facto capital in Rouen. With these settlements, Rollo began to further raid other Frankish lands, now from the security of a settled homeland, rather than a mobile fleet. Eventually, however, Rollo's men intermarried with the local women, and became more settled as Frenchmen. At the time of his death, Rollo's expansion of his territory had extended as far west as the Vire River. Death of Rollo: Sometime around 927, Rollo passed the fief in Normandy to his son, William Longsword. Rollo may have lived for a few years after that, but certainly died before 933. According to the historian Adhemar, 'As Rollo's death drew near, he went mad and had a hundred Christian prisoners beheaded in front of him in honour of the gods whom he had worshipped, and in the end distributed a hundred pounds of gold around the churches in honour of the true God in whose name he had accepted baptism.' Even though Rollo had converted to Christianity, some of his pagan roots surfaced at the end. Residence at Falaise: In Falaise, France, is a series of statues that pays tribute to the six Norman Dukes from Rollo to William the Conqueror. The castle here was the principal residence of the Norman Knights. Children Offspring of Rollo of Normandy and Poppa van Bayeux (c870-c910) Name Birth Death Joined with William Longsword, (893-942) 893 17 December 942 Sprota Gerloc de Normandie (c912-962) 912 14 October 962 William III of Aquitaine (c900-963) Dudo ii, 16 (p. 39) makes Poppa the mother of William, but does not give the mother of Gerloc/Adele. Guillaume de Jumièges (GND ii, 6 (v. 1, pp. 64-5)) makes Poppa the mother of both Guillaume and Gerloc. King Charles III of France (The Simple), gave his daughter Gisele (c 908-933) to Rollo for marriage as the marriage to Poppa, was according to Viking custom and was then invalid in the eyes of the Church of Rome. | de Normandie, Rollo Comte de Rouen (I815)
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| 149 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Christian Lindeman / (F18)
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| 150 | Passenger on Winthrop Fleet June/July 1630 | Family: Robert Parker / Sarah James (F8998082)
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