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| 1951 | Succeeded his father in 1649, but was not restored to the throne until 1660 after the period of Commonwealth. King of Great Britain and Ireland (166085), who was restored to the throne after years of exile during the Puritan Commonwealth. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period. His political adaptability and his knowledge of men enabled him to steer his country through the convolutions of the struggle between Anglicans, Catholics, and dissenters that marked much of his reign. Charles II, the eldest surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, was born at St. James's Palace, London. His early years were unremarkable, but before he was 20 his conventional education had been completely overshadowed by the harsh lessons of defeat in the Civil War against the Puritans and subsequent isolation and poverty. Thus Charles emerged into precocious maturity, cynical, self-indulgent, skilled in the sort of moral evasions that make life comfortable even in adversity. But though the early years of tawdry dissipation have tarnished the romance of his adventures, not all his actions were discreditable. He tried to fight his father's battles in the west of England in 1645; he resisted the attempts of his mother and his sister Henrietta Anne to convert him to Catholicism and remained openly loyal to his Protestant faith. In 1648 he made strenuous efforts to save his father; and when, after Charles I's execution in 1649, he was proclaimed Charles II by the Scots in defiance of the English republic, he was prepared to go to Scotland and swallow the stringently anti-Catholic and anti-Anglican Presbyterian Covenant as the price for alliance. But the sacrifice of friends and principles was futile and left him deeply embittered. The Scottish army was routed by the English under Oliver Cromwell at Dunbar in September 1650, and in 1651 Charles's invasion of England ended in defeat at Worcester. The young king became a fugitive, hunted through England for 40 days but protected by a handful of his loyal subjects until he escaped to France in October 1651. His safety was comfortless, however. He was destitute and friendless, unable to bring pressure against an increasingly powerful England. France and the Dutch United Provinces were closed to him by Cromwell's diplomacy and he turned to Spain, with whom he concluded a treaty in April 1656. He persuaded his brother James to relinquish his command in the French army and gave him some regiments of Anglo-Irish troops in Spanish service, but poverty doomed this nucleus of a royalist army to impotence. European princes took little interest in Charles and his cause, and his proffers of marriage were declined. Even Cromwell's death did little to improve his prospects. But George Monck, one of Cromwell's leading generals, realized that under Cromwell's successors the country was in danger of being torn apart and with his formidable army created the situation favourable to Charles's restoration in 1660. Most Englishmen now favoured a return to a stable and legitimate monarchy, and, although more was known of Charles II's vices than his virtues, he had, under the steadying influence of Edward Hyde, his chief adviser, avoided any damaging compromise of his religion or constitutional principles. With Hyde's help, Charles issued in April 1660 his Declaration of Breda, expressing his personal desire for a general amnesty, liberty of conscience, an equitable settlement of land disputes, and full payment of arrears to the army. The actual terms were to be left to a free parliament, and on this provisional basis Charles was proclaimed king in May 1660. Landing at Dover on May 25, he reached a rejoicing London on his 30th birthday. The unconditional nature of the settlement that took shape between 1660 and 1662 owed little to Charles's intervention and must have exceeded his expectations. He was bound by the concessions made by his father in 1640 and 1641, but the Parliament elected in 1661 was determined on an uncompromising Anglican and royalist settlement. The Militia Act of 1661 gave Charles unprecedented authority to maintain a standing army, and the Corporation Act of 1661 allowed him to purge the boroughs of dissident officials. Other legislation placed strict limits on the press and on public assembly, and the 1662 Act of Uniformity created controls of education. An exclusive body of Anglican clergy and a well-armed landed gentry were the principal beneficiaries of Charles II's restoration. But within this narrow structure of upper-class loyalism there were irksome limitations on Charles's independence. His efforts to extend religious toleration to his Nonconformist and Roman Catholic subjects were sharply rebuffed in 1663, and throughout his reign the House of Commons was to thwart the more generous impulses of his religious policy. A more pervasive and damaging limitation was on his financial independence. Although the Parliament voted the king an estimated annual income of £1,200,000, Charles had to wait many years before his revenues produced such a sum, and by then the damage of debt and discredit was irreparable. Charles was incapable of thrift; he found it painful to refuse petitioners. With the expensive disasters of the Anglo-Dutch War of 166567 the reputation of the restored king sank to its lowest level. His vigorous attempts to save London during the Great Fire of September 1666 could not make up for the negligence and maladministration that led to England's naval defeat in June 1667. Charles cleared himself by dismissing his old adviser, Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, and tried to assert himself through a more adventurous foreign policy. So far, his reign had made only modest contributions to England's commercial advancement. The Navigation Acts of 1660 and 1663, which had been prompted by the threat to British shipping of the rise of the Dutch carrying trade, were valuable extensions of Cromwellian policies, and the capture of New York in 1664 was one of his few gains from the Dutch. But although marriage to Princess Catherine of Braganza of Portugal in 1662 brought him the possession of Tangier and Bombay, they were of less strategic value than Dunkirk, which he sold to Louis XIV in 1662. Charles was, however, prepared to sacrifice much for the alliance of his young cousin. Through his sister Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans, he had direct contact with the French court, and it was through her that he negotiated the startling reversal of the Protestant Triple Alliance (England, the Dutch United Provinces, Sweden) of 1668. By the terms of the so-called Secret Treaty of Dover of May 1670, not only did England and France join in an offensive alliance against the Dutch but Charles promised to announce his conversion to Roman Catholicism. If this provoked trouble from his subjects he was assured of French military and financial support. Charles saw to it that the conversion clause of the treaty was not made public. This clause, which was the most controversial act of Charles II's reign, can be explained as a shortsighted bid for Louis XIV's confidence. In this, however, it failed. Louis neither welcomed Charles's intentions nor believed in them and, in the event, it was only upon his deathbed that Charles was received into the Roman Catholic church. But Charles had now fatally compromised himself. Although he subsequently attempted to pursue policies independent of Louis, he remained bound to him by inclination as well as by the fear of blackmail. More seriously, he had lost the confidence of his subjects, who deplored the French alliance and distrusted the whole tendency of Charles's policies. Other circumstances deepened Englishmen's discontent with their king. By the 1670s, the miscarriages of the queen had reduced hopes that Charles would have a legitimate heir, and in 1673 the second marriage of his brother James, Duke of York, to Mary of Modena, increased the possibility of the Catholic line of succession, for James's conversion to the Roman church was well known. But it was for his autocratic character as much as for his religion that James was feared as his brother was not, and it was on his brother's behalf that Charles eventually had to face the severest political storm of his reign. The Popish Plot of 1678 was an elaborate tissue of fictions built around a skeleton of even stranger truths. The allegations of Titus Oates, a former Anglican cleric who had been expelled from a Jesuit seminary, that Roman Catholics planned to murder Charles to make James king, seemed to be confirmed by scraps of evidence of which Charles was justifiably skeptical. But Charles was obliged to bow before the gusts of national hysteria that sought to bar his brother from the line of succession. Between 1679 and 1681 Charles very nearly lost control of his government. Deprived of his chief minister, the Earl of Danby, who had been compromised by his negotiations with France, the king had to allow the Earl of Shaftesbury and his Whig supporters, who upheld the power of the Parliamentmen whom he detestedto occupy positions of power in central and local government. Three general elections produced three equally unmanageable parliaments; and although Charles publicly denied the legitimacy of his first son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, he had to send his Catholic brother James out of the country and offer a plan of limitations that would bind James if he came to the throne. The plan proved to be unacceptable both to the Whigs and to James, and, when Charles fell seriously ill in the summer of 1679, there was real danger of civil conflict. But Charles kept his nerve. He defended his queen against slanders, dismissed the intractable parliaments, and recovered control of his government. His subjects' dread of republican anarchy proved stronger than their suspicion of James, and from March 1681, when he dissolved his last Parliament, Charles enjoyed a nationwide surge of loyalty almost as fervent as that of 1660. He had made yet another secret treaty with France and in addition to a French subsidy could now count upon a healthy public revenue. Reforms at the Treasury, which he had inaugurated in 1667, provided the crown with a firm basis of administrative control that was among Charles II's most valuable legacies to English government. As a result of these actions, Charles, who died in February 1685 at Whitehall in London, was able to end his reign in the kind of tranquil prosperity he had always sought. (Source: Encylopedia Britannica 2002) | Of Britain, Charles II of Britain (I6009)
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| 1952 | Susan and Robert were twins. | Alexander, Susan (I9916)
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| 1953 | Susan Pauline was known as "Paulina" and "Plina" or "Plyna." She was listed in a 1940 article about a Francis M. Culpepper family reunion as living at Gadsden, AL. Acording to Mary Lillian Butler Pierce, 18 Jan 1979, Susan Pauline and L. W. Smith had no children. | Culpepper, Susan Pauline (I2866)
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| 1954 | Susie Cobb lived for a time in Prescott before moving to Bakersfield, where she resided with her oldest daughter, Iva Lee Cobb Price, until her death. She is buried in Prescott beside Allen Monroe Cobb. | Shakelford, Susie (I6137)
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| 1955 | Tabitha ws supposed to have been on the ship "Anne" in 1623. A Robert Bartlett of Massachusetts was listed on this ship as well. Robert Bartleltt is listed as owning land Sept 27, 1645, 200 acres at the head of Chuckatucke, Upper Norfolk, BA land patent). Tabitha's maiden name, Bartlett, appears to be the oritin of the name Bartlett (Bartley), a name that has been passed down through many generations of her descendents. | Bartlett, Tabitha Anne (I4697)
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| 1956 | Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about A Moore Name: A Moore Spouse: Mildred Shuff Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1880 Marriage County: Houston Marriage State: Tennessee | Shuff, Nancy Mildred (I8772)
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| 1957 | Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Name: David C Moore Spouse: Elizabeth Shuff Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1860 Marriage County: Stewart Marriage State: Tennessee | Shuff, Elizabeth (I8771)
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| 1958 | Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Robert D Foitik Name: Robert D Foitik Death Date: 27 Nov 1962 Death County: Calhoun Certificate: 73134 | Foitik, Robert D. (I1831)
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| 1959 | Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 Name: June Prescott Rich Gender: Female Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1967 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1923 Age: 44 Spouse: Robert Carlton McRoberts Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Est Birth Year: abt 1916 Spouse Age: 51 Marriage County: Harris Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002 Social Security Death Index about June P. McRoberts Name: June P. McRoberts SSN: 416-14-0908 Last Residence: 78734 Austin, Travis, Texas, United States of America Born: 15 Apr 1922 Died: 4 Jun 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: Al | Rich, June Prescott (I1830)
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| 1960 | The "History of the Old Cheraws" by Gregg states that the father of Francis Gillespie was "James Galespy." The following are notes about James from pp. 62-63: James Galespy came to South Carolina in 1743 from Northern Ireland. In the South Carolina Council Journal for November 9, 1743, "was read the petition of James Galespy, shewing that the Petitioner, having six persons in his family, for whom, as yet, he has not had any lands assigned him, humbly prays that a warrant of survey for 300 acres be granted him in the Welch Tract. But, not appearing to swear to his family right, his petition was ordered to lie on the table." James Galespy was a man of energy and enterprise. In connection with General Christopher Gadsden, of Charleston, he was engaged in boating on the Pedee many years before the Revolution, and is believed to have been the first person who ever brought a boat to Cheraw.... He entered on a successful career as a trader.... James Galespy died before the Revolution. A James Galespie was in South Carolina as early as June 1736, when he witnessed a deed from Richard Purcell, planter, to John Wilson, planter, both of Colleton Co. (SC Deeds, Bk. P, p.49) In July 1757, Charles Lowndes P. M. To Christopher Gadsden, merchant of Charleston, at public auction for 890 pds. currency, 1280 acres on Thompson Creek and Peedee River. Whereas James Gillespie of Craven County owned 1280 acres and whereas on 16 March 1743 he gave bond to Ebenezer Simmons, Benjamin Smith and James Crokatt, in penal sum of 5782 pds. for payment of #2890:13:10.5 currency, with interest, on 2 January 1744; and whereas Gillespie died without having paid the debt and Mary Gillespie was appointed administratrix of his goods, etc., and whereas Simmons, Smith and Corkatt obtained a judgement against her and a writ of fieri facias was issued (Peter Leigh, C.J., Commanding the P.M. to levy this amount against Gillespie's estate; now the P.M. sells the above tract to Gadsden. Witnesses Thomas Slamm, Joshua Ward. Before William Burrows, J.P., Willaim Hopton Register. Plat given. (SC Deeds, Bk. T-T, p. 85) James Gillespie may have had a brother, "John Galaspee of Savanna Town" in South Carolina before 1730. Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina, 1670-1740, gives the following information from Will Book 1729-1731, p.150: "John Galaspee, his mark, Indian Trader. Brother: James Galaspee; Sister: Jane Galaspee. Mentions said brother and sister of Colufornia, Ireland; James Macabney of Charles Town, Samuel Eveleigh Jr.; Andrew Allen. Exors: Andrew Allen, James Macabney, William Tennant. Wit: John Parker, George Ducat, Thomas Ellery. Died November 26, 1730. Probated January 25, 1730/31. John left a horse, some furniture and a Negro boy named Stepney to his friend James Macabney of Charles Town. He left a white horse named Jolly Boy to Samuel Eveleigh, Jr. The rest of his estate he left to Andrew Allen and James Macabney, executors, to be disposed of "to the most advantage and the proceeds paid to my brother, James Galespee and my sister Jane Galespee of Colufornia, Ireland, two-thirds to my brother and the other thrid to my sister." John Galaspie's estate totaled "Three Thousand two hundred and Fifty pounds Six Shillings & One penny half penny." It included his personal items of clothing and household goods, livestock, and a large stock of merchandise "at the Store at Savanna Town," including 100 brass kettles, pots and pans, silk, calico, buttons, thread, hats, guns, deerskins, blankets, and many other items of merchandise; also his "dwelling house Kitchen and other immprovements," seven slaves, and an Indian named Caesar. | Gillespie, James (I4484)
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| 1961 | The 1785 Amherst Co, VA census shows him as a head of household with 7 souls. His will is dated 7 Apr 1832, and lists the children shown below, witness: Joel Campbell, Jr., who is not listed as a son in this will. | Campbell, Joel (I6573)
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| 1962 | The beginning of the Sicambrian Franks. Progenitors of the Sorcerer Kings (4th - 6th Century) This is the Descent from King Francio of the Sicambri Tribes. Francio died 11 B.C. Chiefs of the Sicrambians. | Of the West Franks, Frotmund (I5357)
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| 1963 | The Bruces were thought to have descended from Lodver, the Norse Earl of Orkney in the tenth century. Adam de Brus, whose grandfather had settled in Normandy, accompanied William the Conquerer to England. "Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages," states that one Robert de Brus came to England with William the Conquerer. Burke's does not mention Robert de Brus' father at all. It is possible that both the father and son accompanied the Conquerer. Adam de Brus was given the task of reducing resistance to the Normans in Yorkshire. As a reward for his services, he was granted numerous manors in and around that county. His son Robert de Brus inherited the properties. (Source: Billy Polk) | Of Bruce, Adam (I7968)
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| 1964 | The Cairo Messenger, Dec. 15, 2004 "MARY HOWARD - December 7, 2004 Mrs. Mary Belcher Howard, 87, of Albany, Ga., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Americus, Ga. Funeral services were held on Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at 11 a.m. at Avalon United Methodist Church, with interment at 3:30 p.m. in Whigham, Ga. Rev. Dale Thornton officiated. A native of Grady County, Mrs. Howard was a charter member of Avalon United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir and was a member of the Samaritan Sunday School Class. She was a member of the United Methodist Women and was a talented gardener and flower arranger. Mrs. Howard loved to cook for her family and friends. Survivors include husband, Elbert Howard of Americus, formerly of Albany; three daughters, Eleanor Walton and her husband, Asbury of Macon, Ga., Carol Riles and her husband, G.W. of Winter Garden, Fla., and Ginger Davis-Beck and her husband, Woody of Athens, Ga.; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elizabeth Tillman of Whigham. Mrs. Howard was preceded in death by two sisters, Mildred Pryce and Lillian Bales. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Avalon United Methodist Church Building Fund, 3018 Gillionville Road, Albany, Ga. 31707. Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors were in charge of arrangements." | Belcher, Mary Amanda (I96)
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| 1965 | The Capetian kings preside over a French civilization which is a glittering source of inspiration within a rapidly developing Europe. Monasteries are powerful forces in that development, and France is the home of the most significant new departures in monasticism. In the 11th century the reforms of Cluny offer an example widely copied throughout the west. In the late 12th century the two most influential new orders have their origins on French soil - the Carthusians in the Chartreuse region, the Cistercians at Cîteaux. In intellectual matters Paris has a commanding reputation by the 12th century, with teaching carried out in schools attached to the cathedral of Notre Dame and to monasteries in the city. Early in the century Abelard employs his dialectic skills to stimulating and often controversial effect at both Notre Dame and Sainte-Geneviève. In 1231 pope Gregory IX licences the Sorbonne, Paris's university, as an independent institution. It soon becomes Europe's most famous centre of education, attracting theological students from all over western Christendom. Thomas Aquinas teaches there from 1257. France enjoys a similar lead in artistic fields. The Gothic style of architecture has its origins here, first in the royal church at St Denis and then in Chartres. Many of the greatest examples of Gothic cathedrals are in other French cities. Pioneering developments in sculpture and stained glass form part of the same burst of creativity. Meanwhile French vernacular literature invents and elaborates the medieval theme of romance, in poems such as the chansons de geste and in the lyrics of the troubadours of Provence. | Of Lusignan, Hugh XI (I7268)
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| 1966 | The Coat-of-arms is blazened; quarterly, first and forth, azure, on a chief sable, two boars heads argent: second, argent, a chevron ermine between three grayhounds azure; third, argent chevron ermine between three mullets azure. Crest: A dexter arm embowed in armor, the arm grasping a javelin Motto: Consequitor quodeunque petit- He accomplishes what he undertakes. The name of Taylor all along the ages has had a variety of forms. For example, Taylefer, LeTellyur, Taillour, Tailyour, which is the old Scottish form, Tailleau, Tayleure,Taylurese, Taylour, Tayller, Taillir, and Taillor. Present day orthography is reduced to the forms, Taylor, Tailor, Tailer, Tailler, and in rare instances, Tayloe. A Coat of arms is an emblem or a dievice which is displayed by titled persons, persons of royal blood, and their discendants.V Coats of Arms were originally used for purposes of identification and recognition on the field of battle as well as in civil life. It is claimed by some writers that Coats of Arms, in a crude form, were used by Noah's sons after the flood. There are records of other Coats of Arms, in one crude form or another, at different periods of ancient history. Heraldry, however, as we know it today, did not become of much importance until soon after the invasion of England by William the Conqueror, A.D. 1066. Heraldry became or general interest at about the time of the Crusades. The Taylor Coat of Arms is the Arms of Taylor, Earls of Bective and Marquises of Headfort. Coats of Arms very similar to it are used by other great Taylor families, and numerous branches of the family have Coats of Arms resembling it. This is the most widely used of all Taylor Coats of Arms, and has been in existence for many centuries. It is described in BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY, BURKES'S LANDED GENTRY, BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, and other reliable works on heraldry, in some cases accompanied by illustrations and pedigrees. In the opinion of established authorities, practically all Taylor families in America claim this Coat of Arms. Heraldic Language English Discription: Arms........... Ermine, on a chief gules, a fleur-de-lis between two boar's heads, couped and erect or. An ermine shield (white with black spots), bearing across the upper half a red band on which is a fleur-de-lis between two boar's heads, all gold. Crest............ A naked arm embowed grasping an arrow proper. A naked arm, bent at elbow and grasping an arrow, all in natural colors. Motto: "Consequitur quodqunque petit. (Latin) He obtains whatever he seeks." The boar's head was once the chief dish at Christmas feasts in palace and castle. When England's sovereigns kept Christmas or yore in their noble halls at Guildford, Eltham, Westminster or Windsor, in high estate, arrayed with crown and sceptre, closthed in ermine and surrounded by their wondering subjects, it was brought to their table with great ceremony. The introduction of the great dish was accompanied by music and singing... often by the song reprinted below. "Caput Apri refero Reddens laudes Domino. The bore's head in hand bring I With garlans gay and rosemary, I pray you all sing merrily Qui estic convivio." Translates to: "The bore's head, I understande, Is the chief servyce in this lande Loke wherever it be fande, Servite cum cantico." So is explained the significance in the Taylor Coat of Arms of the golden boar's heads on either side of the fleur-de-lis, ancient symbol of nobility. Sir Bernard Burke, of Heralds College, London, said "Heraldry is prized by all who can show honorable ancestry or wish to found honorable families." Besides its family significance this Coat of Arms makes an excellent mural decoration and inspires the admiration and comment of all who see it. It is quite appropriate that members of the Taylor family who have a pride in their ancestry should display the family Coat of Arms, in proper colors. (Courtesy of James Whit Taylor III) | Taylor, John (I1011)
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| 1967 | The Complete Peerage from Lee Parker and "Wood's Douglas Peerage", Vol I. Text: Alexander Alexander and the title of Earl of Stirling. (L Parker) "William Alexander of Menstrie, in Logie, Co., Clackmannan, Scotland, was the only son and heir of Alexander Alexander and his wife Marion, the daughter of Gilbert Graham of Gartavertane in Mentieth. He was born about 1576 and educated at the Stirling Grammar School, Glasgow University and on the continent at Leyden. He accompanied the 7th Earl of Argyll in a tour of Europe where he acquired some French and Italian. In his early days William Alexander was an intimate of Alexander Hume and later formed a close friendship with Drummond of Hawthornden. He had literary aspirations and published 'A Short Discourse on the Gowrie Conspiracy' in 1600. This was followed by four tragedies: 'Croesus, Darius, The Alexandrean, and Julius Caesar', 1603-07, bound up as 'The Monarchicke Tragedies' in 1604 and 1607. His poems, 'A Paraenesis to the Prince and Aurora' appeared in1604, and of his later works the best-known is the lengthy 'Doomsday' (1614). In 1627 he was granted the privilege, for 21 years, of imprinting 'The Psalms of King David', translated into metre by his late Majesty James I, though mostly by William himself. A revised version of much of his work was issued as 'Recreations with the Muses' in 1637. From the Earl of Argyle, William Alexander had a charter of the lands and barony of Menstrie in 1605, having nine years earlier been infeft by him of the 'five pund' land of the Mains of Menstrie. This association with powerful Lord of Argyle and his poetical and other talents brought him into great favor at Court, where he became Gentleman of the Privy Chamber Extraordinary to Prince Henry by 1607, and he was soon knighted. In March 1613 he, with two others, was granted the right of working the silver mine at Hilderston, County Linlithgow. By King James I of England, he was made Master of Requests in 1614 and attended Parliament as such until his death. He became Burgess of Edinburgh in 1617, and Lord of the Articles in 1621. In that year he was given by charter a grant of the whole territory of Nova Scotia for the purpose of colonization and was appointed hereditary Lieutenant General thereof by land and by sea. In November 1624 he was empowered by king James to divide that land into 100 tracts, later increased to 150, and to sell each, together with the rank of Baronet. He was abroad on the King's special service in 1624-5 when he attended the great jubilee in Rome. From King Charles I he obtained a renewed grant, or Novodamus, of the Barony of Nova Scotia and, in February 1627, a Charter of the Lordship of Canada, all ratified by the Scots Parliament in 1630 and 1633. He was also granted the Admiralty jurisdiction of Nova Scotia in 1627 and certain lands of Large, County Ayr in 1629, where the town was erected into a freeburgh of barony as a trading port for his lands in the new world. Sir William was made Secretary of State for Scotland in 1625 and principal Secretary from 1627 until his death, as well as Commissioner for Surrenders and Tends, and for the discovery of Papists. He was also a member of the Scots Council of War, Commissioner of the Exchequer and Councillor of the Association for the Fishing. In September 1630 William was created Viscount of Stirling and Lord Alexander of Tullibody, and subsequently on the coronation in Scotland of Charles I in June 1633, Earl of Stirling, Viscount of Canada, and Lord Alexander of Tullibody, each title to be inheritable by his heirs male of the name of Alexander. In 1631 he was made Commissioner to superintend the coining of copper farthings, as well as penny and two penny pieces called 'turners'. He became a Councillor for New England in 1633 and Commissioner for Foreign Plantations the next year. He was Joint Master of the Minerals (with his son John) in 1635. He accompanied the king to the north in the First Bishops War and signed the Treaty of Berwick in 1639, and received a grant out of the rent paid by the beaver makers. In 1601 he had married Janet, daughter of Sir William Erskine the Commendator of the Bishopric of Glasgow and known as the Parson of Campsie. They had four sons,William, Anthony, Henry, and John. The fortunes of Lord and Lady Stirling began to decline in 1632, when the English made peace with the French and surrendered to them, under the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye, the whole of Nova Scotia and Canada, the grant to William not withstanding. Nevertheless Lord Stirling continued to allocate both lands and Baronetcies in Nova Scotia until 1638, making over to his many creditors the moneys 'to be procured' from this source. Back in 1631 the Exchequer had given him a note for ¹10,000 for the satisfaction of his losses in New Scotland, but neither this money nor the proceeds of the sales of lands and titles was ever paid.The Earl Stirling died insolvent in February 1639 at his house in Covent Garden and was buried 12 April 1640 in Bowie's Aisle, Stirling Church. Lord Stirling's biographer, T. H. McGrail, says "Sir William Alexander adventured bravely, served faithfully, and lived his life intensely. If all his tremendous designs accomplished little or nothing, if the story of each of his enterprises is a record of eventual defeat, it is because he was rendered impotent by the hiatus between conception and execution, between the dream and the reality. "Lord Stirling's first son and heir apparent, William Alexander, was born about 1604. He was admitted to Glasgow University in 1618, and in 1623 his father was trying to obtain some preferment for him in his Majesty's service. He was made Commissioner, with Sir John Scot of Scots Tarvet, to act for his father in Scotland in the business of the Nova Scotia Plantation in1626, and he was knighted that year at Whitehall. He became Burgess of Glasgow in 1627. The following year he sailed for Nova Scotia and planted a colony there at Fort Royal, formerly the French Port Royal, in September, returning to Scotland in November, 1629. The next year, as Commissioner to make a voyage to the gulf and river of Canada for the sole trade of skins, furs and hides, he wintered in Nova Scotia, arriving back at Dover in October 1630. William was styled Master of Stirling, 1630-33, and Lord Alexander from1633. He was Councillor for New England from that year and served on many important committees. In April 1635 he received a large grant of lands in New England, to be called the County of Canada, including Long Island--to be called the Isle of Stirling--which he colonized. Between his two voyages, he married Margaret, first daughter of Claud Hamilton, Lord Paisley. They had five children. Besides a son William, there were four daughters.Catharine married, as his 2nd wife, Walter Sandilands, 6th Lord Torphichen, leaving two daughters; Jean was living in 1644; Margaret married, as his 2nd wife, Sir Robert Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Longformacus, leaving two daughters; and Lucy, said to have married Edward Harrington, Page of Honour to the Prince of Orange in 1630. Lord Alexander died at the age of 34 of a fever, caused by the hardships he had suffered in Nova Scotia, 18 May 1638 in London and was buried in Bowie's Aisle, Stirling Church. His widow died in January 1660, aged 49, and was buried in the Douglas vault in St. Bride's Church, Douglas. William Alexander, the only son and heir of Lord Alexander and Margaret, his wife, was born about 1632. He succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Earl of Stirling in 1639 but died the following year. His uncle, Henry Alexander, was the 3rd but 1st surviving son of the 1st Earl, and thus the heir male in May 1640. The older uncle, Sir Anthony Alexander, Master of Works, had married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Wardlaw, Baronet of Pitreavie, but died, without children and before his father the1st Earl, 17 September1637 in London. Of the younger fourth uncle,John, we shall hear later. Henry's aunt Jean was wife of Hugh, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ardes, and lived at Mount Alexander House, near Comber, County Down in Ireland. She was living in 1656 and is believed to have been buried in the Montgomery vault at Newtown.Henry Alexander, the heir, was admitted to Glasgow University in 1625. In 1634 he was granted, with three others, the sole right to export goods to Africa for 31 years. He was Burgess of Stirling and Edinburgh in 1636 and Agent for the Convention of Royal Burghs. Henry succeeded to the Scots peerage as 3rd Earl of Stirling in 1640 but to none of the paternal estates in Scotland, having declined service when charged by his father's creditors during an appraisal. He was living in England in 1641 and, as a delinquent, was assessed by Parliament at ¹1,000 in 1645, increased to ¹2,000 in November 1646. In 1637 he had married Mary, 3rd and youngest daughter and coheir of Sir Peter Vanlore, Baronet of Tilehurst, Berkshire. They had one son, Henry. The 3rd Earl of Stirling died before 11 June 1649. His widow Mary married, before 13 April 1654, John Blount, Lieutenant Colonel of the King's Regiment of Horse, and she died before 27 June1660. Henry Alexander was born about 1639 and was styled Lord Alexander from the following year. He was still under age when his guardians, at the same time as his step-father John Blount, petitioned for the grant of Nova Scotia to be continued to Henry in 1660. That same year he was engaged in a lawsuit regarding his mother's part of the Vanlore inheritance. In 1661 he himself petitioned for a confirmation of his inheritance of Long Island, and in 1663 engaged to sell his interest therein to the Duke of York for ¹3,500. This was not paid, but the Duke, by indenture dated 10 Nov 1674, inconsideration of the 4th Earl's 'releasing all his pretence of right and title to the Colony of New York,' granted him a pension of ¹300 out of the surplusage of the net profits' therefrom. By 1686 this was12 years in arrears and was reawarded. Publication: Scotts Peerage Text: Scotts Peerage: "Summary of All Royal Line of Alexander": John, Lord of the Isles m. to Margaret Alexander, Lord of Lochaser MacAlexander--real founder of the House of Alexander, Thomas Alexander mentioned as Baron of Menstrie in Mar 6 1505, Andrew Alexander Baron of Menstrie m. Catherine Graham. Alexander Alexander , Baron of Menstrie in 1529 m. Lady Elizabeth Douglas, Andrew Alexander Baron of Menstry 1544, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstie d. 1564, m Elizabeth Forbes. William Alexander, Alexander Alexander, Baron of M. (had two sons): William Alexander, Earl of Stirling Alexander Alexander b. _____ d. 10 FEB 1580/81 m. Marion Graham, child Marion Alexander m. 10 AUG 1589 Duncan PATERSON; son, Thomas Alexander b. 1630, Scotland, but removed to Ireland in 1652,a devout Presbyterian. A dau of Thomas m. Joseph Parks. He occupied lands in Co. Donegal, dau Margaret, and a son William (fat William) who had: Archibald, Peter, Robert and William. Archibald the eldest was born in Cunningham Manor Co. Donega l Feb. 1708, m. Margaret Parks his first cousin. Charles ALEXANDER b. _____ d. bef 30 Mar 1663 m., bef 24 Mar 1645, Anna DRURIE. Children Charles AEXANDER. James ALEXANDER Text: "From Maryland to Mecklenburg and West to Texas" The story of my Alexander family... See William Alexander b 1625 d 1715 Cecil Co Md Title: "Memorial of the Earl of Stirling and the House of Alexander": Author: Rev. Charles Rogers, LL.D, 1877, Edinburgh Publication: Vol. I, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1877 by Rev.Charles Rogers, LL.D, 1877, Edinburgh. "Referring to Raphoe, Donnegal, Ulster, Ireland: looking for him. I found a Rev. James Alexander 'at Raphoe', who was a Presbyterian minister there from when he was ordained on 12 Dec 1677 until he died 17 Nov 1704 (Reid's Irish Presb. Church, reference given in book). He left a will dated 13 Mar 1702 (Probate Court record) naming his wife Marian Shaw as executrix and sole 'legatee'. She left a Will dated 1711 with a bequest to a niece, Elizabeth Shaw. The book states he died without issue. Your/our Samuel Alexander could have been a contemporary of his, judging from the dates, but not his son. Rev. James is said to be a probable son of William Alexander "of Raphoe" who is on a Hearth Roll Tax of 1662, named in parish of Clonleigh, County Donegal. This William is a son of John Alexander of Eredy. (The name Eredy closely resembles Eradall, one of the merklands in South Kintyre, granted by James III in 1484 to Tarlach Mac Alexander of Tarbert ..Reg. Sig., lib. X., 9, reference). Sir William Alexander of Menstry, afterwards Earl of Stirling, maintained a correspondence with his relatives in Kintyre. In1629, the original settlers included John Alexander of Eredy; he received new titles to the land which was chiefly appropriated to Scottish settlers (Hill's Montgomery MSS, p183). Title: "The Great Historic Families of Scotland" Author: James Taylor Publication: London: J.S Virtue & Co., 1889. " William Alexander, Earl of Stirling to John Alexander, b.c 1590, Tarbert, Kintyre, Scotla and whose children were William, and seven other sons. (I have also Phillip, Robert, and John (born about 1624-53). William, son of John had the 7 boys and two girls who came to Somerset. and Cecil Co." Title: "Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families 1634 to March 25th 1935", Series II; Pub H.G. Roebuck and Sons Author: Alice Norris Parran 1935 Publication: Pub H.G. Roebuck and Sons Baltimore MD.1935 The Tercentenary Edition is Sponsored by 'The Southern Maryland Society Col' "This data begins at Conn Chead Chath of the Hundred Battles, and continues on down chronologically through the line as it is well known and established--joins the line of Bruce, on down....Margaret m. John, Lord of the Isle, the father of Alexander, Lord of Lochaser whose son MacAlexander, is looked upon as the real founder of the House of Alexander. His descendant, Thomas Alexander in a legal instrument dated March 6 1505, is mentioned as Baron of Menstry. His son, Andrew Alexander, Baron of Menstry, d. prior to 1527. His wife, Chatherine Graham, their son, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrie (1529) m. Lady Elizabeth Douglas, dau. of Thomas Douglas, oldest son of Sir Robt.Douglas of Lochleven, by his wife Margaret dau of David Balfour of Burleigh, and ancestor of the Earl of Morton. (See Douglas peerage v2, 273) Alexander Alexander had a son, Andrew Alexander, Baron of Menstry (1544) whose son, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstry, d.1565, his wife, Elizabeth Forbes. His son William Alexander had two sons, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstry, who was the father of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling and Thomas Alexander b in Scotland 1630 but removed to Ireland, 1652, for distaste of the Parliament of Cromwell. An intense Presbyterian, but loyal to the Catholic Stuarts of whom he was a blood kinsman. A dau m. Joseph Parks. He occupied lands in County Donegal, dau Margaret. A son, William, remarkable for his corpulency, m. and had four sons: Archibald, Peter, Robert and William. Archibald, the eldest was b in Cuningham Manor, Co. Donegal, Feb 4 1708 and m. Dec 31 1734 his first cousin, Margaret Parks. This disproves Samuel of Cecil Co. as brother of Archibald, but not of Thomas the father. Archibald did Colonial Service in America in the Sandy Creek Expedition. They had eight children. The family settled in Augusta Co, Va. Archibald Alexander m. secondly, 1757 Jane McClure, dau of James McClure of Augusta. Elias Alexander, son of Andrew (and grandson of William Sr.of Somerset); wife was daughter of Joseph Alexander of New Munster, and O'Dwire tract. Issue--six sons and daughters--William 1715, m. Agnes, his cousin. Abraham, 1717-1786, m. Dorcas. Zebulon, 1720-1784, m.two unnamed wives; 3rd wife was Jane McClung. Ezra 172?-1800, m unknown. Arthur, d. 1763, m. Margaret McKamy, daughter of Elias unnamed." Andrew Alexander, b.1650 was the brother of William Jr. and son of William Sr. of Somerset Co who bought land in Somerset Co. and had first deed of that county made to him. There is a paragraph on Andrew Alexander of the same ancient family as William, the first Earl of Stirling, descended also from the Earls of Caledon, Tyrone Co., Ireland. From him descended Nathaniel Alexander of Londonderry m. Elizabeth McClintock of Dunmore, Donegal Co. and had the following: 1.William, had son Robert who left sons, 2. Robert who left several children, 3. Eliza wife of Josias Dupre, Esq. 4.James b. 1736, sat in Parliament for Londonderry from 1772-1789. Title: , "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, 1600- 1700", Page 158/159: ENT Publication: Taken From The Indexes to the Patent Roles, Commencing 4 James I. (1606), and Ending 14 William III. (1702). Text: 4 February 1609: Grant to Sir William Alexander, Knt., and others of a Commission special, to make a voyage into the Gulf and River of Canada and the parts adjacent for the sole trade of Beaver Wools, Beaver Skins, Furs, Hides and Skins of Wild Beasts. (4 Chas. I. p. 34.) 11May 1611: Grant to Sir William Alexander, and others, to collect Beaver Skins, & c., similar to the Grant made 4 Feb., 4 Chas. I. p. 34. (9 Chas.I. p.7.)Page 335: "Barbados By the Right Honorable the Leivt Governor: JohnRogers Cheife Mate, and William Alexander, Second Mate of the Ship John Friggott of Bristoll, whereof William Stokes, deceased, was lately Master, personally appeared before mee, and made Oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God, That the above convicted Rebells by the Stoakes taken in att the Port of Bristoll, are the very same Rebells, that were delivered to, and by the said Stoakes brought in the said Shipp to this Island, and that they were all of them here landed, and delivered to M' John Brown and Company. Factors for S' William Booth, Knt. except Joseph Wickam who dyed on board the said Shipp in Kingroad..... (signed) Edwyn Stede" A true Copy Attested this First day of February 1685+ JN o Whetstone Depty Secrty" (This certificate, as will be seen from it sending, is taken from the attested copy.) + (1685-6): 1. William Alexander, Sir. b. C. 1567, Stirling?, m. 03 JAN 1601, in Scotland, Janet Erskine, b. Scotland, (daughter of William Erskin and Unk.) alive in May 1649. William died 21 FEB 1639/40, Covent Garden, London, Eng., buried: 12 APR 1640, Stirling,Scotland. 1.1. William Alexander, Lord b. C. 1604, m. c. 1629, MARGARET _____,b. c. 1611, d. 01 JAN 1 660. William died 18 MAY 1638, London,England, buried: Stirling, Scotland. Margaret was the eldest dau. of William, eleventh Earl of Angus and first Marquess of Douglas. 1.1.1. William Alexander b. c. 1632, d. -- May1640. Succeeded his grandfather as second Earl in February 1640. 1.1.2. Catherine Alexander d. Bf 13 Feb 1686. 1.1.3. Jean Alexander. 1.1.4. Margaret Alexander. Married in 1672 to Sir Robert Sinclair, Baronet, of Longformacus. 1.1.5. Lucy Alexander d. Bf 24 Mar 1645. Married to Edward Harrington, a page of honour to the Prince of Orange in 1630. 1.2. Anthony Alexander, Sir. m. Elizabeth Wardlaw. Anthony died 17 Sep 1637, London, England, buried: Stirling, Scotland. Was Knighted at Whitehall in 1635; m. Elizabeth: dau. of Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie, Baronet. Anthony and Elizabeth had no children.. 1.3. Henry Alexander. 1.4. John Alexander m. Agnes Graham, daughter of Robert Graham. John died C. 1641. Agnes Graham was the only dau. of Robert Graham of Gartmore 1.4.1. Janet Alexander. Janet was charged to enter herself heir toher uncle Gilbert Graham in the lands of Gartmore.1.5. Charles Alexander m. bef 24 Mar 1645, Anna Drurie. Charles died bef. 30 Mar 1663. 1.5.1. Charles Alexander graduated from the University of Edinburgh on 23 May 1655. 1.5.2. James Alexander was alive in 1670. 1.6. Robert Alexander d. bef June 1638. 1.7. Ludovick Alexander died young. 1.8. James Alexander d. 1671, buried: 09 Dec 1671, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1.9. Jean Alexander d. 1670. 1.10. Margaret Alexander.. 1.11. ElizabethAlexander d. Dec 1642. Title: "Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and the House of Alexander", by Charles Rogers, LLD, and Chart by Francis Thomas Anderson Junk Author: Charles Rogers, LLD Publication: Vol I, 1877, Text: Rogers Memorials: "The Alexander genealogy is given in Roger's Memorials of the Earl of Sterling and the House of Alexander, and Chart by Francis Thomas Anderson Junkin, LL.D.,Chicago, from which the following is taken: 'A Norse settlement was early established in Arran and Brute and other islands in the West of Scotland under the Viking Conn Chead Chath of the Hundred Battles. His descendant, Viking Somerled, about 1150, exercised powerful authority in the Western Isles, disputing the sovereignty of Scotland with David I. In 1164 he entered the Firth of Clyde with a fleet of one hundred and sixty vessels, intending to usurp the Scottish Crown. He was defeated at Renfrew and there slain. (Chron. Man. A.D. 1104-1167). He married, about 1140 (second wife) Affrica, daughter of Olave the Red, King of Man and had three sons: Dougal, from whom came subsequently the Ducal House of Argyle; Angus, the third son who became Lord of the Isle of Brute; and Ranald, the second son, who became Lord of the Isles of Mull, Kintyre, etc. His son Donald was the father of Angus (d. abt 1290) whose grandson, John, Lord of the Isles, married Margaret,dau. of Robert II, King of Scotland, grandson of King Robert I, the Bruce. Her descent from the old English kings of the House of Ceredic is as follows: King Ecgberht, d. 836; his son, King Ethelwulf, d. 855; son, King AElfred the Great, d. 899; son, King Edward the Elder, d. 927; son, King Edmund, d. 946; son, King Edgar, d. 975; son, King Etheldred the Unready, d. 1016; son, King Edmund Ironside killed 1016, son, Edward the Confessor; dau. Saint Margaret, who m. 1068, Malcolm III, King of Scotland, d. 1093; son King David I of Scotland, d. 1168; son, Henry, Earl of Huntington; son, David, Earl of Huntington, brother of King William IV, the Lion, second daughter, Isabella, m. Robert Bruce, Lord of Annandale, son, Robert Bruce, the Claimant; son Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, who m. Isabella, Countess of Buchan of the family of MacDuff; son, Robert I, the Bruce, King of Scotland, b. 1274 and d. June 7, 1329, m. Isabel of Mar; dau of Marjory m. about 1316 Walter Fitz Allan, the High Steward of Scotland, son, Robert II, king of Scotland, 1370 and founder of the Stewart (Stuart) dynasty; his dau .Margaret m. John, Lord of the Isles, the father of Alexander, Lord of Lochaber, whose son, MacAlexander, is looked upon as the real founder of the House of Alexander. His descendent,Thomas Alexander, in a legal instrument dated March 6, 1505 is mentioned as Baron of Menstrey. His son, Anderew Alexander, Baron of Menstrey, died prior to 1527. His wife was Katherine Graham. Their son, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrey (1529) m. Lady Elizabeth Douglas, dau of Thomas Douglas, eldest son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven by his wife Margaret, dau. of David Balfour of Burleigh, an ancestor of the Earls of Morton. (See Douglas' Peerage, vol II, p.273.) Alexander Alexander had a son, Andrew Alexander, Baron of Menstret (1544) whose son, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrey, d.about 1565. His wife was Elizabeth Fobes. His son, William Alexander, had two sons, Alexander Alexander, Baron of Menstrey, who was the father of William Alexander, Earl of Sterling, and Thomas Alexander, b. in Scotland 1630 but removed to Ireland 1652 for distaste of the Rump Parliament of Cromwell. "An Intense Presbyterian, but loyal to the Catholic Stuarts of whom he was a blood kinsman.". Thomas Alexander b. 1630, Scotland, but removed to Ireland in 1652, a devout Presbyterian, a dau. of Thomas m. Joseph Parks. He occupied lands in Co. Donegal; dau. Margaret, and a son William (fat William) who had Archibald, Peter, Robert and William. Archibald the eldest was born in Cunningham Manor Co., Donegal Feb. 4 1708, m. Margaret Parks his first cousin.' Title: "A Record of Descendants of John Alexander" by Rev. John E. Alexander of Lanarkshire, Scotland 1874 Principal of Washington College,Tenn. Publication: Printed by Alfred Martien 621 Jyne St. Philadelphia 1878 Mint Museum of History 3500 Shamrock Drive Charlotte,N.C. 282 Text: pg 203-204: 'In the same year (as Samuel Alexander and his sons bought lands in 1723 in Cecil Co. called Sligo and Alexandria) Robert Alexander from the city of Glasgow, Scotland, then a merchant of Annapolis had lands in the same part of Cecil Co. which in 1737 he left to his cousin, William Alexander, of North Britain (Scotland). This William became a large land-holder in vicinity of Elkton, Md. In 1741 he and Araminta his wife deeded a lot in Elkton for the erection of the first Presbyterian Church in that town. His lands descended to a second Robert who went off to England at the Revolutionary War and never returned. His lands were confiscated but after the war one-third of them with one-half of his negroes were restored to his wife Isabella, and to his six children, William, Lawson, Araminta, Henry, Andrew and Robert. William settled on lands near Elkton while the rest of the family seem to have remained in Baltimore. The son of this William, whose name also was Robert succeeded his father on the homestead, but finally sold it and became a hardware merchant." | Alexander, Robert (I1241)
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| 1968 | The descent of William Knox; second son, of the third Uchter Knox of that name, who married the heiress of the ancient family of Silvyland, in the shire of Renfrewshire, by this Lady he had a son. William Knox who succeeded at Silvyland, and married Margaret daughter of Patrick Fleming of Barrochan, in the shire of Renfrew, in the county of Renfrew, descended from the Earl of Wigtown, His son, William Knox, built the house of Silvyland in 1601 whereon are carved his own name and arms and those of his wife.-He married Margaret daughter of George Maxwell of Newark, widow of Uchter Knox of Ranfurley fifth of that name, and had two sons, the , the elder who died without issue, and Mark. (Source: Ivan Knox, Corcam Ballybofey, Lifford, Co Donegal, Ireland Sept 2009. Taken from The Gentleman's and London Magazine Monthly Chronologer 1714-1794) | Knox, William (I3752)
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| 1969 | The direct line of this family is here unavoidable broken, owing to the loss of many ancient charters and muniments which the civil commotions, and the distracted state of that kingdom, occasioned; but we have been enabled, from the family evidences, to trace their descent during the latter three hundred years; and from the first charter preserved in their archives, we learn that K. James II. Made a grant to Uchtred Knox of Ranfurley (upon his resignation of the same) of the lands of Ranfurley and the whole estate of the family, to be held from the King; - and from another charter of K. James III. (Source: Ivan Knox 9-11-09) | Knox, Uchtred (Uchter) I (I3794)
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| 1970 | The estate sale of Joseph Bogle was on 13 Jan 1815. | Bogle, Joseph (I2812)
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| 1971 | The Evans Family Photo, August 1946: Back Row, L-R: Emerson Medlock Evans, Samuel lCleary Lathan, Christie Underwood Evans, Martin Luther Evans, Jr., and John Martin Evans. 2nd Row L-R: Mary Lucy Evans, Mildred Elva Evans, Frances Madeline Evans, Aleta Elizabeth Evans, Cleo karleen Evans, Sarah Margaret Evans. Front Row L-R: Martin Luther Evans, Bertha Medlock evans, Franklin Roosevelt Evans. | Medlock, Bertha Cleo (I607)
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| 1972 | The family bible shows her as Lizziebeth Catherine. Betty was a registered nurse. | Cobb, Elizabeth Katherine (I6145)
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| 1973 | The family he-bear was Thomas HOLLINGSWORTH I , b. 1660-1661, Belleniskcrannel, Parish of Legoe, County Armagh, Ireland [-or Upper Providence, Penn. ] & Grace COOK, b. 1763, England [or Concord, Franklin, Penn.] He was the seventh generation of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr. who came from Belfast, Ireland in 1682 and settled on a plantation in New Castle Co. (now Deleware). He was a member of the first Assembly of the Providence of Penn. and a member of the Society of Friends to whom he gave land for "a burying place," now Newark, Deleware. where he was buried in 1711. HIs grandson, Jeptha, b. 1746, fought in the Revolutionary War under Col. Samuel Gordon and later married his sister, Nancy Gordon. | Hollingsworth, Joseph (I732)
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| 1974 | The family lived in Cairo, GA but moved to El Paso, TX because of Joseph Sr's. ill health, which was the result of his having been gassed during World War I. He served in the Army as guard for General John J. Pershing, the Commander of the American Expeditionary Force. Myrtice married two more times after his death. | Belcher, Sr. Joseph Franklin (I4458)
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| 1975 | The family of Fulbert the Saxon through the "Pollok"s is one of the most ancient families in Scotland. Fulbert is shown as as the father of Petrius and Robertus de Pollok in documents showing donations to the Monastery of Paisley (Abby of Pasly) before 1199. (Source: Billy Polk) | Of Saxony, the Saxon Fulbert (I5959)
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| 1976 | The family records of John Boyd, son of Robert & Eleanor, state they were married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To date no one has been able to confirm that claim. Robert Boyd wrote his Will on 5 Feb 1806 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. His Will read: "In the name of God Amen. I Robert Boyd Senr. being in a sickly and Weakly state of health but of sound and perfect memory for the promoting of peace and preventing disputes and mistakes do make this as my last Will and testament in manner following: First that of my goods and chattels, lands and tenements I will that all my just debts be all paid. Second, I will that my son Aron Boyd be paid seventy one dollars it being the ballance of one hundred dollars promised to him in order to bring him on an average with his elder brother, twenty nine dollars is already paid. Thirdly, that my son Joseph Boyd be paid eighty two dollars in order to bring him on an average with his brothers, eighteen dollars being already paid which makes up one hundred to him and any money that the sd. Aron & Joseph do receive before my decease shall be in payment of the above. Fourthly, I will and bequeath to my wife to her own proper use and to be at her own disposal the household furniture and a mare now in being or one Equal and saddle and one cow and her support of the estate during her lifetime and at her death the ballance of any to be divided, share and share alike amongst my children. And further I appoint my sons Robert and John Boyd Executors of this my last will and testament." Robert Boyd (seal) Signed, sealed and published in presence of: William Smith, Jurat, & A. Walker. Robert Boyd Jr. was executor of his father's will. The estate papers include Eleanor Boyd's estate delivered to Moses Boyd, Dec'd, in trust by Robert Boyd to Hannah Boyd, Admrx. of the estate of Moses Boyd, dec'd. "The amount of Elenor Boyds estate delivered to Moses Boyd Decd in trust by Robert Boyd, Exec. of Robert Boyd, dec'd on the 23rd of January 1812 was two hundred and sixty six dollars." There were receipts from Joseph Boyd, Moses Boyd and Aaron Boyd. The settlement of the estate of Robert Boyd, deceased, with Robert Boyd Jr. and John Boyd as executors, was completed and signed by Wm. Smith, Thos. Snoddy, and F. Johnston. There were receipts from Joseph Boyd for 40:5:0, from Moses Boyd 20:0:0, from Aron Boyd 35:10:0, plus receipts for taxes and executive expenses. Three of the sons of Robert bought items at the estate sale. Joseph Boyd bought grindstone, sycle, hoe, axe, and bull; Robert Boyd, curry comb, plows, hoe, clevis, --iron, and irons for a doubletree, and 15 bushels of corn; Moses Boyd, sundries, 40 bushels of corn When the Boyds moved to North Carolina, the area where they settled was part of the Granville District. This land belonged to John Carteret, Earl Granville. When the Earl died in 1763 the district land offices were closed. The only way for a newcomer to buy land was from another person who had received land before this time. Many of the people in this frontier area were squatting on the land. With the declaration of American independence, these lands were taken over by the North Carolina government and soon after, the land was available for purchase. In 1772 in Burke Co., North Carolina, Robert appeared on a tax list of Walter Lindsey, living near the present day town of Taylorsville. Also in this area were Robert Holmes, Solomon Barnes, Samuel Woods, Francis Wilson, and Samuel Murphy. It was not until 1778 that the Boyds are recorded as buying land. On 23 Dec 1778 in Burke Co., North Carolina, Robert Boyd received several grants: Grant #1569 was for 200 acres on the Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River. Another grant, # 1570, was for 200 acres on Lower Little River including the Big Falls and his own improvements for complement was transferred to John Cummins. Grant # 1571, 100 acres to Robert Boyd on Mountain Branch between John Smith's and John Russell's entry. Grant # 1591, 200 acres on Little River on the south west side of Whitstone hill including meadow ground for complement. On 27 Nov 1792 in Burke Co., North Carolina, Grant # 1545 to Robert Boyd Sr., 2 acres (sic--probably 200 acres) on both sides of the Muddy Fork on the waters of Little River, joining Watts and John Lutches [Leach, lbl]. Registered 16 May 1806. In 1790, the area where Robert Boyd lived, north of Taylorsville, was listed in the census of Wilkes County. He was in the Morgan District, Fifteenth Company: 2m +16, 2m -16, 1f. For about two years, the Boyds and their neighbors can be found in the records of Wilkes County. After that, they are in the Iredell County records. (Excerpt of article "Robert & Eleanor McCullock Boyd and Their Seven Sons," by Linda Boyd Lawhon, published in Dean Road, Vol. 13 Issue 49, Summer 2000, House of Boyd Society, Inc.) | Boyd, Robert Sr. (I1424)
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| 1977 | The first half of the seventh century saw a struggle between the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria and Gwynedd for the mastery of the former province of Britain. Cadwallon of Gwynedd allied himself with Penda, the pagan Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia, against Edwin of Northumbria. In 633 the allies defeated and killed Edwin and Cadwallon became the dominant ruler north of the Trent but he was killed a year later near Hadrians Wall. The struggle continued for some time but Northumbria emerged victorious and Gwynedds bid for supremacy came to an end. In the eighth century Mercia, the former ally emerged as the new threat and became the leading Anglo-Saxon power. Several Mercian attacks on Gwynedd followed. At the end of the century, Offa of Mercia built the dyke which bears his name and this marked the final boundary between Wales and England. Mercian attacks continued however and in 822 Deganwy, Maelgwn Gwynedds former stronghold was destroyed. | Of Gwynedd (Wales), Cadwallen II ap Cadfan (I5482)
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| 1978 | The following deed establishes the relationship between Mary (Young) Gillespie, her son Francis Gillespie, and her father Francis Young. "Francis Gillespie, planter, (son of James Gillespie and Mary, one of the daughters of Francis Young), & Elizabeth his wife, to Samuel Butler, gentleman, both of Craven Co., SC, for 350 pounds SC money, their undivided fourth part of 1100 acres. Francis Gillespie being entitled to said fourth part of 1100 acres through his mother, Mary, deceased, sells his share to Samuel Butler. Witnesses: John Thompson, William Pegues. Before Claudius Pegues, J.P., on 3 Jan 1767. Recorded 23 Jan 1770 by Henry Rugeley, Deputy Register." | Young, Mary (I4495)
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| 1979 | The Frankish Kingdoms of Neustria, Austrasia and Burgundy were united briefly under Dagobert I from 629 until his death in 639. According to ancient Frankish law and tradition, the kingdom was split up among his sons. Dagobert I was the last great Merovingian ruler. After his death, powerful officials and aristocratic families played an ever increasing role in ruling the various kingdoms of the Franks. | Of the Franks, Dagobert I (I1771)
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| 1980 | The Frankish Kingsoms of Neustria, Austrasia and Burgundy were united briefly under Clothaire II from 623 and 629. | Of the Franks, Lothaire II (I5235)
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| 1981 | The Gadsden Times, Friday, Dec. 20, 1991, page B2: Graveside service Saturday 1 p.m. at Forrest Cemetery for Luther T. "Pete" Miller, 84, Ansley Street, who died Thursday, Dec. 19, 1991. Collier-Butler Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. He was a native and lifelong resident of Etowah County and member of East Gadsden Baptist Church. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the Army in the Pacific Theater. Mr. Miller was the former owner and operator of Hokes Street Shell Service Station. He was preceded in death by his wife, Era Wiggonton Miller and a sister, Eva Pentecost. Surviving son, George T. Miller, Gadsden; sister, Etta Vera McBrayer, Houston, Texas; sisters-in-law, Vera W. Griffith, Jonesboro, Georgia and Ethel W. Isabell, Gadsden; nieces and nephews. World War II Draft Registration: Name: Luther Thomas Miller Gender: Male Race: White Birth Place: Dawson, Georgia (*) Birth Date: 31 Mar 1907 Residence: Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Occupation: Goodyear Service Co Weight: 145 Complexion: Dark Eye Color: Gray Hair Color: Black Height: 5 10 Next of Kin: Eva Wiggton Miller (**) Relationship to Draftee: Wife (*) note that birthplace indicates Georgia for Luther Thomas Miller which was likely completed by draftee and the obituary is only as good as the knowledge of the informant who supplied the information. (**) wife is Era Wiggonton Miller | Miller, Luther Thomas (I7855)
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| 1982 | The Gadsden Times, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1977, page 2: Mrs. Eva Miller Pentecost, 75, Grant Avenue, East Gadsden, Alabama, died yesterday in New Orleans, Louisiana after a sudden illness. Graveside service tomorrow 2 p.m. at Forrest Cemetery. Surviving daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Donald (Jane) Villavasco and granddaugher, Miss Doni Evette Villavasco, New Orleans, Louisiana; sister, Mrs. E.T. McBrayer, Houston, Texas; brother, L.T. Miller, Gadsden, Alabama; aunts, Miss Henri Herron, Miss Lois LaMon, Mrs. Will Kinny and Mrs. Fred Willbright, Villa Rica, Georgia. Mrs. Pentecost was a native and lifelong resident of Etowah County, Alabama and the wife of the late Robert Dewey Pentecost. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Gadsden; Eastern Star, Queen City Chapter 135 and she was retired from the L&N Railroad. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Baptist Church Children's Home or to the Methodist Church Children's Home. Collier-Butler Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Family links: Parents: Edgar T Miller (1876 - 1908) Eula Elizabeth Herron Miller (1884 - 1915) Spouse: Robert Dewey Pentecost (1899 - 1968) Siblings: Eva Miller Pentecost (1902 - 1977) Etta Vera Miller McBrayer (1904 - 1994)* Luther Thomas Miller (1907 - 1991)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Forrest Cemetery Gadsden Etowah County Alabama, USA | Miller, Eva (I7853)
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| 1983 | The Glas(s)cocks of England and America by Rev. Lawrence A. Glassco states: "A will proved in 1690 states that their (Gregory and Mary's) daughter, Ann Glascock, received 100 acres of land from Capt. Newman, and that Thos. Glascock was an overseer for Capt. Newman in the will. Anne and Mary Glascock were twins. | Glascocke, Anne (I163)
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| 1984 | The illegimate son of Pepin II. | Of France, the Hammer Charles Martel (I59)
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| 1985 | The Immigrant | Milford, Thomas (I8233)
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| 1986 | The James Knox (married to Rebecca) in the 1850 Steele Creek census was living next door to Matthew Knox and Robert Knox. James and Rebecca Pettus Knox had all girls except 1 son John. The oldest child was Nancy, b. about 1824/5. Samuel Knox (brother of James) and his wife Nancy, had a James B. Knox. It was thought that this James Knox was their son and by the daughter named Nancy, it was a lead. Another thought on this is that James Knox's son, Samuel B. Knox married first to Cynthia Pettus so it is possible that Samuel B. Knox's brother James married a Pettus also. By the 1860 Steele Creek Census, Rebecca had died and daughter Margaret had died in 1854 (buried at Pleasant Hill Presby). Evidently, Nancy and Mary Ann had married. Those living in the household of this James Knox were his daughters, Susan, Cynthia and Lorena and son John. By 1870, James was still living at the age of 79 and the four daughters, Mary, Susan, Cynthia and Lorena were still living with him. It appears that Mary's husband, if she had married, may have been killed in the Civil War. As was so common between 1860 and 1870, so many boys were killed during the war that it produced many "old maids" .there were not enough boys their age left to marry. This was the same case with the Irwin family of lower Steele Creek. Four daughters were left single with no one to marry after the war. It is not known where this James B. Knox is buried either. He most likely died in Steele Creek but neither he nor Rebecca are buried in any known grave at any of the churches in the Steele Creek area. It is probable that after the war, the family lost a lot of money and with only daughters left to bury him, they may not have been able to afford a stone. If Rebecca is buried somewhere in York Co., then James may be buried with her. Sources: Marriages of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 1783 - 1868 by Brent H. Holcomb, Reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1981 1850 and 1860 Mecklenburg County Census Records - Steele Creek Twp. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Session, Vol III: 1821-1830 and Vol. IV: 1831 - 1840, By Herman W. Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC 1998 and 2002. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1791 - 1868, Book A-J, By Herman W. Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC, 1993 | Knox, James B. (I3612)
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| 1987 | THE JOSEPH PREVATTE TAYLOR BIBLE RECORD - OHIO COUNTY KENTUCKY MARRIAGES: Jonathan Gough and Mary Ann was married September 23rd, 1806 Amos Davis and Eunice was married December 7th, 1820 Reuben McCoy and William (Miss Billie)Taylor* was married April 13th, 1821 Joseph Taylor (Jr.) and Anna Gough was married Feby 8th, 1821 Stephen Taylor & Sally Whiteaker was maried March the 19th day 1924 Alfred Taylor and Mary Mahon were married September the 22nd, 1835 BIRTHS Joseph Taylor was born April the 21st day, 1765. His wife, Mary Slade Taylor was born April the 17th day, 1766 Elizabeth Taylor was born January the 26th, 1787. (She married her Uncle, Thomas Alfred Taylor, brother to her dad, Joseph) Mary Ann Taylor was born October the 26th day, 1788 Sarah Taylor was born November the 9th day, 1791 John Slade Taylor was born Mary the 24th day, 1793 Euphama Taylor was born January 16th day, 1795 Jincy Taylor was born February the 2nd day, 1797 Eunice Taylor was born December the 5th day, 1798 Joseph Taylor was born August the 7th day, 1800 William "Miss Billie Taylor was born November 13th, 1802 (William was a girl and known as Miss Billie) Stephen Slade Taylor was born May the 26th day, 1804 Alfred Taylor was born July the 19th day, 1808 BIRTHS Jonathan Gough was Mary the 12th day, 1778 Mary Ann Gough was born October the 26th day, 1788 Esther Gough was born June the 5th day, 1809 Jonathan B. Gough was born August the 23rd day, 1812 Eunice Gough was born October the 3rd day, 1814 Polly Ann Gough was born October the 14th day, 1816 Francis H. Taylor was born April the 12th, 1824 Richard Prevatte Taylor was born March the 20th, 1825 Joseph Taylor the son of Thomas Alfred and Elizabeth Taylor was born October the 13th, 1823 Joseph Taylor Gough was born Mary the 8th day, 1819 Joseph Bradford McCoy was born the 18th day of June, 1821 Nathaniel Greene Davis was born September the 4th, 1821 John W. Taylor was born November the 24th, 1821 DEATHS Elizabeth Prevatt Taylor wife of Moses Taylor deceased the six day of March,1833. Mary Taylor formerly Mary Slade ist wife of Joseph Taylor died February the 15th, 1840 Katharine (Davenport) Taylor second wife of Joseph Taylor died July the 7th, 1852 Joseph Taylor Senior died on January 25th 1853 Sallie (Whitaker) Taylor wife of Stephen S. Taylor died April 12th, 1875 Moses Taylor the father of Joseph Senior Taylor deceased March 23, 1819 Mary Ann Gough deceased November the 13th day, 1827 Eunice Taylor Davis deceased July the 13th day, 1829 Sally Neal deceased December the 20th, 1830 Aged 39 years Descendants of Peter Prevatt are eligible to join the Huguenot Society..He is a approved Huguenot! National Huguenot Society 9033 Lyndale Ave S Suite 108 Bloomington, MN 55420-3535 Tel 612 8859776 | Prevatte, Elizabeth (I6691)
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| 1988 | The long reign of Charles VI brings disaster to France. During the first eight years the king is a minor; power accrues dangerously to his uncle, the duke of Burgundy. During the last 30 years, from 1392, the king is mentally deranged - bringing him the name Charles the Mad, in contrast to his father (Charles the Wise). The elder Charles, dying in 1380, entrusts the realm to his three brothers during his son's minority. Of these three dukes one (Louis of Anjou) is mainly concerned with his claims to the Angevin kingdom of Naples. Another (John of Berry) plays some role in politics, but devotes most of his time to his famous collection. The field is open to the youngest (Philip of Burgundy). Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy from 1364, is also the heir through his wife to the rich but rebellious territory of Flanders. He persuades the young Charles VI to undertake a campaign to suppress the Flemish cities, a task achieved in a victory at Roosebeke in 1382. The army is French but the advantage of the victory flows to Burgundy. In this contrast lies the seed of much future trouble. Philip the Bold acts as regent until Charles VI takes power into his own hands in 1388. The young king rules with skill and success, but only for four years. In 1392 he has an attack of violent madness, of a kind which recurs for the rest of his life. Philip the Bold finds it easy to take control again. He rules, largely in his own interest, for twelve years. But his death in 1404 is followed by a bitter rivalry, leading to civil war, which paralyzes France for three decades. The two great nobles vying for power are cousins - Louis, duke of Orléans, younger brother of the mad king, and John the Fearless who has succeeded his father as duke of Burgundy. In 1407 the duke of Orléans is murdered in a Paris street by henchmen of John the Fearless. The result is civil war between the Burgundians and the partisans of the murdered duke. The Orléans supporters are known as the Armagnacs, being led by the count of Armagnac (whose son is married to a daughter of the murdered duke of Orléans ). The situation is much complicated by a third warlike power on the scene. In 1415 a new king on the English throne, Henry V, escalates hostilities against the French. The Hundred Years' War has been rumbling on at a steady pace in recent years. But the arrival of Henry V in person in the Seine estuary, in August 1415, confronts the squabbling French with a sharp and immediate challenge. The French array of knightood defeated by Henry V at Agincourt in 1415 represents one half of France's strength. This is only the Armagnac contingent. John the Fearless of Burgundy plays a watchful and duplicitous game, negotiating both with the English and the Armagnacs. After Henry V takes Rouen in 1419, it seems that the two French factions may unite against the English threat. But this hope is dashed when John the Fearless, meeting the Armagnac leaders to negotiate, is murdered in 1419 in the presence of the 16-year-old dauphin, the future Charles VII. By this time the mad king and his heir are on opposite sides of the struggle. Charles VI's queen, Isabella of Bavaria, has brought her incapacitated husband into the camp of the Burgundians. From 1418 they control Paris, after an uprising in the city ejects the Armagnacs. The Dauphin, son of Charles VI and Isabella, escapes with the Armagnacs to Bourges where he declares himself to be regent of France. This hollow boast is mocked by the treaty of Troyes, agreed in 1420 between Isabella and her Burgundian ally (the new duke, Philip the Good) on one side and Henry V of England on the other. At Troyes Isabella disowns her son, the Dauphin. Instead she offers his sister Catherine to Henry V as bride and heiress to the French throne. It is agreed that Henry will become king of France on the death of Catherine's mad father, Charles VI. Events soon make a mockery of this cynical liaison. The marriage takes place in June 1420. A son, the future Henry VI of England, is born in December 1421. Henry V dies campaigning in France in August 1422. His father-in-law dies seven weeks later. By the terms of the treaty, a ten-month-old English infant becomes the king of France. | Gaillard, I Barthelemy (I7192)
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| 1989 | The Mayor of the Merovingian Palace. King of France 751 - 768 The beginning of the Carolingians. House of Charlemagne, 8th - 10th Century. He had much to do; the Saxons, Bavarians, and Arabs were all menacing or revolting, and he had to rush from one part of the kingdom to the other, defending its frontiers, and getting no help from the "stupid sluggard king," at Paris. At last, impatient of the farce, he sent this question to the Pope: "Who is king, he who governs or he who wears the crown?" "He who governs, of course," answered the Pope. "That is myself," said the little man with a great will; "so the sluggards shall go to sleep forever," and he sent the last of them, Childeric III., the last of the Merovingians, into a monastery. Then the nobles put their shields together, and the little man was seated on a chair, on their shields, and with him thus, "shouting and raising their shields as high as they could, they marched three times, round the parliament, and then, by St. Boniface, he was anointed Archbishop of Metz, A.D. 752. Pepin did not forget that he owed a debt of gratitude to the Pope for the answer he had given to his question, and when, shortly after, the Pope sent to complain of the trouble occasioned by the Lombards, Pepin crossed the Alps, punished the Lombards, took from them all the territory about Rome and gave it to the Pope "to belong to him and to the bishops of Rome forever. That was the beginning of the Papal sovereignty. The States of the Church, as they were called, remained under the sovereignty of the Popes until 1871." Pepin le Bref, King of France, died in 768. He married Bertha (Bertrada) of Laon. She died in 783. They had two sons. | Of France, Pepin III (I56)
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| 1990 | The Mllford Family Record - By Generations - Page 2 5, Sarah Mllford married John Herron on Dec. 16, 1858 and they had 5 children: 1. Luther Lee born Oct. 20, 1859 2. Elizabeth Jane born April 1861 3. Albert Milford born May 30, 1863 U. Mary Ellen born April l8,l86£ 5. Rebecca George Ann born Jan. 15, 1868 6. Rebecca Herron married Clarence E. Miller on Sept. 1$, 1886. Their issue follows: Lula, Eska, Myrtle, Daisy, Lillie, Edna, Belle, Milf, Glaris Five girls are living. Daisy in a rest home, Glaris in Las Vegas, Nevada, Belle Miller lives in Albany, Ga., and Myrtle M. Wilson and Lillie live in Lavonia, Ga. This information contributed by John Herron | Herron, John (I4539)
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| 1991 | The Old Settler's Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC: One of the figures from the Revolutionary era buried there is Colonel Thomas Polk (owner of Polk Mountain in Union County, N.C.) married to Susan Spratt, died in 1793, and was the son of William Polk III, the eldest son of William Polk II and Margaret Taylor and the great-uncle of President James K. Polk. Among his accomplishments were reported to be his holding office as one of the county's first commissioners, being treasurer and trustee of Queens College and a member of the Colonial Assembly, and signing the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Next to him is his wife, Susannah Spratt Polk, whose father's house, that of Thomas Spratt, was the site of the first court held in Mecklenburg County. On Thomas and Susan's tombstone was written: "Herein lies interr'd the Earthly remains of General Thomas Polk and his wife Susanna Polk who lived many years together purely beloved and respected in their many virtues and died universally regretted by all who had the pleasure of their acquaintance. Their son William Polk as a token of his filial regards has caused this tomb to be errected to their memory" "Reminiscenses", a newspaper column in the Charlotte Observer on Oct 21, 1951 wrote: "Three pioneers who came to western North Carolina to worship God as they saw fit,k and remained to help build a state, were Thomas Spratt, who settled south of Pineville, Thomas Polk who followed him to court his daughter Susan ... Spratt came with an ox team, the first wheeled vehicle to cross the Yadkin river, and Polk traveled afoot ... Several of his (Thomas Polk) brothers followed him down from Maryland and Virginia. " | Polk, Thomas (I1059)
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| 1992 | The parents of Hannah McFalls is not known. The McFalls name does not appear in early court records so it is doubtful that her father lived for any length of time in Mecklenburg County. There was a John McFalls listed in the 1790 census and this may have been her father. Perhaps he lived in the area long enough for James to meet and marry his daughter. It seems more likely that during the Revolutionary War, his troop may have spent some time in what is now Burke Co., NC. The Over-the- Mountain men that fought at Kings Mountain had a gathering place around what is now Rutherfordton, then called Gilbert town. There were a lot of McFalls in Burke County in 1790 and some in Rutherford Co., (which was formed from part of Burke Co.) It may well be that Hannah's father lived for a time during the war in Mecklenburg and then moved on to Burke County. From: Ferguson's, Will Abstracts of Mecklenburg Co. Books A - J . p. 200: Will Book I, p. 101: Will of Hannah (X) Knox, 3 Sept 1845, probated in April 1847 Court. Being weak of body, I give to my son Joseph Knox, all my household and kitchen furniture, all livestock and all property that fell to me by the will of my husband. Sole Exr: Joseph Knox. Wits: John Hart and Samuel Knox. It appears that sons Samuel B. Knox and James B. Knox already had their property and no doubt, Hannah was living with Joseph since he received the home place. I would imagine that is why Hannah left the household items to him. It is not known if Hannah remarried after her husband's death, nor what happened to their son John. Further research in Lincoln Co., might lead to the answer of this question. | McFalls, Hannah (I3585)
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| 1993 | The part of New Kent that John lived in became Hanover Co. in 1721. 1732, 1736 and 1743 William and John Melton are mentioned in Vestry Book ofSt. Paul Parish. 1747, John Melton mentioned in Vestry Book of St. Paul Parish. 1751, William and John Melton mentioned in Vestry Book of St. Paul Parish. 1755 and 1759, William and John Melton's orphans mentioned in Vestry Book of St. Paul Parish. (Source: LDS file #JJQ1-02) | Melton, John (I444)
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| 1994 | The Simpson family migrated from York Co., SC to Jefferson Co., AL, and then to St. Clair AL via the Old Wagon Road in the early 1830's. | Simpson, Thomas (I2195)
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| 1995 | The Stuart Kings descend through the House of Stuart. | Of Denmark, Anne (I5999)
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| 1996 | The third of King Henry II's legitimate sons, Richard was never expected to ascend to the throne. He was, however, the favourite son of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France. He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King and Matilda of England. He was also an older brother of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine , Joan Plantagenet and John of England. Although born at Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England, he soon came to know France as his home. When his parents effectively separated, he remained in Eleanor's care, and was invested with her duchy of Aquitaine in 1168, and of Poitiers in 1172. This was his consolation prize for the fact that his eldest surviving brother, Henry the Young King, was simultaneously crowned as his father's successor. Richard and his other brother, Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, thus learned how to defend their property while still teenagers. As well as being an educated man, able to compose poetry in French and Provençal, Richard was also a magnificent physical specimen; blond, blue-eyed, his height is estimated at six feet four inches (1.93 m) tall. He gloried in military activity. From an early age he appeared to have significant political and military abilities, became noted for his chivalry and courage, and soon was able to control the unruly nobles of his territory. As with all the true-born sons of Henry II, Richard had limited respect for his father and lacked foresight and a sense of responsibility. In 1170, his elder brother Henry the Young King was crowned king of England as Henry III. Historians know him as Henry "the Young King" so as not to confuse him with the later king of this name who was his nephew. In 1173, Richard joined his brothers, Henry and Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, in a revolt against their father. They were planning to dethrone their father and leave the Young King as the only king of England. Henry II invaded Aquitaine twice. At the age of seventeen, Richard was the last of the brothers to hold out against Henry; though, in the end, he refused to fight him face to face and humbly begged his pardon. In 1174, after the end of the failed revolt, Richard gave a new oath of subservience to his father. Richard had several major reasons for discontent with his father. First was Henry's refusal to allow Richard any real power or funds despite pleas by Richard for more of both. Though placated by glittering titles such as Count of Poitou, Richard wanted more and Henry seemed unwilling to entrust any of his sons with resources that could be used against him, with very good reason. Second, and more personal, was that Henry had appropriated Princess Alys (not the same Alix as Richard's half-sister), the daughter of the French king and Richard's betrothed, as his mistress. This made a marriage between Richard and Alys technically impossible - at least in the eyes of the church, but Henry, not wishing to cause a diplomatic incident, prevaricated and did not confess to his misdeed. As for Richard, he was discouraged from renouncing Alys because she was Philip's sister. After his failure to overthrow his father, Richard concentrated on putting down internal revolts by the dissatisfied nobles of Aquitaine, especially the territory of Gascony. The increasing cruelty of his reign led to a major revolt of Gascony in 1183. Richard had a terrible reputation, including reports of various rapes and murders. The rebels hoped to dethrone Richard and asked his brothers Henry and Geoffrey to help them succeed. Their father feared that the war between his three sons could lead to the destruction of his kingdom. He led the part of his army that served in his French territories in support of Richard. The Young King's death on June 11, 1183, ended the revolt, and Richard remained on his throne. Young Henry's death left Richard as the eldest surviving son and the natural heir when the old King eventually died. However, there was some uncertainty over King Henry's intentions. When Geoffrey also died, Richard was the only realistic possibility, his youngest brother, John, being too weak and inexperienced to be considered as an alternative. From the Young King's death Richard was considered -- though not officially proclaimed -- heir to the joint thrones of England, Normandy and Anjou. In 1188 Henry II planned to concede Aquitaine to his youngest son John Lackland, later King John of England. In opposition to his father's plans, Richard allied himself with King Philip II of France, the son of Eleanor's ex-husband Louis VII by his third wife, Adele of Champagne. In exchange for Philip's help against his father, Richard promised to concede his rights to both Normandy and Anjou to Philip. Richard gave an oath of subservience to Philip in November of the same year. In 1189 Richard attempted to take the throne of England for himself by joining Philip's expedition against his father. They were victorious. Henry, with John's consent, agreed to name Richard his heir. On July 6, 1189 Henry II died in Chinon, and Richard I succeeded him as King of England, Duke of Normandy, and Count of Anjou. He was officially crowned duke on July 20 and king in Westminster on September 3, 1189. Richard had forbidden any Jews to make an appearance at his coronation, but some Jewish leaders showed up anyway to present gifts for the new king. According to Ralph of Diceto, Richard's courtiers stripped and flogged the Jews, then flung them out of court. The people of London joined in to persecute the Jews, and a massacre began. Many Jews were beaten to death, robbed, and burnt alive. At least one was forcibly baptised. Some sought sanctuary in the Tower of London, and others managed to escape half-dead. Richard has been criticised for doing little for England, siphoning the kingdom's resources by appointing Jewish moneylenders to support his journeys away on Crusade in the Holy Land. Indeed, he spent only six months of his ten year reign in England, claiming it was "cold and always raining." During the period when he was raising funds for his Crusade, Richard was heard to declare, "If I could have found a buyer I would have sold London itself." Effigy on tomb in Fontevrault AbbeyLeaving the country in the hands of various officials he designated (including his mother, at times), Richard spent only a small fraction of his reign in England, being far more concerned with his possessions in what is now France and his battles in Palestine. He had grown up on the Continent, and had never seen any need to learn the English language. Soon after his accession to the throne, he decided to join the Third Crusade, inspired by the loss of Jerusalem to the Muslims under the command of Saladin. Afraid that, during his absence, the French might usurp his territories, Richard tried to persuade Philip to join the Crusade as well. Philip agreed and both gave their crusader oaths on the same date. Richard did not concern himself with the future of England. He wanted to engage in an adventure that would cause the troubadours to immortalise his name, as well as guaranteeing him a place in heaven. The evidence suggests that he had deep spiritual needs, and he swore an oath to renounce his past wickedness in order to show himself worthy to take the cross. He started to raise a new English crusader army, though most of his warriors were Normans, and supplied it with weapons. He spent most of his father's treasury (filled with money raised by the Saladin tithe), raised taxes, and even agreed to free King William I of Scotland from his oath of subservience to Richard in exchange for 10,000 marks. To raise even more money he sold official positions, rights, and lands to those interested in them. He finally succeeded in raising a huge army and navy. After repositioning the part of his army he left behind so that it would guard his French possessions, Richard finally started his expedition to the Holy Land in 1190. Richard appointed as regents Hugh, Bishop of Durham, and William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex, who soon died and was replaced by Richard's chancellor William Longchamp. Richard's brother John was not satisfied by this decision and started scheming against William. In September 1190 both Richard and Philip arrived in Sicily. In 1189 King William II of Sicily had died. His heir was his aunt Constance, later Queen Constance of Sicily, who was married to Emperor Henry VI. But immediately after William's death, William's cousin, Tancred, rebelled, seized control of the island and was crowned early in 1190 as King Tancred I of Sicily. He was favored by the people and Pope Clement III but had problems with the island's nobles. Richard's arrival caused even more problems. Tancred had imprisoned William's widow, Queen Joan, who was Richard's sister, and did not give her the money she had inherited according to William's will. Richard demanded that his sister be released and given her inheritance. Meanwhile the presence of two foreign armies caused unrest among the people. In October, the people of Messina revolted, demanding that the foreigners leave the island. Richard attacked Messina and captured it on October 4, 1190. After looting and burning the city Richard established his base in it. He remained there until March 1191 when Tancred finally agreed to sign a treaty. The treaty was signed during the same month by Richard, Philip and Tancred. According to the treaty's main terms: Joan was to be released, receiving her inheritance along with the dowry her father had given to the deceased William. Richard and Philip recognized Tancred as legal King of Sicily and vowed to keep the peace between all three of their kingdoms. Richard officially proclaimed his nephew, the son of Geoffrey, Arthur of Brittany, as his heir, and Tancred promised to later marry one of his daughters to Arthur when he came of age (Arthur was only four years old at the time). After signing the treaty Richard and Philip left Sicily. The treaty undermined England's relationships with the Holy Roman Empire and caused the revolt of Richard's brother John, who hoped to be proclaimed heir instead of their nephew. Although his revolt failed, John continued to scheme against his brother after this point. Richard on the Third Crusade: In April 1191, Richard stopped on the Byzantine island of Rhodes to avoid the stormy weather. It seems that Richard had previously met his fiancée Berengaria only once, years before their marriage. He had assigned his mother to represent him and convince her father, Sancho VI of Navarre, and her other relatives to agree to the marriage, and to bring the bride to the wedding. Richard came to their rescue when they were shipwrecked on the coast of Cyprus. He left Rhodes in May but a new storm drove Richard's fleet to the island. On May 6, 1191, Richard's fleet arrived in the port of Lemesos (now Limassol). Richard captured the city. When the island's despot Isaac Dukas Comnenus arrived to stop the Crusaders he discovered he was too late, and retired to Kolossi. Richard called Isaac to negotiations but Isaac broke his oath of hospitality and started demanding Richard's departure. Richard ordered his cavalry to follow him in a battle against Isaac's army in Tremetusia. The few Roman Catholics of the island joined Richard's army and so did the island's nobles who were dissatisfied with Isaac's seven years of tyrannical rule. Though Isaac and his men fought bravely, Richard's army was bigger and better equipped, assuring his victory. Isaac continued to resist from the castles of Pentadactylos but after the siege of his castle of Kantara he finally surrendered. Richard became the new ruler of Cyprus. Arms of Richard IRichard looted the island and massacred those trying to resist him. Meanwhile, Richard was finally able to marry Berengaria, first-born daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre. The marriage was held in Limassol on May 12, 1191 at the Chapel of St. George. It was attended by his sister Joan, whom Richard had brought from Sicily. There were no children from the marriage; opinions vary as to whether it was ever a love match. The unfortunate Berengaria had almost as much difficulty in making the journey home as her husband did, and did not see England until after his death. From Cyprus onwards, Richard had among his friends and allies a Franco-Syrian noble, Humphrey IV of Toron, the former husband of Richard's father's first cousin Isabella, Queen of Jerusalem. The young Humphrey was the dispossessed Lord of Toron, Oultrejordain, etc. He knew the Muslim culture and spoke Arabic, whereby Richard used him as his translator and negotiator. As contemporary sources alleged, Humphrey was not suited to married life and was known as soft and effeminate. (He did not want to oppose the other lords, and therefore had consented to the forced divorce from Richard's cousin.) As contemporary sources say, Richard had a deep affection for Humphrey. Humphrey died sometime in the mid-1190s. Whether Richard's marriage with Berengaria was ever even consummated is a matter for conjecture. (Though it should be noted that when Richard married Berengaria he was still officially betrothed to Alys and that Richard pushed for the match, in order to obtain Navarre as a fief like Aquitaine for his father.) Richard had a terrible womanising reputation, but he took his new wife with him briefly on this episode of the crusade. However, they returned separately. Although, after his release from German captivity, Richard showed some degree of regret for his earlier conduct, he was not joined by his wife. The fact that the marriage was childless is inconclusive, but it is certainly true that Richard had to be ordered by a priest to reunite with and to show fidelity to Berengaria in the future, with the language he used being the main source cited for a 20th century theory that Richard had been engaged in homosexual activities. Nevertheless, when he died in 1199, she was greatly distressed, apparently having loved her husband very much. Richard and most of his army left Cyprus for the Holy Land early in June. In his absence Cyprus would be governed by Richard Camville. King Richard arrived at Acre in June 1191, in time to relieve the siege of the city by Saladin. Deserted by Philip and having fallen out with Duke Leopold V of Austria, he suddenly found himself without allies. Richard's tactics ensured success at the siege of Acre and on the subsequent march south, Saladin's men being unable to harass the Crusader army into an impulsive action which might not have gone their way. However, the desertion of the French king had been a major blow, from which they could not hope to recover. Realising that he had no hope of holding Jerusalem even if he took it, Richard sadly ordered a retreat. Despite being only a few miles from the city, he refused, thereafter, to set eyes on it, since God had ordained that he should not be the one to conquer it. He had finally realised that his return home could be postponed no longer, since both Philip and John were taking advantage of his absence to make themselves more powerful. Having planned to leave Conrad of Montferrat as "King" of Jerusalem and Cyprus in the hands of his own protégé, Guy of Lusignan, Richard was dealt another blow when Conrad was assassinated before he could be crowned. His replacement was Richard's own nephew, Henry I of Champagne. Bad luck dogged Richard on his return home. Bad weather forced his ship to put in at Corfu, the territory of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac Angelus, who was still angry at Richard for his annexation of Cyprus. Disguised as a Knight Templar, Richard sailed from Corfu with four attendants in a pirate ship, which wrecked near Aquileia, forcing Richard and his party into a dangerous land route through central Europe. On his way to the territory of Henry of Saxony, his brother-in-law, Richard was captured shortly before Christmas 1192 only a few miles from the Moravian border, near Vienna, by Leopold V of Austria, who accused Richard of ordering the death of Conrad. Richard and his retainers had been traveling disguised as pilgrims, complete with flowing beards and tattered clothes. Richard himself was dressed like a kitchen hand, but was identified because he was wearing a magnificent and costly ring no menial worker could afford. (Another tale claimed he was identified by his insistence on eating roast chicken, a great delicacy reserved for nobility.) The Duke handed him over as a prisoner to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor after being held captive at Dürnstein. Although the circumstances of his captivity were not severe, he was frustrated by his inability to travel freely. Richard once proudly declared, "I am born of a rank which recognizes no superior but God" to the emperor. His mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, worked tirelessly to raise the exorbitant ransom of 150,000 marks demanded by the German emperor, which was twice the annual income for the English Crown. Both clergy and laymen were taxed for a quarter of the value of their property, the gold and silver treasures of the churches were confiscated, and money was raised from the scutage and the carucage taxes. The emperor demanded that 100,000 marks be delivered to him before he would release the king, the same amount that had been raised by the Saladin tithe only a few years earlier. At the same time, John, Richard's brother, and King Philip offered 80,000 marks for the Emperor to hold Richard prisoner until Michaelmas 1194. The emperor turned down the offer. The money to rescue the King was transferred to Germany by the emperor's ambassadors, but "at the king's peril" (had it been lost along the way, Richard would have been held responsible), and finally, on February 4, 1194 Richard was released. King Philip of France sent a message to John: "Look to yourself; the devil is loose." Tomb at FontevraudDuring his absence, John had come close to seizing the throne; Richard forgave him, and even named him as his heir in place of Arthur, who was growing into an unpleasant youth. Instead of turning against John, Richard came into conflict with his former ally and friend, King Philip. When Philip attacked Richard's fortress, Chateau-Gaillard, he boasted that "if its walls were iron, yet would I take it", to which Richard replied, "If these walls were butter, yet would I hold them!" Tomb at Rouen CathedralAfter his many famous battles, it was a minor skirmish with the rebellious castle of Châlus-Charbrol in Limousin, France, on 26 March 1199 that would take Richard's life. Richard had laid siege to the castle in pursuit of a claim to treasure-trove. Pierre Basile was one of only two knights defending Châlus. Richard, who had removed some of his chainmail, was wounded in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt launched from a tower by Basile. Gangrene set in and Richard asked to see his killer. He ordered that Basile be set free and awarded a sum of money. However as soon as Richard died, with his 77-year-old mother Eleanor at his side, on 6 April 1199, Mercadier had Basile flayed alive and then hanged. Richard's existence had been a series of contradictions. Although he had neglected his wife, Berengaria, and had to be commanded by priests to be faithful to her, she was distraught at the news of his death. No heir was born of their marriage. Richard's bowels were buried at the foot of the tower from which the shot was loosed, his heart was buried at Rouen, while the rest of his remains were buried next to his father at Fontevraud Abbey near Chinon and Saumur, France. As Richard produced no heirs, he was succeeded by his brother John as king of England. However, his French territories initially rejected John as a successor, preferring his nephew Arthur of Brittany, the son of their late brother Geoffrey, whose claim was technically better than John's. Significantly, the lack of any direct heirs from Richard was the first step in the disolution of the Angevin Empire. While England continued to press claims to properties on the continent, it would never again command the territories Richard I inherited. In the long term Richard's legacy has to be viewed through the lens of his personality and personal accomplishments. There is no doubt that Richard had many admirable qualities, as well as many bad ones. The most succinct summation of his character is from Winston Churchill: "Although a man of blood and violence, Richard was too impetuous to be either treacherous or habitually cruel. He was as ready to forgive as he was hasty to offend; he was open-handed and munificent to profusion; in war circumspect in design and skillful in execution; in politics a child, lacking in subtlety and experience. His political alliances were formed upon his likes and dislikes; his political schemes had neither unity nor clearness of purpose. The advantages gained for him by military genius were flung away through diplomatic ineptitude." Richard was a pure military man and while politically astute in some ways, he was incredibly foolish in others. He combined moments of great largesse and humility with great arrogance and ruthlessness. He was revered by his most worthy rival, Saladin, and respected by the Emperor Henry, but hated by many who had been his friends, especially King Philip. He was often careless of his own safety: the wound which killed him need not have been inflicted at all if he had been properly armoured. Almost the same thing had happened, ten years earlier when, while feuding with his father, he had encountered William Marshal while unarmed and had to beg for his life. These contradictions of his character fascinated his contemporaries, many of whom held him up as an exemplar of chivalry. In the long run Richard's legacy comprised several parts. First, he captured Cyprus, which proved immensely valuable in keeping the Frankish kingdoms in the Holy Land viable for another century. Secondly, his absence from the English political landscape meant that the highly efficient government created by his father was allowed to entrench itself, though King John would later abuse it to the breaking point. As Sir Winston Churchill pointed out, this was the embryo beginning of the English Civil Service and "proved that the King, to whom all allegiance had been rendered, was no longer the sole guarantee for law and order." The last part of Richard's legacy was romantic and literary. No matter the facts of his reign, he left an indelible imprint on the imagination extending to the present, in large part because of his military exploits. This is reflected in Steven Runciman's final verdict of Richard I: "he was a bad son, a bad husband and a bad king, but a gallant and splendid soldier." | Of England, Richard I (the (I7252)
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| 1997 | The trend towards an autocratic monarchy is continued by Louis XI, son of Charles VII, though at times during his reign it seems as though he will lose control to rebellious nobles or to his great rival and enemy, Charles the Bold of Burgundy. Louis fails diplomatically in relation to Burgundy, doing nothing to ensure that the Burgundian heiress, daughter of Charles the Bold, marries his own son, the French dauphin. Instead she marries a Habsburg, and most of the extensive territories of Burgundy are lost to France. But diplomacy pays off, at a price, when Louis brings the Hundred Years War to its final conclusion in 1475. He persuades the English king, Edward IV, to take his invading army straight home with financial compensation for lost opportunities. Louis takes active steps to improve his kingdom's trade and commerce, as when he begins a great tradition of Lyons fairs by granting the city the privilege in 1463 to hold four such events annually. In the following year he establishes an official postal system for government business. He bequeaths a strong and prosperous France to his son, Charles VIII. But the young king has romantic ideas which endanger French interests. Charles VIII is thirteen when he inherits the crown of France in 1483. He is twenty-four when he marches south, in 1494, to involve the kingdom in a series of disastrous Italian campaigns which will drain its resources to no good purpose over the next five decades. Charles is misled by a romantic notion (encouraged by the duke of Milan, who needs support in Italy) that he can march to claim the throne of Naples, to which he has a right through the Angevin line. He even dreams of a further stage of glory. He imagines himself sailing from Naples to drive the Turks from Constantinople or Jerusalem. He will be crowned a new eastern emperor. Charles VIII crosses the Alps in September 1494 with a massive army of 30,000 men. They pass peacefully through the territory of Milan and no doubt expect to do the same through Florence's Tuscan lands. France's quarrel is only with Naples. But Florence has been recently identified as an ally of Naples. Sensing a crisis, the young Piero de' Medici imitates his father's famous act of personal diplomacy (his visit to the king of Naples). Without informing the signoria, the official government of Florence, Piero makes his way to the camp of the French king. In this encounter between two inexperienced young rulers, both in their early twenties, the Frenchman has the better of the bargain. Charles VIII emphasizes that all he wants is an assurance of Florence's good will, but adds that a convincing token of this would be the delivery into French hands of several key castles together with the ports of Pisa and Livorno. The records suggest that the French are astonished when Piero agrees. So, when they hear of it, are the signoria in Florence. They protest that Piero has no authority to cede these Florentine possesssions, but it is too late. The French enter Florence and occupy Pisa (glad to be rid of the Florentine yoke) before moving on south. Charles VIII and his army reach Rome on the last day of 1494. Pope Alexander VI, powerless to resist them, takes shelter in the Castel Sant' Angelo. On February 22, still unopposed, the French enter Naples. Two months later, on May 12, Charles is crowned king in his new city. But in his inexperience he has left his line of withdrawal undefended. During March the pope and the other main Italian powers (except Florence) form the League of Venice against the intruder. As Charles withdraws north he is confronted at Fornovo, in July, by an army of the League (also sometimes known as the Holy League). The battle is confused and indecisive. Charles and his army escape to safety in France. Charles has left French garrisons in Naples, but they soon lose the kingdom again to the Aragonese. Nevertheless Charles is preparing a new expedition to Naples when he dies, as the result of an accident at Amboise, in 1498. This Neapolitan adventure, fruitless though it is, gives the kings of France a taste for campaigning in Italy. They briefly recover part of the kingdom of Naples in 1501-3. But their ambitions focus increasingly on northern Italy - which becomes in the early 16th century an almost permanent international battleground. | Deupree, Jaques Henre I (I7201)
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| 1998 | The Will of Jeane Knox: Nov. 1772 In the name of God, Amen. The thirteenth of Subtember, one thousand seven hundred & seventy-twoo, I, Jeane Knox, in the Parish of St. Luck, in the County of Rrowan, in North Carolina, being through the aboiundant mercy and goodness of God, though weak in body, yet of sound understanding & memory, blessed be God for the same, Do ordann & appoint this my last Will & Testament, and order and desire that it may be resaved by all whom it may concern as such. Imprimis, I most humbly bequeath my soul to God my maker and Redeemer, and satisfier beseeching his most gracious acceptence of it, through the merits of my compassinat Saviour, Jesus Christ, who gave himself an atonement for my sins & is abel to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make Intercession for them, in whom I trust he will not reject me a returning penitent when I come to him for mercy. In this hope and confidence I render up my soul with mercy. In this hope and confidence I render up my soul with comfort, humbly beseaching the most glorious trinity, one eternal God, to prepare me for the time of my dissolution, & that he take me to himself into that peace & rest which he hath prepared for all those that love & fear his holy name, Amen. Witnesseth. Imprimis, I give my body to the earth from when it was taken, in full assurance of its Resurrectin from thence at the laste Day; & for my burial I desire it may be descent, without form, at the discretion of my executors, herein-after mentioned, who I do not doubt will manage it with prudence & gravity. And as to my worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to blis me, I will positively order the same in the following maner & Form: after payment of all my Detets & funeral Expence, Item, I absolutely give & bequeth, devis & demis unto my well beloved youngest son, Benjamin Knox, one negro man child named Jacob, & the yong black Hors, sadil and Bridel, as also my own Bed that I now ly on, with all the sheets, bolsters, & blankits that belongs to it, & two cows and calfes, to wit, Brindel & Twin. Also one plow, with the Irons and all Tackling belonging to it, & the big pot & littel pot, & the chist & dogh chest, cheeck Real & Gridel, & ax. Deseas, & then to be sold by my executors, to the purpose hereinafter directed. I alow the Quit Rent of this place to be paid to this present Deat, all the above as it stands stated to him & his heirs forever. Item, I give, devise, and demis unto my well beloved son, Joseph, one pot & puter bason to him & his heirs forever. Item, I give, devis, & demis & gequeth unto my well beloved daughter, Mary Rosbrough, all my own clothing, of every kind, to her and her heirs forever. As for my corn & foder & wheat, and beef stear and hogs, I alow for the use of my four sons whet they keep in this hous to be for the use of them all; & I do alow, after all my debts & funeral charges is paid, the money arising from the diferent sales fo goods & the sale of the wench above mentioned, when she is to be sold, to be equally divided between my sons Samuel, James and Benjamin and to them and their heirs forever; & I do hereby constute & apoint my well beloved sons, Samuel Knox & Benjamin Knox, Executors of this my last Will and Testament; and I do utterlly revock, disanuil and every way forbid, gainsay & disalow, all former & other Wills or codicils to Wills by me heretofore maid; and I do not ratify, declare & confirm, this my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed my seal the day, month and yeare first within writen. Signed, sealed, published and declared, by the (?) Jean Knox, to be her last Will & Testament, in the presence of us the subscribers. Henry Chambers. her John Graham. Jean (X) Knox (Seal). John Kerr. mark (B comparing dates, the above will must have been made only a few days previous to the death of the testator. This may account for "her mark". She died September 18, 1772, per her tombstone.) | Gracy (Gracey) (Greacey) (?), Jean (I1505)
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| 1999 | There is a will of Jean/John Dupray, 17 November 1734, Henrico Co., Va. He mentions a brother Lewis Dupray (who had a wife Larance and was in Isle of Wight Co., Va., in 1719 and 1720). These were possibly brothers of Thomas Dupray Sr., but were too old to be children of Thomas and Margaret (Easley) Dupray. There was a Francis Dupray, Inventory, March 1736, Henrico Co., Va., presented by Mary Dupray, with John Easley and James Martin as witnesses. This Francis Dupray is not presently identified. Traditionally, it has been said that Thomas Dupray was born in France and came to Virginia in 1699 with Phillippe de Richebourg and others. In the Laws of Virginia Supplement 1700/1730, Hening's Statutes at Large, p. 39, 12 May 1705, there is "An Act for Naturalization of Claude Philippe de Richebourg, and others." In the list, # 125 was Thomas duPre. John duPre was # ; his brother Lewis duPre was # 33. John Valton was # 122 on the list. Could this be the John James Vaulton (or Paulton) who is believed be the father-in-law of Thomas Dupray Jr.? | Deupree, Thomas I (I6871)
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| 2000 | There is nothing known about Edward except his name. His placement in the family line is based on the birthdate of his supposed son, John Henry. His spouse was NNK. His children were John Henry, and Winnie. | Woolbright, Edward (I695)
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