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2301

Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (980 – 20 November 1008), also known as Geoffrey of Rennes and Geoffrey Berengar, was the eldest son of Duke Conan I of Brittany. He was Count of Rennes (ruler of the Romano-Frankish civitas of Rennes), by right of succession. In 992 he assumed the title of Duke of Brittany, which had long been an independent state, but he had little control over much of Lower Brittany.[a]

Life
Geoffrey was the son of Duke Conan I, by his marriage to Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou.[1] He was the grandson of Judicael Berengar, Count of Rennes.

When Geoffrey succeeded to Brittany he had several problems: Blois was encroaching on his territory, Vikings were threatening his shores, and he had to decide whether to accept the protection offered by Anjou.[2]

In 996, at about the age of sixteen, Geoffrey entered into a dynastic alliance with Richard II, Duke of Normandy,[2] with a diplomatic double marriage between the two houses. The church-sanctioned marriage ceremonies were held at Mont Saint-Michel, on the Breton-Norman border, and while Geoffrey married Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I of Normandy and sister of Richard II,[3] Richard married Judith of Brittany, Geoffrey's sister.

Geoffrey and Hawise had four children:
Alan III of Brittany (997-1040)[1]
Evenus (born c. 998, died after 1037)[1]
Odo, Count of Penthièvre (died 1079)[1]
Adela, Abbess of Saint-Georges[4]
Geoffrey died on 20 November 1008 while travelling on a pilgrimage to Rome.[4]

Notes
Geoffrey, Count of Rennes, assumed the title Duke of Brittany in 992. Brittany was not then part of the emerging Kingdom of France, but earlier Dukes had paid homage to the kings of the fledgling French state. By the time of Count Geoffrey's reign, his claim to suzerainty over all of Brittany was weak, and he had virtually no control over western Brittany and Nantes. See William W. Kibler, ed., Medieval France: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland Publishing, 1995), p. 148; The New international encyclopædia, Volume 3 (1918), p. 789
References
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984). Tafel 75
Francis Palgrave, The History of Normandy and of England, Vol. III (Macmillan & Co. London, 1864), p. 80
Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984). Tafel 79
George Edward Cokayne, ed. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Lord Howard de Walden, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X (London: The St Catherine Press, Ltd, 1945), pp. 779-780

de Bretagne, Geoffrey I S1015 (I23111)

2302

Geoffrey of Brionne (mid-10th century – 1015), also called Godfrey was Count of Eu and Brionne in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries.

He was a son of Duke Richard I of Normandy, by an unnamed wife or concubine. The county of Eu was an appanage created for Geoffrey by his half-brother Richard II of Normandy in 996 as part of Richard's policy of granting honors and titles for cadet members of his family. The citadel of Eu played a critical part of the defense of Normandy; the castle and walled town were on the river Bresle, just two miles from the English Channel. It had long been an embarkation point for England and in time of war was often one of the first places attacked.

The castle of Brionne had been held by the Dukes of Normandy as one of their own homes but Richard II also made a gift of Brionne to his half-brother Geoffrey, who held it for life passing it to his son Gilbert and was only returned to the demesne of the Duke after his murder.

Both Geoffrey and his son Gilbert are styled counts in a diploma to Lisieux given by Duke Richard II, but without territorial designations. Geoffrey died c. 1010.

Geoffrey was married but the name of his wife is unknown. He was the father of:
Gilbert, Count of Eu and Brionne
Upon his death, Geoffrey was succeeded as Count of Eu and Count of Brionne by his son Gilbert.

While there is little doubt Geoffrey (Godfrey) was Count of Eu, there is an open question as to whether Geoffrey was ever "Count" of Brionne. See: Douglas, Earliest Norman Counts, EHS 61, No. 240 (1946), p.134.

The early Normans followed the Viking custom of marriage called mos danicus that they considered a legitimate form of marriage. It was the Church that considered this the same as concubinage. Legitimacy would not have been an issue at this time.

Orderic in a speech attributed to Roger, Count of Mullent to Robert II, Duke of Normandy, in asking for the castle of Brionne stated that it was Duke Richard the elder (I) who gave Brionne to his son Geoffrey (Godfrey). See Ordericus Vitalis, Ecclesiastical History, Trans. Forester, Vol. II (1854),

DeNormandy, Count Geoffrey "Crispin" deEu deBrionne (I23130)

2303

Geoffrey was knighted by King Henry I on 10 June 1128, in Rouen.

Geoffrey's habit of wearing a sprig of broom plant (planta genesta) inhis hat is the origin of the name "Plantagenet."

Source: RoyaList

Plantagenet, Geoffrey V "Le Bon" (I36282)

2304

Georg Friederich von Krogh, Kaptein senere oberst, 1777-1826

Von Krogh, Kaptein senere oberst Georg Frederik (I11500)

2305

Georg Friedrich von Krogh, 1732-1818, played a major role in Trondheim's history. His first marriage was to Elisabeth Schøller, the daughter of Cicilia Christina Schøller, who was then married to Sti Tønsberg Schøller, probably the richest man in Trondheim when he died in 1769. Much of Scholler's riches were created through sawmill operations and lumber trading throughout Norway. He also participated in the early mining operations located at Røros, Norway during its best years. He also inherited considerable money from his first marriage to Elisabeth Angell, herself from one of the richest families in Trondheim (sister of Thomas Angell, who created charity legacies which are still active to this day). Elisabeth died in 1742, and Sti Tønsberg Schøller inherited her fortune. After her death he married Cicilia Christina Frølich the same year. She probably did not bring much wealth into the marriage. The only child of Sti Tønsberg Schøller and Cicilia Christina was Elisabeth, who married Georg Friedrich von Krogh in 1660, by then a Colonel. Elisabeth died giving birth to their son Sti Tønsberg Schøller von Krogh in 1763. Sti Tønsberg Schøller (Senior) died in 1769, and Cicilia Christina Schøller inherited the family's entire fortune. The heritage, which befell her, was about 500,000 riksdalers. This was at a time when the highest paid officials in Trondheim had an annual income of about 1000 riksdalers, and wages for working people was probably about 60 riksdalers per year. Cicilia Christina used her huge fortune to build two grand buildings in Trondheim. The most famous is Stiftsgården, finished in 1777, at a cost of about 7400 riksdalers. This is the largest wooden palé (palace) in Trondheim. The living area was 1500 m2, built over two full floors, with a height of 4.3 meters between the floors. The building is one of largest wooden buildings ever built in Norway. The true architect of the building is unknown, but it is possible that it was Commander Christian Lerche (as it resembles the Lerche family's palé in Copenhagen). Christian Lerche became Georg Friedrich von Krogh's second father in law when he married Margarethe Lerche. Christian Lerche was Chief of the Enrollment for the Norwegian Navy in Trondheim beginning in 1752. In 1773, he leased a mansion which was renamed "Lerchendal". He left Norway and returned to Denmark in 1777. Later Christian Lerche became a Contre Admiral in the Danish Military. The mansion Lerchendal gave name to the area of Trondheim where it is located. The mansion is now owned by the Norwegian University for Science and Technology, and is currently used for representation and hospitality. The Lerchendal name was given to the sports stadium across the road from this famous old mansion. "Lerkendal" Stadium is the home base of Rosenborg Football Club, which has been Norway's best football team for many years. Cicilia Christina Schøller also desired an amusement palé, and bought an estate outside of Trondheim (Nedre Stavne), which she renamed Cicilienborg. She sold this place after 10 years, having spent an enormous amount of money on it. Cicilia Christina Schøller left Trondheim for Copenhagen in 1783, and died there in 1786. The son-in-law, General von Krogh lived in Cicilienborg for some years. Cicilienborg, renamed Stiftsgården after the real heir, Sti Tønsberg Schøller von Krogh, who also wanted to go to Copenhagen. In 1800 he sold Stiftsgården to the king for 10000 riksdalers. This building was for a very long period used as the residence of the "amtsmann", the King's representative to Trondheim. Stiftsgården is currently the residence of the Norwegian King when he is in Trondheim. Sti Tønsberg Schøller von Krogh's branches of the von Krogh family all became noblemen in Denmark. In 1788 General von Krogh bought the estate Leira (then referred to as "Leeren"), from his son, who had inherited it from his mother when she died in 1786. (Note: This estate included the Leer bridge, where his great grandfather Bernardus had one of his inns).

The General developed the Stiftsgården mansion to become suitable for representation and festivities. It has a grand park with fish ponds, decorative bushes, tree lined avenues on the side of the main building, and a long double alley facing in the direction of the tower of the cathedral of
Trondheim. General von Krogh controlled Norway's sawmills and other profitable assets including Lillegården just outside Trondheim. General von Krogh was the Commander-In-Chief for the area north of Norway's mountains. He was the loyal man of King Fredrik IV of Denmark in the area, and hit hard at anything that would threaten the good relationship between the Danish King and his subjects. In 1807, Denmark-Norway was drawn into the napoleonic war on Napoleon's (French) side. The General mobilized 3000 soldiers from the Trondheim region. He outfitted them in colorful although not very practical uniforms, giving them prestige although no actual war actions took place in Trondheim, it suffered greatly from the British blockade, their only military action against Denmark-Norway in the Trondheim area. The General was the dominant person in Trondheim both in military and civilian life during the war years 1807-1814. He was, at the outbreak of the war over 75 years old. He had very wide sweeping authority, and towards the end of the war, was almost sovereign in the area. His unyielding attitude to defend the region's allegiance with the Danish King produced numerous enemies within the ranks of people who wanted changes. Finally, King Fredrik IV, relieved him of his post on 5 January 1814. This done officially on the General's own request. He was by this time, 82 years old. The General was also highly regarded by the new Swedish King, Carl Johan (who was one of Napoleon's generals). However, Georg Friedrich von Krogh's political role was over before the peace accords in Kiel, which settled matters after the war. In the 8-10 year period after 1814, an economic crisis hit Norway, and the wealth and fortunes of General Georg Friedrich von Krogh and his son of the same name, Colonel Georg Friedrich von Krogh (1777-1826), had, to a large extent, eroded away. The Colonel had invested heavily in a shipyard and brick
factory at Bakklandet, and a copper rolling mill at the Leira estate. The large investments consumed a large part of the family fortune, and with the economic crisis the value was by and large wiped out, eliminating most of their fortune.

Famous children of the Colonel Georg Friedrich von Krogh (1777-1826)included:

George Frederik von Krogh (1802-1841), the publicist, was notable in many ways. He played a significant role' in the Students' Society in Oslo. He also proposed in 1824, that the 17th of May be celebrated as the Norwegian Independence Day, only 10 years after the constitution was signed in 1814. He also actively participated in the Market Place Battle ("Torvslaget") in 1829. He was a writer in liberal political newspapers, and a close friend of the Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, who made him a memorial in one of his most beautiful poems. Camilla Collett, the sister of Henrik Wergeland, used traits from him to model Lorentz Brandt in her novel "Amtmandens Døtre".

Contre Admiral Frederik Ferdinand von Krogh (1806-1890), whose son was Vice Admiral Georg Frederik von Krogh
(1843-1901).

Captain Johan Christian Wibe von Krogh (1820-1899) who was once the Auditor of the Bank of Norway.

Von Krogh, George Fredrik (I978)

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GEORGE BACON 1592-1642

George Bacon came to America and the Plymouth colony of Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635 on the ship "Increase." He came with three children, Samuel, Susanna and John.

The Increase left London, England April 1635 with her master, Robert Lea, arriving in Massachusetts Bay. The following roll is from her departure point, not necessarily who landed.
Bacon/Baron George 43, mason #1
Bacon/Baron Samuel 12, child of George #2
Bacon/Baron Susan 10, child of George #4
Bacon/Baron John 8, child of George #3
By roll number: Sworn April 17, 1635
1 Bacon/Baron George 43, mason
2 Bacon/Baron Samuel 12, child of George
3 Bacon/Baron John 8, child of George
4 Bacon/Baron Susan 10, child of George

According to the genealogy of the great Suffolk family of Bacon, one Grimbald or Grimaldus, a relative of the Norman chieftain William de Warenne, came to England at the time of the Conquest and settled near Holt in Suffolk. His great grandson took the surname Bacon or rather resumed the use of the place name as a surname. In the north of France the surname Bacon is still in use William Bacon in 1082 endowed the Abbey of Holy Trinity at Caen. The surname Bacon is found in the Battle Rolls in England in the eleventh century and in the Hundred Rolls in the thirteenth. There are occasional variations in spelling such as Bacun and Bachun and in some instances the surname Bacon may have been corrupted from Beacon. From their connection with Bayeux the Bacons were sometimes Latinized De Bajocis. Sir William Bacon, of the knights bearing banners in the reign of Philip III in France, bore arms a beech tree.

Grimaldus mentioned above had three sons: 1. Radulph; 2. Edmund, took the name of his abode for his surname; 3. Ranulph or Ralph was known as Ralph de Baconsthorp, means village his son. Roger de Baconsthorp was father of Robert Bacon who assumed the name without the particle implying location and the name has continued in various lines of descent. George, son of Ralph de Baconsthorp, was father of Roger Bacon, who released to his sister Agnes lands belonging to the family in Normandy, and from him for many generations descended the Bacons of Drinkstone and Hessett in county Suffolk. The lineage to Nathaniel Bacon of Virginia the famous Rebel of early colonial days has been traced. The Bacon family at Hessett bears these arms Argent on a fesse engrailed between three escutcheons gules three millets or. Richard Bacon (7) whose lineage is Reginald (6); Robert (5); Roger (4); George (3); Ralph (2); Grimaldus (1) was the first to bear the arms of his family: Gules on a chief argent two mullets sable.

The original seat of the family was in Suffolk, near Ipswich, perhaps Barham, but families of importance of this name have lived and been numerous in Durham, Hampshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Yorkshire, and other counties. George Bacon Esq., of the Nottingham family, living at Sutton Bomington had arms. Vert a cross engraved ermine a chief argent thereon a ducal coronet gules between three mullets sable Crest - A mount vert thereon a boar argent bristled and tusked or semee of mullets sable in the mouth a ragged staff vert. Motto: Mediocria firma

(I) George Bacon, the immigrant ancestor, was born in Suffolk England in 1592 and removed to Ireland. He came in the ship “Increase” in April, 1635 and settled at Hingham, Massachusetts where he was one of the town proprietors in September, 1635. His name on the ship roll was originally written Mason crossed out and rewritten as Bacon. Perhaps the error was mere carelessness on the part of a clerk but often the Puritans found it necessary to take assumed names or adopt similar tricks to obtain permission to emigrate. One child was baptized in Hingham and several were probably born there. Samuel, Susan, and John were recorded as with their father in the “Increase”. He died in May, 1642 and was buried May 3. The administration of his estate was not granted until March 28, 1684-85 when Captain John Smith and Captain John Jacob were appointed on petition of Peter Bacon, son of George, who had maintained his aged mother until her death, and had purchased the rights of his brothers and sisters in the estate.

Children:
1. Samuel born 1623;
2. Susan born 1625;
3. John born 1627;
4. Peter, ancestor of Hingham family;
5. James settled in Roxbury;
6. Thomas mentioned below

(II) Thomas Bacon, the sixth child of George Bacon 1. was born in Hingham Massachusetts about 1640. died at Roxbury October 25. 1701. He settled in Roxbury as early as 1665.

Children:
1. Thomas Jr.;
2. Joseph born January 1, 1666, mentioned below;
3. George born September 12, 1671 died aged two years, probably named for his grandfather.

No further mention of Susan who married John Polley.

EARLY SETTLERS of Hingham, MassachusettsHINGHAM is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts. There were settlers here as early as 1633. Its first name was Bearcove or Barecove, more likely the latter, in view of the exposure of almost its entire harbor at low tide, and as appears also in the spelling of the name in the order of the General Court referred to below. So far as it had any legislative incorporation, it was incorporated, and this has been the usual statement of writers, September 2, 1635, only eleven towns having in that respect all earlier date. Perhaps, however, the term incorporation is not appropriate in this connection, the brief order which the General Court, consisting of the Governor, assistants, and deputies, adopted and entered on that day being as follows, -- a form used before, and afterwards, in the case of several other towns:-- "The name of Barecove is changed and hereafter to be called Hingham.”

"In 1635, in addition to those before-mentioned (namely: Joseph Andrews, Thomas Chubbuck, Henry Gibbs, Edmund Hobart, Sen., Edmund Hobart, Jr., Joshua Hobart, Rev. Peter Hobart, Thomas Hobart, Nicholas Jacob, Thomas Lincoln, weaver, Ralph Smith), were Jonas Austin, Nicholas Baker, Clement Bates, Richard Betscome, Benjamin Bozworth, William Buckland, James Cade, Anthony Cooper, John Cutler, John Farrow, Daniel Fop, Jarvice Gould, Wm. Hersey, Nicholas Hodsdin, Thos. Johnson, Andrew Lane, Wm. Large, Thomas Loring, George Ludkin, Jeremy Morse, William Nolton, John Otis, David Phippeny, John Palmer, John Porter, Henry Rust, John Smart, Francis Smith (or Smyth), John Strong, Henry Tuttil, William Walton, Thomas Andrews, William Arnall, George Bacon, Nathaniel Baker, Thomas Collier, George Lane, George Marsh, Abraham Martin, Nathaniel Peck, Richard Osborn, Thomas Wakely, Thomas Gill, Richard Ibrook, William Cockerum, William Cockerill, John Fearing, John Tucker.

George Bacon came to America and the Plymouth colony of Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635 on the ship "Increase." He came with three children, Samuel, Susanna and John.

Bacon, George (I31813)

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George Davis 1616-1667
George Davis was born in Kent England came to New England as a young man. His name first appears in Salem, Mass reports in 1641 but he probably had been living there for several years before that. He married Sarah Clarke 1642 and their first 2 children were born in Salem. By 1664 he was living in Reading where he was a proprietor and was admitted a freeman 26 May 1647. He was a selectman for Reading and was a man of property and influence. George was a weaver by trade and later in addition became a ship owner. In 1652 the town of Reading ordered lots to be laid out and George drew 11 lots; also drew additional lots in the "Division of the Great Swamp." Son Benjamin was chosen Clerk of the Market. Reading Vital Records show the birth of his 3rd daughter Sarah and 5 more siblings. George died at Cape Fear 14 July 1667 while on a voyage. He had written his will 7 Dec 1664 and it was proved 30 Sept 1667. In this will he named wife and son Benjamin as executors; bequeathed his looms and the contents of his ship to son Joseph; and mentions 5 daughters under age. George and Sarah Clarke Davis had 8 children - 7 are listed here: Benjamin - resided in Lynn Joseph - 1643-1676 Hannah - b.3 May 1648 Married 1669 John Boutwell Sarah - b.1 Oct 1651 Elizabeth - b.16 Jan 1654 Married 1678 Timothy Wiley Mary - b.16 Jan 1657-8 John - b.20 July 1660 d. 4 Nov 1660 Susanna b.11 May 1662 (Interesting side note that is not sourced: After death of George, Sarah Clarke Davis married Nicholes Rist who bailed her out by petition after she was arrested for witchcraft.) This is a summary of info located in the following sources: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical...Worcester Co Mass Vol2 by Ellery Bickwell Crane, Published 1907 Lewis Publishing Co pg 387. Genealogy History of the town of Reading Mass by Lillery Eaton, published 1874 A.Mudge & Sons

Davis, Capt George C (I31718)

2308

George Dodson, infant son of Lazarus Dodson, was received into the care of the Broad Run Baptist Church on 9 Oct 1763.

Dodson, George (I22472)

2309

George emigrated from Bavaria in 1853 with Ernst Kern. It appears they came together on the ship, and went into the mercantile business together in Manitowoc. They may have been boyhood friends. They married sisters and had families in Manitowoc, George dying in 1864 at age 43, and Ernst in 1876 at age 48.

Following from Manitowoc County Genealogy Page of Local Marriages: http://www.2manitowoc.com/

BEER: Geo. Ehrhard
b: Bavaria
res: Manitowoc, merchant
p: John and Margaretha Beer
m: 20 Mar. 1858 at Manitowoc
to: Julia Zinns dau. of Christian and Catharina Zinns

Manitowoc Pilot, JANUARY 4, 1870, THURSDAY
business cards:

ERNST KERN:
(Successor of Beer & Kern)
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, fancy goods, glass-ware, boots and shoes, ready-made clothing, paper hangngs, hats and caps, to?? children's cabs, live goose feathers, bird cages, kerosene oil and lamps, &c. A share of public patronage, solicited. Store on York street, near its intersection with Eighth.

EDWARDS' MANITOWOC DIRECTORY FOR 1868-1869
Zinns Albert J., teacher, r. Jay, cor. 7th
Zinns Edward F., clerk, John F. Zinns, bds. Jay, cor. 7th
Zinns John F. grocer, 8th, cor. Jay, r. Jay, cor. 7th
DRY GOODS, RETAIL
Kaern Ernest, drygoods, York nr. 8th, r same

Manitowoc Pilot, JANUARY 4, 1870, THURSDAY
business cards:

L. KAISER,
York street, opposite Beer & Kern's store, Manitowoc,
Paper Hanger, Upholsterer, CARRIAGE RIMMER, and HARNES MAKER Recommending himself in those branches promises to execute all orders with promptness and in the best style.

Beer, George Ehrhard (I64)

2310

George Frederick (Friderich) von Krogh ( 29 January 1687 Flahammer in Lyster - 29 April 1768 at Oyé in Melhus Parish ) was a Danish-Norwegian officer . He was the father of Caspar Hermann , Frederick Ferdinand , George Frederick and Godske Hans von Krogh .
His father (1653-1721) bore the same name and was then captain of Bergenhusiske Regiment, whose chief he later became. His mother was named Birgitte Munthe. George was 1708 second lieutenant and 1710 lieutenant at the enlisted Norwegian infantry regiment, came with much of that as 1713 was sent to Denmark to take part in the war in Southern Jutland and Northern Germany and did during that service as Adjutant General from his regimental commander, Maj. Gen. FC Cicignon ( III, five hundred and ninety). 1716 he became captain and came 1720 to CH Poulsen while the dragoons of infantry converted Norwegian regiment; 1724 he became major and chief of Trondhjems Garrison Company, 1731 Lieutenant Colonel , 1740 Colonel and commander of 1st Vesterlenske Regiment, 1752 Major General, 1753 commandant at Frederickssten, 1758 commanding General of the North, 1764 commander of the cabinet in Trondheim. 1759 he was appointed Lieutenant General, 1760 white knight, 1765 he resigned and died 29th April 1768 at Oyé in Melhus Parish.
Married 1725 with Hedwig Augusta Brüggemann (1707-1740), daughter of Colonel Godske Hans Brüggemann for Ulriksholm . In 1873 Danish descendants received recognition as Danish nobility .

Sources:
HW Harbou , "George Frederik von Krogh" in: CF Bricka (ed.), Danish biographical encyclopaedia , Copenhagen: Gyldendal 1887-1905.
Moe, Journal of the Norwegian Personal History II, 238th

Von Krogh, Georg Frederik (I154)

2311

George Giles was a revolutionary war patriot having served as a private and as a militiaman. He lived in Surry County, N. C. and was attached to Captain Gideon Fall's Company under Major James Rutherford. They marched to Monks Corner, S.C., where General Caswell took command. The Company was ordered to march back, since Charleston had already fallen to the British. George joined the army at Nelson's Ferry on the Santee River, and from there went to Camden and then to Cross Creek. In 1780 moved from N. C. to Loudon County, Va. In 1781 was drafted into army and sent to Yorktown until the British surrendered. H marched in Regiment of Coronel G. West which was sent to guard over British prisoners to Noland's Ferry on the Potomac. His pension of $23.33 annually began on 4/10/1833 and he received a total of $69.99.

Giles, George (I16829)

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George H Edwards
Residence:
Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 27 April 1861
Enlisted in Company H, 15th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 27 April 1861.
Deserted Company H, 15th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 17 May 1863

15th Infantry Regiment VA
Muster Date: 25 April 1862
Regiment Type: Infantry

Regimental History
Battles Fought:

Fought on 26 April 1862.
Fought on 28 April 1862 at Lee's Mills, VA.
Fought on 15 May 1862 at Yorktown, VA.
Fought on 28 June 1862 at Harrison's Landing, VA.
Fought on 01 July 1862 at Malvern Hill, VA.
Fought on 09 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 18 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 19 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 24 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 27 September 1862.
Fought on 27 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 28 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 29 September 1862 at Warrenton, VA.
Fought on 30 September 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD Hospl.
Fought on 01 October 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 19 October 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 15 February 1863.
Fought on 12 April 1863 at Suffolk, VA.
Fought on 16 April 1863 at Suffolk, VA.
Fought on 17 April 1863 at Suffolk, VA.

Edwards, George H (I1740)

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George HAMPTON’s will March 2, 1779, Frederick County, VA.[1]

In the Name of God Amen. I George Hampton of Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia being sick and weak of Body but of and perfect helth in mind and memory do make my last will and Testament in manner and form. Following First I bequeath my sole to God who gave it to me my body to be Decently Buryed at the discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned.

· Item, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary Hamton the plantation whereon I now live During her natural life and the third of my other plantation During her widowhood my whole stock Excepting what shall be hereafter particular mentioned to be left in her hands until my Children shall arrive to lawfull age or marriage each Child to be paid as they arrive to age or Marry According to appointment.

· Item, I give and bequeath to my Sone Thomas one hundred acres [originally John Anderson’s grant] of my Land adjoining David Castleman by the following bounds beginning at the two white oaks in Mercer (Carsten?) Line and runing across the marsh by my fence as it now stands to live Red oaks on a Note near David Castlemans fence Thence with the patent line to two Red Oaks Mt. Snicker's Corner Thence far enough up the line to go Direct across above the house to Mercers line above the two first white oaks and no more To him and his heirs forever. Also one Negro woman named Beth and the horse he now Claims two Cows and half the (back/flok) of Hoggs now on the plantation when Divided and no other part of my Estate.

· Item, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary over and above the forward bequest one Negro man called Charles and one negro wench called Dir(?) during the natural life the said negroes and land to Return To my Children after her Decease as shall be hereafter Directed I also give to my said wife the bead and Furniture whereon she usualy lies which bead I will shall not be Appraised.

· Item I give to my son Charles Chester Coulson Hamton the Remaining part of the tract of land Adjoining to David Castleman above Supposed to Contain ninety two acres [originally John Anderson’s land grant] be the same money left to him and his heirs forever likewise one Negro boy called Lewis and a Mare Colte which he now Claimes and one equal share of all "movables not otherwise Disposed off

· Item I give and bequeath to my son George Hamton the plantation whereon I now live after my wife's Decease to him and his heirs forever likewise the above Negro man Charles after his mothers Decease likewise of the wench Dini should have another living Child my said Sone George to have it and also and equal part of all my movables Estate not otherwise given away to him and his heirs forever.

· Item I give and bequeath to my sone Joseph Hamton nine acres and three quarters of land Laying in Thomas Colsons pasture beginning at Stephens Johnsons beginning white oak and running from thence as the patent Directs to him and his heirs forever also the negro wench and her heir increase after my wife's Decease excepting the first living Child above mentioned and one negro Boy called Daniel likewise an equal share of my moveable Estate as above mentioned to him and his heirs forever.

· Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Margrett Hamton a Negro Girl called Mill with her increase which shall hereafter happen to her and her heirs forever and also an equal part my Moveable Estate as above mentioned.

· Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sary Hamton on Negro Boy called Sam to her and her heirs forever also an equal part my Moveable Estate as above mentioned.

· Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Judith Hamton one negro boy called Moses to her and her heirs forever also an equal part of my moveable Estate as above.

· Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Francis Hamton one Negro girl Called Fanny to her and her heirs forever also an equal part of my moveable Estate as above.

· Item it is my will and Desire that in case either of my above mention Four Daughters should Die before they should arrive to lawfull age or marriage then the negro left to such child or children to be sold to the highest bidder and the produce thereof to be equally divided among my above named surviving Daughters

· Item It is further my will and desire that in Case any of my above names sones should die before they arrive to lawfull age or without heirs Lawfully begotten then the Lands left such son shall descend to my youngest sone if he be then Living or have Lawfull heirs but if he be dead and without lawful heir then the said Land left to such deceased son or sons to be sold and the money arising therefore to be equally Divided among my surviving sons or their lawfull heirs. And whereas my three Eldest Daughters are Married and left me and i have done as much for them as my Estate doth allow. It is my will that my three Married Daughters to wit Mary Berry, Isabella Sowers, and Anna Piles is to Receive each five pounds paid out of my moveable Estate and no more.

· Item it is further my will that no grain whether growing or in Stack or otherwise which I shall Die purpose of shall be appraised but that it Remain for the use and support of My Family.

· Lastly I hereby nominate appoint and ordain my son Thomas Hamton and my friend Stephen Johnson my whole and sole Executors of this my last will and Testament Revoking all other wills by me heretofore made in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand for Seal this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy Eight.

· It is my will what else I shall have at my Decease my wife shall have it at her Disposal.

Signed sealed published and declared to the last will and Testament of the above Name George Hamton in the presence of us.

George Hamton (his seale)

John Kay, David D. Castleman, Josiah Johnson, Thomas Johnson.

At a court held for Frederick County the 2nd day of March 1779 this will was proved by the Oaths of John Key, David Castleman & Josiah Johnson thereof subscribing witnesses thereon & ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of Thomas Hampton one of the Executors therein named certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form he having made oath thereto and with Security entered into & acknowledged bond conditioned as the Law directs. Stephen Johnston the other Exect therein named refused in Open Court to take upon him the burden of the Execution thereof which is ordered to be certified. By the Court, Ja Keith, C.C. His estate inventory was taken by Thomas Berry, Benjamin Berry, and Benjamin Berry, Jr. The inventory included 110 hoggs, 58 sheep, 28 cattle, 7 horses, 4 male slaves and 4 female slaves. At a Court held for Frederick County the 6th day of April 1779 This appraisement was returned into Court and Ordered to be Recorded by the Court. Ja Keith, C.C.

[1] Will recorded in Frederick County, VA. Request through Handley Library, Winchester, VA

Hampton, George (I26585)

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George Marjoribanks was captured at the battle of Preston in Scotland in 1715 while supporting "The Old Pretender", the exiled King James III, in his attempt to recover the throne. ("The Young Pretender" was Prince Charles Edward, "Bonnie Prince Charlie," who made a similar unsuccessful attempt in 1745.) George, along with eleven other political prisoners, were then transported to York, VA on the ship "Elizabeth and Anne" where he arrived in 1716 and changed the spelling of his name from to Marchbanks. They were not criminal prisoners but were sent to America by the King's orders, to
settle on lands in Virginia granted by the king. [Note: Since his first land grant was in 1727 it is possible that he served an indenture time after arriving in VA). Records show that George had three land grants issued to him in
Virginia by King George II of Great Britain, France, and Ireland.:
1. The first grant was in 1727 in Henrico County, adjoining the French Hugenot settlement in Manikin Town; (This may be patent #13 listed on page 218).
2. The second grant, patent # 17, dated June 5, 1736, for 1575 acres, and for which he paid five pounds, five shillings, was in Amelia County. (Ref Page 83 of Patent Book for 1735-38).
3. The third grant, patent # 18, dated June 29, 1739, for 525 acres, and for which he paid fifty-five shillings, was also in Amelia County. (Ref. page 354 of Patent book for 1738-39.)

George married Ann Echolls in 1723 and they had eight children -- four sons and four daughters, all born in America. Their first child, John, died in infancy. She is mentioned in a will made by George in 1740, in which he leaves his estate to her and certain lands to the following children: George Jr., William (whose line we follow), Joseph, Lucy Prisher, Ursula, Mary Ann, and Sarah.
Other events of interest are:

1. George recieved pay for attending a five day court as recorded on April 8, 1736 in Order Book #1, 1735-1746, of Amelia County, VA.
2. During a court held on April 14, 1738 there were three records pertaining to George Marchbanks:
a. p 37: Judgment to Murrell vs. George Marchbanks to Ptf for 800 lbs tobacco and costs,
b. p 43: Geo Marchbanks witness for Bentley for an assult and battery case was paid to be a witness,
c. p 51: Hannah, negro girl belonging to Geo Marchbanks judged age 14.
3. During court held on July 11, 1735 p 8 the court held that Geo Marchbank's stock mark was a crop to slit right ear, half crop the underside of left ear.
4. During court held on November 12, 1736, the court was informed that Geo Marchbanks had tended seconds contrary to the law and ordered he be prosecuted. (For serving as a second for a dual it appears. No record of prosecution.]
5. The following land transactions were listed in the deed books in Amelia County, VA. :
Book No.Page No.Year of Record.
12381740
12771740
23991746
24011746
24031746
24051746
24071746
2 4981746
31561748
32761749
Records show land sales among the brothers and sisters in Virginia, though many records were lost in the Revoluntionary War. George Jr. sold 400 acres to Thomas Foster for 20 pounds on 7 Sep 1748. He was in Lunenburg County, VA. at this time according to the deed. (Ref. Deed Book 1, Page 156, Amelia County, VA) He would have been around 64 years old in 1790 when the first U. S. Census was
ordered to be made by President George Washington. The census showed there were just less than four million people in the U. S. (3,929,214) and the total cost of the census was $44,377. William made the last land sale in Virginia in 1749. He sold 275 acres to Andrew Foster on July 21, 1749 as recorded on page 276 of Deed Book #3 in Amelia County, Virginia. Both William and George Jr. were believed to have
gone to North and South Carolina from Virginia, though some reports say the George Jr. went back to Scotland. There was a William Marchbanks in the 96th district of Pendleton County , SC in 1790. There were ten people in the household. Two were males 16 and above, four were males under 16 and there were 4 females. It would appear the William in this census must be a son of the William born around 1716 since there were several children under age 16 in the household.
There was a Robert Marchbanks, Private who fought in the Rev. War and drew an annual allowance of $96. He was in the US Infantry and was placed on the Pension Rolls on Aug 19, 1817. The following information was taken from the following
reference: Geneological Abstracts from Greenville, SC, Earliest Minute Books of 10 Baptist Churches 1794 - 1850

1. Mountain Creek Church Steven Marchbanks was church clerk
1-5-1846 to 5-3-1850 12-21-1850 Letter of dismissal to Permelia Marchbanks
2. Clear Spring Baptist Church Received Unity Marchbanks
2/25/1805 George and Unity Marchbanks - letter of dismissal Charles and Stephen appointed to a committee
3. 3/23/1805 - put off deacon election because Stephen's "intention
to remove from this county to TN"
4. 5/2/1846 Mrs Elias received and baptised into church.
5. 2/5/1848 Mrs Elias removed
6. 9/2/1848 Mrs Elias restored
7. 3/31/1849 Sister Permelia or Pamelia dismissed.
8. Milford Church - George and Nancy Marchbanks moved to ? around 12/3/1843
9. Brushy Creek Polly and Stephen from Clear Springs Church, Polly dismissed 1/23/1808
10. Mountain Creek -10/31/1840 Stephen and wife Rebecca
joined.On roll Rebecca, Rebecker?, Stephen
11. Nov 1841 Mrs Nancy M and George M received and baptised on 12/5/1841, dismissed on 12/3/1843 because now in TN
12. Ready River Church 10/1848 received Martha and Marion
Marchbanks.
13. 7/8/1849 received by letter Permelia M, dismissed 12/21/1850,
On roll: Marion 1839, Martha dismissed 5/24/1868,
Mrs Martha 1839, Martha P. Marchbanks (Martha P. Sammon, formerly),
dismisssed 4/13/1845 : Mrs Permelia, Mrs Rebecca, Stephen.
South Carolina Memorials, Abstracts of Land and Titles, Vol I,
1774-1776, p 102 John Shippeny on 20 Jul 1774 bought 200 ac suspossed to be in Tryon Co, NC on waters of Thicketty near William Marchbanks, now falls in S Carolina in Craven Co.
The person who has done the best research on George is:
Juanita Dean Huffaker, 9024 Gullo Ave. Arleta CA 41331-6127 (I don't believe she has an e-mail address) I am sure she would be glad of an opportunity to exchange information with you. She is descended from George's daughter Ursula. I would be most interested in seeing the details of your descent from William. The best information I have is that he was born in Amelia County, VA in 1726 and died about 1815. George Jr. and William did move to North Carolina but I have never heard that George went to Scotland. William had 14 children, one of whom was named William Columbus Marchbanks, born in 1770 and died in 1804. Several of the names in your Baptist church registers are familiar:
Permilia, Elias, Stephen. Many Marchbankses were members of the Reedy River Church and are buried in its graveyard. If you would give me your postal address, I would be glad to send you a copy of the latest issue of The Marjoribanks Letter and a brief introduction to the family and the family organization. There are about two dozen members of the family who subscribe to an e-mail forwarding address. All messages sent to the address are received automatically by everyone on the list. There is often a lot of irrelevant chatter on the circuit but if you would like to take part you should send a message to William P. Jackson Jr. who
manages it. His address: wpj@translaw.com
With kind regards, Robert Marjoribanks
Honorary Secretary, The Marjoribanks Family
Extracted from Marchbanks Newsletter No. 5
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George Marjoribanks (Marchbanks)
Another Look At His Life
Nothing certain is known about George Marjoribanks before he was
captured by the English at Preston in the Jacobite uprising of 1715
and transported the following year to to the town of York in Virginia.
A good deal of research has been conducted in the Public Record
Office in London and among old parish registers, sasines (records of
property transactions), testaments and other documents held in
Edinburgh. He is likely to have been about the same age as his wife,
Ann Echolis, who we know was born about 1689, so that his birth fell
perhaps in the decade 1680-90. This would give him an age of fifty to
sixty at death.
This should make the search for him easier -- but not a bit of
it. The Scottish Registers for this period are very patchy; only those
of Edinburgh are at all comprehensive while others are incomplete or
even non-existent. Those of the Marjoribanks homeland of
Kirkpatrick-Juxta, for instance, do not start until 1700.
A thorough search of the parish records available confirms that
he could not have been born in Edinburgh, like so many of the senior
line, or in Perthshire, like Samuel Mandeville Marjoribanks who
emigrated to South Carolina late in the 18th century.13
The senior branch of the family held the the barony of Ratho up
until 1614 and it is known that at least one Marjoribanks family
stayed on there after the lands were surrendered by the second Thomas
of Ratho (1550-1620). Thomas had five sons: John, Thomas, James,
George and Alexander. A George Marjoribanks, probably the son or
grandson of Thomas's son George, is known to have been active in the
area in the 1680s and -- by eliminating other possibilities -- it
seems likely that he was the father of George Marjoribanks
(Marchbanks) of Virginia. Unfortunately, the parish registers of the
Ratho are are incomplete and no documented evidence can be produced.
Whatever his ancestry, George Marjoribanks arrived in York 14
January 1716
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13 See "The Banks Of Perthshire", The Marjoribanks Journal No.4
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on board the Elizabeth and Ann of Liverpool, Captain Edward Trafford,
master. The ship carried 11214 "rebel prisoners" of whom 29 were
listed as "indentured," that is, in return for their passage, they
were committed to work for a designated employer for a period of seven
years. George Marjoribanks was listed among those who were not
indentured.
Before the ship arrived, however, James Starthope, the British
Secretary of the Colonies, sent Governor Spottiswoode of Virginia a
message saying that, as soon as the prisoners landed, they were to be
placed under guard and that those who were not indentured "are not to
be set at liberty until they have engaged themselves by indentures in
the same way as the others."15
So, George Marjoribanks would have been indentured as soon as he
arrived in Virginia. The historian, Dr. Jerry Oldshue of the
University of Alabama, has said16 that his indenture seems to be
confirmed by the fact that there is no record of his having owned land
of his own for about seven years after his arrival. Dr. Oldshue
speculates that he might have been indentured to John Echolls, the
father of Ann whom he married in 1763 1723, the year in which his
indenture would have ended.
George had four sons and four daughters between 1720 and his
death in 1740.
Roger Marjoribanks
Guildford, Surrey

Children of George Marchbanks and Ann Echols are:
Lucy Marchbanks, b., Amelia, Amelia County, Va.
Mary Ann Marchbanks, b., Amelia, Amelia County, Va.
Sarah Marchbanks, b., Amelia, Amelia County, Va.
Ursula Marchbanks.
George Jr. Marchbanks, b. September 28, 1725, , Scotland, d. Abt. 1810.
+William Marchbanks, b. Abt. 1726, d. Abt. 1815.
Joseph Marchbanks, b. October 14, 1733, Amelia, Amelia County, Va, d. Aft. 1740.

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George Reade, a native of London, came to Virginia 1637 in Sir John Harvey's party. Harvey was returning to Virginia to assume the office of Governor of the Colony. Reade was appointed Secretary of State, pro tem of the colony in 1640 and served as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor Harvey. He was a member of the House of Burgesses and a member of the Colonial Council until his death. His will, no longer extant, is documented in a York County 18th century land transaction.
York Co, VA Deeds & Bonds Book 5 pp 3 - 6This Indenture made the sixteenth day of May in the fortieth year of the Reign of our Sovernge Lord George the Second King of Great Britain and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & forty one between James Mitchell of the Town & County of York and Janet his wife of the one part and Richard Ambler of the same Town & county aforesaid . Whereas George Reade late of the sd county of York Esq decd being siezed in fee of a certain tract or parcel of land lying & being in the said County of York containing by Estimation Eight hundred & fifty acres did by his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the twenty ninth day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand six hundred & Seventy devise the same by the name of all that Tract of Land wherein he lived to his wife during life and after her decease to be equally divided between his sons, George & Robert and the heirs of their bodies but and fault of such heirs in either or both of them or in case either or both of them should dye during their minority then he gave and devises his and their parts of the land aforesaid to his sons Francis and Benjamin and the heirs of their bodies with other remainders over as by the said Will duly proved in the General Court of this Colony being thereunto had may more at large appear and whereas the said George Reade one of the sons of the Testator dyed many years ago without issue and after his death the said Francis & Benjamin Reade intend into one ninety or half part of this premises to as afore devised and afterwards the said Robert Reade, Francis Reade & Benjamin Reade by Deed bearing date the twelfth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand and six hundred & eighty eight made partition of the premises aforesaid .........
George Reade married Elizabeth Martiau, daughter of Nicolas Martiau (Father of Yorktown). Their daughter Mildred, wife of Col. Augustine Warner, was the g-grandmother of George Washington.
George Read, the son of Robert Read of London and his wife Mildred Windebank, was one of the about one hundred colonists, who emigrated to the colonies from England and Wales before the end of the 17th century, known to have legitimate descent from a Plantagenet King of England.
The illustrious ancestry of George Reade is documented nicely in Colonial Records during the period of 18 January 1638/9 - 11 December 1641. The file includes letters from the Colonial Governor, Secretary of State and George Reade to Sir Francis Windebank and/or Windebank's personal secretary Robert Reade (George Reade's brother.) The correspondence file is quite interesting, alluding to the politics behind George Reade's appointment as Secretary of State during Richard Kemp's sojourn in England. It also includes personal requests from George Reade to his brother for servants and money. Earlier correspondence puts a personal face on George Reade's life. "Sir John Harvey to Robert Reade, 17 Nov. 1637. Hopes to employ Reade's brother against the Indians. He is well and stays at the writer's house." "George Reade to Robert Reade, his brother, 26 Febr. 1637/8. Does not think much of Mr. Hawley. Thanks to the support of the Governor and Mr. Kemp, the writer has survived. Mr. Menephe has brought many servants. Mr. Hawley has promised the writer that the next lot of servants coming to Virginia would be for him but he does not believe it as Hawley is in Maryland."
"Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607 - 1624/5 and Their Families" published by the Order of First Families of Virginia, indicates in a footnote (pp. 419-420) the discrepancy between the dates inscribed on his Grace Church tablets and the filing of the wills for George Read and his wife Elizabeth as follows: "His and his wife's gravestones were discovered during street excavations in Yorktown in 1931. The inscriptions on both were recut with errors. George Reade's stone now states he died Oct. 1674, "he being in the 66th yr of his age." Since the date should be 1671 (per his will), either the age shown, or his year of birth, is in error as well....The gravestone of Elizabeth (Martiau) Read now states she was born in 1625 and died in 1696, "being in ye 71st yeare of her age." Since the year of death should be 1686 (per her will), again the age or year of birth is in error. Since Nicholas Martiau claimed...his daughter Elizabeth as headrights...it would appear Elizabeth was born prior to his arrival in Virginia in 1620...and that Elizabeth's birth occurred in 1615 rather than 1625."
The graves of George Reade and his wife Elizabeth were discovered while excavating on Buckner Street in Yorktown. In 1931, descendant Letitia Pate Evans had the tablets restored and moved to the church yard of Grace Episcopal Church. The Reade tablets sit adjacent to the plots of Gov. Thomas Nelson (Declaration of Independence signer), his father, and grandfather (who married a George Reade descendant.)

Reade, George (I23460)

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George Ruggles 1611-1669
GEORGE RUGGLES
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston
REMOVES: Braintree 1639, Boston by 1662
OCCUPATION: Weaver [ SLR 8:45].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "George Ruggell" was admitted to Boston church in November 1633 [ BChR 17]. On 16 February 1639/40 "George Ruggle and Elizabeth his wife" were recommended to "the Church of Christ at Mount Wollystone [Braintree]" [BChR 27].
FREEMAN: 4 March 1633/4 [ MBCR 1:368].
ESTATE: Granted "a houseplot and gardenstead to be laid out near unto the new mill," 12 June 1637 [ BTR 1:19].
On 5 November 1638 James Hawkins sold to Henry Garrold "one dwelling house in the town, wherein George Ruggle lived, and which he formerly bought of Mr. Brenton, together with a garden plot joining to it" [BTR 1:37].
On 25 January 1640/1 John Button was authorized to sell land to Martin Saunders or George Ruggles. They purchased twenty-two acres, but as late as 26 May 1645 had not paid for the land; at that time four acres were added to the twenty-two, because of the rockiness of the land [BTR 1:58, 59, 71, 82].
On 29 September 1645 George Ruggles of Braintree sold to the Undertakers of the Ironworks twenty acres in Braintree [SLR 1:62].
On 23 April 1662 George Ruggles entered a claim for one acre in the New Field in Boston "which land hath been & is detained long since" [SLR 3:526].
On 13 March 1661/2 George Ruggles of Boston, yeoman, in respect to the fact that "within some short time" his son John Ruggles was to "marry and take to wife Rebecca Farnworth one of the daughters of Joseph Farnworth late of Dorchester, deceased," and the fact that she brought a considerable estate with her, George gave them a dwelling house with a barn, yards, orchards and homelot, containing three acres in Braintree, also four acres of land in Braintree, also twenty-one acres of woodland near the sawmill in Braintree [SLR 13:184].
On 10 March 1667/8 Thomas Hill of Boston and his wife confirmed the 1662 sale by Thomas Munt and his wife (later the wife of Thomas Hill) to George Ruggles of Boston, weaver, of twenty-six rods of land in Boston [SLR 5:485].
On 11 April 1668 George Ruggalls of Boston, weaver, "in consideration of the fatherly love and affection which I have and bear unto my daughter Rachel, the wife of Phillip Squier of Boston, aforesaid, distiller...," deeded a parcel of land adjoining the land on which Squier built his house [SLR 7:78-79]. Elizabeth his wife acknowledged this deed and made one of her own 30 August 1669 conveying this land to the Squiers [SLR 7:80-81].
On 27 July 1669 administration on the estate of George Ruggles was granted to Elizabeth Ruggles "his relict in behalf of herself and seven children" [ SPR 5:162].
The inventory of the estate of George Ruggles was taken 18 June 1669 and totalled £372 19s. 7d., including £250 in real estate: "the house, land and shop here in Boston," £200; and "ten acres of land or thereabouts in Braintry," £50 [SPR 5:161].
On 19 April 1670 "Elizabeth Rugalls of Boston ... widow, the relict of Georg[e] Rugalls of Boston aforesaid late deceased, weaver," sold to "Sarah one of his [George Ruggles's] daughters, late wife of John Wilmott, mariner, deceased," land which George Ruggles had bought of Thomas and Elinor Hill, the land to go to Sarah's son John Wilmot at Sarah's death [SLR 6:253-54].
On 16 July 1673 "Elizabeth Ruggles of Boston ... widow, relict and administratrix of the estate of George Ruggles her late husband deceased ... with the free consent of my sons John Ruggles & Samuel Ruggles" sold to Phillip Squire of Boston, distiller, all that piece and parcel of land scituate lying and being between the said Phillip Squire's now dwelling house and an highway or street that leads from the water mill in Boston towards Charlestown ferry" [SLR 8:219-20].
On 10 June 1673 Elizabeth Ruggles and Samuel Ruggles agreed that she would give "her son Samuel Ruggles a parcel of land adjoining to the house & ground of the said Samuel" that had been hired for five years by "Phillip Squire" from "his mother Ruggles" and that Samuel was to pay his mother 5s. per year "if god continue his mother's life" and at the end of five years he was to pay her 15s. a year. His mother was to pay her son Samuel £12 by 1674 [SLR 8:219, 11:120].
On 3 May 1681, "John Rugle and Samuel Rugle sons of George Rugle of Boston, deceased," agreed to a division of the estate of "their father and mother deceased" which gave John two-thirds and Samuel one-third in the common rights [SLR 13:223-24].
BIRTH: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Boston shortly before 18 June 1669 [SPR 5:161].
MARRIAGE: By 1633 Elizabeth _____; on 2 February 1633/4 "Elizabeth Ruggell the wife of our brother George Ruggell" was admitted to Boston church [BChR 17]. She died probably at Boston, shortly before 3 May 1681 (when her sons John and Samuel called her deceased) [SLR 13:223-24].
CHILDREN:
i ELIZABETH, bp. Boston 8 December 1633 [BChR 278]; m. Boston 24 April 1655 William Browne [ BVR 52].
ii MARY, bp. Boston 3 January 1635/6 [BChR 280]; presumably one of the seven children living at her father's death, but no further record.
iii JOHN, bp. Boston 31 December 1637 [BChR 282]; on 9 June 1657 John Harbert the elder and John Harbert the younger of Braintree sold to "John Ruggles son of George Ruggles of the same town" an acre and a half [SLR 3:279]; m. Braintree 18 March 166[1/]2 Rebecca Farnsworth [ BrVR 717].
iv GEORGE, b. Braintree 5 May 1640 [ NEHGR 3:247]; d. there July 1641 [NEHGR 3:247].
v RACHEL, b. Braintree 15 February 1642[/3] [NEHGR 3:247]; m. by 1665 Philip Squire (eldest known child b. Boston 5 January 1665 [BVR 97]).
vi Daughter, b. Braintree 16 February [blank] (probably 1644/5) [BrVR 631]; no further record.
vii SARAH, b. Braintree 29 September [blank] (probably 1646) [BrVR 631]; m. (1) by about 1669 John Wilmot (in deed of 19 April 1670 John and Sarah (Ruggles) Wilmot have son John [SLR 6:253-54]); m. (2) by 1671 John Smith (about July or August 1671 John and Sarah Smith presented the inventory of the estate of John Wilmot, deceased [SPR 7:132]).
viii SAMUEL, b. Braintree 3 January 1648[/9] [BrVR 628]; m. by 1673 Sarah _____ (eldest child b. Boston 1 October 1673 [BVR 129]). (Sarah's surname is given as Howard, but there is no evidence for this. Howard and Hayward families in early Braintree and vicinity do not have an appropriate Sarah.)
ix MEHETABEL, b. Braintree 16 July 1650 [BrVR 631]; m. say 1666/7 Humphrey Richards.
ASSOCIATIONS: George Ruggles may have been closely related to JOHN RUGGLES.
In 1914 Edward Joy Paul published some records of various Ruggles families in Sudbury, Suffolk, and vicinity, and proposed that he had found the English origin of George and JEFFREY RUGGLES, but this material constitutes only clues and speculation [The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul ... (Milwaukee 1914), pp. 185-86].
COMMENTS: His widow petitioned, 27 July 1669, that her youngest son Samuel might have one half of the house, as her husband desired; on the same day Elizabeth Ellis deposed to the same effect [NEHGR 31:321, citing SPR Case #194]. That same day, John Nutin, aged about twenty-four years, deposed that "he living in the house with George Ruggels heard him often times say that he did intend the giving of his son Samuell the new end of the house joining to his old house that he lived in and further ... adds that what he heard as above was in the time of the building of the new house and diverse times since and never heard him speak of his disposing it otherwise" [SPR NS 3:279]. She formally transferred the land to Samuel on 5 October 1670 [SLR 8:45].

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Georgia marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

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GEORGIA-L Archives
From:
Subject: Re: [GEORGIA-L] Georgia 1827 Land Lottery
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 14:13:36 EST
Starting in 1805, Georgia dispensed lands acquired from the Indians to Georgia
residents through lotteries. The statewide registration has survived for the
1805 lottery but except for a few scattered county lists of registrants, only
the names of the winners are known for the 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, and 1832
lotteries. Revolutionary War veterans only had to be Georgia residents at the
time of the lotteries to qualify for their extra chances and they were not
required to make any statement as to specifically where or when they served in
the American Revolution.
Most Georgians never saw the land lots that they won but sold their lots to
land speculators who in turn sold the lots to families that migrated to
Georgia from other states. This situation was particularly true for the 1832
lotteries in northwest Georgia. Many Georgians did not claim the lots that
they won because the lots were not considered worth even the fee to have them
granted. Unclaimed lots reverted to the state of Georgia and were sold at
auction, along with fractional lots which were withheld from the lottery
because they were not the standard size. Lots won in the 1832 lotteries that
were still occupied by the Indians were withheld until the indians were
removed in 1838.
The 1805 land lottery was for dispensing the 202 1/2 acre land lots in
original Baldwin and Wilkinson counties and the 490 acre land lots in original
Wayne County. Qualifications for this lottery included single males, heads of
households, and orphans. A person had to be a resident of Georgia since May
11, 1802 to qualify for chances in this lottery.
The 1807 land lottery was for dispensing additional 202 1/2 acre lots in
original Baldwin and Wilkinson counties. Qualifications for this lottery were
the same as for the 1805 lottery except that single women and widows without
children could participate. Registrants had to be residents of the state of
Georgia since June 26, 1803 to qualify for the 1807 lottery.
The 1820 land lottery was for dispensing the 490 acre lots in original
Appling, Irwin, and Rabun counties and the 250 acre lots in original Early,
Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Rabun, and Walton counties. Qualifications for
this lottery were the same as for the 1805 lottery except extra chances were
allowed to some veterans, widows, and orphans of the war of 1812. Registrants
had to be residents of the state of Georgia since December 15, 1815.
The 1821 land lottery was for dispensing the 202 1/2 acre lots in original
Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, and Monroe counties. Qualifications were the
same as for the 1820 lottery. Registrants had to be residents of the state of
Georgia since May 15, 1818.
The 1827 land lottery was for dispensing the 202 1/2 acre lots of original
Carroll (or the 5th section), Coweta (or the 4th section), Lee (or the 1st
section), Muscogee (or the 2nd section) and Troup (or the 3rd section)
counties. Qualifications were the same as for the 1820 lottery except that
the physically and mentally handicapped were given extra chances and abandoned
wives and
children were treated the same as widows and orphans, respectively.
Registrants for the 1827 land lottery had to be residents of the state of
Georgia since January 1, 1824.
The 1832 land lottery was for dispensing the land lots of 100 to 160 acres
each in the four sections of original Cherokee County, what is today northwest
Georgia.

Randall Fields

Hampton, George (I26592)

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Gerhard (Gjert) Daae døde 23. mars 1853 Ytre Haugsdal, Masfjorden, Hordaland

Daae, Gerhard (Gjert) (I39504)

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Gerhard (Gjert) Daae på Lindås prestegård

Daae, Gerhard (Gjert) (I39504)

2326

Gerhard Munthe was a captain and commander of the 2nd company Lysterske Bergenhus regiment. He was also a farmer and large land owner. He owned the farm Mo on Hafslo, but change in 1764 in the old family farm Ytre Kroken at Lustrafjorden. Here he built the first floor of the mansion Munthehuset which today has been renovated and protected. In 1765 Gerhard Munthe planted the first potato field in Ytre Kroken, becoming one of the pioneers of potato farming in Norway. As one of the heirs of Christopher Munthe, Gerhard was a large estate owner in Sogn. Among other things, he took over a third of the farms in Jostedalen. Two of the farms he sold in 1765-1770, and some farms were bought by brothers Jens Munthe and Ludvig Munthe. Three of Jostedal farms he owned went over to his descendants, and were not sold to farmers before 1787-1794. Gerhard Munthe married first 13 Oct 1755 Mette Andrea Rieck (1731-1759), the second time 18 Mar 1762 Giertrud Marie Kaas (1726-1766), and the third time 3 Nov 1772 Inger Marie Hanning (1752-1778).

Among the many children he had were:

Christine Ørbech Munthe (1756-1803), married Peder Leganger Rumohr
Frantz Wilhelm Rieck Munthe (1758-1791
Mette Andrea Rieck Munthe (1764-1793), married to Christopher Munthe (1751-1793)
Hartvig Munthe Kaas (1766-1830), married to Christine Pavel BOLETTA
Giertrud Marie Munthe (1771-1847), wife of John Rye
Dorothea Catharine Munthe (1775-1840), wife of Caspar Fredrik Munthe Brown
Margrethe Munthe (1777-1866), married to Johan Julius Albertus Dahm
Ole Henning Munthe (1778-1830)

Munthe, Gerhard (I10966)

2327

Gerold of Vinzgau (also Vintzgouw or Anglachgau; 725 - 799) was a count in Kraichgau and Anglachgau. His daughter married King Charlemagne in 771. In 784 generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch by Gerold and Emma are recorded.

He was married before 754 to Emma (d. 789 or 798 or after 784), daughter of Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia. They had the following:
Gerold[2]
Udalrich
Hildegard, born in 754, married King Charlemagne in 771.[2]
probably Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of Odo I, Count of Orléans
Eric of Friuli.
Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the Udalrichings.

Gerold of Vinzgau (I47848)

2328

GERRIT JANSE DECKER2 (Jan1) married MAGDALENA WILLEMZ SCHUT in 1684. The first publication of the banns was on 2 April, 1684, but the date of marriage is not given in the record. The entry from the Kingston Church records reads " Gerrit Janse Decker, j. m.* born in Kingston and residing in Marmur [Marbletown] and Magdalena Willemz Schut, j. d.** born in N. Albanien [Albany] and residing as above." NOTE: * J. m.- bachelor. + ** j.d. - maid

On I2 January, 1696, Magdalena marries the second time. The record reads: "Rutsert Wintveld [Richard Winfield] j. m. born in Daerbie [Derby] in Engelland [England] and residing under the jurisdiction of the Pals [New Paltz] and Magdalena Schut, widow of Gerrit Decker, born in Albanie and residing there."

Children of GERRIT JANSE DECKER and MAGDALENA WILLEMZ SCHUT:

(6) Jacob3; Born in 1684.

(7) Willem3. Baptized 6 November, 1687.

(8) Grieje3: Baptized 4 October, I691.

(9) Neeltje3: Baptized 10 June, 1694.

Decker, Gaerleff Gerrit Janse (I46863)

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Gershom Rice was son of Thomas, who was the third son of the emigrant Edmund Rice, who came from England and settled in Sudbury in 1639, and afterward removed to Marlboro, where he died May 3, 1663. Gershom Rice was the second settler of Worcester coming here in 1715. Selectman, 1724, 27, 31, 33, 36, 46. Town treasurer, 1736-39. It was at his house that religious services were first held in the town. It was through the personal effort of Mr. Rice in a letter to the Governor of the Province that a guard of nineteen men was stationed here in 1724 for the defence of the settlers.

Cemetery: Old Burial Ground On the Common
Stone: 251
Name: Gershom Rice
Death Date: 19 Dec AD 1768
Age: in ye 102d year of his age
Relative: son: Thomas
Inscription: Here lies Buried ye Body of

Rice, Gershom (I18015)

2330

Gift i Indviken Prestegård, Sogn og Fjordane

Family: Henrik Finde / Anne Dorothea Daae (F9315)

2331

gift i Vik, Sogn og Fjordane (ingen barn):
Egteviede 1776 Wiig
17de sep
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Sognepræsten til Leerdal Præstegield Hr
Jacob Prost Michellet ungkarl, og Jomfrue B:
Elise Catharina Daae
Kilde:
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/11755/47
Skannede kirkebøker
Sogn og Fjordane
Vik: 1772-1783, Ministerialbok
Kronologisk liste 1776 (100-101)
Side 95

Family: Jakob Post Michelet / Bergitte Elisabeth Catharina Daae (F9316)

2332

Gikk på Bergens Katedralskole og ble student men tok ikke embedseksamen.

Finde, Henrik (I39639)

2333

Gilbert (or Giselbert) de Brionne, Count of Eu and of Brionne (c. 1000 – c. 1040), was an influential nobleman in the Duchy of Normandy in Northern France. He was one of the early guardians of Duke William II in his minority, and a first cousin to William's father Duke Robert. Had Lord Brionne not been murdered, the senior house of de Clare would probably have been titled de Brionne. Lord Brionne was the first to be known by the cognomen Crispin because of his hair style which stood up like the branches of a pine tree.

Gilbert de Brionne was son of Geoffrey, Count of Eu (otherwise cited as 'Godfrey'), who was an illegitimate child of Richard I of Normandy. He inherited Brionne, becoming one of the most powerful landowners in Normandy. Gilbert was a generous benefactor to Bec Abbey founded by his former knight Herluin in 1031. When Robert I died in 1035, his illegitimate son William inherited his father's title and several powerful nobles, including Gilbert of Brionne, Osbern the Seneschal and Alan of Brittany, became William's guardians.

A number of Norman barons, including Ralph de Gacé, refused to accept William as their leader. In 1040 an attempt was made to kill William but the plot failed. Gilbert however was murdered while he was peaceably riding near Eschafour. It is believed two of his killers were Ralph of Wacy and Robert de Vitot. This appears to have been an act of vengeance for the wrongs inflicted upon the orphan children of Giroie by Gilbert, and it is not clear what Ralph de Gacé had to do in the business. Fearing they might meet their father's fate, Gilbert's sons Richard and Baldwin were conveyed by their friends to the court of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. Gilbert's children would accompany Duke William on his conquest of England and his descendants would become one of the most powerful noble families in the British isles. They would rule over vast lands in modern-day Ireland, Scotland, and England and become powerful Marcher Lords.

The name of the wife of Gilbert de Brionne is not known; however, they were known to have the following children:
Sir Richard fitz Gilbert (Richard de Clare) (bef. 1035 – c. 1090), m. Rohese Giffard (1034 – aft. 1113), daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville[9]
Baldwin FitzGilbert (d. 1090)[5]
William (died after 29 August 1060)
Adela (died August 1092), m. Neel II, Viscount of Cotentin (fr)
Emma, m. Hugh de Waft[10]
Hesilia, m. William Malet, Honour of Eye[11]
Through his eldest son, Gilbert was ancestor of the English house of de Clare, of the Barons FitzWalter, and the Earls of Gloucester and Hertford. After Gilbert's death, his uncle William I became Count of Eu whereas Brionne reverted to duke.

Gilbert and an unknown woman had the following children:
Osbern of Cailly (c. 1020 – c. 1090), m. Hildeburge of Beaudemont[b]

Brionne, Gilbert "Crispin" Count De (I3379)

2334

Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c. 1100 – 6 January 1147/8), son of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont, was sometimes referred to as "Strongbow", although his son is better remembered by this name, was the first Earl of Pembroke from 1138.
Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare became a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief, obtaining the estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy, the lordship of Nether Gwent and the castle of Striguil (later Chepstow). King Stephen created him Earl of Pembroke, and gave him the rape and castle of Pevensey. Gilbert de Clare decided to live near the roof in the Great Hall so he could see what was going on at all times.
After Stephen's defeat at Lincoln on 2 February 1141, Gilbert was among those who rallied to Empress Matilda when she recovered London in June, but he was at Canterbury when Stephen was recrowned late in 1141. He then joined Geoffrey's plot against Stephen, but when that conspiracy collapsed, he again adhered to Stephen, being with him at the siege of Oxford late in 1142. In 1147 he rebelled when Stephen refused to give him the castles surrendered by his nephew Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, whereupon the King marched to his nearest castle and nearly captured him. However, the Earl appears to have made his peace with Stephen before his death the following year.
He married Isabel de Beaumont (ca. 1102 – ca. 1172), around 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois. Isabel had previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England. By her he had two daughters (Agnes and Basilia) and two sons (Baldwin and Richard.

De Clare, Gilbert Earl of Pembroke (I24563)

2335

Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c. 1100 – 6 January 1148), was created Earl of Pembroke in 1138. He was nicknamed Strongbow[a] for his skilled use of the long bow.

Life

Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare was a son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Alice de Claremont.[1] He started out without land and wealth of his own but was closely related to very powerful men, specifically his uncles Walter de Clare and Roger de Clare.[2]

In 1136 Gilbert fitz Gilbert led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame, but was interrupted by the forces of William III, Count of Ponthieu and escaped the resulting melee only after suffering heavy losses.[3] Gilbert was a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief in England, and inherited the estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. He held the lordship of Nether Gwent and the castle of Striguil (later Chepstow). King Stephen created him Earl of Pembroke, and gave him the rape and castle of Pevensey.

After Stephen's defeat at Lincoln on 2 February 1141, Gilbert was among those who rallied to Empress Matilda when she recovered London in June, but he was at Canterbury when Stephen was recrowned late in 1141.[4] He then joined Geoffrey's plot against Stephen, but when that conspiracy collapsed, he again adhered to Stephen, being with him at the siege of Oxford late in 1142. In 1147 he rebelled when Stephen refused to give him the castles surrendered by his nephew Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, whereupon the King marched to his nearest castle and nearly captured him. However, the Earl appears to have made his peace with Stephen before his death the following year.[5]

Family

He married Isabel de Beaumont, before 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois.[6] Isabel had previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England.[7]

By her Gilbert had:

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke[b][8]

Basilia who married Raymond FitzGerald.[9]

a daughter who married William Bloet.[10]

Notes[edit]

Jump up ^ He was called 'Strongbow' but his son Richard is much more readily associated with that nickname.

Jump up ^ William Dugdale had credited Gilbert, the first Earl of Pembroke, with a second son who was named Baldwin fitz Gilbert; but Round showed that this Baldwin was really his brother. See: CP: X, Appendix H, p. 100.

References

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 348

Jump up ^ David Walker, Medieval Wales (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 40

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 348, & footnote (a)

Jump up ^ J. H. Round, Geoffrey de Mandeville (Longmans, Green, 1892), p. 158

Jump up ^ Paul Dalton, Graeme J. White. King Stephen's Reign (1135-1154)King Stephen's Reign (1135-1154) (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2008), pp. 88-89

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 351

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. VII, Eds. H. A. Doubleday & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1929), p. 526, footnote (c)

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 352-57, Appendix H, pp. 102-04

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), Appendix H, p. 100

Jump up ^ David Crouch, William Marshal; Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angevin Empire 1147-1219 (London & New York: Longman, 1990), p. 139

De Clare, Gilbert Earl of Pembroke (I24563)

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Giles3 Travers (Rawleigh2, Travers1) (Source: Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4, no. 1.) was born 1660 in Lancaster Co., VA, and died 1717 in Potomac Creek, VA. He married Ann Waugh July 12, 1700 in Fredericksburg, VA (Source: "Westmoreland County Record," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 3. (Jan., 1907), pp. 33-49.), daughter of John Waugh and Elizabeth.

Notes for Giles Travers:

GILES TRAVERS of Waltham Place, Thorpe, Surrey, Esq., b. 1623; d. Oct. 25, 1706, ? 83; will, pro. 1706, makes Samuel Travers, son of Thomas, his heir and ex'r. The Herald and Genealogist, IV., 110, makes this Thomas son of Samuel No. 7, supra, and gr. son of John, Rector of Faringdon, and Alice Hooker; N. and Q. makes him son of Walter No. 9, denying that Samuel No. 7 married. However, Manning and Bray's "Surrey," III., 246, state that James Travers in 1706 placed a monument to Giles in the N. transept of St. Mary's Ch. at Thorpe, with this inscription:

Arms, "Argent on a chev. gu. 3 griffins' heads erased or: a chief az. charged with 3 bezants." (II. S. E.)

Sparacio, Ruth & Sam; Abstracts of Land Causes Prince William County, Virginia, 1790-1793 (McLean, Virginia, The Antient Press, 1992) pp 32-33. "Page 335-337, May 1791

"In the name of God Amen, the first day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventeen, I Giles Traverse Gentleman living in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for it, Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following; that is to say, first & principally, I give my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian and decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the might power of God, And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give devise bequeath & bestow the same in manner following; I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, four hundred acres of land beginning at the Landing Run and so running out round to compleat it & I give to my Daughter, Elizabeth, that land above Deep Run being about one hundred and sixty acres. I owe unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, Negroe Dick & Negro Dick & Negroe Jack & Negro Nubb. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth, two beds with Canvas Ticks & the furniture belonging to them; Negro Betty being with Child & if it lives I give the Child to my Grand Daughter. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Ann, the Plantation where I now live & all the remainder of the land when my Daughter has hers. I give unto my Daughter, Ann, Negroe Giles & Negroe Peg & Peter & Roger & two feather beds and furniture, and I give unto my Daughter, Ann, at the day of marriage, two new Rugs and two pair of Blankets to paid out of the Rents of Occoquan. I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Million, all my land above Occoquan. I give unto my Daughter, Million, a Negroe called Bess & a Negroe called Phillis, & a Negroe called Tony and a Negroe called Sarah. I give unto my Daughter, Million, two feather beds & furniture at the day of Marriage, two new rugs and two pair of blankets to paid out of the rents of Occoquon and I give unto my Daughter, Million, twelve barrow hogs at the day of marriage three years old apiece and the rest of my hogs to the family use and all the remainder of my personal Estate to be equally divided between my three Daughters; And my will is that if John Cave, should bring any of the Estate to Appraisement that he shall forfeit all his Estate that belongs to his Wife and the part to be equally divided between my Daughter, Ann, and my Daughter, Million, And I make and ordain my loving Brother, Rawleigh Traverse & my son in law, John Cave, my full and whole executors and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and annul all and every other former Testament Will Legacies Bequests and Execution by me in any wise before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

"Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by the said Giles Travis as and for his Last Will & Testament. In presence of us, Tho: Ellzey, Edwd. Watts, James Jervers.

"Giles sig GT Traverse

"At a Court held for Stafford County the 11th September 1717, The Last Will and Testament of Giles Travers, deced, was presented into Court by Raleigh Traverse & John Cave, his Executors who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oaths of Thomas Ellzey & Edward Watts witnesses thereto the same is admitted to Record, And upon the motion of the said Raleigh Traverse and John Cave and their performing what is usual in such cases, Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form.

"George Mason, C. S. C.

"From Lib:H, folio 679. From the Record True Copy. H. Tyler, C.S.C."

Elizabeth TRAVERS m1 John CAVE m2 Lewis ELZEY
Ann TRAVERS m1 William CAVE m2 Thomas DENT
Million TRAVERS m. Joseph WAUGH
Source: John Bennett Boddie, _Historical Southern Families_, vol. 2, and also 'The Register of Overwharton Parish Stafford County, VA 1723-1758,' by George Harrison Sanford King. On pp. 247-248, King states that Elizabeth was the only daughter by Ann WAUGH.

Children of Giles Travers and Ann Waugh are:
i. Million4 Travers, died 1748 in Stafford Co., VA.
ii. Elizabeth Travers. She married (1) John Cave. She married (2) Lewis Ellizey.
iii. Ann Travers. She married (1) Thomas Dent. She married (2) William Cave.

Travers, Giles (I1424)

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Gilmer Reynolds may be the Henry G. Reynolds, son of Berryman and Nancy Adkins Reynolds, mentioned in the Recollections newspaper article in the Star-Tribune, Chatham, Va. dated Sept. 2, 1982. The article states, 'The Adkins' family's losses did not end with just two though. Ralph and Henry's first cousin, Lt. Henry G. Reynolds, son of Berrymanand Nancy Adkins Reynolds, had died in battle June 17, 1864 at Webb'sFarm. He served in Company B of the 38th Virginia Infantry, and on May 19, 1862 had been elected by his company as a lieutenant.'

Reynolds, Henry Gilmer (I11167)

2338

GIVEN NAME(S): Investigate> (?Bouchard) - see 'The Complete Peerage', vol. 3 p. 243.

de Montmorency, Bouchard (I22941)

2339

Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucestershire, England.

Source (S1254)

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gnr 6, bnr 2 Torsvik, Masfjorden, Hordaland

Daae, Marthe Marie (I39593)

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Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

Source (S59)

2342

Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

Source (S59)

2343

Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

Source (S59)

2344

Godseier, Gårdbruker på Fedje, Hordaland

Kahrs, Christopher (I39623)

2345

Goshen CT Centennial speech - 9/28/1838

"...At the South end of East street, we come to the place of Cyprian Collins, the fourth son of Rev. Timothy Collins, of Litchfield.

"In the spring of this year. Rev. Mr. Collins purchased land at that place, and some time afterwards, sent his son Cyprian to clear the land, and build upon it, with the ^promise of a future deed. The first house of Cyprian Collins stood on the West side of the road, near the horse shed of Capt. Timothy Collins. His second house was the one now owmed and occupied by Capt. Timothy Collins.

"This Cyprian Collins had a numerous family (11 children and 98 grandchildren), and was the ancestor of all who bear the name of Collins in this town. He had eleven children, Ambrose, Triphena, Amanda, Philo, Anna, Luranda, / ^ Rhoda, Cyprian, Phebe, and Tyrannus ; and all these lived to become heads of numerous families,

"Cyprian CoUins was a frugal and an industrious man, and a firm patriot in the Revolution. In the early period of his life, he owned the covenant, as it was called, and brought his children to baptism, and was always a regular attendant on divine worship. And here it may not be inappropriate to remark, for the benefit of the rising generation, that the practice of receiving persons of moral life into a half-way relation to the church, had obtained extensively in New-England at that day. The applicant for this relation was required to profess his belief in the fundamental principles of the Gospel, promise to lead a sober life, and to train up his household in the things of religion. If he would do this, he might bring his children to baptism, and yet not consider himself a member of the Church, or come to the communion table, and not even consider himself a regenerate person.

"This will explain what we have further to say of Mr.Cyprian Collins. Notwithstanding he had owned the covenant, had his children baptized, and ever been a regular attendant on the instituted means of grace, yet in old age, his attention was powerfully arrested to the spiritual concerns of his soul: he realized that he was a great sinner, cast himself upon the mercy of the Saviour, and, as we trust, obtained eternal life. At the age of seventy-five years, he made a public profession of religion, and to the close of his life, gave pleasing evidence, that he was indeed a child of God...."

Collins, Cyprian (I49739)

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Goto Predestinatia – "Bozhiye Predvideniye", "Божие Предвидение", "Гото Предестинация") 58 (1700) – Flagship of vice-admiral Cornelius Cruys during Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711), sold to Turkey 1711

Cruys, Nils Olsen/ Cornelis (I3534)

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Governor Berkeley and the Creation of the Virginia Aristocracy: The landed gentry rose to prominence in Virginia with the arrival of Sir William Berkeley as Royal Governor. Governor Berkeley, an Oxford-educated playwright, soldier and diplomat, arrived in Virginia in 1642, when Virginia was a frontier society of roughly 8,000 colonists. He was to hold office longer than any other governor of Virginia. Born in 1606 in England, Berkeley had been a courtier in the court of the British monarch Charles I, and came with a desire to invigorate the colony and create an imitation of British society in the New World. Under his administration, the first generation of what would be known as the Virginian aristocracy came into existence before the English Civil War ended. These included the founders of powerful dynasties such as John Carter, Richard Lee, Benjamin Harrison, the first Randolph and Thomas Stegg (or Stegge) who amassed the Byrd wealth. All of the colonizers who rose socially had connections, wealth and education. These advantages promoted them to the highest rungs of the colonial society. The families they founded ruled the Royal colony of Virginia for more than a century.

Colonists Arriving in Virginia
Painting by Sidney King courtesy of Colonial National Historical Park

The Byrd, Beverley, Carter, Culpepper, Isham, Washington, Spencer, Randolph, Jefferson, Bland, Beverely, Bolling, Eppe and Hackett families intermarried, creating a web of overlapping kinships. They sat on the governing boards of the colony and promoted each others interests. Berkeley also fostered the rise of the General Assembly from a small body into a replica of the Parliament in England, and promoted a separation of power between provincial and county governments. He worked to create a royalist society, where an elite ruled over the great masses of yeoman farmers, free and enslaved African Americans, indentured servants and marginal farmers who leased their land. A brief look at some of the families who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses displays a continuity of the landed-gentry class in the governing class of the colony. In 1664 Lawrence Washington and William Randolph were elected members of the House of Burgesses. The 1736-1740 legislative session had representatives of the Randolph, Carter, Fitzhugh, Beverely and Berkeley families seated, and the 1776 Assembly had Carters, Randolphs and Lees as well as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

See www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/jamesriver/gentry/htm. for the rest of the story.

Carter, Maria (I47260)

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Governor of North Carolina 1841-1845

Born - July 4, 1796, Pittsylvania County, VA
Died - August 27, 1866
Buried in: Greensboro
Residence: Guilford County
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Whig

Moving to Rockingham County, North Carolina, at the age of two, John Motley Morehead later graduated from the
University of North Carolina and studied law. He served in the House of Commons for several sessions and was the first
governor inaugurated in the new State Capitol. During his term in office, he supported the new public school system, the extension of railroad lines, the improvement of rivers and harbors, and the construction of waterways and turnpikes. Governor Morehead was instrumental in raising private funds for a railroad line to accompany $2 million provided by the legislature. For his efforts, Morehead was elected president of the North Carolina Railroad. In 1861, he represented the state at a conference to avoid war. With the failure of the conference and the secession of North Carolina, Morehead served in the Confederate Congress.

Morehead, John Motley (I378)

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GOWEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 4, No. 1 September 1992
Richard Gowan Operated Still
In Rowan County, N. Carolina

Richard Gowan was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia January 8, 1776, according to Edgar Gowan Lowrance, a great-great grandson of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was a 'colonial resident of Pittsylvania County,' according to a statement made in 1885 by George Richard Gowan, a grandson of Grants Pass, Oregon.

Richard Gowan was 'bound out' in Pittsylvania County as an orphan to Thomas Wilkerson in April 1787. 'Richard Gowing' was listed as 'insolvent' in 1804 in adjoining Caswell County, according to 'Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1777-1814' by Katherine Kerr Kendall andMary Frances Kerr Donaldson.

'Richard Gowin' was married July 4, 1807 to Mary 'Polly' Bennett, according to 'Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868.' She was the daughter of Thomas Bennett and Molly Bennett. Fourteen years earlier 'Sherwood Going' was married in Caswell County to Ruth Bennett April 30, 1793, according to the Kendall volume.

'Richard Going' was listed as a taxpayer in the 1810 tax list of Pittsylvania County April 10, 1810. He paid tax on one poll and one horse. He owned no slaves, according to 'A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia.'

'Richard Going 'white male, 26-45' reappeared in the 1820 census of Pittsylvania County, page 49 as a farmer. He owned three slaves, and was the head of a household of seven.

On January 8, 1819, 'Richard Gowen of Pittsylvania County' purchased 175 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina on Buffalow Creek for $1,050. The land lay in adjoining Davie County when it was created in 1836from Rowan County, according to Davie County Deed Book 26, page 21. On February 17, 1824 'Richard Gowin' received Land Grant No. 326 for 200 acres 'on Buffalow Creek, next to that of Andrew Tucker, Thomas Oaks, et al.

In 1829 'Richard Goin' deeded 25 acres 'in the estate of Michael Hinkle, deceased' to Elizabeth Elliott for $10, according to Rowan County Deed Book 30, page 638. 'Richard Goen' was referred to as an adjoining land owner on Buffalow Creek in a deed written October 12, 1830, according to Rowan County Deed Book 31, page 88.

Of Richard Gowan, George Richard Gowan stated, 'For many years he wasoverseer of a large plantation in his native state. Subsequently removing to North Carolina, he purchased land, and in addition to raisinggrain and tobacco was a distiller.'

On May 1, 1830 'Richard Gowin of Rowan County' purchased 'land which had belonged to Isaac Elliott, deceased & divided among his legatees' for $175 from William Wyatt and wife Elizabeth Wyatt, according to Rowan County Deed Book 9, page 1032. O On August 19, 1834 'Richard Goeing'conveyed to his son 'James Goeing,' 'both of Rowan County' 98 acres on Bryants Creek for $400, according to Rowan County Deed Book 32, page 261. On January 17, 1835 'Richard Gowing' gave a deed of trust in the purchase of 'eight horses, 2 stills & furnishings, 28 stands, anda wagon & harness,' according to Davie County Deed Book 32, page 246.

'Richard Gowins' appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Davie County, page 203. His son, 'Major Gowins' was also listedas the head of household, page 203. 'Richard Gowen' wrote his will November 14, 1844, and it was recorded in Davie County Will Book 1, page 63. He bequeathed 'the home plantation to my wife Polly and after her death to my son George.' His son, Richard A. Gowan was named executor.

Richard Gowan died December 16, 1844 at age 68 and was buried in Olive Branch Methodist Church Cemetery in Davie County, according to Edgar Gowan Lowrance. Mary 'Polly' Bennett Gowan died February 18, 1847 and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to them include:

Thomas Dodd Gowan born May 16, 1810
Mary Gowan born in 1812
Martha W. Gowan born in 1814
Major Redul Wilson Gowan born January 8, 1816
Richard A. Gowans born about 1818
John Paxton Gowan born September 10, 1820
Ann B. Gowan born about 1823
Rachael Gowan born in 1826
George A. Gowan born about 1830

Gowen, Richard (I21961)

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