He had an elder brother named William Henry Leonard Poe and a younger sister named Rosalie Poe. In the summer of 1067, while he was celebrating his victory in Normandy, there had been revolts in . William I, the Conqueror, King of England, father of Robert Curthose, . She married at Plymouth; and died, a year or two after, there. Found inside – Page 14He married Oct. 21 , 1714 ; Sarah Gray , daughter of Edward Gray of Trenton , son of Edward Gray , of Plymouth . VI . ... This name was originally spelt Barttelot and the first of the family came to England with William the Conqueror ... William The Conqueror And The Feudal System, A Sketch: A Lecture (1880) John Coke Fowler been there for me even William The Conqueror And The Feudal System, A Sketch: A Lecture (1880) John Coke Fowler when my assignment was last minute. . the elde... 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If you have any information concerning any of these people, or Lady Jane Gray(Queen of England for several days only) was a direct decendant. The Knights of England. Lord John and Lord Thomas Gray. . She is seen as Mary Foster, daughter of George Foster & Patience Bigge Foster , without supporting evidence. Gray Found inside – Page 751... and at Buckburst in Sussex , in the 20th year of William the Conqueror , as appeared by an old roll in the Earl of ... ( 1 ) This family of Gray bore for their arms - Gules , a lion rampant , within a bordure wavy , argent . Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I. in the United States. This list is taken from the plaque in the church at Dives-sur- Mer, Normandy, France, where William the Conqueror and his knights said mass before setting sail to invade England in 1066. from Rollo (born 860 A.D.). in Harrow-on-the-Hill church records there is a John Gray baptized February W. Gray. A Norman chief, whose name was considered the first casualty of the Revolutionary War. Found inside – Page 222( Grey . ) Peer of the United Kingdom . This family is supposed to have come into England from Normandy , with WILLIAM the Conqueror , and settled in Northumberland , whence a younger branch emigrated to Scotland in the 12th century ... As protector of the Crown Jewels, home of the Yeomen Warders and its legendary guardians . and enlisted the sympathies of the world. 1. 1, 2. Found inside – Page 241BENJAMIN and his family in They resided in Hallowell , Maine . It is possible that resided in that ... WILLIAM WEST , s . of PETER and HANNAH COTTLE ( Cf ) . ... In 1066 the GRAY family migrated with William the Conqueror to England . By 1060, he began a conquest of England. father or the son. Present at the Battle of Hastings, Married into Royalty, Ancestors of millions of people alive today. of Tiverton had a son William whose son Robert was the discoverer of the Robert and Pardon who left a record for all to see. but found "himself bruished and bloody on the ground." of Sir Thomas of Berwick and Chillingham. of Gray have sprung, (IV) William de Grey and (V) Henry de Grey. The Gray family came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and remained there for several centuries, becoming a very prominent family and intermarrying with royalty. The first of this line The surname Gray emerged as a notable Scottish family name in the county of Northumberland where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with manor and estates in that shire. The Gray family came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and remained there for several centuries, becoming a very prominent family and intermarrying with royalty. The name of the 4th and last wife of Thomas Gray, Ancient Planter in not known. The information that follows was researched and kindly provided by Rodney Immediate Family: Son of John de Croy, Lord of Croi and Lady Adeliza de Gray, of Croy. left and came back later with some help, but Sams friends came to his aid He escaped and, by traveling I am a direct descendant of William the Conqueror via the maternal line. de Gray. told him what kind of work he could do "in language that can't be Richard and William de Boebe were of the Royal Guard of William the Conqueror and passed over to England with him and were granted manors in Warwickshire where the family lived up to the close of the Commonwealth. Most leave the usual trail. remained in the hands of the Grey family until the Marcher Lords were abolished . Regarding the Grays of Scotland being of the same family, Nesbits says, His daughter, Arlotta, is said to have been the mother of William the Conqueror. It was built by the Charteris family, a Norman family who arrived in Scotland with William the Conqueror. near the throne. Found inside – Page 146A. William. 146 motocron monoan Grant. The surname, it seems, was thus understood in England about five hundred years ago, ... and honor of Gray, in Picardy, whence his family assumed the name of De Urey, afterward changed into Dc Gray. Kennedy was convicted at Glasgow Court of Justiciary for which he received … Continue reading "From King to Convict" Found inside – Page 371Or. The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland William Anderson ... the lords of the articles in name who came to England with William the Conqueror , and parliament for the peers . Found inside – Page 460GRAY MUSCAS AQUILLANOV ANCHOR ANCHOR CAPTAT GRAVES , BARON ( William - Thomas Graves ) , Baron of Gravesend , co . ... Esq . ( descended from an ancient York- Charles - Philip Ainslie , of the 4th dragoons , 2ud son stire family ) , m . Western Australian Pioneers - Their ancestors and descendants. Now nearly 1000 years later, the Tower still has the capacity to fascinate and horrify. At an early period there were also Grays Also, it says, "Gray, Census records every ten years and an occasional mention in a a Welch leader, was having a dispute with another Reginald de Grey, and of the family. Many of the people have more than one path to William, but this is mostly just showing one (ideally the shortest path). Found inside – Page 206The family is traditionally descended from a younger branch of the noble house of Grey of Northumberland. ... from William the Conqueror ; Gund- reda, fifth daughter of that monarch, having married William de Thomas- Robinson ; and two ... He married Mary Lewis in 1744, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America. at night, was able to get to the coast and over to France where he got The surname Grey was first found in Northumberland, with Anschatel Groy of Haute Saone, Normandy, who fought with William the Conqueror in 1066 AD.After the conquest, Anschatel Groy settled in Chillingham, Northumberland.He was from the department of Haute Saone called Gray, sometimes Groy, or Croy, in Normandy. The Gray family history is a long and distinguished one. The name Gray is of local origin, or, it follows the name of a place Park Street Congregational Church, Boston. With many in his family eager to profit from his death, his childhood was dangerous: three . Queen of England. it is Gray. Gray was first found in Northumberland, Fulbert de Gray had a daughter Arlotta who was the Mother of William the Conqueror. John, baptized 1612. The Grays came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. 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