Transcript KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN AMERICA AND SCOTLAND

KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN
AMERICA AND SCOTLAND
JOHN S KING
Grandfather of Arthur E King Sr
• The King name goes back only to John S King, born 1817 in New
Jersey
• According to different censuses, John’s parents were most likely
from Ireland, but the reports are inconsistent and some census
reports list him as being born in New Jersey
• John himself is an ethereal character, never at home for the
censuses, but his existence is well-documented in land leases and
wills
• The first documentation of John is in the Piper family bible, noting
the marriage of John to Elizabeth Piper in her home on August 31,
1848
• John and Elizabeth lived in New Castle, PA, where they had three
children
JOHN S KING
• A deed pertained to his purchase of about 2/3rds of an acre of
property in 1867 on the New Castle to Butler Road just south of
New Castle, for which he paid $800
• The property was on what is now East Washington Street in New
Castle, but is now a vacant lot
JOHN S KING
• John died around 1886 in Bully Hill, PA
• He is buried at Emlenton Cemetery in Clarion County, PA next
to his son, Othello W King
• Bill King in South Carolina has uncovered a newspaper article
referring to John S King as a thespian, which might explain his
travels, and how he came to name one of his sons Othello
• John and Elizabeth had the following children:
– Leroy Porter King (1850 – 1943)
– Othello W King (1851 – 1930)
– Eva Ella (Ella Mae) King (1859 – 1931)
LEROY PORTER KING
Father of Arthur Ellis King Sr
• Born in New Castle, PA
• The 1880 census shows him living in Clarion County, PA and working
as an oil producer
• At some point after 1875 he moved to Nortonville, KS with his
mother, Elizabeth Piper King
• The 1900 census shows him living in Wellson Township, Lincoln
County OK and working as a banker, later in the hardware business
• Federal Tract Books of the Oklahoma Territory show he owned the
SW quarter of section 24, township 21, range 17, land entry
number 491. Land was bought "commit to cash" so he could get
immediate title and not wait 8 years
• This land was claimed in the Land Run of 1891 in McKinley
Township, Lincoln County
LEROY PORTER KING
• Leroy married Elizabeth
Arinenta Troutman
• Leroy was known to have told
others that his ancestors were
from Ireland and came to
America during the Potato
Famine (1845-1852) , but
John King was already in
America at that time
• Leroy died at the home of his
daughter, Florence Mabile, in
1943, in Centralia, IL
• He is buried in the Memorial
Park Cemetery in Oklahoma
City
LEROY PORTER KING
• Leroy had three
children
Arthur Ellis King
Walter Piper King
Florence Mabile King
He served in the Kansas
Militia in 1891 as a 2nd
Lieutenant
ARTHUR ELLIS KING SR
• Born 1880 in Parker’s Landing, Venango Co, PA
• Moved to Nortonville, KS, then Wellston, OK with his parents
• Listed in the 1920 census as general manager of Southwestern Cotton Oil
Company
• Residence at 301 NW 19th Street, Oklahoma City
ARTHUR ELLIS KING SR
• Married Olga E Wykert in 1911
ARTHUR ELLIS KING
• A E King Sr and Olga had
five children
– Arthur Ellis King Sr
– Lois Olga (Sorghum)
King
– Edward Leroy (Edroy)
King
– Mary Jane King
– Robert W King
PIPER FAMILY
• Elizabeth Piper (born 1824 in Muddy Creek, Butler County,
Pennsylvania) was the wife of John S King, and thus the
grandmother of A E King Sr
• According to census information, she worked as a millner, and
her father, Samuel, was born in Ireland
• At some time she moved to Nortonville, KS with her son,
Leroy P, where she died in 1909
• Samuel Piper was born around 1792 and emigrated to
Pennsylvania sometime in the early 1800s
• He and his son William owned a stagecoach business
• Samuel’s wife was Sarah Pillow, of Irish descent
TROUTMAN FAMILY
• Elizabeth Arinenta Troutman married Leroy Porter King and was
the mother of A E King Sr
• She was born 1860 in Pennsylvania and died 1934 in Oklahoma City
• The Troutman family goes back to Jacob Trautman (10th GGF of A E
King Sr) who was born in 1535 in Lambsborn, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany
• Hans Peter Trautman (4th GGF of A E King Sr) was born in Germany
and came to Pennsylvania in the early 1700’s
• George Peter Troutman (2nd GGF of A E King Sr) was born 1767 in
Cumberland Valley, PA, and later moved to Trumbull County, Ohio
where he farmed and was a member of the Lutheran Church
TROUTMAN FAMILY
• Joseph Troutman (father of Elizabeth, grandfather of A E King Sr)
was born 1793 near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, later moving to Clarion
County, PA
• He lived at Troutman’s Run (now a popular fishing retreat in Forest
Co, PA) on the Allegheny River ,where he cleared 74 acres of land
and erected buildings
• He worked as a carpenter
• He served in the War of 1812, going to Erie after Commodore
Perry's victory, but was not engaged in any battles
• He was first a Democrat, later a Whig and held several township
offices
• Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist church
• He married Jane F Pollock, a descendant of the powerful Clan
Pollock in Scotland, a link which then linked the King family to the
nobility and political leaders of Scotland
WYKERT FAMILY
• Olga E Wykert married A E
King Sr in 1911
• She was born in 1888 in
Troy, Doniphan County, KS
• The 1910 census shows her
living in Wellston Township,
OK with her parents and
working as a school teacher
• Her family goes back to
Francis (Frantz) Wykert,
born 1737 in Germany
OLGA WYKERT
Was an average student, at least in the 2nd grade
WYKERT FAMILY
• Francis (Frantz) Wykert moved from Germany (along the
Rhine River) to Berks County, PA in 1756 at the age of 19
• He was the 2nd GGF of Olga Wykert
• He later moved to Washington County, PA, then to Marshall,
WV
• He brought with him a diploma signed by the King of
Wurtemberg outlining his family history
• His son, Nicholas Lawrence Wykert (GGF of Olga Wykert) lived
in Hogs Run, WV, along the Ohio River 10 miles south of
Wheeling
• He moved his family to Doniphan County, KS in 1856
WYKERT FAMILY
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Edward Sutton Wykert (father of Olga
Wykert) married Sarah Elizabeth Aberle in
1884 in Doniphan County, KS (pictured)
By 1900 the Wykerts had moved to
Oklahoma County, where Edward worked
as a traveling salesman
Sarah Elizabeth Aberle (Saxey), mother of
Olga Wykert)was around 3 in 1868 when
the Cheyenne Indians, displaced from
their land, massacred a number of settlers
in Doniphan County (The Great Cheyenne
Massacre)
Her family later moved to Hydro,
Oklahoma
She died in 1950 and is buried in Fairlawn
Cemetery in Oklahoma City
ABERLE FAMILY
• Sarah Aberle’s family goes back to Frederick Aberle (born
around 1790 in Baden-Wurtemburg, Germany), greatgrandfather of Olga Wykert
• His son, John Aberle (grandfather of Olga Wykert) was born in
Wurtemburg, but was in Troy, KS by 1870, working as a farmer
• His family arrived in Baltimore in 1840 aboard the ship ‘Ernst
and Gustav’ sailing from Brennen, Germany
• To become a citizen he had to sign a letter denying any
allegiance to the King of Wurtemburg
• He was the father of Sarah Aberle
POLLOCK FAMILY
(CLAN POLLOCK)
• The marriage of Jane F Pollock (great-grandmother of A E King
Sr) to Joseph Troutman created a web tying the King family
through Ireland to Scotland, to England, and ultimately to
Normandy
• Sarah’s grandfather, Charles Pollock (3rd GGF of A E King Sr)
immigrated to White Deer, PA from Londonderry, Ireland
sometime around 1740
• He was a Presbyterian who farmed, and later became a
cashier at the National Bank of Kittenang, PA
• Charles brought with him several documents bearing the seal
of Clan Pollock (a boar pierced by an arrow)
CLAN POLLOCK SEAL
The seal was first used on a charter for the Paisley Abbey in Scotland (1160)
It is now on display in the British Museum in London
Inscription translates to ‘Boldly and Earnestly’
An article from Matthews’
American Armory and Blue
Book describes the use of
the seal by Charles Pollock
in Pennsylvania,
confirming the descent of
Jane F Pollock from the
Pollock Clan
POLLOCK FAMILY
• The Pollock family dates back to Fulbert the Saxon, born in
1075 in Falaise, Normandy (20th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Fulbert came to England after the Norman Conquest, and
served as a knight for Walter FitzAlan, First High Steward of
Scotland
• In return for his service at the Battle of the Standard, Fulbert
was granted an estate in Renfrewshire, Scotland, where his
descendants became the Barons of Pollock
• Fulbert’s grandson, Robert II de Pollock, donated land to
found the Paisley Abbey in Renfrewshire (the abbey which
later produced the paisley pattern for textiles)
POLLOCK FAMILY
• Robertus Pollock (born 1265 – 15th GGF of A E King Sr) married Agnes
Maxwell of clan Maxwell, making her the 15th GGM of A E King Sr
• The Pollock lands were then divided, the southern half given to Clan
Maxwell
• Pollocks today are still allowed to wear the Maxwell tartan
• John de Pollock (14th GGF of A E King Sr) was knighted in 1372 and granted
a charter to the lands of Caerlaverlock
• John de Pollock (12th GGF of A E King Sr) was made Sir John de Pollock by
King James II of Scotland
• Charles Pollock (11th GGF of A E King Sr) married Margaret Stewart, 4th
great-granddaughter of Robert the Bruce, tying the King family to the
powerful Stewart (Stuart) family that ruled Scotland and Engand for
generations
• The Stewarts were descended from Walter FitzAlan, First High Steward of
Scotland, and included Robert the Bruce
POLLOCK FAMILY
• Charles Pollock was appointed Deputy-Keeper of the Castle of Rothesay by
King James III
POLLOCK COAT OF ARMS
POLLOCK FAMILY
• Charles’ son, David Pollock, also married a Stewart descendant
(Marion Stewart), creating a second link to the Stewart/Stuards
• His son, John de Pollock (9th GGF of A E King Sr) was Receiver
General to James IV of Scotland
• His wife, Margaret Semple (9th GGM of Tom Lowry) was from the
powerful Clan Semple/Semphill, creating another ancestral link to
Scottish nobility
• Sir John de Pollock (8th GGF of A E King Sr) made a disastrous
decision to support Mary, Queen of Scots, in her wars against James
IV
• He fought for her at the Battle of Langside, and the Pollock lands
were forfeited following the defeat
POLLOCK FAMILY
• Following the loss of lands in the cause of Mary, Queen of
Scots, Robert Pollock (7th GGF of A E King Sr) moved the family
to Londonderry, Ireland
• His second grandson (Charles Pollock) traveled from Ireland to
America, and was the grandfather of Jane F Pollock
• The original Castle Pollock near Glasgow, built in the 12th
century by Robert de Pollock (18th GGF of A E King Sr) no
longer exists
• It was destroyed and rebuilt several times until 1952, when it
was demolished
• At that time Pollock Castle had 88 bedrooms
• It was used as an ammunition dump during World War II
THE BRUCES OF SCOTLAND
• Margaret Stewart (6th GGD of Robert the Bruce) married Charles Pollock
(11th GGF of A E King Sr) around 1440, making Robert the Bruce the 19th
GGF of A E King Sr
• The Brus family of Scotland descended from Normandy Robert I de Brus
(25th GGF of A E King Sr) was a knight who accompanied William the
Conqueror from Normandy and supported him at the Battle of Hastings in
1066 (The Norman Conquest of England)
• Around 1113 King David of Scotland made Robert Lord of Annondale
• When William the Conqueror’s son, Henry I of England, died, the English
throne was disputed by his daughter, Empress Maud, and his nephew,
Stephen (The Great Anarchy)
• In the Great Anarchy, Robert II de Brus (24th GGF of A E King Sr) supported
Stephen, who initially prevailed
• The Great Anarchy is the setting of Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth
GUISBOROUGH PRIORY
North Yorkshire, England
Founded 1119 by Robert I de Brus (25th GGF of A E King)
Destroyed in Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries
THE BRUCE FAMILY
• Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (21st GGF of A E King Sr) was
Justice and Constable of Scotland and England, and a regent of
Scotland
• During his life Alexander III of Scotland died without heir, leading to
a dispute regarding his successor known as the Great Cause
• Edward I of England was asked to step in and settle the
successorship
• Robert V was among those vying for the crown (his mother was a
descendant of King David I)
• The conflict for the crown, and the intervention of the English king,
eventually led to the Scottish Wars of Independence
• This is the setting of the movie Braveheart, with Robert V depicted
as the leper
THE BRUCE FAMILY
• In the course of the Great Cause a woman was killed by
English soldiers, a woman who was engaged to William
Wallace (Braveheart)
• Wallace killed the English soldiers, then rallied the Scots
behind him, launching what would become the Scottish Wars
of Independence
• The Bruce family, with large landholdings in England, initially
supported the English, but did not betray Wallace as depicted
in the movie
• Following the defeat and execution of Wallace, Robert the
Bruce (19th GGF of A E King Sr) took up the Scottish cause,
later to prevail and become King of Scotland
ROBERT THE BRUCE
• When Robert the Bruce died, his heart was carried to the Crusades, later
to be returned to Scotland to be buried at Melrose Abbey
• His daughter Marjorie (18th GGM of A E King Sr) married Walter Stewart,
High Steward of Scotland
• The Stewart (Stuart) family had been hereditary High Stewards for
generations, and Robert I (son of Marjorie Bruce and Walter Stewart)
succeeded Robert the Bruce as Robert II of Scotland (17th GGF of A E King
Sr), first of the Stuart Kings of Scotland and England
• He was succeeded by Robert III (16th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Robert III’s son, James I (15th GGF of A E King Sr) was born in 1337 in Scone
Palace, royal residence of the Scottish kings
ROBERT THE BRUCE
SCONE PALACE
Perthsire, Scotland
Royal residence of Scottish kings
Birthplace of James I Stuart (15th GGF of A E King Sr)
THE STUART KINGS
• Because of ongoing wars with England, James I (15th GGF of A E King Sr)
was sent to France as a child for safety
• His ship was intercepted by the English and he was taken to London as a
hostage by Henry IV
• Following the death of Robert III the Scottish nobility were in no hurry to
ransom James I, enjoying their own power in his absence, and so he
remained a hostage for 18 years
• In 1424 James I returned to Scotland, bringing with him a taste for the
English court, and a wife who was a cousin of King Henry VI
• This relationship between the Stuarts of Scotland and the Plantagenet
rulers of England would eventually bring the Stuarts to the throne of
England, and would create the conflict that arose between Mary, Queen of
Scots, and Queen Elizabeth of England
THE STUART KINGS
• James I’s ways were not favored by the Scots, and in 1437 a
group of Scottish nobles assassinated him at the Friars
Preachers Monastery in Perth
• Ironically, he would have been able to escape through the
sewer, but found it blocked
• The sewer opened next to the tennis court, and three days
before the assassination he had ordered the sewer to be
blocked because his tennis balls kept going into it
• James II was only 7 at the time of his father’s death
• During his minority the Douglas Clan gained great power in
Scotland, later to fall into conflict with James II as he matured
THE STUART KINGS
• The conflict between James II and the Douglases culminated
in 1452 at Stirling Castle
• James II stabbed the 8th Earl of Douglas, following which
James’ followers took an axe to his head
THE STUART KINGS
• James II was fond of artillery, and died when a cannon he was
firing exploded in a siege of Roxbury Castle
• James III (13th GGF of A E King Sr), although bringing the
Renaissance of art and culture to Scotland, was largely
unpopular because of his unfairness and alliance with England
• In 1482 James III was betrayed by his countrymen and
imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle
• James III later bought his release and resumed the throne
• In 1488 James III faced an army of his own countrymen at the
Battle of Sauchieburn and was killed in battle
• His own son and heir, James IV, had opposed him in the battle
THE STUART KINGS
• James IV Stuart (12th GGF of A E King Sr) came to the throne at
the age of 15
• He was the most successful and productive of the Stuart Kings
• When war broke out between the French and English, and
Henry VIII invaded France, James IV took the opportunity to
invade England in support of France (The Auld Alliance)
• James IV met his death battling the English at the Battle of
Flodden Field (1513) in which the Scottish forces were
crushed
• James IV’s successor (James V) was not in the King lineage,
which passed through his daughter (Janet Stewart; 11th GGM
of A E King Sr)
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Mary Cochrane and Thomas Pollock were the grandparents of Jane F Pollock
Mary was the 6th GGD of James IV Stuart
JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUESS OF MONTROSE
• Led the support for Charles I of England in the Wars of the
three Kingdoms, in which Charles tried to impose the
Anglican Church on Scotland
• Initially highly successful in battle, but Charles was
eventually captured and executed by the Covenanters
• James was captured and hung, his body dismembered
• His head was hung from the Tollbooth at Edinburgh Castle
• Later buried in St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh
• Now considered a national hero
• 7th GGF of Arthur E King Sr
• His great-granddaughter, Mary Cochrane, married Thomas
Pollock (4th GGF of AE King Sr)
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• Robert the Bruce (19th GGF of A E King, Sr) was the 7th GGS of
William the Conqueror through his mother’s family, making
William the Conqueror the 25th GGF of A E King Sr
• When the throne of England was questioned following the
death of the childless Edward the Confessor, William amassed
a force in Normandy and claimed the crown of England
following his defeat of the English at the Battle of Hastings in
1066 (The Norman Conquest)
• For centuries thereafter England was ruled by his descendants
• William I was eventually succeeded by Henry I (24th GGF of A
E King Sr), the gluttonous king featured in Pillars of the Earth
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• Henry I was a man of great appetites and great brutality
• He had two of his own grandchildren blinded and mutilated
• He is famed for having the greatest number of illegitimate
children of any king in English history (estimated at 20-25)
• He died after stuffing himself with lampreys
• Henry’s only legitimate son, William Adeline, died in 1127
when the White Ship, sailing from Normandy to England,
went down (the opening scene of Ken Follett’s Pillars of the
Earth)
• Prior to his death, without a male heir, Henry I had named his
daughter, Maud (25th GGM of A E King Sr), as his successor
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• England was not mentally ready for a female monarch, and her
claim to the throne was contested by her cousin, Stephen,
launching the Great Anarchy which would divide England for years
• Stephen eventually prevailed over Empress Maud, only to die
without a male heir and have the kingdom claimed by Maud’s son,
Henry II (26th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Maud’s husband was Geoffrey V Plantagenet of Anjou (25th GGF of
A E King), the son of Fulk V d’Anjou (26th GGF of Tom Lowry), a
Norman crusader who had become King of Jerusalem
• The descendants of Maud and Goeffrey would be known as the
Plantagenet rulers of England
• Henry II’s wife was Eleanor of Aquitaine (26th GGM of A E King Sr),
daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (27th GGF of A E King Sr),
creating one of several links to the nobility of France
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• Eleanor of Aquitaine had previously been married to Louis VII the
Younger of France, the divorce later annulled
• She had accompanied Louis VII on a disastrous Crusade – one which
was lost largely because of the massive baggage and social network
Eleanor had brought
• It was the words of Henry II that led to the murder of Thomas
Beckett in Canterbury Cathedral
• Henry II was disliked by all of his sons, who tried repeatedly to
dethrone him
• Richard the Lionheart, oldest of the sons, died without heir after his
unsuccessful Third Crusade, and John Lackland Plantagenet (25th
GGF of A E King Sr) succeeded Henry I and King John I
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• John I was an unpopular king
• He was at war with his barons over rights (The First Barons’
War)
• He was the evil king in the Legend of Robin Hood
• He was forced by the nobility to sign the Magna Carta in 1215
• He died of dysentery (or poisoning) in 1216
• John’s wife was Isabella of Angouleme (25th GGM of A E King
Sr), descendant of the powerful Taillefer family (Counts of
Angouleme) of France, creating another link with the nobility
of France
• John was followed by his son, Henry III (24th GGF of A E King
Sr)
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• England flourished under the long and stable reign of Henry III
• He made Westminster his palace, building a shrine there for
Edward the Confessor
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• Henry III convened the first English Parliament in 1264
• He ordered the building of York Castle in stone as a defense
against Scotland
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• Despite the stability brought by Henry III, he, like his father,
faced a Barons’ War, the opposition led by Simon de Montfort
• The Plantagenets prevailed in the war, and Henry III was
succeeded by his son, Edward I Longshanks (23rd GGF of A E
King Sr)
• Edward I ruled England during the Scottish Wars of
Independence, executing William Wallace and constantly at
war with Robert the Bruce
• His wife was the much-beloved Eleanor of Castile (25th GGM
of A E King Sr), daughter of King Ferdinand III of Castile,
creating a link to the nobility of Spain
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• Edward I died in the course of the Scottish Wars, succeeded
by Edward II (19th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Edward II married Isabella of France (19th GGM of A E King Sr),
daughter of King Philip IV the Fair, creating another link to the
nobility of France
• Edward II was an ineffective leader, and quickly lost Scotland
to Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannochburn (1314)
• His reign was plagued by conflict as he favored his male
friends, Hugh le Despenser and Piers Gaveston, and in 1326
his estranged wife, Isabella, and her lover, Roger de Mortimer
(18th GGF of A E King Sr) invaded England, deposing and
imprisoning Edward II
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• Edward II died while imprisoned by his wife, succeeded by
Edward III (18th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Isabella (Edward III’s mother) and Mortimer continued to rule
in his minority, but at the age of 17 he had Mortimer executed
and his mother imprisoned
• Edward III was a successful king, bringing England’s military to
its szenith
• During his reign (1348) the Black Death hit England, killing 1/3
of its population
• Edward III’s heir apparent, Edward the Black Prince, Duke of
York, died in battle in France, ultimately leading to the Wars of
the Roses as the Plantagenet house split into two factions
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• The Wars of the Roses was fought between and Lancasters
(the Red Rose -- descendants of John of Gaunt (17th GGF of A
E King Sr) and the Yorks (the White Rose – descendants of
Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
• Both were sons of Edward III
• Richard II, son of Edward the Black Prince, had succeeded
Edward III, but was defeated and deposed by Henry
Bolingbroke (son of John of Gaunt), who became Henry IV
• After several exchanges of rule, Henry Tudor emerged
victorious, marking the end of the Plantagenet rule and
beginning the Tudor rule
THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND
• The Wars of the Roses marked the end of
Plantagenet rule, and the end of the King
family connection to the rulers of England
• John of Gaunt’s granddaughter, Joan Beaufort,
married James I of Scotland, becoming the
15th GGM of A E King Sr) and the King family
connection continued through that line to the
Pollock clan
OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE
• Geoffrey V Plantagenet (25th GGF of A E King Sr) husband of Maud
(daughter of William the Conqueror), son of Fulk V d”Anjou (king of
Jerusalem during the crusades), patriarch of the Plantagenet rulers of
England
• William Marshall (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) 1st Earl of Pembroke, served as
regent for the young King Henry III
• Simon de Montfort (9th GGF of A E Kng Sr) Earl of Leicester, led the barons
against Henry III and died in the Battle of Evesham, killed by Roger de
Mortimer (19th GGF of Tom Lowry) who sent Montforts head to his wife as
a present
• Hugh le Despencer (20th GGF of E King Sr) chief advisor to and probable
lover of Edward II. Executed by the enemies of Edward II
OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE
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Roger II Bigod (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) signed the Magna Carta
Hugh Bigod (22nd GGF of A E King Sr) signed the Magna Carta
William d”Aubigny (24th GGF of A E King Sr) signed the Magna Carta
Richard de Clare (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) signed the Magna Carta
Gilbert de Clare (22nd GGF of A E King Sr) signed the Magna Carta
Alan de Galloway (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) signed the Magna Carta
Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth (21st GGF of A E King Sr) signed the Magna
Carta
• Geoffrey de Mandeville (26th GGF of A E King Sr) founded the town of
Amersham and Ramsey Abbey. During the Great Anarchy he threw out
the clergy and used the abbey as a base from which to rob his subjects.
Killed by King Stephen’s army in 1144
OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE
• Aubrey II de Vere (25th GGF of A E King Sr) was Master Chamberlain of
England. Built Hedingham Castle in Essex. The castle was taken by
Stephen during the Great Anarchy, returned by Henry II, and later
besieged by King John
• Maud de Braose (20th GGM of A E King sr), Barroness Wigmore. Maud is
credited for plotting the escape of Edward I, who was held priisoner in a
neighboring castle during the First Barons’ War
• Richard ‘Strongbow’ FitzGilbert de Clare (24th GGF of A E King) was Earl of
Pembroke, led the English forces that conquered much of Ireland in 1169
OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE
• David, Earl of Huntingdon (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) led the
siege of Nottingham Castle in 1194, thought to have been
Robin Hood, or the person on whom the legend was based
• Lady Godiva of Coventry (25th GGM of A E King Sr) rode
through the town naked to protest the taxes imposed by her
husband
• Janet Douglas (11th GGM of A E King Sr) – accused of
witchcraft by James V of Scotland, and burned at the stake in
1537 – her ghost still haunts Glamis Castle in Scotland as The
Grey Lady
KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND
• Most King ancestors who lived in Ireland were of
Scottish origin, and lived in Ireland for short
periods
• However, a number of Scottish and English
ancestors distinguished themselves in Ireland
• Because Fergus Mac Erc (44th GGF of A E King Sr),
who settled Dalriata in Scotland, and whose
descendants became kings of Scotland, was
descended from the kings of Dalriata in Ireland,,
he ties the Lowry family back to the ancient kings
and high kings of Ireland
ANCIENT KINGS AND HIGH KINGS OF IRELAND
• Several of these kings and high kings, mostly ancestors of Fergus Mac Erc,
are noteworthy
• Niall of the Nine Hostages (Niall Mor Noigiallach), 47th GGF of A E King Sr,
captured his enemy, Eochaid, and chained him to a tree, inviting nine of
his warriors to kill the enemy. But Eochaid broke his chains, killed all nine
warriors, and later killed Niall as well
• Milesius (104th GGF of A E King Sr) alleged to have settled Ireland as the
first king. Some geneologists have traced Milesius back to Japeth, son of
Noah
• Roan Faeldergdoit (89th GGF of A E King Sr) was the first Irish king to
require that his citizens wear gold rings on their hands
• Cobthach Coel Breg (75th GGF of A E King Sr) killed his brother to become
king, then forced his brother’s children to eat the corpse
ANCIENT KINGS AND HIGH KINGS OF IRELAND
• Tuathal Teachtmar (56th GGF of A E King Sr) imposed a biannual fee on Leinster of 6000 cows, 6000 sheep, and 6000
ounces of silver
• Cormac Mac Art (53rd GGF of A E King Sr) was confronted by
St Patrick, and subsequently suppressed the druids in favor of
Christianity
• Muireadeach Tireach (49th GGF of A E King Sr) married the
daughter of Old King Cole. He was the father of Niall of the
Nine Hostages, whose descendants became the patriarchs of
the powerful Ui Neills and Connachts
KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND
• Olaf the White (30th GGF of A E King Sr) was one of many Vikings to
rule eastern Ireland
• He became king of Dublin around 853
• His wife was Aud the Deep Minded (39th GGM of Tom Lowry),
daughter of Ketil Flatnose (30th GGF of A E King Sr)
• The Jelling Stones of Denmark were raised in honor or Olaf and Aud
• Olaf’s son, Thorstein the Red (29th GGF of A E King Sr) attempted to
conquer Scotland but failed
• Olaf Sihtricson (26th GGF of A E King Sr) was king of Dublin and king
of York in England
• Sigurd the Stout Lodvisson (25th GGF of A E King Sr) was the last of
the Viking kings of Ireland
BRIAN BORU
• High King of Ireland
• 28th GGF of A E King Sr
• Defeated the Viking rulers at the Battle of
Clontarf (1014), a battle in which he was
killed
• Patriarch of the O’Brien Dynasty of
Ireland
KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND
• In 1167 Dermott MacMurrough, King of Leinster (24th GGF of
A E King Sr) was expelled by the High King of Ireland
• He sought assistance from Henry II of England (26th GGF of A
E King Sr)
• Henry II organized an army led by Richard de Clare, Earl of
Pembroke (known as Strongbow) – 24th GGF of A E King Sr
• Strongbow and his Welsh archers restored Dermott to the
throne of Leinster
• This opened the door for further incursions into Ireland by the
Norman leaders of England
KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND
• Following the death of Strongbow, Henry II appointed William
FitzAldelm de Burgh (24th GGF of A E King Sr) as Deputy of
Ireland
• William founded The Priory of St Thomas the Martyr in Dublin
• William’s son, Richard mor de Burgh (23rd GGF of A E King Sr)
became Justiciar of Ireland and founded the city of Galway
• Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (20th GGF of A E King Sr),
founded Athassel Abbey in Tipperary, where he was buried
• Walter’s son, Richard og de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (19th GGF of A
E King Sr) married Elizabeth Bruce (19th GGM of Tom Lowry),
daughter of Robert the Bruce