
Update. From this family member I have WILLIAM PORTER 1435-? and married in 1449 to Mary McDonald.
William's father Thomas Priter PORTER 1410-1433
Then John PORTER 1387-1447
Then William of Markham PORTER 1355-1436
Then Ralph or Relf PORTER 1335-1368
Then John le PORTER 1290-1368
Then Laurence le PORTER 1265-1290
Then Richard Heny le PORTER 1220-1269
Then Sir John de Port, Lord or Baron of Rockley, 1180-1239
Then Baron Adam de PORT, Governor of Castle Southampton, 1151-1213
Then Lord John de PORT, Sheriff and Lord of Basing
Then Sir Henry de PORT, Sheriff and Lord of Basing and Tong, 1087-1119
Then Alan de PERCY, 2nd Baron, 1067-1087
William "Algeronon" de PERCY, 1st Baron Aux Gernons, 1034-1096
It keeps going up to Mainfred de "The Dane" PERCY, 845-?
What's your start point? I was tracking from Johanna Hussey
We have to be careful about sources & geography especially for a common English name like Porter.
And my eyebrows raise at any "gentry."