This important family of early Norman England has been studied in depth in a recent publication by medieval genealogist Peter Stewart, Origins and Early Generations of the Tosny Family , which is available online. Charles Cawley in his Medieval Lands database on the FMG site also has an extensive section on the Seigneurs of Tosny on his Norman Nobility page.=--------------------------------===H...
The Berners Family seems to be largely descended from the Norman lord Hugh de Berners , an Anglicised version of Hugo de Bernières. There are a number of locations with that name , but this is believed to be Bernières-d'Ailly near Caen.===Aims===To track the main Berners line and try and figure out where the other Berners lines fit in and to track down the various Barnes lines that are also des...
The Malbon Family are descendants of William Malbank, First Baron of Nantwich . He arrived in Britain with Hugh Lupus in 1069 and was made one of the eight barons of the palatine county of Cheshire, gaining lands across southern Cheshire and northern Shropshire. Specifically, as the Third Baron of Nantwich had no male heirs, the Malbons descend from Philip Malbank , the younger son of the Secon...
Source: Note:General History of the Massey's of AmericaIn 1674 a treaty was to be made with the Susquehanna tribes in Virginia and Maryland. Maryland militia was sent to aid the Virginia militia. In Virginia, governor Berkley assigned Col. John Washington (Great Grandfather of George Washington) and Major Isaac Allerton to represent Virginia. These men attacked and killed the peace party of Ind...