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Some of this information is borrowed from Robert M. Keating's website at:
www.robertkeating.com
Some of this information was taken form the book, Gerald of Wales 1146-1223, by Robert Bartlett, published in 1982 by Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Another source was the Glamorgan County History, volume III-The Middle Ages, edited by Glanmor Williams and published in 1971 by the University pf Wales Press in Cardiff, Wales.
Note: The prefix 'ap' means son of and if it precedes a name that begins with a vowel it is written 'ab'. It appears that 'ferch' or 'verch' means daughter of.
Glanmor Williams says, ''Morgan ab Athrwys, and eighth century king of Glywysing, exercised dominion over Gwent and it is probable that the name Morannwg (or Gwlad Morgan, the land of Morgen), derives from this period.'' Glanmorgan is a county in Wales.
Caradog ap Gruffudd was killed in battle in the year 1081 and this established Rhys ap Tewdwr as king of Deheubarth. The daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr was Nest or Nesta, princess of Wales. Rhys ap Tewdwr died at the hands of the Normans who were invading Brycheiniog. He died during Easter week in 1093. The Norman conquest of Glamorgan probably occurred at this same time.
Nesta became the mother and grandmother of Norman-Welsh Invaders of Ireland as she was the mother of the FitzGeralds who became known as the Geraldines of Ireland.
In her time Nesta was known as the most beautiful woman in Wales. She had many lovers, and children from at least three fathers: Stephen the Castellan, Gerald FitzWalter and Henry I King of England. During Christmas of 1108 Owain ap Cadwgan of Cardigan came to visit Gerald and Nesta. He so lusted after her that he attacked the castle and carried her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that the incident started a war.
Nesta was of Welsh background. Her father was Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr, Prince of South Wales 1081-1093. Her brother, Gruffydd ap Rhys, Lord of South Wales was the father Rhys ap Gruffydd, titled the Lord Rhys, of South Wales.
Nesta's ancestral line in south Wales is quite long. Her father was the son of Tewdwr Mawr (the Great) ap Cadell. Tewdr Mawr was the son of Cadell ap Einion, son of Einion ap Owain, who in turn was the son of Owain ap Hywel Dha, King of South Wales. Owain was the son of Hywel Dha (the Good) ap Cadell, Prince of Deheubarth, who in turn was the son of Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of South Wales. Cadell was the son of Rhodri Mawr (the Great), Prince of South Wales, who was the son of Merfyn the Freckled, King of Gwynedd, who was in turn the son of Gwriad of Man, King of Gwynedd.
Nesta was associated with Henry I, King of England, and together had a son named Henry FitzHenry 1103-1157. One of Henry's sons was Meiler FitzHenry who was also involved in the Norman invasion. Henry also had sons, Robert, Master Morgan and Amabel FitzHenry. Meiler married a lady of the de Lacy family, who is thought to be a daughter of Robert de Lacy (d. 1220), and had another son known as Meiler FitzHenry. The elder Meiler or Meyler FitzHenry assisted a David Walsh in becoming rector of Dungarvan and Bishop of Waterford in 1204.
Princess Nesta was a remarkable woman. She is sometimes referred to as the "mother of the Irish invasion" since her sons and her grandsons were the leaders of the invasion. She had, in the course of her eventful life, two lovers, two husbands, and many sons and daughters. Her father is quoted as saying that she had 10 children as a result of her matrimonial escapades, eight sons and two daughters, among them William FitzGerald de Windsor.
Some years before she married Gerald FitzWalter, her father; the fierce old Prince of South Wales, was fighting the English under Henry, (then the Prince and later King). Henry succeeded in taking the lovely Nesta as hostage. Gerald FitzWalter was the son of Walter FitzOtho. It would seem that Gerald, busily engaged in military business, could have had no peace about his wife, since she was clever as well as beautiful, and every warrior seems to have fallen in love with her. In 1095, Gerald led an expedition against the Welsh on the borders of what is now Pembrokeshire. In 1100, he went to Ireland to secure for his lord, Arnulf Montgomery, the hand of the daughter of King Murrough in marriage. He was the first of the Geraldines (FitzGerald family) to set foot in Ireland, where they were later to rule like kings. Later, Arnulf joined in a rebellion against the King, was deprived of his estates and exiled in 1102. Then the King granted custody of Pembroke Castle to Gerald. Later, he was appointed president of the County of Pembrokeshire.
But it was Nesta that occupied the center of their stage during their marriage. Her beauty continued to excite wonder and desire throughout Wales. At Christmas in 1108, Cadwgan, Prince of Cardigan, invited the native chieftains to a feast at Dyvet (St. David's). Nesta's beauty was a subject of conversation. She excited the curiosity of Owen, the son of Prince Cadwgan, who resolved to see her. She was his cousin, so that the pretense of a friendly visit was easy. He successfully obtained admission with his attendants into Pembroke Castle. Her beauty was even greater than he expected and it excited his lust. He determined to carry her off. In the middle of the night, he set fire to the castle. His followers surrounded the room where Gerald and Nesta were sleeping. Gerald was awakened by the noise and about to discover the cause, but Nesta, suspecting some treason, persuaded him to make his escape. She pulled up a board and let her husband escape down a drain by a rope. Then Owen broke open the door, seized Nesta and two of her sons, and carried them off to Powys, leaving the castle in flames. Owen had his way with Nesta and historians say that one of her ten children was his. It is not known whether she yielded from desire or force. But at her request, Owen hastened to send back the two sons to Gerald. When King Henry heard of Nesta's abduction, he was furious. He regarded it as an injury almost personal, since Gerald was not only his steward, but his particular friend. The abduction of Nesta led to a war, which resulted in her return to her husband, and Owen fled to Ireland. Gerald took a major role in the fighting.
In 1116, Henry ordered Owen, who had returned to Wales, to apprehend Gruffuyd, son of Rhys ap Tewdyr. As he passed through a wood on his march to join up with the royal forces, Owen seized some cattle. The owners of the cattle, as they fled, met Gerald, Constable of Pembroke. When the cattle owners requested his assistance he was delighted to have the opportunity for revenge for the insult to his honor done by Owen's abduction of Nesta. He lost no time in pursuing Owen, found him, and a skirmish followed. Owen was slain, an arrow piercing his heart, and Gerald's honor was avenged.
Gerald died about 1135, leaving three sons and a daughter by Nesta. They were: Maurice, one of the principal leaders of the Irish invasion in 1169: 1. William FitzGerald, ancestor of the FitzGerald families of Carew. 2. Maurice FitzGerald ancestor of the Earls of Kildare, the Earls of Desmond and the Baron of Naas in Ireland. 3. David, who became bishop of St. David's 1148-76. 4. Angharad, wife of William de Bari, and mother of the historian, Gerald Cambrensis.
Nesta married again. Her second husband was Stephen, Constable of Cardigan, by whom she had one son, Robert fitzStephen. Nesta's children and their descendants constituted a menace to the English rule of Wales. Royal Welsh blood mingled with the blood of the nobles of Normandy in all the half-brothers, sons of Gerald of Windsor and Stephen of Cardigan. Bastard or legitimate, they were turbulent princes in a /troubled land. Now fighting the Welsh natives, now allying themselves with their cousin, Nesta's brother Gruffuyd, the unconquered Prince of Wales, on whose head Henry had set "a mountain of gold", they remained a constant source of trouble to the King, an ever-present threat to his security.
And so they fought, these Norman barons, and they went on fighting. It was the able and ambitious Henry II, one of England's really great kings, (the Henry of "Becket" and "Lion in Winter"), the father of Richard the Lionhearted and John of the Magna Carta, who was to find a solution. He gave these Norman adventurers a free hand in Ireland. This is how the Norman invasion of Ireland came about and the Geraldines arrived in 1169.
Gerald Fitz Walter. Gerald Fitz Walter (Son of Walter) married Nesta, the daughter of Rhys ap Gruffydh ap Tudor Mawr, Prince of South Wales. Nesta had been the mistress of Henry I and was mother by him of the celebrated Robert of Golucester and of Meyler Fitz Henry. Nesta afterwards married Stephen, Constable of Cardigan, by whom she had one son, Robert FitzStephen. After the death of her 1st husband she married 2nd Gerald FitzWalter. Gerald and Nesta had three sons and one daughter:
1. Maurice.
2. William the ancestor of the families of Carew, Grace, FitzMaurice and Gerard.
3. David, consecrated in 1147, Bishop of St. David�s.
4. Angareth, wife of William de Barry, and mother of Historian, Giraldus Cambrensis.
Maurice FitzGerald came with Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, surnamed Stongbow, to Ireland about 1170. In 1171 Maurice and Strongbow were in Dublin. In 1172 Henry II appointed Maurice Warden of Dublin under Hugh de Lacy. Maurice married Alice de Montgomery the daughter of Arnulph, fourth son of Roger de Montgomery who was nearly related to William the Conqueror. Maurice is credited with being the ancestor of the Earls of Kildare and Desmond. Maurice and Alice (Montgomery) FitzGerald had children:
1. Gerald, First Baron of Offaly.
2. William, Baron of Naas.
3. Thomas, �the Great� the ancestor of the Earls of Desmond.
4. Alexander.
5. Maurice.
6. Nesta who married in 1175 Hervey de Clare de Montemaresco, uncle of Strongbow.
Gerald FitzMaurice was with his father in Dublin in 1171. In 1205 Gerald sat in Parliament as Baron Offaly. Gerald FitzMaurice married Catherine, the daughter of Hamo de Valois a gentleman of Suffolk, England who was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1197. Gerald died in 1205. Gerald and Catherine FitzMaurice had a sons named:
1. Maurice, 2nd Baron of Offaly.
2. Gerald.
Maurice FitzGerald the 2nd Baron of Offaly. In 1215 he introduced into Ireland the Order of the Franciscans and in 1216 the Dominicans. In 1229 Maurice was appointed as Lord Justice of Ireland. The Baron retired into the Franciscan Monastery at Youghal, founded by him in 1232, where assuming the habit of the order he died in 1257. Maurice married a lady named Juliana the daughter of John de Cogan, who was Lord Justice in 1247. Maurice and Juliana FitzGerald had sons named:
1. Maurice, 3rd Baron of Offaly. Maurice married Emelina De Longespee and had sons named:
Maurice FitzGerald, the 3rd Lord of Offaly in 1257.
Gerald FitzMaurice, the 4th Lord of Offaly in 1260.
2. Gerald, father of Maurice FitzGerald the 5th Baron of Offlay.
3. Thomas, father of the 1st Earl of Kildare.
Thomas FitzMaurice was the 3rd son of the 2nd Baron of Offaly and became the 6th Baron of Offaly. Thomas married Rohesia or Rose, daughter of Richard de St. Michael, Lord of Rheban and they had a son John, his successor. The following are traditions in connection with the origin of the monkey being the crest of the Offaly Geraldines: �John FitzThomas, afterwards Earl Kildare, then an infant, was in the Castle of Woodstock, near Athy, when there was an alarm of fire. In the confusion that ensued the child was forgotten, and when the servants returned to search for him, the room in which he lay was found in ruins. Soon after a strange noise was heard on one of the towers, and looking up they saw an ape, which usually kept chained, carefully holding the child in his arms. The Earl afterwards, in gratitude for his preservation, adopted a monkey for his crest and supporters, and some of his descendants, in memory of it, took the additional motto of �Non immemor beneficii,�. Thomas married 2nd Margaret, daughter of Thomas Lord Mandeville and 3rd Mary, daughter of Theobald Walter or Butler? His son was:
John FitzThomas FitzGerald was the 7th Lord of Offaly and the 1st Earl of Kildare. On 14 May 1316, Edward the II created him Earl of Kildare. John married Blanche Roche the daughter of John Roche, the Lord of Fermoy. In 1294 he marched against the Irish in Offaly. In 1299 he was summoned to attend the King, �with horse and arms, in his best array, for a war against the Scots,�. On 14 May 1316, Edward II created him Earl of Kildare. John died at Maynooth, or Laraghbryan on 10 Sep 1316 and was buried in the Grey Abbey at Kildare. John and Blanche (Roche) FitzGerald had children named:
1. Gerald who died young in 1303.
2. Thomas the 2nd Earl of Kildare.
4. Joan who married in 1302 Sir Edmund Butler, created Earl of Carrick and was the ancestor of the Marquis of Ormonde.
Thomas FitzGerald was the 2nd Earl of Kildare. Thomas succeeded his father in 1316. Thomas married on 16 Aug 1312 at Green Castle, County Down, Lady Joan de Burgh, the 3rd daughter of Richard de Burgh, the �Red Earl� of Ulster. John was appointed, in February of 1326, by Edward III to be the Lord Justice of Ireland. John died on 09 Apr 1328 at Maynooth. He was buried before the altar of the chapel of Our Lady in the Grey Abbey at Kildare. Joan remarried 03 Jul 1329 to Sir John Darcy, who was appointed Lord Justice. Thomas and Joan (Burgh) FitzGerald had a sons named:
1. John, born in 1314 and died in 1323.
2. Richard, 3rd Earl of Kildare.
3. Maurice, 4th Earl of Kildare.
Maurice FitzGerald, the 4th Earl of Kildare was born in 1318. Maurice married Elizabeth Burghersh, the daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burghersh, Knight of the Garter and obtained lands in County Meath. Maurice was appointed Justiciary of Ireland in 1356. Maurice FitGerald died on 25 Aug 1390 and was buried in the church of the Holy Trinity in Dublin. Maurice and Elizabeth (Burghersh) FitzGerald had a son named:
Gerald FitzGerald, the 5th Earl of Kildare in 1390. Gerald married Margaret Rochfort, the daughter and heiress of Sir John Rochfort. Gerald died in 1410 and was buried in the Grey Abbey at Kildare. Gerald and Margaret (Rochfort) FitzGerald had a son named:
John FitzGerald, the 6th Earl of Kildare in 1410. John died on 17 Oct 1427and was buried in the Monastery of All Saints or All Hollows on the site which is Trinity College in Dublin. John married Margaret de la Herne. John and Margaret (Herne) FitzGerald had a son named:
Thomas FitzGerald, the 7th Earl of Kildare in 1427. Thomas married Lady Joan FitzGerald, daughter of James FitzGerald the 7th Earl of Desmond. In 1454 he was appointed Lord Deputy to Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York. In 1463 he was appointed Lord Cancellor of Ireland for life. Thomas died on 25 March 1477 and was buried beside his father in the Monastery of All Hallows near Dublin. Thomas and Joan (FitzGerald) FitzGerald had a son named:
Gerald FitzGerald, the 8th Earl of Kildare in 1477. Gerald was called, by the Irish, �Geroit More� or the Great Earl. In 1478 he was appointed Lord Deputy. In 1480 made a �hosting into the country of the O�Mores, Leiz. In 1496 he married 2nd Elizabeth St. John the daughter of Oliver St. John of Lyiard Tregoze and first cousin to Henry VII. In 1509 Gerald was appointed Lord Justice by Henry VIII. In 1513 he marched against Lemyvannan or O�Carroll�s Castle in Kings County but as he was watering his horse in the river Greese at Kilkea he was shot by one of the O�Mores of Leix and died on 03 Sep of that year. He was buried before the high altar at Christ Church in Dublin. Gerald married 1st Alison Eustace who died 22 Nov 1495. Alison was the daughter and co-heiress of Rowland Eustace, Baron of Portlester, by Maud, daughter of Jenico d�Artois. By her he left one son, Gerald his successor and six daughters:
1. Gerald who became the 9th Earl of Kildare.
2. Eleanor who married 1st Donnell M�Carthy Reagh, Chief of Arbery, County Cork and 2nd Calvagh O�Donnell, Chief of Tyroconnell.
3. Margaret who married in 1485 Pierce Butler the 8th Earl of Ormonde.
4. Elizabeth who married Christopher Fleming, Lord Salne.
5. Eustacia who married Ulick McWilliam Burke, Lord Clanricarde.
6. Joan
Gerald FitzGerald the 8th Earl of Kildare married 2nd Elizabeth the daughter of Oliver St. John of Lydiard-Tregoze who was the ancestor of Viscount Bolinbroke.
The marriage of Margaret FitzGerald to Pierce Butler was the second marriage between these two families in this line.
Piers (Pierce) Butler who was the 8th Earl of Ormonde. Piers Butler was born about 1467. Piers Butler married Margaret FitzGerald the daughter of Gerald FitzGerald the 8th Earl of Kildare. He was also the Earl of Ossory in 1528. Piers Butler is credited with establishing the original Kilkenny College. He died and was buried in St. Candice�s in Kilkenny. Their children were
James Butler the 9th Earl of Ormonde.
Richard Butler the 1st Viscount Mountgarret.
Elice Butler who married Gerald FitzGerald
According to a reference found in the History of the Queens County by V. Rev John Canon O�Hanlon, Rev Edward O�Leary and Rev. Matthew Lalor, Vloume II, published in 1914 by Sealey, Bryers & Walker in Dublin: �In July, 1569 Callough O�More, younger son of Rory �caech� by his second wife Margaret daughter of Edmund Butler, Archbishop of Cashel,�. Rory caoch O�More married 2nd Margaret Butler the daughter of Edmund Butler Archbishop of Cashel. Margaret Butler was the grand daughter of Piers Butler the 8th Earl of Ormonde. Rory caoch and Margaret O�More�s son was Callough (Charles) O�More. If this record is accurate then Edmund Butler must have been another son of Piers Butler. Rory coach O�More was slain in 1545.
Note caoch also spelled caech means �one eyed�.
Rory coach O�more had by his 1st wife, whose name has not been found, a son who was:
1. Rory Oge O�More.
By Margaret Butler he had at least two sons:
2. Kadagh O�More
3. Callough (Charles) O�More the father of Colonel Rory O�More, anglicized as Roger Moore, of the 1641 Irish Rebellion.
According to some it is believed that a son of Rory O�More and his wife Jane Barnewall was Nathaniel More. This family left Ireland went to England and then to Barbados before becoming planters in South Carolina. Nathaniel�s son is thought to have been James Moore who became interim Governor of South Carolina in 1700. Several of the sons of James Moore and his wife Margaret Berringer were in the Cape Fear area of North Carolina by 1722 from South Carolina where he had been as early as 1674/75 having caome from Barbados. Their sons were Nathaniel, Maurice and Roger Moore. Nathaniel Moore owned the �York plantation� there.
The History of the Queens County, volume II was published in 1914 by Sealy, Bryers & Walker in Dublin, Ireland. It consists of a compilation of papers of V. Rev. John Cannon O�Hanlon, Rev. Edward O�Leary and Rev. Matthew Lalor. In this work the first name of the daughter of Sir Patrick Barnewall who married Rory O�More is given as �Jane�. Oueens County Ireland was the former Liex County the home land of the O�More clan.
Rory O�More married Jane Barnewall and their son was:
Nathaniel More. This family left Ireland and was in Barbados before coming to the Carolinas. The son of Nathaniel More or Moore was:
James Moore was born about 1640 in Ireland and died about 1706 in Charleston, South Carolina. James Moore married Margaret Berringer about 1675 probably in Barbados. He was Governor of Carolina. There are some who think James Moore was the son of Rory O�More not his grandson. Their daughter was:
Mary Moore b. circa 1684 married Robert Howes. Their son was:
Job Howe or Howe married 1st Martha Jones, 2nd Elizabeth Watters and
third and lady named Jane. The son of Job and Martha
(Jones) Howe was:
Job Howe Jr. married Jane (Bridgen) Bennett the widowed daughter of Samuel Bridgen, Esq., a wealthy settler from London, England, who owned several plantations on the Cape Fear River called Brigens Hall, Ludlow Castle, and Bridgens Pastime. Their daughter was:
Mary Howe who married James Swindell who was born about 1777 in North Carolina. He died in 1850 in Tennessee. Mary (Howe) Swindle died before 25 Jan 1825 in Tennessee as her estate was probated on that date. Their son was:
Thomas Swindle who was born 02 Feb 1811 in North Carolina. He died 29 May 1904 in Benton County, Tennessee. Thomas Swindle came to Tennessee with his parents when he was four years of age (1815). Thomas Swindle was a Methodist and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and was licensed to "exhort", which is to preach, about 1850-1860. Thomas Swindle married 1st Miriam Anderson, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Anderson, on 15 Jan 1833. Thomas Swindle married 2nd Nancy F. Harris on 12 Jul 1873 and they had children. Thomas and Miriam (Anderson) Swindle�s son was:
William Anderson Swindle was born 18 Jan 1834 in Benton County, Tennessee which was Humphreys County at that time. He died 26 Jan 1914 in Randolph County, Arkansas. He married 1st Angelina Smith on 10 Nov 1850 in Benton County, Tennessee Angelina (Smith) Swindle died in Randolph County, Arkansas in 1860. William A. Swindle volunteered in the Civil War from Arkansas in 1863 under Captain William Black and Colonel Shaver. William A. Swindle married 2nd Mary Lewis on 20 Jul 1864. Mary was married 1st to John Lewis on 30 Sep 1855. William A. Swindle was in battles in Missouri and Siloam, Arkansas. In 1864 William A. Swindle returned to Tennessee and lived there until 1911 when he returned to Arkansas to live with his son by Angelina Smith:
Dr. William Thomas Swindle who was born in Benton County, Tennessee on 13 Mar 1854. He died 04 Aug 1924 in Middlebrook, Randolph County, Arkansas. In Benton County, Tennessee he married Vandora Hatley on 11 Dec 1873. Vandora also seen as Victoria Vandora Hatley, the only child of Wyley and Leah (Nowell) Hatley. Vandora Hatley was born 11 Dec 1858 and died in Maynard, Randolph County, Arkansas on 12 Feb 1924. Their daughter was:
Uler or Ula Balkus Swindle married John Francis Rapert in Randolph County, Arkansas. John and Ula (Swindle) Rapert are buried in the Antioch Cemetery near Doniphan, Missouri. Their daughter was:
Gussie Irene Rapert who married Thad Hambrick in Randolph County, Arkansas. Their daughter was:
Ula Arvena Hambrick who married 2nd Harold Earl Brackett in 1947 in Berrien County, Michigan. Their son was:
William Brackett who married Jane Hauch in Lakeside, Berrien County,
Michigan in 1970.