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This  line descends into two Womack lines and the present day Queen Elizabeth II  of England.  Because of the length of doing all generations to present I have chosen to do 21 generations descending from Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. If you are in David Womack and Mildred Pryor's line or Thomas Womack and Mary Farley's line these are your kinfolks. If you have any questions let me know.

1. Geoffrey⁵ Plantagenet (Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born 1113, and died 1151. He married Matilda of England, daughter of King Henry and of Matilda. She was born Abt. 1104, and died September 10, 1167.

Notes for Geoffrey Plantagenet:

GEOFFREY, surnamed PLANTAGENET, COUNT d'ANJOU, born 1113, died 1151. King Henry I, of England, in despair over loss of his son, William, Duke of Normandy, who was drowned in the sinking of a ship off the coast of France, sought the aid of GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, one of the most powerful princes of France, a noble person, with "elegant and courtly manners and a reputation for gallantry in the field". Approving the marriage of his daughter MATILDA with GEOFFREY, King Henry personally invested him with Knighthood, and expressed the hope that all Englishmen would give them full allegiance. The Barons took the oath to uphold the succession of Matilda and Geoffrey and their children after them. Thus Geoffrey heads the line of English Kings which bear his Plantagenet name. The friends of Geoffrey were unaware that their playful nickname for him of Plantagenet would live through the years. The story is told that while disguised in battle and to make himself known to his followers, he leaned from his horse and grasped a sprig of "plante de genet", the common broom corn, and thrust it in his helmet. Thus he derived his popular title. As eldest son of FULK V, KING OF JERUSALEM, and his wife, LRMENGARDE, daughter of HELIAS, Count of Maine, Geoffrey was of the House of Angevin Kings, which had been prominent for three centuries. (Note: Arms of Fulk V, King of Jerusalem pictured on page 201, Magna Charta.)

Geoffrey's descent from the House of Angevin Kings follows:

(1)THERTULLUS, COUNT of ANJOU, wife PETRONELLA, daughter of Conrad, Count of Paris;
(2) INGELERUS I, Count of Anjou, married Adsline of Challon;
(3) FULK, "the red", born 888, died 938, wife Roscilla of Blois;
(4) FULK II, The Good, Count of Anjou, died 958, married Gerberga of Catinais;
(5) GEOFFREY I, Count of Anjou, died 21 July 987, married Adelaide de Vermandois, also known as Adelaide de Chalons, born 950, died 975-78;
(6) FULK III, "the Black" Count of Anjou, born 970, died 21 June 1040, married, second, after 1000, Hildegarde, who died 1 April 1109, married, fifth, Bertrade de Montfort;
(9) FULK V, "The Young", Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, born 1092; died 10 Nov. 1143, who, as above stated, was the father of
GEOFFREY V "PLANTAGENET", Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, who, on 3 April 1127, married MATILDA of ENGLAND, daughter of HENRY I, of England.

NOTE: Also being given below, is the descent of Geoffrey V of Anjou, (called "Plantagenet") husband of Matilda (Maud), of England, from KING EDWARD THE GREAT.

GENEALOGY OF GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET (born 1113, died 7 Sept. 1151, from Aedd Mawr,) (KING EDWARD THE GREAT), who appears to have lived about 1300 B.C. (the line of BOAZ and RUTH) to WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, whose Genealogy back to ROLLO the DANE, is given above:

(1) KING EDWARD the GREAT, his son;
(2) BRYDAIN, who settled in the island at an early date, and, according to tradition, gave his name to the entire island, which has since been corrupted into "Britain". His son;
(3) ANNYN TRO, his son;
(4) SELYS HEN, his son;
(5) BRWT, his son;
(6) CYMRYW, his son;
(7) ITHON, his son;
(8) GWEYRYDD, his son;
(9) PEREDUR, his son;
(10) LLYFEINYDD, his son;
(11) TEUGED, his son;
(12) LLARIAN, in whose day London was a considerable town, having been founded B.C. 1020, or earlier, as some hold, at least 270 yrs before the founding of Rome; his son;
(13) ITHEL, his son;
(14) ENIR FARDD, his son;
(15) CALCHWYDD, his son;
(16) LLYWARCH, his son;
(17) IDWAL, his son;
(18) RHUN, his son;
(19) BLEDDYN, his son;
(20) MORGAN, his son;
(21) BERWYN, his son;
(22) CERAINT FEDWW, an irreclaimable drunkard, deposed by his subjects for setting fire, just before harvest, to the cornfields of Siluris, now Monmouthshire, his son;
(23) BRYWLAIS; his son;
(24) ALAFON, his son;
(25) ANYN, his son;
(26) DINGAD, his son;
(27) GREIDIOL, his son;
(28) CERAINT, his son;
(29) MEIRION, his son;
(30) ARCH, his son;
(31) CAID, his son;
(32) CERI, his son;
(33) BARAN, his son;
(34) LLYR, (KING LEAR). He was educated in Rome by Augustus Caesar, his son;
(35) BRAN, KING of SILURIA. In the year A.D. 36, he resigned the crown to his son Caradoc, and became Arch-Druid of the college of Siluria. During his seven years in Rome, he became the first royal convert to Christianity and was baptized by the Apostle Paul, as was his son, Cardoc and the latter's two sons, Cyllinus and Cynon (he introduced the use of vellum into England). his son;
(36) CARADOC (CARACTACUS), was King of Siluria, (Monmouthshire, ect.), his son;
(37) ST. CYLLIN, King of Siluria. He first of the Cymry, gave infants names, for before, names were not given except to adults. His brother, Linus, the Martyr; his sister Claudia and her husband Rufus Pudent, aided the apostle Paul in the Christian Church in Rome. As recorded in II Timothy 4:21 and Romans 16:13, Rufus Pudens and St. Paul are shown to be half-brothers, children of the same mother, they had different fathers; Paul, by a Hebrew husband and Rufus, by a second marriage with a Roman Christian. His son;
(38) PRINCE COEL, son of Cyllin was living A.D. 120; his son;

(39) KING LLEUVER MAWR, (Lucius the Great), the second Blessed Sovereign, married Gladys, whose ancestry for eight immediate past generations is as follows; (a) CAPOIR, whose son was; (b) BELI (HELI) THE GREAT, died B.C. 72, whose son; (c) LUD, died B.C. 62, his son; (d) TENUANTIUS, his son; (e) CYNVELINE (Cymbeline), King of Britain. He was educated in Rome by Augustus Caesar, and later, forestalled the invasion of the island. His eleventh son; (f) AVIRAGUN, King of Britain, lived in Avalon, the renowned enemy of Rome; married VENISSA JULIA, daughter of TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS CAESAR, EMPEROR OF ROME, who was the grandson of MARK ANTONY. The son of Aviragus and Venissa Julia was; (g) MERIC, (Marius,), King of Britain, married the daughter of QUEEN BOADICEA (VICTORIA.) THey had a daughter; (h) EURGEN, of whom later, and a son Coel, who became King of Britain in 125. OLD KING COLE was a "merry old soul", educated in rome, built Colchester (Coel-Castra), and died A.D. 170. (h)EURGEN, (see above), the said daughter of Meric, (Marius) and his wife, the daughter of Boadicea, had, as above stated, Gladys, who became the wife of No. 39 (see above), Lleuver Mawr (Lucius the Great) who changed the established religion of Britain from DRUIDISM to CHRISTIANITY. The daughter of Lucius the Great and his wife, Gladys, was;

(40) GLADYS, who became the wife of Cadvan, of Cambria, Prince of Wales. Their daughter;
(41) STRADA, the FAIR, married Coel, a later King of Colchester, living A.D. 232. Their daughter;
(42) HELEN of the CROSS, (The Arms of Colchester were a "cross with three crowns"), Helen was born 248, died 328 and became the wife of CONSTANTIUS I, afterward Emperor of Rome, and, in right of his wife, King of Britain. He was born 242, died 306. Their son;
(43) CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, born 265, died 336. Of British birth, he is known as the first CHRISTIAN EMPEROR. The greatest of all Roman Emperors, he annexed Britain to the Roman Empire, his son;
(44) CONSTANTIUS II, died in 360, his son;
(45) CONSTANTIUS III, married Placida, died in 421, his son;
(46) VALENTINIAN III, died in 455. His daughter;
(47) EUDOXIA, married Hunneric, who died in 480. her son;
(48) HILDERIC, King of the Vandals in 525, his daughter;
(49) HILDA, married Frode VII, who died 548; her son;
(50) HALFDAN, KING OF DENMARK, his son;
(51)IVAR VIDFADMA, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN in 660 his son:
(52) RORIC SLINGEBAND, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN in 700, his son;
(53) HARALD HILDETAND, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN in 725, his son;
(54) SIGURD RING, living in 750, his son;
(55) RAYNER LODBROCK, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN, died in 794, married Aslanga, his son;
(56) SIGURD SNODOYE, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN, died 830, his son;
(57) HORDA KNUT, KING of DENMARK, died in 850, his son;
(58) FROTHA, KING of DENMARK, died 875, his son;
(59) GORM ENSKE, married Sida and died in 890, his son;
(60) HAROLD PARCUS, KING of DENMARK, whose wife was Elgiva, daughter of ETHEIRED I, King of England, (a brother of King Alfred The Great), his son;
(61) GORM del CAMMEL, KING of DENMARK, died in 931. His wife was Thyra, his son;
(62) HAROLD BLAATAND, KING of DENMARK, died in 981, his daughter;
(63) LADY GUNNORA, wife of Richard I, third Duke of Normandy, born 933, died 996. They had (beside their son Richard II ((see later)), a son;
(64) ROBERT d'EVEREUX, the Archbishop, who died in 1087, his son;
(65) RICHARD, Count d'Evereux, died 1067, his daughter,
(66) AGNES EVEREUX, who became the wife of Simon l de Montfort, her daughter;
(67) BERTRADE MONTFORT, became the wife of FULK IV, Count d'Anjou, born 1043, died 1109. The said Fulk IV's descent from OLD KING COLE is as follows;

THE FRANKISH KINGS

OLD KING COLE, son of Meric (MARIUS) (g) above mentioned, was the father of, (1) ATHILDIS, wife of Marcomir IV, King of Franconia, who died 149. They had
(2) CLODOMIR IV, King of the Franks, died 166, married Hasilda, their son;
(3) KING FARABERT, died 186, his son;
(4) KING SUNNO, died 213, his son;
(5) KING HILDERIC, died 253, his son;
(6) KING PARTHERUS, died 272, his son;
(7) KING CLOLIUS III, died 298, his son;
(8) KING WALTER, died 306, his son;
(9) KING DAGOBERT, died 317, his son;
(10) GENEBALD I Duke of the East Franks, died 350, his son;
(11) KING DAGOBERT, died 379, his son;
(12) KING CLODIUS I, died 389, his son;
(13) KING MARCOMIR, died 404, his son;
(14) KING PHAROMOND, married Argotta, daughter of Genebald, their son;
(15) KING CLODIO, married Basina de Thuringia, and died 455, their son;
(16) SIGERMERUS I, married the daughter of Ferreolus Tomantius, his son;
(17) FERREOLUS, married Deuteria, a Roman lady, their son;
(18) AUSBERT, died 570, married Blitheldes, daughter of Clothaire I, King of France, and his wife Ingonde, and grand-daughter of CLOVIS THE GREAT, King of France, born 466, baptized at Rheims, and died 511, and his wife Clothilde de Burgundy, "The girl of the French Vineyards". It was she who led him to embrace Christianity, and three thousand of his followers were baptized in a single day. When Clovis first listened to the story of Christ's Crucifixion, he was so moved that he cried, "If I had been there with my valiant Franks, I would have avenged Him". Ausbert and Blithildes were the parents of
(19) ARNOUL, Bishop of Ketz, died 601, married Oda de Savoy and had
(20) ST. ARNOLPH, Bishop of Metz, died 641, married Lady Dodo and had,
(21) ACHISEA, married Begga of Brabant, who died 698, their son;
(22) PEPIN d'HERISTAL, Mayor of the Palace, died 714, who married Alpais.

The royal successors of CLOVIS were woefully inefficient. They left the rule of their kingdom to their Mayors of the Palace, and only showed themselves to the people once a year, at the March Parliament, when, adorned with crowns and their fair hair flowing loose to their waists, they rode on a car drawn by oxen. As they did little but eat and drink and enjoy themselves, they went by the name of the sluggard kings, all power being in the hands of the Mayors of the Palace. Among these Mayors, PEPIN of HERISTAL made himself conspicuous. His home was near Spa in the woodland country around Liege. He made the office hereditary in his family. His heroic son,
(23) CHARLES MARTEL, the Hammer, Mayor of the Palace, King of France, was still more famous, because, in the decisive Battle of Tours in 732, he utterly routed the Arabs, who had conquered Spain and the south of France. Charles Martel Married Rotrude and died in 741. His son,
(24) PEPIN THE SHORT (or PEPIN le BREF, King of France, died in 768, leaving by his wife Bertha, of Laon, a son;

(25) CHARLEMAGNE, Charles the Great, born 2 April 742, probably at Aix-La-Chapelle, the greatest figure of the Middle ages, King of the Franks. Charlemagne and his younger brother, Carloman, succeeded to equal portions to one of the most powerful of European kingdoms, bounded by the Pyrenccs, the Alps, the Mediterranean and the Ocean. Carloman, the younger brother, died soon after the death of their father, Pepin The Short, and with the consent of the great nobles, Charlemagne became King. Desiderius, the King of Lombardy, had made large encroachments upon the states of the Roman Pontiff, whose cause was taken up by Charlemagne. This led to feuds, which Bertha, his mother, endeavored to appease by arranging a marriage between her son and the daughter of the Lombard. But Charlemagne soon took a disgust to the wife thus imposed upon him, and repudiated her, that he might marry Hildegarde, born 757, died 30 April 782, the daughter of a noble family in Suabin. By his wife, Hildegarde, he had a son:
(26) LOUIS I, the DEBONAIRE, who by his second wife, Judith, was the father of Gisela, ancestress of Hugh Capet, King of France and of JAMICIA, wife of RICHARD de CLARE, MAGNA CHARTA SURETY. Louis I, by his first wife Ermengarde, who died 818, daughter of Ingram, Count of Basbania, was father of
(27) LOTHAIRE, Earl of Germany, who married Ermengarde of Alsace, and had
(28) ERMENGARDE, who was the wife of Giselbert. Their son;
(29) REGUIER I, Count of Hainault, died 916, who married Albreda, their son;
(30) CISELBERT, Duke of Lorraine, married Gerlerga and died 930, their daughter;
(31) ALBREDA of LORRAINE, wife of Renaud, Count de Roucy, who died 973, their daughter;
(32) ERWENTRUDE ROUCY, married Alberic II, Count de Macon, who died 975, their daughter;
(33) BEATRICE MACON, married Geoffrey I de Castenais, their son;
(34) GEOFFREY II de CASTINAIS, married Ermengarde de Anjou, their son;
(35) FULK IV, Count of Anjou, born 1043, died 1109, married Bertrade de Montfort (no. 67 above), their son
(36) FULK V, Count d'anjou, who, as elsewhere stated (above) was the father of GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, who married MATILDA of ENGLAND, a great-great-great-grand daughter of RICHARD I, Duke of Normandy and his wife, Lady Cunnora. Matilda's descent from Richard I, Duke of Normandy is as follows:
(1) RICHARD I, Duke of Normandy, his son;
(2) RICHARD II, Duke of Normandy, died 1026, married Judith de Brdtagne, their son;
(3) ROBERT the MAGNIFICENT, also known as Robert the Devil, who, by Herleve Falaise, had WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, father of
King Henry I of England, who had
Matilda, wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet.

NOTE: WURTS' MAGNA CHARTA, pp. 158-168 inclusive, gives sixty nine Generations of lineal descent from No. 1, Edward the Great, (Aedd Mawr) to No. 69, Geoffrey Plantagenet. This also shows Geoffrey's descent from the FRANKISH KINGS, Nos. 1, to and including 35; also his descent from No. (b) (HELI) Beli the Great through LUD, through TUANTIUS, through CYNVELIN (CYMBELINE), through AVIRAGUS, through MERIC (MARIUS), through EURGEN, through GLADYS, wife of No. 39, (LLEUVER MAWR) LUCIUS THE GREAT. And page 168 Wurt's Magna Charta shows that both Geoffrey Plantagenet and his wife, Matilda, or Maud, of England, were descendants of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, who as above stated, was descended from CHARLEMAGNE.

Notes for Matilda of England:

Descent from CHARLEMAGNE to MATILDA, or Maud, of England, wife of GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET;

(1) CHARLEMAGNE and wife, Hildegarde had a son;
(2) PEPIN, born 776, died 8 July 810, before his father. He was crowned by the Pope in 781, King of Lombardy and Italy, married Bertha, daughter of William, Count of Toulouse, his son;
(3) BERNHARD, King of Lombardy, succeeded his father about the year 812, he was deposed by his Uncle Louis, blinded and put to death. By his wife Cunegonde, he had a son;
(4) PEPIN, who was deprived of the throne by his Uncle Louis, Emperor, called the Debonair, and received a part of Vermandois and the Seignouries of St. Quentin and Peronne. His son;
(5) PEPIN, Pepin de Senlis de Valois, Count Berengarius, of Bretagne, who was living in 893, the father of
(6) LADY POPPA, (puppet or doll), who became the first wife of ROLLO the DANE, first Duke of Normandy. Their son;
(7) WILLIAM LONGSWORD, was father of
(8) RICHARD the FEARLESS, father of;
(9) RICHARD II, "the Good", whose son;
(10) ROBERT "THE DEVIL", sixth Duke of Normandy, who, by Herleve de falaise, daughter of the Tanner, Fulbert de Falaise, had a son;
(11) WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, born at Falaise in 1027, father of
HENRY I, KING of ENGLAND, WHO WAS THE LAST OF THE NORMAN KINGS. (Magna Charta 178, 182, 183)

She was designated Henry's heir, and on his death (1135), Stephen siezed the throne and Matilda invaded England (1139) inuagurating a period of inconclusive civil war. She and he second husband (Geoffrey) captured Normandy and in 1152 the Treaty of Wallingford recognised Henry as Stephen's heir.

Burke says she was betrothed in her eight year (1119) to Henry.

Child of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Matilda England is:

+ 2 i. King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, born March 25, 1133 in LeMans; died July 06, 1189 in Chinon Castle, Anjou.

(Mary)  (Mildred) (Queen)
 
 

2. King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet (Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born March 25, 1133 in LeMans, and died July 06, 1189 in Chinon Castle, Anjou. He married (1) Eleanor of Aquitaine May 18, 1152 in Bordeaux, France. She died June 26, 1202. He met (2) Rosamond De Clifford 1160. He met (3) Ida Abt. 1172.

Notes for King Henry II Plantagenet:

KING HENRY II of ENGLAND, son of Matilda, or Maud, of England and her husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, was born at Le Mans, 25 March 1133 and died at Chinon, 6 July 1189. In 1152 he married Eleanor of Aquitaine, former wife of Louis VII, of France, and daughter of William, Duke of Aquitaine. She survived King Henry nearly three years, dying 26 June 1202. Both were buried at Fontrevaud in Anjou. Their daughter Elennor married Alphonse IX, King of Castile; their eldest son William, died at the age of four years, their second son, Henry, born 28 Feb. 1155, who on 15 July 1170, by command of his father, was crowned King of England, but died before his father, 11 July 1183, their third son, Richard the Lion Hearted, reigned as King of England from 1189 to 1199. He was the most prominent leader on the Third Crusade to regain Jerusalem for the Christians from the Mohammedans. He had greater military genius, but less statesmanship than his father; was fickle, but warmhearted. His great power was in his physical and mental capacity as a soldier, and in his strenuous and irrepressible courage. Richard was proud, cruel and treacherous. He left the goverment of England in the hands of his Justiciars, and was in his English Kingdom but twice in his reign of ten years; four months at the time of his coronation, and two months, five years later. The Third Crusade was a failure. Richard fell out with the French King, and refused to marry his sister Alice, to whom he had been betrothed since early childhood, but on 12 May 1191, he married Perengaria of Navarre. HE DIED WITHOUT ISSUE. The fourth son of Henry II, Geoffrey, had a son Arthur, who was murdered in 1203, leaving as successor to the throne of England; (*See Note Below)

Henry II (1154-1189)

Born: 5th March 1133 at Le Mans, Maine

Died: 6th July 1189 at Chinon Castle, Anjou

Buried: Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou

Parents: Geoffrey, Count of Anjou and the Empress Matilda

Siblings: Geoffrey, Count of Nantes & William, Count of Poitou

Crowned: 19th December 1154 at Westminster Abbey, Middlesex

Married: 18th May 1152 at Bordeaux Cathedral, Gascony

Spouse: Eleanor daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitane & divorcee of Louis VII, King of France

Offspring: William, Henry, Matilda, Richard, Geoffrey, Eleanor, Joan & John

Contemporaries: Louis VII (King of France, 1137-1180), Thomas Beckett (Archbishop of Canterbury), Pope Adrian IV, Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, 1152-1190)

Henry II, first of the Angevin kings, was one of the most effective of all England's monarchs. He came to the throne amid the anarchy of Stephen's reign and promptly collared his errant barons. He refined Norman government and created a capable, self-standing bureaucracy. His energy was equaled only by his ambition and intelligence. Henry survived wars, rebellion, and controversy to successfully rule one of the Middle Ages' most powerful kingdoms.

Henry was raised in the French province of Anjou and first visited England in 1142 to defend his mother's claim to the disputed throne of Stephen. His continental possessions were already vast before his coronation: He acquired Normandy and Anjou upon the death of his father in September 1151, and his French holdings more than doubled with his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitane (ex-wife of King Louis VII of France). In accordance with the Treaty of Wallingford, a succession agreement signed by Stephen and Matilda in 1153, Henry was crowned in October 1154. The continental empire ruled by Henry and his sons included the French counties of Brittany, Maine, Poitou, Touraine, Gascony, Anjou, Aquitane, and Normandy. Henry was technically a feudal vassal of the king of France but, in reality, owned more territory and was more powerful than his French lord. Although King John (Henry's son) lost most of the English holdings in France, English kings laid claim to the French throne until the fifteenth century. Henry also extended his territory in the British Isles in two significant ways. First, he retrieved Cumbria and Northumbria form Malcom IV of Scotland and settled the Anglo-Scot border in the North. Secondly, although his success with Welsh campaigns was limited, Henry invaded Ireland and secured an English presence on the island.

English and Norman barons in Stephen's reign manipulated feudal law to undermine royal authority; Henry instituted many reforms to weaken traditional feudal ties and strengthen his position. Unauthorized castles built during the previous reign were razed. Monetary payments replaced military service as the primary duty of vassals. The Exchequer was revitalized to enforce accurate record keeping and tax collection. Incompetent sheriffs were replaced and the authority of royal courts was expanded. Henry empowered a new social class of government clerks that stabilized procedure - the government could operate effectively in the king's absence and would subsequently prove sufficiently tenacious to survive the reign of incompetent kings. Henry's reforms allowed the emergence of a body of common law to replace the disparate customs of feudal and county courts. Jury trials were initiated to end the old Germanic trials by ordeal or battle. Henry's systematic approach to law provided a common basis for development of royal institutions throughout the entire realm.

The process of strengthening the royal courts, however, yielded an unexpected controversy. The church courts instituted by William the Conqueror became a safe haven for criminals of varying degree and ability, for one in fifty of the English population qualified as clerics. Henry wished to transfer sentencing in such cases to the royal courts, as church courts merely demoted clerics to laymen. Thomas Beckett, Henry's close friend and chancellor since 1155, was named Archbishop of Canterbury in June 1162 but distanced himself from Henry and vehemently opposed the weakening of church courts. Beckett fled England in 1164, but through the intervention of Pope Adrian IV (the lone English pope), returned in 1170.He greatly angered Henry by opposing to the coronation of Prince Henry. Exasperated, Henry hastily and publicly conveyed his desire to be rid of the contentious Archbishop - four ambitious knights took the king at his word and murdered Beckett in his own cathedral on December 29, 1170. Henry endured a rather limited storm of protest over the incident and the controversy passed.

Henry's plans of dividing his myriad lands and titles evoked treachery from his sons. At the encouragement - and sometimes because of the treatment - of their mother, they rebelled against their father several times, often with Louis VII of France as their accomplice. The deaths of Henry the Young King in 1183 and Geoffrey in 1186 gave no respite from his children's rebellious nature; Richard, with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189 and forced him to accept a humiliating peace. Henry II died two days later, on July 6, 1189.

A few quotes from historic manuscripts shed a unique light on Henry, Eleanor, and their sons.

From Sir Winston Churchill Kt, 1675: "Henry II Plantagenet, the very first of that name and race, and the very greatest King that England ever knew, but withal the most unfortunate . . . his death being imputed to those only to whom himself had given life, his ungracious sons. . ."

From Sir Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England: Concerning endowments of mind, he was of a spirit in the highest degree generous . . . His custom was to be always in action; for which cause, if he had no real wars, he would have feigned . . . To his children he was both indulgent and hard; for out of indulgence he caused his son henry to be crowned King in his own time; and out of hardness he caused his younger sons to rebel against him . . . He married Eleanor, daughter of William Duke of Guienne, late wife of Lewis the Seventh of France. Some say King Lewis carried her into the Holy Land, where she carried herself not very holily, but led a licentious life; and, which is the worst kind of licentiousness, in carnal familiarity with a Turk."

King Henry II Plantegenet, had many illlegitimate children one of which was William de Longespee. My ancestor. RGW.

More About King Henry II Plantagenet:

Burial: Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou

Notes for Eleanor of Aquitaine:

aka; Rosamond De \Clifford\

More About Eleanor of Aquitaine:

Burial: Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou
 
 

Children of King Henry II, Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine are:

3 i. Eleanor⁷. She married Alphonse IX.

4 ii. William, born Abt. 1153; died Abt. 1157.

5 iii. Henry, born February 28, 1154/55; died July 11, 1183.

6 iv. Richard, born Abt. 1157. He married Perengaria May 12, 1191.

Notes for Richard:

Richard The Lion Hearted

Reigned as King of England from 1189 to 1199. He was the most prominent leader on the Third Crusade to regain Jerusalem for the Christians from the Mohammedans. He had greater military genius, but less statesmanship than his father; was fickle, but warmhearted. His great power was in his physical and mental capacity as a soldier, and in his strenuous and irrepressible courage. Richard was proud, cruel and treacherous. He left the goverment of England in the hands of his Justiciars, and was in his English Kingdom but twice in his reign of ten years; four months at the time of his coronation, and two months, five years later. The Third Crusade was a failure. Richard fell out with the French King, and refused to marry his sister Alice, to whom he had been betrothed since early childhood, but on 12 May 1191, he married Perengaria of Navarre. HE DIED WITHOUT ISSUE.

+ 7 v. Geoffrey, born Abt. 1160.

+ 8 vi. King John, Lackland, born December 24, 1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England; died October 19, 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

(Queen)

+ 9 i. William De⁷ Longespee, born 1173 in England; died March 07, 1225/26 in Salisbury, Wilts, England.

(Mary)

7. Geoffrey⁷ (King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born Abt. 1160.
 
 

Child of Geoffrey Plantagenet is:

10 i. Aurthur⁸, born Abt. 1185; died 1203.
 

Notes for King John, Lackland:

KING JOHN, LACKLAND, the fifth son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born at Oxford, 24 Dec. 1166, died at Newark Castle, Notts, 19 Oct. 1216, married, first on 29 August 1189, Isabel, daughter of William, Earl of Gloucester; married, second, in 1200, Isabel, daughter of Aymer de Taillefer, the Swordsmith. She was the mother of all his children. John S. Wurts, in his Magna Charta, pages 6 to 17, inclusive.

Page 6; "In case we have forgotten our English History, let us be reminded that King John was a horrid person, an arbitrary and mercenary ruler, who threw people into dungeons at the drop of a hat; married off wards of the crown, young widows and pretty girls, to foreign adventurers and then collected a nice percentage of the ward's fortunes from their husbands....... he greatly increased the royal taxes and replenished his exchequer with the confiscated property of the clergy.

Shortly after he became King, he quarreled with the Pope, who deposed him and proclaimed him no longer King. John ignored the deposing, and made a gift to the Pope of all the realm, crown and revenue, by written indenture, dated Monday, 13 May 1213. John then received the crown back as the Pope's tenant and vassal, at a rental of a thousand marks for the whole kingdom, 700 for England and 300 for Ireland.

Under this condition the Barons of England were only yeoman, or free-holders, or copy-holders of King John, the free-holder of the Pope, and tiring of John's tyranny, they called a conference, and one, after King John had left the Abbey at Saint-Edmundsbury (where he had been asked to attend the conference, which had been called by Stephen Langston, Archbishop of Canterbury), at which meeting nothing was accomplished, the barons took a solemn oath on the high altar, that they would stand united until they could compel the King to confirm their liberties, or they would wage war against him to the death.

They did wage war, "a holy crusade against John to recover the liberties their forefathers had enjoyed". Virtually powerless, and with nearly his whole Baronage and the majority of his subjects of all degrees in arms against him, he finally called his Barons to a conference. They said, "let the day by the 15th of June and the place Runnemede". (which is in sight of Windsor Castle, and was used as "the field of council").

In this way was brought about the GREATEST EVENT OF KING JOHN'S REIGN, the veritable wresting from him of MAGNA CHARTA, granting rights to the people of his realm, "an expression in written words of the principles of human life", which had been either grossly neglected or altogether forgotten by the King.

Section 61 of the Chart authorized the election of twenty five Surety Barons, who would see that the previsions of the Charter were carried into effect. Their names are not recorded in the Magna Charta, "but we learn them from Matthew Paris' "Chronilca Majora"."

These Barons were astonishingly inter-related. Among them were several instances of father and son, of father-in-law and son-in-law, of brothers and cousins. Twenty of the twenty five were related in the degree of second cousin, or nearer. Of these twenty five, only seventeen have descendants surviving to the present day. They had a common descent from Charlemagne.

On the 15th day of June, 1215, more than two thousand Knights and Barons were encamped on the field of Runnemede to await the coming of King John and secure from him the rights of the people of England, although John had previously sworn by "God's teeth", his favorite oath, that he would never agree to such demands or any part of them.

(Runnemede was the "ancient meadow of council", and is within sight of Windsor Castle. For ages, this had been crownland and rented for pasturage. When it was proposed a few years ago ((from Crown Edition of Magna Charta, Reprint 1945)), to sell the field of Runnemede to the highest bidder, a great outcry arose. (The former Cara Rogers, now Lady Fairhaven, an American girl, a member of the Magna Charta Dames, bought and presented to the British people the field of Runnemede, as a memorial to her husband, to be kept for all time as a sacred, historic spot.)

On 15 June 1215, before the day passed, the King affixed his seal to the original, but preliminary draft known as the "Articles of the Barons", which contained forty nine articles, setting forth the principles of the Charter. The exact terms of the Charter were decided upon during the four days that followed. On the 19th of June 1215, the great seal was affixed, presumably to twenty five duplicate copies, perhaps one for each of the twenty five Surety Barons, who were to see that King John kept his promises.

Neither the King, the Barons, nor the Knights could read or write, except a few, but a scholar, who was the Secretary of the Baron of Kendal, had accompanied him to Runnemede.

DESCENT OF ISAREL DE TAILLEFUR, second Wife of KING JOHN OF ENGLAND from CHARLEMAGNE:
 
 

More About King John, Lackland:

Burial: Worcester, Cathedral

Notes for Isabell:

She was the mother of all his children. John S. Wurts, in his Magna Charta, pages 6 to 17, inclusive.
 
 

More About Isabell:

Burial: Fontevraud Abbey
 
 

Child of King John and Isabell is:

+ 11 i. King⁸ Henry III, born October 01, 1207 in Winchester, England; died November 16, 1272 in Westminster, Palace, London, England.

(Queen)

Notes for William De Longespee: Thomas Womack sp Mary Farley line.

According to Gary Boyd Roberts' 'Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants...' pp. 345 -347, the mother of William LONGESPEE (natural son of King Henry II of England) was Ida, who married Roger BIGOD, 2d Earl of Norfolk. One source of this is evidently a charter of William LONGSWORD published in the 'Cartulary of Bradenstoke Priory' ed. Vera C. M. Longdon, in which Countess Ida is explicitly named as his mother. The fact that William named a daughter Ida does lend credence to this, of course.
 
 

Child of William Longespee and Ela Fitzpatrick is:

+ 12 i. Stephen De⁸ Longespee, born Abt. 1216 in Sutton,,co. Northampton, England; died 1260 in Sutton,,co. Northampton,England.

(Mary)

11. King⁸ Henry III (King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born October 01, 1207 in Winchester, England, and died November 16, 1272 in Westminster, Palace, London, England. He married Queen Eleanor of Province January 04, 1235/36 in England. She was born Abt. 1217 in Aix-en-Provence, and died June 24, 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire.

Notes for King Henry III:

Brother of King Richard. King of England. He was crowned king 28 Oct. 1216, when only nine years of age. On 14 January 1236, he married Eleanor of Provence.

A Plantagenet King; House of Anjou.
 
 

More About King Henry III:

Burial: Westminster, Abbey, London, England

Notes for Queen Eleanor of Province:

Queen Eleanor took the veil at Ambresbury in Wiltshire, and died there 24 June 1291. Their elder sons, John and Henry died young.

QUEEN ELANOR'S GENEALOGY

(1) CLOVIS, King of the Franks, married Clothilde, his son; (2) Clothaire I, born 497, died 561, married Ingolde, their son; (3) Chilperice I, born 523, died 584, married Fredegonde, born 543, died 598, his son; (4) Clothaire II, born 584, died 628, married Bertrude, who died 618, his son; (5) Claribert II, born 608, died 631, married Gisela, daughter of Arnoud, of Gascony, his son; (6) Boggis, Duke of Aquitaine, died 688, married Oda, his son; (7) Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine, married Valtrude, daughter of Valtrude and her husband, Walchigise, Count of verdon, son of St. Arnolph, Bishop of Metz and his wife, Dodo, his son; (8) Hunold, Duke of Aquitaine, died 774, his son; (9) Waifir, Duke of Aquitaine, died 768, married his cousin, Adele, daughter of Loup I, Duke of Gascony, his son; (10) Loup II, Duke of Gascony, died 778, his son; (11) Adelrico, Duke of Gascony, died 812, his son; (12) Ximeno, Duke of Gascony, died 816, married Munia, his son; (13) Inigo Arista, first King of Navarre married Iniga Ximena, his son; (14) Careia II, of Navarre, married Urracca of Gascony, daughter of a cousin, Sancho II, his son; (15) Sancho I, became King of Navarre in 905, married his cousin Toda, daughter of Aznzr Galindez, Count of Aragon, his son; (16) Garcia III, became king in 921, died 970, married Teresa Iniquez of Aragon, and had (17) Sancho II Abarca, died 994, married Urracca Clara, daughter of Fortuna Ximenez, of Navarre, his second cousin, his son; (18) Garcia V, King of Navarre, died 999, married Ximena, daughter of Consslo, Count of Asturias and his wife, Teresa. They were the parents of the earlier of the two kings, both called Sancho III, this one; (19) Sancho III King of Navarre from 1000 to 1035, married Munia, daughter of Sancho of Castile, and thus united the two important Houses of Castile and Navarre, to which that of Aragon was later added, his son; (20) Ramirez I, founded the kingdom of Aragon, was killed in battle by the Moors 8 May 1063. By his wife Gisberge, he had; (21) Sancho-Ramirez, died 4 June 1094, King of Aragon, married, first, Felice, who died 14 April 1086, daughter of Hildouin, Count of Rouci, his son; (22) Ramirez II, King of Aragon, married Agnes, daughter of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine. His daughter; (23) Petronella was only two years old when her father abdicated the throne in her favor. He had arranged that Raymund Berenger V, Count of Barcelona, should govern the realm as Prince of Aragon, and that he should, at the proper time, marry Petronella. This was accomplished in accordance with his wish. Petronella died 18 October 1172, their son; (24) Alphonse II, King of Aragon, born 1151, died 25 April 1196, married his cousin Sanchia, who was descended as follows;

KING SANCHO III (Navarre) and his wife Munia, as stated above, were the parents of (1) Ferdinand I, King of Castile from 1033 to 1065, died in battle 27 Dec. 1065. In 1035, he married Sanchia, daughter of Alphonso V, King of Leon, and thus united the latter kingdom to his own; (2) Alphonso VI, King of Castile and Leon, married a daughter of Robert, Duke of Burgundy, his daughter; (3) Urracca, married first, Raimond of burgundy, who died in 1108, after which, Urracca married Alphonso I, King of Aragon. Her only child, son of Raimond, was; (4) Alphonso-Raimond VII, born 1103, died 1157. By his first wife, Berenguela, he had two sons, Sancho III (or Alphonso), and Ferdinand II, King of Leon, died 1188. By his second wife, Richilda of Poland, he had; (5) Sanchia, wife of Alphonso II, King of Aragon, as stated above. Her son; (6) Alphonso II, King of Provence, who reigned from 1196 to 1209, his son; (7) Raimond-Berenger IV, King of Provence, married Beatrice (Beatrix), daughter of Thomas, Count of Savoy, his daughter; (8) ELEANOR OF PROVENCE, became the wife of HENRY III KING OF ENGLAND as stated above.

More About Queen Eleanor of Province:

Burial: Convent Church, Amesbury
 
 

Child of King Henry and Queen Province is:

+ 13 i. King⁹ Edward I, born June 17, 1239 in Westminster, Palace, London, England; died July 07, 1307 in Near Carlisle, England.
 

Child of Stephen Longespee and Emaline Ridlelisford is:

+ 14 i. Ela⁹ Longespee, born Abt. 1244.
 

13. King⁹ Edward I (King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born June 17, 1239 in Westminster, Palace, London, England, and died July 07, 1307 in Near Carlisle, England. He married Princess Elenor of Castill in Las Huelgas, daughter of King Ferdinand III. She was born Abt. 1244 in Castile, and died November 24, 1290 in Herdeby, Near Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Notes for King Edward I:

EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND, (called Longshanks), Earl of Chester, born at Westminster 17 June 1239, married Eleanor of Castile. In 1272 he went on a Crusade as far as Acre, where his daughter JOAN (see later) was born, and although he inherited the crown that year, he did not return to England until 1274, being crowned on August 19th. He was eminent as a ruler and as a legislator, and succeeded in enacting many new laws. He determined to authorize no new legislation without the counsel and acquiescence of those who were most affected by it. Not until late in his reign did he call a whole Parliament together. Instead he called the Barons together in any matter that affected the Barons, and the representatives of the townsmen together in any matter that affected the townsmen, and so with other classes. Edward's first wife, ELEANOR OF CASTILE, whom he married in 1254, died 20 Nov. 1290.

Reign: 1272-1307; Of the Plantagenets, House of Anjou. In 1270 Edward left England to join the Seventh Crusade. The first years of Edward's reign were a period of the consolidation of his power. He suppressed corruption in the administration of justice, restricted the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to church affairs, and eliminated the papacy's overlordship over England. In 1290 Edward expelled all Jews from England. In 1296, after invading and conquering Scotland, he declared himself king of that realm. The conquest of Scotland became the ruling passion of his life. He was, however, compelled by the nobles, clergy and commons to desist in his attempts to raise by arbitrary taxes the funds he needed for campaigns. In 1307 Edward set out for the third time (at age 68) to subdue the Scots, but he died en route near Carlisle on 7 Jul 1307.
 
 

More About King Edward I:

Burial: Westminster, Abbey, London, England

Notes for Princess Elenor of Castill:

Of Castile and Leon Spain.

Eleanor was only about ten years old when married to the 15 year old Edward of Westminster at Las Huelgas in 1254. Such child marriages were commonplace in Europe in the Middle Ages and the brides were usually consigned to their husbands' families to complete ther education. The marriages were not consummated until the bride reached a suitable age (usually 14 or 15) and in Eleanor's case it seems to have been 18 or 19.
 
 

More About Princess Elenor of Castill:

Burial: Westminster, Abbey, London, England
 
 

Children of King Edward and Princess Elenor of Castill are:

+ 15 i. Edward¹⁰ II, born April 25, 1284 in Caernarvon, Castle, Wales; died September 21, 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

(Queen)

+ 16 ii. Princess Joan Plantagenet, born 1272; died 1305.

(Mildred)

Child of Ela Longespee and Roger Zouche is:

+ 17 i. Alan De La¹⁰ Zouche, born Abt. 1263; died March 25, 1314 in Brackley, England.

(Mary)

15. Edward¹⁰ II (King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born April 25, 1284 in Caernarvon, Castle, Wales, and died September 21, 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire. He married Isabella January 28, 1307/08 in Boulogne. She was born 1292 in Paris, and died August 22, 1358 in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England.

Notes for Edward II:

Edward was the first heir apparent in English history to be proclaimed, Prince of Wales. He was a Plantagenet King of England (the House of Anjou) whose incompetence and distaste for government finally led to his deposition and murder. In January 1327, Parliament forced Edward to resign and proclaimed the Prince of Wales king as Edward III. On September 21 of that year Edward II was murdered by his captors at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire.
 
 

More About Edward II:

Burial: Gloucester, Cathedral

More About Isabella:

Burial: Grey Friars, Church, London, England
 
 

Child of Edward and Isabella is:

+ 18 i. Edward¹¹ III, born November 13, 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; died June 21, 1377 in Sheen Palace.

(Queen)

Notes for Princess Joan Plantagenet:

PRINCESS JOAN OF ACRE, born in 1272, when her father, King Edward I went on a crusade as far as Acre, where she was born. In 1290, Joan married, as his second wife, Earl Gilbert de Clare, The "Red Earl", Crusader, Knight, ninth Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Cloucester, born 2 September 1243, died 7 December 1295. The "Red Earl" was descended from four of the twenty-five Magna Charta Surety Barons chosen by the Barons and Knights of England as Sureties to enforce the provisions laid down in the "Articles of the Barons", (the forerunner of Magna Charta,) which contained the first constitutional rights ever granted the subjects of a monarch. (No one signed Magna Charta, as neither King John nor the Barons could write, and at common law, sealing was sufficient to authenticate any formal document.)
 
 

Notes for Gilbert de Clare:

9th Earl of Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, and 3rd Earl of Glouster. He was of Royal descent. The "Red Earl".
 
 

Child of Princess Joan Plantagenet and Gilbert de Clare is:

+ 19 i. Lady Margaret¹¹ de Clare, born 1292; died 1342.

(Mildred)

Child of Alan Zouche and Eleanor Segrave is:

+ 20 i. Maud De La¹¹ Zouche, born 1284 in Ashley, England.

(Mary)

18. Edward¹¹ III (Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born November 13, 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, and died June 21, 1377 in Sheen Palace. He married Philippa January 28, 1327/28 in York Minster. She was born June 24, 1311 in Valenciennes, and died August 14, 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.

More About Edward III:

Burial: Westminster, Abbey, London, England

More About Philippa:

Burial: Westminster, Abbey, London, England
 
 

Child of Edward and Philippa is:

+ 21 i. John¹², born March 1339/40 in Ghent; died February 03, 1398/99 in Leicester Castle.

(Queen)
 
 

Notes for Lady Margaret de Clare:

Married, first, Piers de Caveston, who was executed, married, second, Lord Hugh de Audley, Junior, Eight Earl of Gloucester in 1336, Ambassador to France in 1341, Sheriff of Rutland; died on 10 November 1347. By Lady Margaret's second husband, Hugh Audley, she had a daughter.
 
 

Notes for Baron d ' Audley:

Who was in 1337, Earl of Glouster.
 
 

Child of Lady de Clare and Baron Audley is:

+ 22 i. Lady Margaret d¹² 'Audley.

(Mildred)

Child of Maud Zouche and Sir De Holland is:

+ 23 i. Sir Robert¹² Holland, born Abt. 1312 in Lancaster, England.

(Mary)

21. John¹² (Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born March 1339/40 in Ghent, and died February 03, 1398/99 in Leicester Castle. He married Katherine Swynford January 13, 1395/96 in Lincoln. She was born 1350, and died May 10, 1403 in Lincoln.

Notes for John:

Duke John of Gaunt

His eldest surviving son by his first marriage later became King Henry IV.
 
 

Notes for Katherine Swynford:

Widow of Sir Hugh Swynford and dau. of Sir Payn (Payne) Roet. She was Hugh Swynford's third wife. Catherine (or Katherine) was also the sister-in-law of Geoffrey Chaucer. All her issue legitimated by charter of Richard II, 1397.
 
 

Child of John and Katherine Swynford is:

+ 24 i. John¹³, born 1410.

(Queen)
 
 

Notes for Sir Ralph de Stafford:

2nd Baron of Stafford, created 1351, as Earl of Stafford. Sir Ralph de Stafford, one of the original Twenty Five Knights of the Garter and who was one of the most esteemed of Edward's commanders, distinguishing himself in the Wars in Ireland and in France, died 31 August 1372, and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge, beside his wife Margaret and at the feet of her father and mother, Hugh Audley and Margaret Clare. (Magna Charta pp. 227, which page depicts the Arms of Sir Ralph de Stafford with the description, (("Or, a Chevron gules")),) The son of Lady Margaret de Audley and her husband, Ralph de Stafford, was;
 
 

Child of Lady 'Audley and Sir de Stafford is:

+ 25 i. Sir Hugh¹³ de Stafford, died Aft. 1386.

(Mildred)

Child of Sir Robert Holland and Margaret is:

+ 26 i. Jane¹³ Holland, born Abt. 1335 in Lancaster, England; died Bef. 1372.

(Mary)

24. John¹³ (John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born 1410. He married Margaret Holland. She died December 31, 1439.

Notes for John:

Marquess John of Dorset

Later to become: Marquess of Dorset, Lord High Admiral of England
 
 

Child of John and Margaret Holland is:

+ 27 i. John¹⁴ Beaufort, born 1404; died 1444.

(Queen)

Notes for Sir Hugh de Stafford:

K.D., second Earl of Stafford (1344-1386).
 
 

Child of Sir de Stafford and Lady de Beauchamp is:

+ 28 i. Lady Margaret¹⁴ de Stafford, died June 09, 1370.

(Mildred)
 
 

Child of Jane Holland and William Molines is:

+ 29 i. Richard¹⁴ Molyneux, born Abt. 1360 in Sefton Lancashire, England; died 1397.

(Mary)
 
 

27. John¹⁴ Beaufort (John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born 1404, and died 1444. He married Margaret Beauchamp.
 
 

Child of John Beaufort and Margaret Beauchamp is:

+ 30 i. Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, born Abt. 1436; died 1509.

(Queen)

Notes for Sir Ralph de Neville:

Fourth Baron Neville of Raby, first Earl of Westmoreland in 1397. (Note: The second wife of Ralph Neville, husband of Lady Margaret, was Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt and Granddaughter of King Edward III. (Magna Charta, P. 74.) Ralph De Nevill, Fourth Baron of Raby, was the descendant of two Magna Charta SURETY BARONS;
 
 

Child of Lady de Stafford and Sir de Neville is:

+ 31 i. Lady Margaret¹⁵ de Neville, died 1463 in England.

(Mildred)

Child of Richard Molyneux and Ellen Urswick is:

+ 32 i. Richard¹⁵ Molyneux, born Abt. 1390 in Sefton Lancashire, England; died 1459 in Sefton Lancashire, England.

(Mary)

30. Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort (John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born Abt. 1436, and died 1509. She married Earl Edmund Tudor. He was born Abt. 1430, and died 1456.

Notes for Margaret Beaufort:

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster). a.k.a.: Lady Margaret Beaufort
 
 

Child of Margaret Beaufort and Earl Tudor is:

+ 33 i. Henry VII¹⁶ Tudor, born January 28, 1456/57 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, England; died April 21, 1509 in Richmond Palace, Richmond Surrey, England.

(Queen Elizabeth's line)

Notes for Lady Margaret de Neville:

She married first, Baron Scrope, Third Baron of Bolton, of Royal descent. He died at Rouen 29 August 1420. Their son;
 
 

Notes for Baron Scrope:

3rd Baron of Bolton. He was of Rayal descent
 
 

Child of Lady de Neville and Baron Scrope is:

+ 34 i. Sir Henry¹⁶ le Scrope, died 1459 in England.

(Mildred)

Child of Richard Molyneux and Joan Haydock is:

+ 35 i. Sir Richard¹⁶ Molyneux II, born Abt. 1420 in Lancaster, England; died September 23, 1459.

(Mary)

33. Henry VII¹⁶ Tudor (Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born January 28, 1456/57 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, England, and died April 21, 1509 in Richmond Palace, Richmond Surrey, England. He married Elizabeth January 18, 1485/86 in Westminster, England. She was born February 11, 1465/66 in Westminster, Palace, London, England, and died February 11, 1502/03 in Tower of London, London, England.

Notes for Henry VII Tudor:

Reign: 1457-1509; First ruler of the house of Tudor, whose reign initiated a period of national unity following the strife of the 15th century. The reorganization in 1487 of the Star Chamber was one of several means by which Henry strengthened the royal power over the nobles.
 
 

Child of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth is:

+ 36 i. Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, born November 28, 1489 in Westminster, Palace, London, England; died October 18, 1541 in Methven Castle.

(Queen)
 
 

Notes for Sir Henry le Scrope:

4th Baron Scrope of Bolton, married Elizabeth, daughter of Baron John Scrope of Marsham and Upsal. Their daughter;
 
 

Child of Sir le Scrope and Elizabeth is:

+ 37 i. Lady Margaret¹⁷ le Scrope, born Abt. 1447.

(MIldred)
 
 

Child of Sir Molyneux and Elizabeth Stanley is:

+ 38 i. Sir Thomas¹⁷ Molyneux, born Abt. 1445 in Lancaster, England; died July 12, 1483.

(Mary)

36. Margaret¹⁷ Tudor (Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born November 28, 1489 in Westminster, Palace, London, England, and died October 18, 1541 in Methven Castle. She married James IV August 08, 1503 in Holyrod Abbey. He was born 1473, and died September 09, 1513.

Notes for James IV:

Reign: 1488-1533 James' army was plagued by desertions and was defeated at the Battle of Flodden where James himself was killed.
 
 

Child of Margaret Tudor and James is:

+ 39 i. James¹⁸ V, born 1512 in Linlithgow, Scotland; died 1542.

(Queen)

Child of Lady le Scrope and John Bernard is:

+ 40 i. John¹⁸ Bernard, born 1469 in Abindon, England; died 1508 in Abindon, England.

(Mildred)

Child of Sir Molyneux and Ann Dutton is:

+ 41 i. Sir William¹⁸ Molyneux III, born Abt. 1470 in Lancaster, England; died 1548 in Lancaster, England.

(Mary)
 
 

39. James¹⁸ V (Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born 1512 in Linlithgow, Scotland, and died 1542. He married Mary. She was born 1515, and died 1560.

Notes for James V:

He was 17 months old when his father (James IV) was killed. His mother acted as regent until her marriage in 1514 to Archibald, 6th earl of Angus. In 1525, during the continued struggle for control of the country, James was taken prisoner by his stepfather. Three years later the King escaped and assumed control of Scotland. His uncle, Henry VIII, King of England, tried to induce James to repudiate the authority of the Roman Catholic Church, but James refused, and relations between England and Scotland became strained; in 1542 war broke out.
 
 

Notes for Mary:

Queen consort (1538-42) of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (1554-60); also known as Mary of Lorraine. The widowed daughter of the French soldier Claude de Lorraine, 1st duc de Guise (1496-1550). Mary married King James in 1538. After his death in 1542, she engaged in a power struggle with James Hamilton, 3rd earl of Arran (c.1517-75), who had been appointed regent for his infant daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1548 she arranged her daughter's betrothal to the French Dauphin. Mary secured Arran's resignation and succeeded him as regent in 1554. When she began persecuting the Scottish Protestants in 1559, they rebelled against her. Both France and England intervened in the struggle, which ended with Mary's death.
 
 

Child of James and Mary is:

+ 42 i. Mary¹⁹ Stuart, born December 07, 1542 in Linlithgow, Scotland; died February 08, 1586/87 in England.

(Queen)

Child of John Bernard and Margaret Daudelyn is:

+ 43 i. John¹⁹ Bernard, born 1491 in Abindon, England; died 1549 in Abindon, England.

(Mildred)

Child of Sir William Molyneux and Jane Rugge is:

+ 44 i. Richard¹⁹ Molyneux, born Abt. 1495 in Sefton Lancashire, England; died January 03, 1567/68 in Ireland.

(Mary)

42. Mary¹⁹ Stuart (James¹⁸ V, Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born December 07, 1542 in Linlithgow, Scotland, and died February 08, 1586/87 in England. She married Henry Stuart July 29, 1565. He was born 1545, and died 1567.

Notes for Mary Stuart:

Mary became a prisoner of Queen Elizabeth I and in the ensuing intrigues to rescue her and place her on the throne of Elizabeth, the most famous was that of Mary's page, Anthony Babington, who plotted to assassinate Elizabeth. The conspiracy was discovered, and Mary was brought to trial in October 1586. She was sentenced to death on October 25, but not until Feb. 1, 1587 did Elizabeth sign the warrant of execution. She was beheaded a week later.
 
 

Notes for Henry Stuart:

Mary's cousin, the Catholic Scottish nobleman Henry Stewart, Laird Darnley, was married with Roman Catholic rites. Mary had given him the title of King, but he now demanded that the crown be secured to him for life and that, if the queen died without children, it should descend to his heirs. Darnley was discovered strangled close by the scene of an explosion of the house where he lay sick. The explosion was by gunpowder, and Mary (it is suspected) was not wholly ignorant of the plot against Darnley.

Child of Mary Stuart and Henry Stuart is:

+ 45 i. James I²⁰ Stuart, born June 19, 1566 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland; died March 27, 1625 in Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, Herts, England.

(Queen)

Child of John Bernard and Cicely Muscote is:

+ 46 i. Francis²⁰ Bernard, born 1530 in Abindon, England; died 1609 in England.

(Mildred)

Child of Richard Molyneux and Eleanore Radcliffe is:

+ 47 i. Sir William²⁰ Molyneux, born Abt. 1530.

(Mary)

45. James I²⁰ Stuart (Mary¹⁹, James¹⁸ V, Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born June 19, 1566 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, and died March 27, 1625 in Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, Herts, England. He married Anne November 23, 1589 in Oslo, Norway. She was born October 14, 1574 in Skanderborg, Castle, and died March 04, 1618/19 in Hampton Court, Palace.

Notes for James I Stuart:

Acceded in Scotland: 24 July 1567; Crowned in Scotland: Stirling 29 July 1567. Acceded: 24 March 1603. Crowned: Westminster Abbey 25 July 1603. Married: (proxy) Kronborg 20 Aug 1589, (in person) Oslo 23 November 1589 and again Kronborg 21 Jan 1590. James convoked the Hampton Court Conference (1604) at which he authorized a new translation of the Bible, generally called the King James Version. a.k.a.: James VI of Scotland.
 
 

More About James I Stuart:

Burial: Westminster, Abbey, London, England

Notes for Anne:

Anne, 2nd dau. of Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Gustrow. Married: (proxy) Kronborg 20 Aug. 1589; (in person) Oslo 23 Nov 1589 and again Kronborg 21 Jan 1590. Crowned in Scotland: Holyrood 17 May 1590. Crowned in England: Westminster Abbey 25 July 1603.
 
 

Child of James Stuart and Anne is:

+ 48 i. Elizabeth²¹ Stuart, born August 19, 1596 in Dunfermline; died February 13, 1661/62 in Leicester House, London, England.

(Queen)

Child of Francis Bernard and Alice Haselwood is:

+ 49 i. Francis²¹ Bernard, died November 21, 1630 in Kingsthrope, Northamtonshire, England.

(Mildred)

Child of Sir Molyneux and Brigitta Caryll is:

+ 50 i. Richard²¹ Molyneux, Earl of Sefton, born Abt. 1575.

(Mary)

48. Elizabeth²¹ Stuart (James I²⁰, Mary¹⁹, James¹⁸ V, Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born August 19, 1596 in Dunfermline, and died February 13, 1661/62 in Leicester House, London, England. She married King Frederick February 14, 1612/13 in Whitehall. He was born 1596, and died 1632.

Notes for King Frederick:

King Frederick of Bohemia

Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, King of Bohemia 1619-20 (the Winter King) had issue, of whom the youngest daughter, Sophia, became the mother of King George I. Of the Luxemburg Dynasty.
 
 

Child of Elizabeth Stuart and King Frederick is:

+ 51 i. Sophia²², born 1630; died 1714.

(Queen)
 
 

Children of Francis Bernard and Mary Woodhouse are:

+ 52 i. Margaret²² Bernard, born Abt. 1597 in England.

53 ii. William Bernard, born Abt. 1598 in England; died in Virginia.

Notes for William Bernard:

Came to Virginia about 1625.

54 iii. Sir Robert Bernard, born Abt. 1600; died 1665.

Notes for Sir Robert Bernard:

Sir Robert Bernard, Baronet of Brampton Hall, Huntingdonshire, England. He died 1665; Will probated 1666. ( The baronetsy was created 1662 and became extinct about 1798).

(Mildred)

Child of Richard Molyneux and Frances Gerrard is:

+ 55 i. Lady Jane²² Molyneux, born Abt. 1605 in Worchestershire Co., England.

(Mary)

51. Sophia²² (Elizabeth²¹ Stuart, James I²⁰, Mary¹⁹, James¹⁸ V, Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born 1630, and died 1714. She married Ernest Augustus. He was born 1629, and died 1698.

Notes for Ernest Augustus:

Ernest, Augustus, first Elector of Hanover; Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneborg.
 
 

Child of Sophia and Ernest Augustus is:

+ 56 i. George I²³ Hanover, born May 28, 1660 in Leineschloss, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany; died June 11, 1727 in Osnabruck.

(Queen)

Notes for Margaret Bernard:

MARGARET BERNARD, daughter of Francis Bernard and Mary Woodhouse, married DANIEL GAINES, son of Thomas Gaines and grandson of Sir John Gaines. They were married in England, and before they came to Virginia, which is shown by headrights granted 1654 and issued to their son, Bernard Gaines, and their daughter, Elizabeth Gaines. He died 1682 and his will, probated 1684 in Rappahannock Co., Virginia (now Richmond), mentions the following children:

1. Elizabeth Gaines, who married Col. John Catlett.

2. Bernard Gaines, who married Martha Taylor (see later)

3. Margaret Gaines, who married Ralph Rowzee

4. Mary Gaines, who married John Smith
 
 

Among the four children of Margaret Bernard and Daniel Gaines, listed above, there was one, BERNARD GAINES, wife, Martha Taylor; (To the Bernards were granted the following Coat of Arms - Bernards, Virginia, Richard Bernard, York County, Virginia; "Argent, a Bear, rampansable, muzzled."This Coat of Arms appears on the seal attached to a deed of Richard Bernard, which was recorded in York County, Virginia, Book 1645-9), answering in Burke's to Bernards of Abingdon, Northamptonshire, England: Crest, a demi-bear, muzzled, with motto: "Bear and forbear.") (From MS-Dempsey Monroe Kemp)
 
 

Notes for Daniel Gaines:

Daniel Gaines, son of Thomas and grandson of Sir John Gaines, direct descendant of Bryehan, King of Wales, among whose descendants were Beli (Heli) The Great, emperor of Great Britain; St. David, Patron Saint of Wales, Roderick the Great, from whom descends King George of England, and Llewellyn the Great, last and probably the greatest of Welch Kings (who reigned 1194 to 1240). Captain Daniel Gaines was born about 1623 in England, died about 1683. He made his will in Sittingbourne, Parish, Rappahannock--now Richmond County, Virginia, which was probated 16 October 1684. He was Captain in Virginia Militia in 1680. (See Virginia Colonial Militia, by William Armstrong Crozier (1651-1776). His four children by Margaret Bernard: (1) Elizabeth; (2) Bernard; (3) Margaret; (4) Mary, are mentioned above. BERNARD GAINES married Martha Taylor (as above mentioned), daughter of Col. George Taylor and his first wife, Martha Tomlin. In the will of Colonel George Taylor, probated in Rappahannock Co.--now Richmond Co., Virginia, he mentioned, besides his second wife, Susanah (will probated 7 August 1706), as his legatees, his daughter, Martha Taylor Gaines; her youngest son George Gaines, and her oldest son, Daniel Gaines. (William and Mary Quarterly, Series I, Vol. 17, p. 84.)
 
 

Children of Margaret Bernard and Daniel Gaines are:

+ 57 i. Bernard²³ Gaines.

58 ii. Elisabeth Gaines.

59 iii. Margaret Gaines.

60 iv. Mary Gaines.

(Mildred)
 
 

Notes for Thomas Farley, Esquire:

My earliest ancestor to arrive in America, the colonies, is Thomas Farley. He left England along with his wife, Jane Molyneux, daughter of the Earl of Sefton, and arrived in Jamestown in 1623 on the ship Ann. Their first child, a daughter, whom they named Ann, was born soon after their arrival or aboard ship. Source: Ship Passenger Lists, the South, (1538-1825) by Carl Boyer 3rd, 1979 ed., p52 and 70.

They are listed in the "Muster of the Inhabitants of the Neck-of-the-Land Near James Citty Taken Febr the 4th 1624" (1625) published in Meyer and Dorman's Adventurers of Purse and Person. Their daughter, Ann, is listed as a child, so she was probably born after their arrival.

Thomas is listed in the "Bicentennial Register of Members" in Cynthia Miller Leonard's The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619 to January 11, 1978. He served as a Burgess, representing the Plantations between Archer's Hope and Martin's Hundred, in the 1628 General Assembly of the House of Burgesses. He served again during the session of 1630, representing Harrop and the Plantations between Archer's Hope and Martin's Hundred. He also served on the Grand Assembly of 1632 as a representative for Archer's Hope. The Farleys were very wealthy landowners who owned many slaves.

Thomas was not without his faults, he and several other residents of Archer's Hope were in trouble with the law and the church for being drunk and disorderly late at night. Archer's Hope was a raucous community during the 1620s. Source: James City County Keystone of the Commonwealth by Martha W. McCartney.

John Farley and Francis Farley, Jr. enlisted on September 23, 1780 and served under Captain James Robertson during the Revolutionary War. Source: Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1974 edition, by Mary B. Kegley. Captain Robertson's Company involved in a skirmish at Jamestown under Captain John Given, this was immediately after Tarleton's raid to Charlottesville trying to capture the legislature. Source: Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, Part II, page 122.

According to a letter, dated September 16, 1774 at Rich Creek, Captain Robertson wrote to Col. William Preston in Fincastle County regarding John Farley (Farlen). He tells Col. Preston that John will be applying for certificates for pay for the time when he was a scout. Capt. Robertson tells Col. Preston that he had already told John that his money would be stopped to pay a fine if he refuses to go with the Company. Source: Dunmore's War by Thwaites and Kellogg, dated 1905, p201.

From a letter written by Michael Woods to Col. William Preston, dated May 29, 1774. He writes that there are a few men who live in a string on the other side of the river that will be forever unconvenient to any other place to muster at, for they would not have above seven or eight miles to a muster here; and if they must go elsewhere they most of them must go 15 or 20 miles to muster and the names of these is:

Charles Cavanough, Philimon Cavanough, James Odear, William Cavanaugh Sr., Samuel Pack, George Pack, Charles Hays, Thomas Farlor (Farley), Francis Farlor (Farley), John Farlor (Farley) and Mitchle Clay

and some others that I do not know their names. Also I must acquaint you that most of these men is bad off for arms and ammunition and I believe cannot get them. Source: Dunmore's War by Thwaites and Kellogg, p397.

Children of Lady Jane Molyneux and Thomas Farley are:

61 i. Ann²³ Farley, born 1624 in Aboardship inroute to America. She married Richard Lee.

62 ii. Archer Farley, born 1627.

63 iii. Barbara Farley, born 1628.

64 iv. George Farley, born 1631.

65 v. Phillip Farley, born 1633.

66 vi. Thomas Farley, born 1636. He married Barbara Rolfe.

67 vii. Virginia Farley, born 1637. She married Henry St. John; born Abt. 1635.

68 viii. Fabyan Farley, born 1640.

69 ix. Bonnie Bell Farley, born 1642.

70 x. James Farley, born 1643.

71 xi. Elizabeth Farley, born 1645.

72 xii. Richard Farley, born 1647.

+ 73 xiii. John Farley, born 1648 in Charles City, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Aft. April 1733 in Henrico Co., Virginia.
 
 

56. George I²³ Hanover (Sophia²², Elizabeth²¹ Stuart, James I²⁰, Mary¹⁹, James¹⁸ V, Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born May 28, 1660 in Leineschloss, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany, and died June 11, 1727 in Osnabruck. He married Sophia Dorothea November 22, 1682 in Celle. She was born September 10, 1666, and died November 13, 1726.

Notes for George I Hanover:

Reign: (1714-1727). The first of the Hanoverian Kings; It is said that George knew no English, but recent research shows that he had a limited knowledge of the language. Thoroughly German in tastes and habits, he made periodic lengthy visits to Hanover, which always remained his primary concern, despite his dutiful efforts to attend to his new kingdom's needs. He remained unpopular in Britain, a fact that contributed to Jacobite plots to replace him with James II's son, James Edward Stuart, known as the Old Pretender.
 
 

Child of George Hanover and Sophia Dorothea is:

+ 74 i. George II²⁴ Hanover, born October 30, 1683 in Herrenhausen, Palace, Hanover, Germany; died October 25, 1760 in Kensington, Palace, London, England.

(Queen)

Child of Bernard Gaines and Martha Taylor is:

+ 75 i. George²⁴ Gaines, born in Richmond, VA.; died 1726 in Richmond, VA..

(Mildred)

Notes for John Farley:

Probable twin to William. One reference states that Richard and John were twins rather than John and William.

Proof of his age is found in a disposition of property entered in a Henrico Co. (now Chesterfield Co.) court record for 1679, in which he stated that he was 31 years old. Reference: Gulf States Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, page 428. In 1692 he witnessed a deed from Peter Field and wife, Judith, to Henry Walthall. (This land had been granted to Mrs. Field in 1678 while she was the widow of Henry Randolph.) Also John Farley appraised the estate of John Stewart, Sr. (deceased 1706), in Chesterfield Co. Reference: Ibid., page 428.

In 1708 John Farley, Sr., of Bristol Parish, Chesterfield Co., made a deed of gift of "my old plantation to my daughter, Mary, wife of Thomas Baugh," and in 1732 a deed of gift of a plantation to son, James Farley, in which he mentions his wife, Mary, and also sons Joseph, John, Matthew, and William Farley. Reference: Ibid. (Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co., VA, was taken from Bristol Parish which lay in Chesterfield and Surry Counties on both sides of the Appomattox.) Reference: Ibid. Children of John, Sr. and Mary Farley: Reference: Ibid. and Jesse Kelso Farley, Jr., Twelve Generations of Farleys (Chicago: Press Albin O. Horn Co., 1934) pages 28-29.

Deed #76 pg. 151

John FARLEY, Sr., of Bristol Parish, Henrico Co., for love and affection to my daughter Mary BAUGH, wife of Thomas BAUGH, my old plantation, it being formerly be deed from Richard WOMACK to John WOMACK and from said John to me.

Dated: 29 Oct 1708, Signed: John FARLEY, Sr., Recorded: 1 Mar 1708.

Children of John Farley and Mary Willett are:

76 i. Mary²⁴ Farley, born Abt. 1668 in Henrico Co., Virginia. She married Thomas Baugh.

+ 77 ii. John Farley, Jr., born Abt. 1670 in Archers, Hope Co., Virginia; died 1754 in Henrico Co., Virginia.

78 iii. Samuel Farley, born 1673 in Henrico Co., VA.

79 iv. Edward Farley, born 1678 in Henrico Co., VA.

80 v. James Farley, born 1679 in Henrico Co., VA.

81 vi. Matthew Farley, born 1682 in Henrico Co., VA.

82 vii. William Farley, born 1685 in Henrico Co., VA.

83 viii. Archer Farley, born 1688 in Henrico Co., VA.
 
 

74. George II²⁴ Hanover (George I²³, Sophia²², Elizabeth²¹ Stuart, James I²⁰, Mary¹⁹, James¹⁸ V, Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born October 30, 1683 in Herrenhausen, Palace, Hanover, Germany, and died October 25, 1760 in Kensington, Palace, London, England. He married Caroline August 22, 1705 in Herrenhausen. She was born 1683, and died 1737.

Notes for George II Hanover:

Some sources give Nov. 10, 1683 as his birthdate. Like his father, George II was more interested in Hanover than in Great Britain, and during his many absences from London, Caroline frequently acted as regent.
 
 

Notes for Caroline:

Dau. of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach. a.k.a.: Caroline Wilhelmina Dorothea; Quenn consort of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-37) as wife of King George II. In London, Caroline made her home the meeting place of noted literary figures. She acted as regent on several occasions during absences of her husband from England and aided the career of the British statesman Robert Walpole.
 
 

Child of George Hanover and Caroline is:

+ 84 i. Frederick Lewis²⁵ Hanover, born January 31, 1700/01 in Hanover; died March 31, 1751 in Leicester-House, London, England.

(Queen)

Notes for George Gaines:

(Generation No. 145) GEORGE GAINES, son of Bernard Gaines and his wife, Martha Taylor, married Elenor____? He died between 28 April 1726, when he made his will, and 5 June 1726, when his will was probated in Richmond Co., Virginia. (See Will Book No. 2.) In the will he mentioned his brother Daniel Gaines; his son Bernard Gaines II; his wife, "Elenor"; and his daughter Margaret Gaines. (See William and Mary Quarterly, Series I, Vol. 17, p. 187.) The daughter of George Gaines and his wife, Elenor.
 
 

Child of George Gaines and Elenor is:

+ 85 i. Margaret²⁵ Gaines, born Abt. 1717.

(Mildred)

Notes for John Farley, Jr.:

John Farley, Jr., son of John, Sr., and Mary Farley was born 1670, possibly in Henrico Co., VA, and died 1754 in Chesterfield Co. He married Elizabeth Archer (possibly Elizabeth Aiken) about 1700. She was born 1674 and died 1761. In 1703 John Farley, Jr., entered 471 acres in Henrico Co., VA, and entered 300 acres in 1714. Reference: William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia Court Records, (Baltimore: Genealogical Printing Co., 1971. Vol 7, pages 7 and 9. Children of John, Jr. and Elizabeth Archer Farley: Reference: Jesse Kelso Farley, Jr., Twelve Generations of Farleys (Chicago: Press of Albin O. Horn Company, 1934, pp 32-33.

Will of John Farley, Jr: Amelia Co., VA. Will Book 1, page 200. April 6th 1754.

In the name of God Amen. I John Farley of Dale Parish in the County of Chesterfield being in perfect health sound sence and good memory thanks be given to God do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following: Imprimis I give the use of my plantation and everything upon the said plantation as Negros, stock, etc to my beloved wife Elizabeth Farley during her natural life but my will and desire is that my said wife shall have the choice of all my beds and furniture with two trunks and one iron Pott to dispose of to whom she thinks proper after my Decease and after my Wife Decease I desire my plantation containing Three hundred acres more or less to my son John Farley and his wife Mary, during their natural lives and after my son John and his Wife's Death I give and devise the said plantation to my son, Peter Farley and his Heirs forever.

Also I give the use of My Negro Dickboy to my Daughter Mary Womack during her life and after her Death I give and bequeath the said Negro Dickboy to my son Francis Farley and his Heirs forever.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son John Farley my Negro Man Dick to him and his heirs forever.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son William Farley and his Heirs forever my Negro Nancy and all her Increase from this Day.

Also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Thompson and her Heirs forever my Negro Boy named Billy.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son James Farley and his Heirs forever my Negro Girl Patt and all her Increase.

Also I give and Bequeath to my Son Joseph Farley and his Heirs forever my Negro Wench named Sue with what Children she brings after this Day.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son Matthew Farley my Negro Boy cal'd Lewis to him and his Heirs forever.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son Francis Farley my Negro Wench named Lucy and all her Increase.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son Henry Farley and his Heirs forever one Negro Boy named Stephen.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son Peter Farley and his Heirs forever my two Negro Fellows named Frank and Jimboy, also my Will and desire is that all the remainder of my estate be set up and Sold at Public Oction to the highest Bidder and the Money arising on the Sail to be Equally Divided amongst my said Children hereby revoking all other Wills heretofore made by me do Constitute and Appoint my Son John Farley whole and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Sixth Day of April one thousand seven hundred and fifty four.

Signed Sealed Published

and Delivered to be my last

Will and Testament in the presence of

Jno Archer

James Clay

Richard Nunnaley

John Farley

his

John X Farley

mark

Amelia County, Virginia Will Book 1, page 200.
 
 

Notes for Elizabeth Akin:

Mary (Elizabeth) Farley, widow of John Farley, Jr. Inventory May 1761. by Christopher Bass, Henry Wathall and Henry Winfree. Reference: Gulf States Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, page 429.

Some researchers have Elizabeth Archer, however most records I have found point to Elizabet Akin sister to Mary Akin who married John Womack.

Will of Sarah Akin. dated Feb.2,1714 Henrico Co.Va.

Will of Sarah Akin, Widow of James Akin. To son James Akin, slaves and items. To grandson Daniel Nunnelly , a feather bed. To daughter Elizabeth Farlow, a feather bed, To daughter Sarah Nunnelly , items. To son-in-law John Womack 1 shilling. All the rest to be divided into three parts , one third to each children, James , Elizabeth , and Sarah. Son James to be executor.

Witnessed: Thomas Chamberlayne , William Baugh ,Charles Roberts . Recorded 2 August 1714.
 
 

Children of John Farley and Elizabeth Akin are:

+ 86 i. Mary²⁵ Farley, born Abt. 1690 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died 1750 in Henrico Co., Virginia.

87 ii. Forrest Farley, born Abt. 1700 in Henrico Co., VA. He married Mary.

88 iii. John Farley, born Abt. 1702 in Henrico Co., Virginia. He married Mary Willett.

89 iv. Francis Farley, born October 25, 1703 in Henrico Co., VA; died October 22, 1791 in Montgomery Co., VA. He married (1) Nancy Whitlow Abt. 1720; born Abt. 1705. He married (2) Elizabeth Crostic Abt. 1758; born April 19, 1718 in NC; died October 29, 1797.

90 v. Peter Farley, born April 19, 1705 in Henrico Co., VA; died August 22, 1756. He married Drucilla Turpin Abt. 1730; born Abt. 1710.

91 vi. William Farley, born Abt. 1710 in Henrico Co., VA; died November 18, 1783 in Amelia Co., VA. He married Martha Stewart Abt. 1730; born Abt. 1712.

92 vii. Sarah Farley, born Abt. 1711 in Henrico Co., VA. She married Robert Thompson.

93 viii. James Farley, born Abt. 1712 in Henrico Co., VA; died 1797.

94 ix. Joseph Farley, born Abt. 1713 in Henrico Co., VA. He married Mary Forrest.

95 x. Matthew Farley, born Abt. 1719 in Henrico Co., VA.

96 xi. Henry Farley, born Abt. 1721 in Henrico Co., VA.
 
 

84. Frederick Lewis²⁵ Hanover (George II²⁴, George I²³, Sophia²², Elizabeth²¹ Stuart, James I²⁰, Mary¹⁹, James¹⁸ V, Margaret¹⁷ Tudor, Henry VII¹⁶, Margaret¹⁵ Beaufort, John¹⁴, John¹³, John¹², Edward¹¹ III, Edward¹⁰ II, King⁹, King⁸ Henry III, King⁷ John, Lackland, King Henry II⁶ Plantagenet, Geoffrey⁵, Fulk⁴ V, Fulk³ IV, Geoffrey II de² Castinais, Geoffrey I de¹) was born January 31, 1700/01 in Hanover, and died March 31, 1751 in Leicester-House, London, England. He married Augusta May 08, 1736 in Chapel Royal, St. James.

Notes for Augusta:

Youngest Dau. of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst.
 
 

Child of Frederick Hanover and Augusta is:

97 i. George III²⁶ Hanover, born June 04, 1738 in Norfolk-House, St. James Square, London, England; died January 29, 1820 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He married Charlotte; born May 19, 1744 in Mirow; died November 17, 1818 in Kew Palace.

(Queen)

Notes for George III Hanover:

George III of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (r. 1760-1820), who presided over the loss of Britain's American colonies. He was also elector of Hanover (1760-1815) and by decision of the Congress of Vienna, King of Hanover (1815-20). After the dismissal of several ministers who did not satisfy him, the king found a firm supporter in Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. Lord North executed the royal policies that provoked the American Revolution. The unsuccessful conclusion of that protracted conflict forced North to resign, and during the government crisis that followed when three cabinets came and went in less than two years. The King himself was almost induced to abdicate. In 1809 the king became blind. As early as 1765 he had suffered an apparent dementia, and in 1788 his derangement recurred to such a degree that a regency bill was passed, but the king recovered the following year. In 1811 he succumbed hopelessly to this dementia and his son, later George IV, acted as a regent for the rest of his reign.
 
 

More About George III Hanover:

Burial: St. George Chap., Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Notes for Charlotte:

(Sophia) Charlotte, fifth and youngest dau. of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Elizabeth Albertin of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Appears to be "monkey-faced" in many of her portraits.
 
 
 
 

Notes for Margaret Gaines:

MARGARET GAINES, married Hon. John Pryor, who moved from Hanover Co., Virginia to Edgecomb Co., North Carolina, where he made his will (in Orange Co., N. C., which was probated in same County in 1772.) He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons at the time of his death and left his wife and twelve children mentioned in his will; among them his daughter, "MILDRED WOMACK", and his son-in-law "DAVID WOMACK". He named as his Executrix and Executors, his wife, Margaret Pryor, and his sons-in-law William Stone and David Womack.

Notes for John Pryor:

WILL OF JOHN PRYOR

In the name of God Amen. I, John Pryor, of North Carolina, Orange county, being unwell, but of perfect sense and memory, but knowing it is appointed once for all men to die, do think proper to make this my last will and testament in manner and form following to-wit:

First, I principally yield my soul to God who gave it hoping through the merits of his Dear Son to obtain pardon for all my sins and my Body to be buried in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors and what estate it has pleased God to lend me after my just debts be paid, I give and bequeath as follows, to-wit:

ITEM: I give to my son Robert Pryor the tract of land on the head of Aarons Creek in Granville county, being 640 acres and also my negro man named Will and what I have already given him and my account against him on my Book to him and his heirs lawfully begotten by his body forever. ITEM: I give to my daughter, Rhoda Stone, my negro man named Pompy and two cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture, one mare and saddle which estate she has already received to her and her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my daughter, Elizabeth Flournoy, all that I have already given to her and Twenty pounds as borrowed of me to her and her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my daughter, MILDRED WOMACK, my negro man named Frank and two cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture, one mare and saddle all already received to her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my daughter, Lucy Tapley, my negro man named Harry and two cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture and one mare and saddle already received to her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my grandson, John Pryor, son of Green Pryor, all that land I purchased of Isaiah Alday and also that land I purchased of Robert McCarley on May Creek and also my negro woman named Sue and also my negro girl named Dinah also my negro girl named Judy and their increase and a horse, saddle and two cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture when he shall arrive to twenty-one years to him and his heirs forever which have already delivered to Green Pryor. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my daughter Leah Perkins, my negro woman named Moll and her increase and two cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture, one horse and saddle already received, to her and her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my granddaughter, Betty Green Pryor, my negro girl named Dilsey and her increase and also my tract of land on Adam Creek adjoining Hugh Barnett when she shall arrive to lawful years or married, to her and her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my daughter, Rachael Pope, my negro boy named Essia, one feather bed and furniture, two cows and calves, one young mare and saddle, which estate she has already received to her and her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my daughter, Dorothy Pryor, my negro girl named Cloe, one feather bed and furniture, two cows and calves, one horse or mare and saddle when she arrives at lawful age or marries to her and her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my daughter, Hoith Pryou (Henrietta Pryor), when she arrives to lawful age or marries, my negro boy named Ben, and two cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture, and horse or mare and saddle to her and her heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my son, John Henry Pryor, the land and plantation where I now dwell and also my negro girl named Phyllis, and two cows and calves and one feather bed and furniture and one young horse and saddle to him and his heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my son, Abner Pryor, all that land I purchased of Frederick Kerlock and also that land that Moses Walker owned and also that land on Hico bought the improvements of Harkley Warren and also my negro boy named Cato and two cows and calves and one feather bed and furniture and one young horse and saddle and also that tract of land I took up adjoining the land I purchased of Frederick Kerlock to him and his heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my Grandson, John Pryou Smith, my negro girl named Violet and if she dies before she becomes of age, then my desire is that he be paid out of my estate forty pounds, Virginia money, to him and his heirs forever. I also desire my tract of land I purchased of Hosea Tapley, Junr. 301 acres on Flat River be sold and the money divided amongst my daughters and if either of my children should die before they become of lawful age or marries then their estate both real and personal be equally divided amongst those of my children as shall then be living and if either of those negroes above mentioned should die before the owner of them comes of age or marries that then he be paid at those coming of age or marries out of my estate forty pounds, Virginia Currency, and I lend to my wife, Margaret Pryor, during her natural life or widowhood, the use of my plantation and land whereon I now dwell and also the use of my negroes, Tom, Macah, Bauns, Nan, Fan, Juda, Jane, Hannah, Punch, Captain, John, Newbun and my young negro Net (or Not?) yet named in my will and also the use of my personal estate together all my stock of all kinds and two stills which stills I give to John Henry Pryor and Abner the large one to John Henry Pryor and the small one to Abner Pryou and at the end of her life or widowhood, my desire all my estate of what-so-ever kind lent to my wife land excepted to my wife as aforesaid be equally divided amongst such of my children as shall then be living. Lastly do I appoint my son-in-law, William Stone, and my son-in-law, DAVID WOMACK, and my wife, Margaret Pryor, Executors and Executrix of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills.

Children of Margaret Gaines and John Pryor are:

98 i. Robert²⁶ Pryor, born Abt. 1736.

99 ii. Elizabeth Pryor, born Abt. 1737.

100 iii. Rhonda Pryor, born Abt. 1738.

101 iv. Green Pryor, born Abt. 1739.

102 v. Leah Pryor, born Abt. 1741.

103 vi. Racheal Pryor, born Abt. 1742.

104 vii. Martha Henrietta Pryor, born Abt. 1743.

105 viii. John Henry Pryor, born Abt. 1745.

106 ix. Abner Pryor Pryor, born Abt. 1746.

107 x. Mildred Pryor, born Abt. 1748. She married David Womack in Orange Co., North Carolina; born Abt. 1735 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died Bef. 1804 in Beaufort District, South Carolina.

108 xi. Lucy Pryor, born 1751 in Orange Co., North Carolina; died Aft. September 20, 1825 in Orange Co., North Carolina. She married (1) Tapley. She married (2) John Womack Abt. 1772; born Abt. 1750 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died September 30, 1825 in Person Co., North Carolina.

109 xii. Dorothy Pryor, born Abt. 1765. She married Henry McNeill; born Abt. 1760.
 
 

Notes for Mary Farley:

Marys Will was made July 23,1750, Chesterfield Co., VA.

Will of Mary Farley Womack

1759,Chesterfield Co., Va.-Chesterfield Co., Will Book 1,1749-1765,

pages 188 and 189:

"In the name of God Amen the 23rd Day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty I the subscriber being very sick and weak but in my perfect sences blessed God for it and therefore calling to mind the mortality of the Body and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to Die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hans of God that gave it trusting in the Merits of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ I shall receive the same by the mighty Power of God &c and as touching such Estate as it has been Pleass God to bless me with in this World I gove devise and dispose of the same in the manner and form following Imprimis

I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Francis Womack my Feather Bed and Boolster & a Rug & a pear of Sheets wheron I now lie Sick and my large Table & my large IornPoot and a large Peuter Dish & a large Bason &2 Puter Plates as also I give to my two Sons Francis and Thos. Womack nine Chattle to be equally divided between them Also I give to my Son Francis my Negro Woman nam'd Mall, also I give to my Son Thos. my Hand Mill and to my Son Francis my Grind Stone. I also give to my Son Thos. my Chist & also one Iorn Poot & a large Kittle and one branded Dish & one Bason & 3 Plates & a Spice Mortar & brass Candlestick & my Horse if he be found and two Leather Chears & two Rush Chears and to my Son Francis one leatther Chear & foore Rush botomd Chears & to my Son Thos. one tinn Candlestick,Also I lend to my Daughter Judy a Feather Bed & Boolster and give her all my Wool I have in the House except a pound and I give to my Daughter Sarah Rise my new Virginia Cloth wooling goune and my new Quilted Pettycoote & a peace(?) of Boodess & newest holland Apron & Hankerchef & a capp & my Termeter(??) Hatt & no more Also to my Daughter Elizabeth Hatch.t (Hatchett)my Englishgoune and a holland Apron& a Hankerchief&no more And to my Daughter Mary Man I give my blew Virginia Cloth wooling goune &my new straw Hatt & one of my new Aporns made of cotton & linen and no more And all the rest of my wareing Cloaths I give to my Daughter Judy Booth Lining & Wooling and also my Side Saddle and no more and for my three Sons Abram & Isham & William I give each of them one Shelling apeace & no more. memorandum ye Bed as I have let to my Daughter Judy is but for two years & then return to my Sons Francis & Thos. to be equally divided between with ye Boolster & ye Rug & Sheets & Blanket for Thos. my Son and for every thing I have not mention'd is to be equally divided amongst them all as lives heare with me whar unto I make and ordain my two Sons Francis & Thomas Womack my hole Executors of this my last Will & Testament given under my the Day (sic) and year first writn.

Said Sig'd & Delivered Mary Womack (L S)

in (?) the presence of us

William Graves

Thos. his T mark Frankly Senr.

William Walford"
 
 

Notes for Thomas Womack:

Will made March 24, 1732/33.

Will of Thomas Womack (Sr.) 1733, Henrico

County, VA.- Henrico County Deeds & Wills, No. 2, Pt. 1, 1725-1737, pages

424 & 425:

"IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN The four and Twentieth Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Thirty Two,Three, I Thomas Womack Senr. of Henrico County being in perfect Sense and Memory Thanks be given unto God Therefore, calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is Appointed for all Men to Die Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say princiaply & first of All I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like & Deceant manner at the Descreatin of my Executor Nothing Doubting but at the General reasurection I shall receive the Same again by the Mighty power of God and as Touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give Devise & Dispose of the same in manner and form following (Vis) Imprimus I give and bequeath unto my Sons Abraham Womack & William Womack the Land from the Branch called the licking Branch To a run called rockey run at their Disposal on condition they shall buy & Sell one of Another without A better offer; Item I give to my Son Isham & to my Son Thomas the Land from the rockey run to the head line to be Equally Divided between them to buy and Sell one with another without a better(?) offer Item(torn) Son Francis the Land I now live upon from the said licking branch To held (?) Water. Item I give my Son Abraham one Bed & furniture with the provisor my Wife gets that which my Father left me at the Hundred. Item I give to my Son William my Sadle and Bridle and one hat. Item I give to my Daughter Judith one Cow & Calf and to my Daughter Sarah one Ewe and Lamb. Item I give To my Daughter Elizabeth one Ewe and Lamb and likewise my daughter Mary one Ewe & Lamb. Item I give to my Daughter Martha one great Looking Glass. Item I give to my Son Isham one Sow and piggs, or a Sow with pigg. Item I give to my Son Francis one Sow and piggs. Item I give to my Son Thomas one Cow & Calf, and one Sow and piggs and one fether Bed & furniture. Item I give to my beloved Wife Mary all the rest of my Whole Estate and likewise what my ffather hath left me; and the Negro Woman after her (decease?) to be returned to my Son Francis. This being my last Will and Testament I hereby Constribute and appoint my Wife whole and Sole Executrix, revoking and making voide all other Wills Given under my hand and Seal the Day and Year before Written.

Thomas (Seal)

Sign'd Seal'd and Delivered Womack

in thepresence of Us

Nathaniel Tanner

James Akin Junr.

Benjamin Fernando

At the Court held for Henrico County the first Monday in January 1733: This last Will and Testament of Thomas Womack Deceasd was presented by the Executrickx upon Oath, and the Same being proved by the Oaths of Nathaniel Tanner & james Akin Two of the Witnesses thereto it was thereupon Admitted to record.

Test. Bowler Cocke ClCur."

Children of Mary Farley and Thomas Womack are:

110 i. Judith²⁶ Womack, born Abt. 1706 in Henrico Co., Virginia. She married Hambleton.

111 ii. Abraham Womack, born Abt. 1708 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died May 16, 1800 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Abt. 1725 in Virginia; born Abt. 1710.

112 iii. Sarah Womack, born Abt. 1713. She married Rice.

113 iv. Elizabeth Womack, born Abt. 1714 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died Abt. 1810. She married John Hatchett; born Abt. 1708.

114 v. Mary Womack, born Abt. 1716 in Henrico Co., Virginia. She married Mann Abt. 1735.

115 vi. William Womack, born Abt. 1718 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died Abt. 1790 in Charlotte Co., Virginia.

116 vii. Isham Womack, born Abt. 1720 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died Abt. 1770 in Amelia Co., Virginia. He married Mary

117 viii. Martha Womack, born Abt. 1723 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died Abt. 1812. She married John Roberts.

118 ix. Francis Womack, born Abt. 1725 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died Abt. 1800 in Chesterfield Co., Virginia. He married (1) Susannah Puckett Bef. 1754 in Chesterfield Co., Virginia; born Abt. 1735; died Aft. 1775 in Chesterfield Co., Virginia. He married (2) Mary Grissell Aft. 1776.

(Compilers Line) Roger Womack
 
 

119 x. Thomas Womack, Jr., born Abt. 1728 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died Abt. February 1804 in Nottoway Co., Virginia. He married Mary.
 
 

For more detailed information on the descendants of Thomas Womack and Mary Farley:  Thomas Womack

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