Husband Russell Green 1
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Wife Betty Jean Wallace 1 2
Born: 10 Nov 1925 3
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Father: Donald Clare Wallace, [Sr.] (1898-1985) 1
Mother: Bertha Pauline Lindquist (1898-1971) 1 4
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• Residence, Hoot Owl Ranch - Healdsburg, California, United States
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Death Notes: Wife - Betty Jean Wallace
Death date of 21 Dec 2003 may be in error. The obituary of her brother Donald in 2008 lists her as a survivor.
General Notes: Wife - Betty Jean Wallace
From DeWayne B. Johnson's book "I Have Met a Lot of Generals," 2007:
"Still others of the Wallace clan who should not be overlooked are two of Lorna's nephews and a niece, all older than she. They were the offspring (and in-laws) of step-[half-]brother Donald Wallace, ... and Betty Jean (Wallace) and Russell Green, vintners, of Healdsburg, California.
Husband Will E. Green
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Wife Lena Edith Talbot 5
Born: 22 Feb 1879 - Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States
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Died: 1 Feb 1956 - Osceola, Polk, Nebraska, United States
Buried: - Polk Co. Cemetery, Polk Co., Nebraska, United States
Father: Absolom Owen Talbot, Jr. (1852-1925) 6 7 8
Mother: Margaret Burrows (1857-1935) 5 6 7 9
Noted events in her life were:
• Census, 1880 - Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, United States
Lena Talbot b. 1879 Illinois
• Moved, Moved to Polk, Nebraska, Unknown - Polk, Polk, Nebraska, United States
Was living in Polk, Nebraska, at the time of her sister Lula Mae's death on 6/28/1942.
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Husband Captain Henry Ridgely III 10 11 12
Born: 3 Oct 1669 - Wardridge, Maryland, (United States)
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Buried: - St. Anne's Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)
Father: Colonel Henry Ridgely, (Jr.) ( -Betw 1708/1710) 13
Mother: Elizabeth Howard (Abt 1639-Bef 1699) 14
Marriage: Abt 1689
Wife Catherine Greenberry 10 11
AKA: Katherine Greenberry, Katharine Greenbury
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Father: Col. Nicholas Greenberry (1627-1697) 15 16 17
Mother: Ann Newman (1648-1698) 18
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1 F Elizabeth Ridgely 10
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Spouse: Thomas Worthington ( - ) 10
2 F Ann Ridgely 11
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Spouse: Captain Joshua Dorsey (1686-1747) 11 19 20 21
Marr: 16 May 1711 - Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)
Burial Notes: Husband - Captain Henry Ridgely III
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Here Lyeth the body of Mr Henry Ridgley who was borne the 3d of October 1669 and departed this life on ye 19th day of March 1699.
Note: Marker only. Body is buried on the old Ridgely plantation.
Research Notes: Husband - Captain Henry Ridgely III
First husband of Catherine Greenberry.
From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=640841&GRid=12216778&CScn=st.+anne's&CScntry=4&CSst=22&CScnty=1188& :
Capt Henry Ridgely III, the oldest son of Col Henry and Elizabeth (Howard) Ridgely of Devonshire, England, was born 3 October 1669, in Wardridge, Maryland. His father, an immigrant merchant, established the family in the United States. The Ridgelys became one of the most aristocratic of Maryland families with a long tradition of holding important civil and military offices.
Henry married Catherine Greenberry, eldest daughter of Col Nicholas Greenberry, ca 1689. They had five children: Ann, Nicholas Greenberry, Henry IV, Elizabeth, and Charles Ridgely (who died young). Nicholas became Judge of the Supreme Court of Delaware, Maryland, and was the founder of the important Ridgely family of Delaware.
By deed of gift from his father, Henry received "Broome", a portion of "Waldridge" and "Ridgely", all lying in Anne Arundel County where he established his dwelling plantation. In 1691, he bought from John Hammond "Adventure", 50 acres on the north side of South River adjoining the plantation of Nicholas Wyatt.
Henry drew up his will, 13 September 1699. He had a short life, dying 19 March 1700, at the age of 30 years, according to his gravestone, and his will was proved in Anne Arundel County, 26 April 1700.
To wife Catherine, executrix, dwelling plantation during life and 200 acres, part of "Warren's Ridge". To son Henry and heirs, dwelling plantation and 200 acres aforesaid at death of wife, also 282 acres "Ridgely's Beginning" on north side of Rogue Harbour Branch, Patuxent River. To son Nicholas at 18 years of age, 275 acres "My Quarter Plantation" at head of Broad Creek, and 272 acres "My Ridgely's Lot" on northeast side of great branch of Patuxent River. To son Charles and heirs, money with which to buy land, at 21 years of age. To daughter Ann and heirs, 1/2 of "Huntington's Quarter" taken up by testator's father and himself. To daughter Elizabeth and heirs, 1/2 of 300 acres at Chester at head of Morgan's Creek. Sons to be of age at 21 years and daughters at 16 years. Overseers: father Henry Ridgely and brother-in-law Charles Greenberry. Test: Robert Goldsborough, Thomas Reynolds, and William Johnson
Henry was buried upon his plantation where an impressive slab marked his remains. In the 1890s an unappreciative owner disturbed the family burying ground, removed the tombstones and built a house over the family graveyard. Henry's tombstone was removed to St Anne's Churchyard in Annapolis where it remains today.
The widow married Capt John Howard. Soon after the birth of a daughter, Catherine died, leaving her new husband in possession of the Ridgely estate.
--Anne Arundel Gentry
Husband Col. Nicholas Greenberry 15 16 17
Born: 1627 - England
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Buried: - St. Anne's Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)
Marriage: 1671
Wife Ann Newman 18
Born: 1648 - England
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Died: 27 Apr 1698 - Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)
Buried: - St. Anne's Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States)
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1 F Catherine Greenberry 10 11
AKA: Katherine Greenberry, Katharine Greenbury
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Marr: Abt 1689
Burial Notes: Husband - Col. Nicholas Greenberry
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Here lyeth interred the body of Col Nicholas Greenberry Esq, who departed this life the 17th day of December 1697
Research Notes: Husband - Col. Nicholas Greenberry
From FindaGrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=640841&GRid=12216842&CScn=st.+anne's&CScntry=4&CSst=22&CScnty=1188&):
This name has been handed down in nearly every family of Anne Arundel. Col Greenberry's letters show him to have been a man of marked intelligence. As president of the Council, and Chancellor, he was Keeper of the Great Seal, and Judge of the High Court of Chancery.
Col Nicholas Greenberry came to Maryland on the ship "Constant Friendship" in 1670, accompanied by his wife Anne, his son Charles, his daughter Katherine, and three servants. Although he is perhaps the ancestor of more distinguished Marylanders than any other person, in certain respects his life has been a mystery. The name Greenberry does not seem to appear in English records, and yet Col Nicholas Greenberry was obviously a man of aristocratic lineage, probably of noble or, according to rumor, even of royal descent; highly educated and possessed of great ability. His rise to prominence in the civil and military affairs of Maryland was rapid.
In 1680 he purchased from the son of Capt Fuller, the Puritan military commander at the Battle of the Severn, a tract of land resurveyed as "Greenberry Forest". There Nicholas resided, naming his plantation "Whitehall". One of the most beautifully situated residential sites of all Maryland, Whitehall later was the residence of Gov Horatio Sharp, who had the architect William Bruckland build for him the famous Georgian mansion now known as Whitehall. In 1685, Col Greenberry sold a portion of Greenberry Forest and bought 250 adjoining acres, the point of which at the mouth of the Severn River is now known as "Greenberry Point".
He rose to prominence during the transfer of the proprietary government to King William and Queen Mary. The following year, 1686, he became a gentleman justice of Anne Arundel County. A staunch supporter of King William III, he was one of the leaders of the so-called Revolution of 1689. He was appointed captain of foot in the Anne Arundel Militia in 1689, and in 1690 became a Major. During that year, he was made Lieutenant of His Majesty's forces in the province. He was one of the military leaders who signed the address to William II after the capture of St Mary's City by the Royalists. In 1691, he was one of the seventeen prominent men who signed articles of impeachment against Lord Baltimore. He was appointed one of the Judges of Provincial Court and was a prominent part of the Committee of Twenty, which governed Maryland until the arrival in 1692 of Sir Lionel Copley, the new Royal Governor. As one of the military commanders, Col Nicholas Greenberry was authorized to erect three forts against invading Indians; being especially in charge of the one in Anne Arundel. He was further authorized to press all smiths in cleansing and fixing the public arms. As a member of the Governor's Council, he attended all meetings with punctuality and in 1693, became president of the Council. On the death of Gov Copley on 6 Apr 1692, Col Greenberry became the Governor of Maryland, serving such until Sir Edmond Andros was appointed Royal Governor in 1693. Thereafter he continued to serve on the Council. He was also Keeper of the Great Seal, Chancellor of Maryland, and Justice of His Majesty's High Court of Admiralty. When Col Ninian Beall became the chief military officer in Maryland, Col Nicholas Greenberry and Col Nicholas Gassaway became the commanding officers of the military forces of Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties.
Some of the honorable offices held by this distinguished man are recorded on page two of this application, but space does not permit a lengthy recital of his services. That they were of the highest importance will be seen from the confidence reposed in him, his position for a number of years being second only to that of the Governor himself. A fervid letter of thanks to their "Sacred Majesties, 'William and Mary', for giving to Maryland Protestant Governor, bore among other signatures the names of Nicholas Greenberry and Henry Ridgely. Col Nicholas Greenberry was President of his Majesty's Council for some years and at the time of his death. His loyalty and devotion to the service of their Majesties" is discussed in Council after his death. Very few volumes of the Archives of Maryland, but attest his constant attendance at assemblies, and devotion to the welfare of the colony.
The will of Col Greenberry, stamped with a remarkable seal and dated 5 Mar 1697/8, left his dwelling plantation to his beloved wife Ann; after her death to son Charles; in case his death without issue, to go to his three daughters.
--Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties
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Ann Newman Greenberry (1648 - 1698) *
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From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=adgedge&id=I41174:
(1) Some researchers have attributed a daughter to Edward DORSEY a daughter Ann who married Nicholas GREENBERRY. There is no evidence that Edward DORSEY had a daughter named Ann. While Nicholas GREENBERRY's wife was named Ann, she could not have been a daughter of Edward DORSEY. Nicholas GREENBERRY did not emigrate from England to Maryland until 1674, at which time he arrived with his wife and two children. (Maryland Patent Liber 18 (Vol. 21):160 FHL microfilm 0,013,071.) Land was claimed in 1674 for Nicholas GREENBERRY, wife, and two children (not named) who were on the ship "Constant Friendship." His wife could not have been the daughter of Edward DORSEY, who had been living in the colonies for over 25 years.
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From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=adgedge&id=I41162:
(1a) 1674: Land was claimed for Nicholas GREENBERRY, wife, and two children (not named) who were on the ship "Constant Friendship."
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From Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, p. 58:
"In 1694, Major Dorsey was upon the committee with Major John Hammond, Hon. John Dorsey, Captain Philip Howard, Major Nicholas Greenberry and John Bennett, to layout town lots and a town common for 'the town of Proctor,' or Annapolis."
Burial Notes: Wife - Ann Newman
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Here lyeth interred the body of Mrs Ann Greenberry who departed this life the 27th day of April 1698
Research Notes: Wife - Ann Newman
From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12216945:
Ann Newman was born, 1648, in England to Roger Newman and his wife. She married Col Nicholas Greenberry, 1671, in England, and had four children: Charles, Katherine, Ann, and Elizabeth Greenberry. They immigrated to Maryland in 1674. Ann Newman Greenberry died, 27 April 1698, aged 50, in Annapolis, Maryland, and was buried at Saint Anne's Churchyard.
Husband James Greeniffe 22
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Wife Anne Howard 23
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Father: Matthew Howard (1609-1659) 5 24
Mother: Anne Hall (1610-1659) 5 25
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Husband George Greer
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Wife Josie Kirk
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Father: George Robert Kirk (1872-1944) 5
Mother: Grace Elizabeth Parsons (1876-1951) 5
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Husband Lord < > Grey, of Codnor
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Marriage: 2 Oct 1465
Wife Margaret Stanley 26 27 28
Born: Abt 1433 - Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England 29
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Father: Sir Thomas de Stanley, K.G., 1st Baron Stanley, Lord Lt. of Ireland (1406-1459) 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Mother: Joan Goushill (Abt 1402-Aft 1459) 33 35 37 38
Other Spouse: Sir William Troutbeck, of Pyrns Castle in Worrill, Lord of Dunham (1434/1435-1459) 26 27 39 40 - 1449
Other Spouse: Sir John Botler, Baron of Warrington (1429-1463) 41 - 1460
Noted events in her life were:
• Dispensation, to marry Sir John Boteler, 1459
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Research Notes: Wife - Margaret Stanley
Ancestral Roots , Line 20-34 has m. (1) Sir William Troutbeck 1459 [probably should be 1449-see below], (2) Sir John Boteler 1460, (3) Lord Grey of Codnor.
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From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by books.google.com, p. 53-56:
"VI. LADY MARGARET STANLEY, eldest daughter of Thomas, Lord Stanley, married Sir William Troutbeck, of Pryns Castle in Worrill, Cheshire, Lord of Dunham. Sir William Troutbeck, Knight, was son and heir of Sir John Troutbeck, Knight, of Dunham, Chamberlain of Chester, and was aged 23 years in 37 Henry VI. (1458), and was therefore born 1434-5. The following Inq. P. M. is proof of his birth and age:
'Inq. P. M. (37, not) 38, H. VI. John Troutbek held (no lands of the King or Prince on his decease) in demesne, as of fee (but by his charter of 22 Feby., 35 Hen. VI., had granted to Johi Comiti Arondel, Johi Beamond, Vicund de Beamond, John Sutton dno de Dudley, Thomas Stanley, Thome Parre, Rico Turnstall, Thome de Convey, Militibz, Petro de Ardern Justic dni Regis de coi Banco, Gilbto Parre, Johi Pulesdon, Rico Pulesdon, Mag'ro Andree Holes, Clico, Hugoni Pembton, Rico Asshawe, Thome Bellamond, Clico, and others)--the manors of Brinstath, Dunham, Troghford, and Budworth, cum pert. with lands in Carnesdale, Barneston, Oxton, Tranmore, Upton, Raby, L. Newton, Hergreave, Newton in Wirrill, Chester, Handbridge, Woodchurch, Christelton, Ledsham, Pickmere, Moberley, Newton Juxta le Midelwich, and the avowson (of the Church) of Moberley for use for life. Ob. die Sabbi px post festum Sci Bartholomei Apli ultimo, Wills Troutbeck filius & heres, aet. 23, ann. in festo Sce Margarete Virginis ultimo).'
Sir William Troutbeck was married in the year 1449, when aged only about fourteen years, to the Lady Margaret Stanley, and was slain at the battle of Blore-Heath on the 23d September, 1459, fighting under the command of Lord Auderley, in the Lancasterian cause. He was buried in the Troutbeck Chapel in St. Mary's, Chester. A tomb was erected there to his memory, and is thus described: 'It was a faire tombe of one of the Troutbecks. The man all in riche armour, with a riche border of pearles, and stones, about his head, on the helmet. On the front of the helmet, over his forehead, was graven Jeshu Nazarenus Rex. All the plates and edges of his armour curiously wrought, as it were imbracery, with a collar of S.S. about his neck, of gold, one gauntlet in his hand, and his wife's hand in the other. Under his feet a lion couchant; under his head, a helmet mantled, having on it a wreath of trouts and a moores head. She hath her head richly attired, with a veil over her head, with a blue gown, and a short surcoat of black. At her feet a lamb, and two angels supporting the cushions under her head.'
"The Troutbeck Aisle of Chapel, which was built in the reign of Henry VI., by William Troutbeck, fell down not many years after the pulication of the 'Vale Royal,' by King, and destroyed the tombs. The third Randal Holmes says, that for the fineness of the work, the monuments of the Troutbecks were thought to exceed anything of that kind in England. (Harl. MS. 2151, fo. 16b.)
"The battle of Blore-Heath was fought on St. Tecla's Day, 23 September, 1459, was fatal to the men of Cheshire. Among those left dead upon the field were Sir Thomas Button, Sir John Done, Sir Hugh Venables, Sir Richard Monineux, Sir William Troutbeck, Sir John Leigh, and Sir John Egerton. (Records Corporation of Macclesfield.)
"The following is proof of the death of the said William Troutbeck, and as it gives the age of his eldest son, fixes the date of his marriage:
'Inq. M. (b. de mand.) 4 Edw. Iv. Sir William Troutbek, knight, held the manors of Great Troughford, Dunham, and Hole from Henry, late King of France, "et non de jure Rege Angliae sexto,' with lands therein, valued at XL marks per annum. Also the manors and advowsons of Moberley, the manors of Brunstath, Raby and Budworth, half of L. Neston, and one-fifth of Hargreave; (the manors of Elton and Oxton, and a moiety of the ville of Pykmere;) with lands in Hargreave, Barneston, Carnesdale, Ledsham, Woodchurch, Eccleston, Chester Hulme, Kinderton, Bereton, Newton, Cogshull, Xtlton, Tattenhall, Bridge Troughford, Elton, Oxton, Pickmere, Thingwall, Tranmere, Upton, and Wirswall. William Troutbek, son and heir, (aet. 15 ann. et maritatus Johanne filie Johis. Botiller Militis, and ward of the latter by grant of the King, 8 Jan. 2 Edw. IV).'
"For evidences of the marriage of Sir William Troutbeck and Margaret Stanley, see Dougdale, vol. II., page 248, (et E. Stemmate) wherein he states that Sir Thomas, Lord Stanley, left 'issue" three sons, Thomas, William and John; and two daughters, Margaret, married to Sir William Troutbeck, Knight, and Elizabeth to Sir Richard Molineux, Knight' See also Collins' Peerage of England, vol. III., page 40, etc. Edition 1779, London, Pedigree of Troutbeck of Dunham, by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Nortry King-at-arms; visitations of Cheshire, 1580 (Harl. MS. 1424, fo. 1287). Printed Edition, London, 1882, by John Paul Rylands, F.S.A.--Also, Harl. MS. 1424, fo. 136b, Pedigree of Troutbeck of Dunham, by William Beaumont, Esq. of Oxford Hall (see Hist. Cheshire, by George Ormerod, Revised Edition). Also visitations of Wales by Lewis Dwnn, Penrhyn Pedigree. The best evidence, however, is the Dispensation, dated 23 January, 1459 (O. S.) (or 1460, N.S.) to Margaret, widow of William Troutbeck and daughter of Thomas Lord Stanley, deceased, to marry Sir John Botler, Knight, which marriage took place in 1460, and the said Sir John, dying 26 February, 1463, the said Margaret married, thirdly, 2 October, 1465, Lord Grey, of Codnor.
"It should be remembered that the month of January, 1459, is four months after September, and not prior to it, the year not beginning then until March.
"The children of Sir William Troutbeck and the Lady Margaret were:
1. William Troutbeck 'aet. 15 years, 4 Edw. IV., ward of Sir John Botler, alias Butler, by grant of the King, 8 January, 2 Edw. IV.,' married to Johannes, daughter of the said Sir John. No issue.
2. Adam Troutbeck; his heiress married John Talbot, ancestor of the Earls of Shrewsbury.
3. Thomas Troutbeck.
4. Alice Troutbeck.
5. Jane Troutbeck, married 1st, Sir William Botler, of Bewsey, Knight, and 2ndly, Sir William Griffith, of Penrhyn, Knight; of whom presently.
6. Elizabeth Troutbeck, married Sir Alexander Houghton, Knight."
Husband Sir William Griffith, Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales 32 42 43 44 45 46 47
AKA: Sir William Griffith Hael (the Liberal), Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Born: Abt 1445 - Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, (Bangor), Caernarfonshire, (Gwynedd), Wales
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Died: Abt 1539 - Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, (Bangor), Caernarfonshire, (Gwynedd), Wales
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Father: Sir William Griffith, of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1420-1483) 32 48 49 50 51 52 53
Mother: Alice Dalton (Abt 1425-1483) 47 50 54 55
Marriage: Aft 1489
Other Spouse: Joan Troutbeck (Abt 1457-Abt 1485/1489) - Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Noted events in his life were:
• Created, Knight of the Bath, 1489
From Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Browning, Philadelphia, 1912, p. 286, "made a Knight of the Bath on St. Andrew's Eve, 1489, at the coronation of Prince Arthur, and of his Bayne,"...
Wife Elizabeth Grey 47
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Death Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith, Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales
At least one source says he died 1506 in Penrhyn, but according to the Reifsnyder-Gilliam Ancestry, he was still living in 1520 and "survived, however, for many years, or until about 1539-40..."
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith, Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales
2nd Chamberlain of North Wales
From Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Line 20-35 :
"JOAN TROUTBECK, b. 1459, m. (2) Sir William Griffith d. by 1509/10, of Penrhyn, co. Carnarvon, Chamberlain of North Wales, son of Fychan ap Gwilym and Alice Dalton, dau. of Sir Richard Dalton of co. Northampton. (Dwnn II: 167-168)."
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From Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, p. 57-58:
"VII. LADY JANE TROUTBECK, daughter of Sir William Troutbeck, married Sir William Griffith, Knight, of Penrhyn, in the county of Caernarvon, as appear of record in the Visitations of Lewis Dwnn, II, 154-5, Harl. MSS. No. 1424, fo. 135b., also MS. of the celebrated antiquary, Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt, Known as the Hengwrt MS. 96, p. 603 (vide Montgomeryshire Collections, by the Powysland Club), vol XXV., page 98. The translation of this MS. is as follows:
'Wm. Vaughan (Vychan) Chamberlain of No. Wales (son of Gwilym ab Gruffydd ab Gwilym ab Gruffydd ab Heilen, by his 2d wife Sioned (Jonet) D. of Sir W. Stanley of Hooton, Chamberlain of No. Wales and Chester), and had all the land of his father, and the lands also of Paris, (from whom Paris Mountain), by his mother's influence, and in the 18th year of Henry VI. (1440) he got himself made a denizen of England, under covenant that he should not marry any Welsh woman, so he married Alice, dau. and heir of Sir Richard Dalton, kt., by a daughter of Lord Clifford, his wife. Their son, Sir william Griffith, Hael (the Liberal), m. Jane, dau. of Sir Wm. Troutbeck, Kt., by his wife, a sister to Sir Thomas Stanley.'
"Sir William Griffith must, therefore, have been born subsequent to the year 1440, and succeeded his father as Chamberlain of North Wales, some time after 10th of August , 1466, for his said father was alive upon the last mentioned day.
"He was created a Knight of the Bath 1489. The record therefore being as follows:
'These XXI. followinge were made Knightes of the Bathe at the Creation of Prince Arthur and of his Bayne on St. Andrew's Eve in anno quinto of the king'
"Sir William Griffith was living 12 Henry VIII., 1520, and was then Chamberlain of North Wales. He survived, however, for many years, or until about 1539-40; he is mentioned in the Welsh records as Captain or Constable of Caernarvon Castle, and he is remembered by antiquarians on account of the pains he took to collect and preserve the official archives and records and manuscripts relating to Wales. There are some fine verses extant addressed to him by the leading Bards of his day.
"The Griffiths of Penrhyn were the owners of immense estates in Caernarvonshire, and had their seat at Penrhyn Castle, which then was, and continues to be, one of the finest seates in the Principality. At the time of Henry VII., and Henry VIII., they reached a height of splendor and power second only, perhaps, in Wales, to the family of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, of Dynevor.
"Their entertainments at Penrhyn were magnificent, especially at those times when the King tarried there; their retainers, a small army, and their tenants, bound by feudal tenure, placed an armed force at their command, at all times ready for instant service in the field. He had Issue:
"VIII. SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH..."
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html):
"His son and heir by the first marriage, WILLIAM GRIFFITH (c. 1445-1505/6), is not always easy to distinguish from his father. He m. (1) Joan Troutbeck, widow of Sir William Butler of Bewsey, Ches.; her mother was Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley (c. 1406-1459), first baron Stanley; William Griffith was therefore nephew by marriage to Thomas, first earl of Derby (1435-1504) - another confirmation of the Stanley connection (Dwnn, Visitations, ii, 167; Penrhyn MSS. 12; D.N.B., liv., 76; Ormerod, Cheshire, ii, 42). In 1476 he is described as 'king's servant' and 'marshall of the King's Hall' (an office held by his father) in a grant to him by Edward IV of an annuity of £18 5s.; the annuity was renewed by Richard III in March 1484 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1476-85, 18, 418). At Michaelmas 1483 he was appointed chamberlain of North Wales by Richard III; the appointment was confirmed by Henry VII within a month of Bosworth (Davies, Conway and Menai Ferries, 48; Owen , Manuscripts rel. to Wales in the Brit. Mus., ii, 147; Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1485-94, 5). His record suggests that he followed very closely the lead of his kinsman, the time-serving earl of Derby, and a poem by Lewis Môn (q.v.) proves that immediately before Bosworth he shared with lord Strange, Derby's heir, his perilous imprisonment at Nottingham as hostage for his father's all-too-uncertain loyalty; presumably, he shared, too, the same narrow escape from death on the eve of the battle. Tudur Aled (q.v.) also refers, more obscurely, to this crisis in William Griffith's career. (Gairdner, Richard III, ed. 1898, 227-38; Mostyn MSS. 148, 467; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 143.) His influential connections were not confined to the Stanleys.
"He appears to have m., as his second wife, Elizabeth Grey, grand-daughter of Reginald, 3rd baron Grey of Ruthin (the enemy of Owain Glyndwr ) and first cousin to John Grey, lord Ferrers of Groby (1432-1461) who was the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville, later queen of Edward IV. (D.N.B., xxiii, 193, 197; Williams , Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, 1802, 174.) The marriage must have brought him into personal contact with the powerful Greys and Woodvilles and it would explain the presence of a William Griffith as member of Edward IV's council on 8 Aug. 1482. (Gairdner, op. cit., 338-9.)
"Under Henry VII he continued to hold the chamberlainship of North Wales until 1490 when he was replaced by Sir Richard Pole (Davies, Conway and Menai Ferries, 48, 68.) He was knighted when Arthur was created prince of Wales in 1489 and he continued to serve on a number of North Wales commissions. (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1485-94, 86, 354.) He d. 1505/6. (Penrhyn MSS. 44-5.) Among poets (qq.v.) who sang to him are Tudur Penllyn , Dafydd Pennant , Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn , Lewis Môn , and Tudur Aled . (Mostyn MSS. 148, 467, 504, 532, 535; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 142.)"
Research Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Grey
From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"[Sir William Griffith] appears to have m., as his second wife, Elizabeth Grey, grand-daughter of Reginald, 3rd baron Grey of Ruthin (the enemy of Owain Glyndwr ) and first cousin to John Grey, lord Ferrers of Groby (1432-1461) who was the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville, later queen of Edward IV. (D.N.B., xxiii, 193, 197; Williams , Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, 1802, 174.) The marriage must have brought him into personal contact with the powerful Greys and Woodvilles and it would explain the presence of a William Griffith as member of Edward IV's council on 8 Aug. 1482. (Gairdner, op. cit., 338-9.)"
Notes: Marriage
Second wife of Sir William Griffith (1445-1539)
Husband Adda ap Griffith 56 57
AKA: Adda ap Gruffydd of Dôl Goch
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife
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1 M Griffith ap Adda, of Dolgôch 56 57
AKA: Gruffydd ap Adda ap Gruffydd of Dôl Goch
Born: Bef 1333 - <Dolgôch, Merionethshire, Wales>
Christened:
Died:
Buried: - Church of Towyn
Husband Samuel Wharton 58
Born: 19 Nov 1684 - North Farnhampar, Henrico, Richmond, Virginia, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 30 Nov <1732> - Hanover Parish, King George, Virginia, (United States)
Buried:
Father: Samuel Wharton, [Sr.] (Betw 1640/1660-1694) 59
Mother: Anne Whiting (Abt 1655-Bef 1766) 60
Marriage: - St Mary's Parish, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, (United States)
Wife Anne Griffith 61
Born: Abt 1686 - Virginia, (United States)
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Griffith (Abt 1655- ) 61
Mother:
Children
1 F Martha Wharton 62
Born: Betw 1705 and 1713 - St. Mary's Parish, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, (United States)
Christened:
Died: Aft Sep 1766 - Spotsylvania, Virginia, (United States)
Buried:
Spouse: John Schooler (Abt 1706-Abt 1766) 63
Marr: Abt 1722 - St. George Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, (United States)
Death Notes: Husband - Samuel Wharton
Family has death date 30 Nov 1732, but this is before his marriage to Ann Williams in 1737.
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