Husband Thomas Needham, of Shenton in Adderley, co. Salop
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Wife Anne Talbot
Born: 1515
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Father: Sir John Talbot, of Grafton, sheriff of Shropshire (1485-1549)
Mother: Margaret Troutbeck (1492-Aft 1521) 1 2
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Research Notes: Husband - Thomas Needham, of Shenton in Adderley, co. Salop
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, LIne 7-37 (Anne Talbot)
Research Notes: Wife - Anne Talbot
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 7-37
Husband John Neff 3
Born: 26 Jun 1775 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, (United States)
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Died: 26 Apr 1862
Buried: - Old Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Pike, Missouri, United States
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Wife Temperance Wells 4
Born: 18 Mar 1784 - Ohio (Brooke), (West) Virginia, United States
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Died: 8 Oct 1861
Buried: - Old Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Pike, Missouri, United States
Father: Absolom Wells (1755-1820) 5 6
Mother: Michal Wells (1759-1831) 7 8
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Burial Notes: Husband - John Neff
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Born in Lancaster Co., PA
Burial Notes: Wife - Temperance Wells
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Wife of John Neff - Born in Brook Co., VA
Research Notes: Wife - Temperance Wells
From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=30627&GRid=23654739&:
Dau of Absolom Wells and Michal Wells
m: John Neff, who was from Lancaster PA
Known children:
NEFF
-Nancy 1803-1885 m: Eli Wells
-Christopher 1805-
-John Wells 1810-bef 1880/Lafayette MO.; m: Elizabeth Prather Brickhead 1840, their ch: Rebecca N., Temperance, Ruth E., John.
Husband Hrolf Nefja 9 10 11
AKA: Hrolf Nefia
Born: Abt 823 - <(Norway)>
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1 F Ragnhild Hrolfsdatter 9 10 11
AKA: Hilda Countess More, Hiltrude, Raginhilde
Born: Abt 857 - <(Norway)>
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Spouse: Ragnvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Mψre (Bef 0867-0890) 12 13 14 15
Marr: Abt 867 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
Research Notes: Husband - Hrolf Nefja
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 121E-17 (Ragnvald I)
Birth Notes: Child - Ragnhild Hrolfsdatter
FamilySearch has b. abt 848, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Husband Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmorland 16 17
AKA: Ralph Neville Earl of Westmorland
Born: Abt 1456 - <Raby, Durham>, England
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Died: 6 Feb 1499 - Hornby Castle, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Buried: - Hornby Castle, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Father: John Neville (Abt 1410-1461) 17
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1 F Anne Nevill 17 18
AKA: Anne Neville
Born: Abt 1476 - <Raby, Durham>, England
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Spouse: William Conyers, Lord Conyers (1468-1524) 17
Husband Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby 19 20 21
Born: 1435
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Died: 29 Jul 1504 - Lathom (Latham), Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
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Father: Sir Thomas de Stanley, K.G., 1st Baron Stanley, Lord Lt. of Ireland (1406-1459) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Mother: Joan Goushill (Abt 1402-Aft 1459) 25 27 29 30
Marriage: 1459
Other Spouse: Lady Margaret Beaufort ( - ) 31
Noted events in his life were:
Battle, of Bosworth Field, 1485
Created, 1st Earl of Derby, 1485
by Henry Tudor
Summoned, to Parliament, 1461
in the first year of Edward IV.
Made, Judge of Chester, 1472
Made, Constable of England for life, 1486
Wife Eleanor Neville 27 32
Born: Bef 1447
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Died: Bef Nov 1482
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Father: Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury ( - )
Mother: Alice Montagu, Countess of Salisbury ( - )
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1 M Sir George Stanley, 9th Lord Strange of Knockyn 33
Born: Abt 1460 - Knowsley, Lancashire, England
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Died: 5 Dec 1503 - Derby House, St Paul's Wharf, London, England
Buried: - Church of St James Garlickhythe, London, England
Spouse: Joan L'Estrange ( - ) 27 34
Marr: 1482
2 M Edward Stanley
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Research Notes: Husband - Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Stepfather to King Henry VII of England.
Wikipedia (Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby was a maternal ancestor of John Lennon.
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From http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm :
"Since 1200 the Stanleys had become important landowners and administrators in north-west England (especially Cheshire and Lancashire), and in 1485 the two brothers Sir Thomas Stanley and Sir William Stanley played a decisive role in winning the Battle of Bosworth for Henry Tudor and therefore in establishing the Tudor dynasty - a feat for which Thomas was created 1st Earl of Derby in 1485. Thereafter, the Earls of Derby were a prominent political force in north-west England for the next four centuries, with the 14th earl becoming Prime Minister three times, in 1852, 1858 and 1866...
"Sir Thomas was 2nd Baron Stanley (his father had been created 1st Baron in 1456), so he is also referred to as Lord Stanley before his creation as Earl of Derby in 1485.
"There had been earlier Earls of Derby (from other families) from 1138 to 1266 and 1337 to 1399, whose title was based on Derby in Derbyshire. Thomas Stanley's title in 1485 therefore had the ring of antiquity, but was based not on Derby but on West Derby, near to the family's estates at Lathom and Knowsley in Lancashire. Lathom House near Ormskirk (Lancashire)(SD4609) was the family's main residence from around 1400 until 1644, when it was largely destroyed by Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Parliamentary forces after a four-month siege during the English Civil War (the Stanleys of Lancashire were Royalists and had been holding out against the dominant Parliamentary forces)."
From Volume 11 of Manx Note Book - http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v11p101.htm
THOMAS II. AFTERWARDS THE FIRST EARL OF DERBY, ELDEST SON OF THOMAS I., BARON STANLEY, BY HIS WIFE JOAN, ONLY DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF SIR ROBERT GOUSHILL, succeeded his father in 1460. He was summoned to Parliament in the first year of Edward IV. (1461), and in 1472 he was made Judge of Chester. In the Civil war he did good service for the Yorkist cause, his most conspicuous feat being the taking of Berwick by assault. During the greater part of his reign he was steward of the Royal Household, and, having been one of Edward's most devoted adherents, he naturally transferred his allegiance to his son Edward the fifth. When Edward the fourth died, Richard Duke of Gloucester, who was plotting to supplant his nephew on the throne, saw that Stanley would be one of the chief obstacles in his way, and so he contrived to get rid of him by having him arrested on a charge of treason.
When, however, he had succeeded in ascending the throne, he decided that his best policy would be, if possible, to purchase Lord Stanley's allegiance, which he endeavoured to accomplish by making him Constable of England for life and conferring upon him the Order of the Garter. It is well known that this scheme failed and that Lord Stanley largely contributed to Richmond's success at the battle of Bosworth field, after which he is said to have placed the dead Richard's crown on his head,* and to have proclaimed him king as Henry VII. The new king shortly afterwards created him Earl of Derby, and constituted him one of the Lord's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Steward at his coronation. In 1486 he was made Constable of England for life. In 1487 he was one of the godfathers of Prince Arthur, Henry VII.'s eldest son.
He took a prominent part in arranging the treaty of Etaples between England and France in 1492. It would seem that he used his wealth nobly, both in relieving the burdens of his people and in promoting public works such as the bridges at Garstang and Warrington, for their welfare. He was the builder of Latham House which became famous through its defence by the 7th Earl's noble consort 150 years later.
Lord Stanley married, firstly, Eleanor 4th daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, and sister to the Earl of Warwick, the famous " king-maker, " and secondly, Margaret, daughter of the Duke of Somerset and Dowager-Duchess of Richmond, who was King Henry VII.'s mother. By his first wife he had issue 6 sons and 4. daughters, by his second, there was no issue. He died in 1504. It does not appear that he ever visited the Isle of Man, and during his reign the Statute book is a blank.
*It is not certain whether the crown was placed on Henry's head by Lord Stanley or by his brother Sir William Stanley
Research Notes: Wife - Eleanor Neville
4th daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury.
From Manx Note Book Volume 11 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v11p101.htm
Lord Stanley married, firstly, Eleanor 4th daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, and sister to the Earl of Warwick, the famous " king-maker, " and secondly, Margaret, daughter of the Duke of Somerset and Dowager-Duchess of Richmond, who was King Henry VII.'s mother. By his first wife he had issue 6 sons and 4. daughters, by his second, there was no issue. He died in 1504. It does not appear that he ever visited the Isle of Man, and during his reign the Statute book is a blank.
Death Notes: Child - Sir George Stanley, 9th Lord Strange of Knockyn
Allegedly died of poison following a banquet.
Husband Gilbert de Neville 17
Born: Abt 1100 - <Raby>, Durham, England
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1 M Gilbert de Neville 17
Born: Abt 1115 - <Horncastle, Lincolnshire>, England
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Spouse: Philicia (Abt 1132- ) 17
Marr: Abt 1138 - Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
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Wife Isabel de Neville 17
Born: Abt 1176 - <Brancepeth>, Durham, England
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Died: Bef May 1254
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Father: Geoffrey de Neville (Abt 1140-Bef 1193) 17
Mother: Emma de Bulmer (Abt 1144-Bef 1208) 17
Other Spouse: Robert FitzMaldred (Abt 1170-Abt 1245) 35 - 1213 - Brancepeth, Durham, England
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Husband John Neville 17
Born: Abt 1410 - <Raby, Durham>, England
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Died: 29 Mar 1461 - Battle Of Towtown, Yorkshire, England
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1 M Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmorland 16 17
AKA: Ralph Neville Earl of Westmorland
Born: Abt 1456 - <Raby, Durham>, England
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Died: 6 Feb 1499 - Hornby Castle, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Buried: - Hornby Castle, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Husband John Neville 17
Born: Abt 1328 - <Raby With Keverstone>, Durham, England
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Died: 17 Oct 1388 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
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Father: Ralph Neville (Abt 1290-1367) 17
Mother: Alice Audley (Abt 1304-1374) 36
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1 M Ralph de Neville 17
Born: 1364 - <Castle Raby>, Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England
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Died: 21 Oct 1426 - Castle Raby, Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England
Buried: Oct 1426 - Collegiate Church, Staindrop, Durham, England
Husband John de Neville 17
Born: Abt 1387 - <Raby, Durham>, England
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Died: Bef 20 Mar 1420
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Father: Ralph de Neville (1364-1426) 17
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1 M John Neville 17
Born: Abt 1410 - <Raby, Durham>, England
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Died: 29 Mar 1461 - Battle Of Towtown, Yorkshire, England
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