Lord Guilliame Malet, Norman Baron and Sheriff of York

 Lord Malet of Graville, Norman Baron and Sheriff of York is my 27th great grandfather through Col. John Washington of Jamestown. He was also an ancestor of Lord William Malet, Magna Carta Baron. He fought in the Battle of Hastings with William the Conqueror. 

Links: 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Malet-2 

https://www.geni.com/people/Guillaume-I-Malet-seigneur-de-Graville/6000000001744886712   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Malet_(companion_of_William_the_Conqueror)

Sunday Sourcerer Supreme

The following is a list of Sources for my family tree.... 

• http://www.brian-hamman.com/ResultsForNicholsSurnameProject.htm
• https://www.familytreedna.com/
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial
• https://www.familysearch.org/en/
• https://relativefinder.org/#/login
• http://www.geni.com/home
• https://www.ancestryacademy.com/browse
• https://home.rootsweb.com/
• https://www.genealogy.com/

Just the Facts Tuesday

•  My Great Grandfather James Ira Nichols was the son of Ezekiel H Nichols and Harriet Isabella Williams. He married Turissia Marcella King, daughter of Michael O King and Louisa Catherine Aldridge. 
• Second Great Grandfather Ezekiel was the son of John Nichols and Martha Ann Jones. He married Harriet Isabella Williams, daughter of James Williams and Clarissa Alice Richards.    
• Third Great Grandfather John Nichols married Martha Ann Jones, daughter of Ezekiel Jones and Elizabeth Prindle. He was born in 1814 in Bedford Virginia. His son, Ezekiel's death certificate said his father's name was Ezekiel, This is the only time he was not called John. My theory is that he may have been named John Ezekiel Nichols, or somebody made a mistake on that death certificate.   
• My bloodline is the same as Simon Nicholls, the immigrant, who was a town crier in Maryland. 
• Some speculated that John 3g Nichols born 1814 was the son of Isaac Nichols who married Rhoda Bond. He was not. John and Isaac were different bloodlines.
• My YDNA does not match Isaac who married Rhoda. Isaac is a different bloodline. 
• John 3g Nichols and I have the same bloodline as Simon Nichols and his grandson John, meaning without a doubt that we all have the same ancestors. 
• Ydna is handed down from father to son, so the father, grandfather, great grandfather, etc. all have the same YDNA. 
• My bloodline is the same as the immigrant Simon Nicholls meaning we have the same Ydna. 
• Simon Nicholls was the father of Thomas Nicholls of Maryland who married Ann Davis. 
• John Nichols born 1720 in Maryland was the son of Thomas and Ann. He married Martha J Payne, daughter of Flayle. John was a Revolutionary War soldier. He was a Lieutenant. 
• John 1720 had a son named John P Nichols, who was a Captain. He mentioned his son John in his will and John J Nichols who was John P Nichols' son. John J Nichols moved to Tennessee and married an adopted Indian girl named Margaret AKA Peggy Scantling. She was adopted by a Judge Scantling. 
• Lt. John Nichols had a son named Flayle Nichols who was a Captain, after the war he moved to Tennessee, near Pigeon Forge, and served for a time as a Tennessee State Senator. 
• John Ezekiel Nichols was probably the son of Archibald Nichols as John James Nichols moved to Tennessee. John E Nichols was born in Bedford, Virginia in 1814. John E Nichols and family were in Franklin County, Virginia in 1860. 
• a tree without sources is just a theory. and not a great one. 
• john Ezekiel Nichols is not the same as John m Nichols who married in Bedford county to Sarah Adeline Richardson. they were in different states in 1860. 
• there was a different Archibald Nichols who married Sarah woolington when my Arch was about eleven. Sarah and her Arch were quakers. 
• my Arch did not marry Sarah woolington, the Quaker. also, did not marry Mary Polly updike. 
• Judith Hatcher died in April 1819. Polly Updike married that Jan. different Archibalds. 
• after Judith died, her daughter raised the children in West Virginia. Archibald died there in 1860.
• john Nichols born 1814 was not the son of Isaac Nichols and Rhoda Bond, or Isaac Nichols and Polly janney. or John Nichols and Barbara McComb. 

James williams father confirmed, mother maybe. #familytreethursday

Well  it looks like my theory about Johnson Williams being the father of James is right, I found a DNA match on ancestry that appears to be a cousin through Johnson's father. it looks like Johnson is the son of Burrell Williams and Polly Morris and my DNA match is a descendant of Burrell. in theory this seems to confirm Burrell as the grandfather of James Henry williams and father of Johnson Williams. 

while I know that James is my line without a doubt, Johnson now seems to be his father and Burrell his grandfather. hopefully some kind of records will appear some day some where some how to confirm this theory. 

also, I have a theory on James' mother Malinda. and this one may be wrong. it may be very wrong or it may be right. it's almost too speculative to believe. but here goes, someone said that James was Blackfoot.... and maybe so... or maybe his skin was darker because his mother was Blackfoot. still have no records on her, but a theory of a cousin is that she was born Malinda Mills and she was a person of colour. really wish I could confirm that. apparently she may have been a native American or an African American. a record found says that she was black and she married a Williams later she married a Smith and lived out west. now if James was mixed then he could have had lighter skin toned kids right? I found a picture of his daughter and she looks pretty white so I don't know. if she was say a quarter native it may not look that way I guess. 

so this cousin found a record some where apparently that Johnson did in fact marry a Malinda Mills and she later married a Smith. so the paper trail looks pretty solid. Malinda could have married Johnson to have James then left with him and remarried. while there is no record of a James williams in their home they in fact, did have a James Smith living there. could this Malinda smith be THE Malinda smith who was the mother of James???  sure could use a flux capacitor right now. 

any way I am pretty confident about James father being Johnson Williams now and I know for sure his mother was Malinda smith. but was she Malinda Mills? that's the question. this line has been really difficult to find and I hope it's right now. 

i know James was my ancestor and am pretty sure now that Johnson and Burrell are too. Malinda Mills? maybe so. but some sources would be nice to have for this theory.