Waldron, Count of Saint-Clair #52ancestors

Walderne, Count de Santo Claro came to England with William the Conqueror.   
Waldron de Saint-Clair AKA Walderne AKA Waldonius, count of Saint-Clair came from Saint-Claire Normandy to England with William the Conqueror. He was the founder of the Sinclair family in England


http://www.geni.com/people/Waldonius-count-of-Saint-Clair/6000000018894090509  

Waldonius, Count of Saint-Clair is my 25th great grandfather.
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your father →  Rufus S. Nichols 
his father →  Tressie (King) Nichols 
his mother →  Michael O. King 
her father →  Margaret (Wright) King 
his mother → James Wingfield Wright 
her father →  Mary Whitledge Grant 
his mother →  William Grant, of Crichie 
her father →  Elizabeth Grant 
his mother → William Leslie, X. Baron of Balquhain 
her father →  William Leslie, Ninth Baron of Balquhain 
his father →  John Leslie, Eighth Baron of Balquhain 
his father → Elizabeth Ogilvy 
his mother →  Margaret Sinclair of Deskford 
her mother →  Sir John Sinclair of Deskford 
her father →  Richard Sinclair of Deskford 
his father → William Sinclair of Roslin 
his father →  Sir William Sinclair of Roslin 
his father →  Sir Henry Sinclair of Roslin 
his father →  Sir William Sinclair of Roslin 
his father → Henry Sinclair of Roslin 
his father →  Henry Sinclair of Roslin, 5th Lord of Roslin 
his father →  William Sinclair of Roslin 
his father → Henry "the Counsellor" Sinclair of Roslin 
his father →  Henry Sinclair of Roslin 
his father →  William "the Seemly" Sinclair of Roslin 
his father → Waldonius, count of Saint-Clair 
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Ezekiel Nichols 1910 #CensusSunday

1910 census of Franklin county, Va. has Ezekiel Nichols and his wife Elizabeth and son Ezekiel B. Nichols age 15. Didnt know he had a wife Elizabeth until I found this.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPJ-FZZ 

Muirchertach Ua Briain, King of Munster and High King of Ireland #52ancestors

Muirchertach mac Toirdelbach Mor Ua Briain, (descendant of Brian Boru of the House of O'Brian) High King of Ireland is my 23rd great grandfather.... 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muirchertach_Ua_Briain

Muirchertach Ua Briain (c. 1050 – c. 10 March 1119), son of Toirdelbach Ua Briain and great-grandson of Brian Bóru, was King of Munster and later self declared High King of Ireland.

Background

Major political divisions of Ireland similar to those in Muircheartach's timeMuirchertach was a son of Toirdelbach Ua Briain, a previous Dalcassian king of Ireland. In 1086 his father died and the province of Munster from which he had claimed kingship of Ireland had been split between his three sons: Tadc, Muirchertach and Diarmait. Tadc died soon after, and Muirchertach banished Diarmait from Munster, claiming its kingship for himself.

King of Munster

Between 1086 and 1101, Muirchertach consolidated and strengthened his position as province-king of Munster. He went on forays into Mide and Leinster in 1089 and took the kingship of Leinster and fought for the Viking town of Dublin. In 1093, he accepted the submission of Domnall mac Flainn Ua Maíl Shechnaill, the Uí Néill king of Tara, and also made peace with his brother Diarmait at Cashel.

King of Ireland with opposition

In 1094, Muirchertach fought the kings of Leth Cuinn and Gofraid, king of Dublin. He went with his army to Dublin and banished Gofraid, and brought about the killing of Domnall Ua Maíl Shechnaill. He asserted supremacy over the Uí Néill kingdom of Mide.

In 1101 he declared himself High King and travelled the island provinces. It was in this year that he gave the fortress at on the rock of Cashel as a gift to the Church.

Alliance with Arnulf de Montgomery

In an effort to gain military support against Henry I, Arnulf de Montgomery sent his steward, Gerald of Windsor, to Ireland to negotiate terms with Muirchertach. According to a Welsh chronicle (Sean Duffy, p. 45, 1997), Arnulf "though to make peace with the Irish and to obtain help from them. And he sent messengers to Ireland, that is Gerald the Steward (Gerald of Winsor) and many others, to ask for the daughter of King Murtart for his wife. And that he easily obtained; and the messengers came joyfully to their land. And Murtart sent his daughter and many armed ships along with her to his aid. And when the earls had exalted themselves with pride because of those events, they refused to accept any peace from the king."

De Montgomery and his brother Robert, were however defeated by Henry and fled to Ireland. He fought for Muirchertah, aiding his defeat of Magnus Barelegs, but when de Montgomery attempted to seize the kingship for himself, Muirchertach "took his daughter away from Arnulf and gave the wanton girl in an unlawful marriage to one of his cousins. He resolved to kill Arnulf himself as a reward for his alliance, but the latter ... fled to his own people and lived for twenty years afterwards with no fixed abode." (Sean Duffy, 1997, p. 46).

Magnus Barelegs

In 1102, Muirchertach cemented an alliance with Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway by marrying his daughter Blathmin Ua Briain to Magnus's son, Sigurd I Magnusson. Muirchertach now took part in a campaign with Magnus to assert control over Ulster, successfully defeating opposing Irish forces. After a year of campaigning, as his army was readying to depart back to Norway, King Magnus was ambushed and killed by an Irish army in Ulster. With Magnus's death, Muirchertach's daughters marriage was disavowed by the Norwegians, weakening Muirchertachs proclaimed position as High King.

In 1114 the king became sick to the point where "he became a living skeleton". In response to the king's misfortune, his brother Diarmait took control of the kingship of Munster and banished Muirchertach. The following year Muirchertach regained his strength and undertook a campaign to regain control of Munster and successfully captured Diarmait. Only later did the king regain control of Munster.

In 1119, Muirchertach Ua Briain died.

Assessments

Anthony Condon (1979, p. 398) remarked of Ua Briain:

"Muirchertach Ua Briain was an ambitious, modernizing and outward-looking king whose goal was to make himself king of Ireland as much as William Rufus and Henry I were kings of England; in reality his position was, perhaps, more analogous to that of Phillip I in France ... but his actual authority in Ireland, especially at the height of his power in the first years of the twelfth century, greatly exceeded that of Phillip in France. ... Ua Briain ... pursued a vigorous foreign policy which was to carry his activities beyond his own shores."

In the latter regard, Condon (1979, p. 415) views "Ua Briain's activities in the Irish Sea area [as] a mixture of old and new, of pragmstisim and idealism ... But they are invested with a modern purpose. Ua Briain makes one marriage with the king of Norway, and another with one of the most powerful non-royal families in Europe; he treats with the king of Scotland; his aid to the Welsh princes acts as a stabilizing influence in Welsh politics; he incurs trade sanctions from the king of England, and negotiates their suspension. Altogether, Muirchertach Ua Briain lifted his head above the domestic power struggle and sought to involve Ireland in the international politics of Europe, so that some sixty years later, these activities were still well remembered, and are reflected in the vitae of St. Flannan of Killaloe."

http://www.geni.com/people/Muirchertach-Ua-Briain/6000000004533048198 

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Anthony King 1850 #CensusSunday

The year was 1850 and my ancestor Anthony King and his wife Peggy were living in Floyd County with their children and his father Anthony King.  89 year old Anthony (the elder) was born in New Jersey and was not living with his wife at the time. Peggy's son Mike was 3 years old at the time.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DM-6NL 

Sir Robert de Brent III, Knight of Glastonbury #52ancestors

Sir Robert de Brent III, Knight of Glastonbury is my 19th great grandfather....

Sir Robert de Brent, born about 1280, Cossington Manor, Somerset. Like his father was also a knight and benefactor to Glastonbury Abbey. Upon the death of his father-in-law, inherited the Manors of Ford (Somerset) and Charing (Kent), amongst others. Died 1351 and buried Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset. Married Claricia de la Ford c.1309. 

http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Robert-de-Brent-III/6000000000700936521

46/47 Henry D. King and Sarah Ann Bartlett #52ancestors

As the year draws to a close we grow ever closer to that 52nd week in the 52 weeks challenge. For week 46 I will share everything I have on my 46th and 47th ancestors....

Number 46 on my ancestor list is Henry D. King, the son of John King and Sarah Addair, and the husband of Sarah Ann Bartlett. Sarah Addair was the daughter of James Addair, Sr. Sarah AKA Sally Bartlett was the daughter of Reuben S. Bartlett and Elizabeth Jackson. 

Henry's father John King was a private in the Revolution, but his friends called him Captain as was the custom in the area.  

James Addair was born abt. 1750 and he died abt. June 13, 1823 in Montgomery Co., VA.

He married three times.
1st. Wife - He married Annis Harbison abt. 1767
2nd wife - Unknown
3rd wife - Martitia (Letitia) Page

James Military records
James was in the militia in the colonial years. He also fought in the Revolutionary War.
He signed the Oath of Allegiance in Oct. 1777.

James Addair's Ferry.
William Tabor signed a petition for James Addair to open a ferry boat in 1791.

James owned several Plantations in Va. After James died His son (James Jr.) then took over his Estate.
After James Jr. died, in 1847 there was a lawsuit of, Summers VS Tunnell regarding the ESTATE OF JAMES ADDAIR JR.

James and Annis’s Children
James Jr. Adair born 1768; died March 24, 1845, Pulaski Co., Virginia. James Jr. never married.
Jane Adair born 1770; died February 10, 1835 Jackson Co., Alabama. She married John Kirby, son of Richard Kirby and Sarah Small.
Thomas Adair born abt. 1775; died abt. 1840 in Tennessee. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) Kirby abt. 1794, daughter of Richard Kirby and Sarah Small.

James And his unknown wives Children
Elizabeth Addair died before 1846
Sarah Addair died before 1846
John Addair died before 1846 (My G.G.G. Grandfather) His wife is unknown to me.
William Addair died before 1845
Marry Addair died before 1846
Susanne Addair born 1789, Montgomery Co., VA; died Oct. 02, 1845 in Pulaski Co. VA.

Henry was the brother of Massie Ann Wimmer; Mahala Wimmer; Elizabeth Schilling; Rosanna King; Nancy Burnett and 1 other; and Catharine King

Sarah was the sister of  Samuel Bartlett. 

Henry and Sarah were the parents of Joseph KING; Nancy Rachel Bartlett (KING); Eliza Vest (KING); Robert KING; Thomas KING and 2 others; Sarah T. KING and Reuben H. KING

Some family trees mistakenly call him Henry Robert King, but John King's will calls him Henry D. King.

Henry and Sarah Bartlett King are my 3rd great grandparents...

LINKS: 
http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=5400:32188&ref2=5400:32189
  
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAFLOYD/2002-10/1035740018

http://www.geni.com/people/Henry-King/6000000006251451376

http://www.genforum.familytreemaker.com/adair/messages/1264.html 

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/r/a/James-D-Trabue/GENE1-0002.html

http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=21&p=surnames.addair 

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