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1751 From Drapers in America, p. 22 and 23
The following are official records relative to the settlement of Nathanial Draper's estate, etc.

Lib. 27, Fol. 159.

I, Eunice Draper (24) a minor, aged about 15 years, dau. of Nathl. late of Rox. husbandman, etc. do nominate and appoint &c. Ebenezer Draper (19) of Stoughton, County of Suffolk, husbandman, to be my guardian.

E. D. her mark.
Witness:
Mary Clarke.
Approved, Oct. 6, 1729.


Lib. 27, Fol. 270. Settlement of Nathl Draper's estate (real) appraized by John Cobburn, John Weld, Ben. Smith.

Nathanial Draper (20), eldest son of sd. deceased, takes the estate, paying to his brothers & sisters or their heirs, &c. viz: to the heirs of William Draper , deceased, Eunice Draper ), Benjamin Draper), Jemima Draper , each the sum of 251 13 4.

House and all land on west side of road leading to Dedham, 387.
Other buildings, with all the orchard, meadow and land on the east side of sd. road at, 540.
Meadow land lying in Dedham, 50.
4 3/4 acres of salt marsh lying in Roxbury, 33.
Upland and meadow land lying at Green Lodge, commonly so called, in Stoughton, 400.
Pasture lands lying at Woodstock, 75 acres, both high and low land, 100.

. 		Draper, Nathaniel (I7475)
 
1752 From Drapers in America, p. 33

James Draper, 5th child, 3d s. of James Draper and Abigail Whiting. m. 1st: May 2, 1716, Rachel, dau. of John and Mary Aldis. She was b. Mar. 15, 1690. d. May 16, 1717. He m. 2dly: Nov. 12, 1719, Abigail, dau. of Joshua Child and Elizabeth Morris, of Brookline, Mass. She was b. 1698. d. Nov. 23, 1767. She was a sister of Dorothy, who m. Ebenezer Draper.

"Nov. 14, 1734, Church West Roxbury voted the dismission of Eb. Draper, James Draper, and Abigail, his wife, to ye church in Dedham."

The reason James and Ebenezer left the house and ordinary at Baker Street, Roxbury, for Dedham, was want of room; the granite rocks on the one side, and the wet lands of Charles River on the other, limited their farming operations. They found in Green Lodge more room. Here they, with their cousin Jeremiah Whiting, who was a carpenter, removed and built each a house in style and character fully up to the time. They soon had their farms under way; in accordance, carrying on all branches of manufacture within themselves, each lending the other assistance, and, with their children, forming quite a flourishing village. Although some 13 miles from Boston, they sent to its market wood and charcoal and, in the summer, vegetables. The brothers kept four or five horses apiece, and carried the vegetables on horseback in panniers. The marketing was done by females, who often let themselves for the season. String and shell beans were an important article; it was not uncommon for them each to plant four or five acres. There were generally two persons at each place going on alternate days, it being considered too much for either person or animal to go on successive days without rest. Potatoes were considered too bulky to carry, except a few that were produced very early. Wood and charcoal were carried in ox carts, there being no wagons; they generally preferred to go in winter, and use sleds for coal and wood.

The records of Dedham show that on Dec. 19, 1733, a highway was authorized to be laid out from the country road, beginning at the former line between Dedham and Dorchester, and running by the house of Jeremiah Whiting, at Green Lodge, and the houses of James and Ebenezer Draper, towards Dedham Meeting House, Green Lodge was an outlying settlement, about 2 miles E. from Dedham, on the present Green Lodge Road, on the Neponset River. It was much nearer to Dedham than to Dorchester; and, consequently, in the annals of Dedham, under date of Nov. 29, 1732, James Draper, Henry Crane, Robert Swan, Ebenezer Draper, Jeremiah Whiting and Thomas Witherby, of Stoughton (in Dorchester), petitioned the General Court, setting forth the great difficulties in attending upon the public worship of God, as well as civil and military duties, by reason of the great distance to Dorchester, and prayed that they might be, with their families and estates, set off from Stoughton and annexed to Dedham.

This petition was granted, although Stoughton fought against it strongly.

Captain James Draper had a negro servant, named Sharper Gulder, who was m. July 31, 1760, by the Rev. M. Tyler to Rozella Allen, a negro servant of Esther Fisher.

James Draper was a Captain of the Trained Bands; was elected a Selectman in 1746, to serve one year, and again in 1756, to serve two years. He was a prosperous man, a large land owner, prominent in the affairs of the town of Dedham, and highly respected.


CHILD, BY 1ST WIFE:
I. John, b. Jan. 29, 1716. Bap. Mar. 10, 1717. d. Mar. 10, 1717.



CHILDREN, BY 2D WIFE:
II. James, b. Stoughton, Sep. 22, 1720. d. Spencer, Mar. 2, 1781.
III. Abigail, b. Stoughton, Dec. 12, 1721. d. Spencer, Nov. 3, 1817.
IV. John 2d, b. Stoughton, June 16, 1723. d. Dedham, Nov. 8, 1745.
He went to Spencer in 1744, but his health was so bad that he
returned to Dedham, where he died. (Unmarried.)
V. Joshua, b. Stoughton; Dec. 25, 1724. d. Spencer, Oct. 27, 1792.
VI. Josiah, b. Stoughton, Apr. 3, 1726. d. Aug. 18, 1726.
VII. Josiah 2d, b. Stoughton, Sep. 12, 1727.
VIII. Rebecca, b. Stoughton, June 30, 1729. d. Spencer, Jan. 30, 1820.
IX. Mary, b. Stoughton, Sep. 24, 1731.
X. Abijah, b. Dedham, July 13, 1734. d. Nov. 18, 1734.
XI. Abijah 2d, b. Dedham, July 11, 1735. d. Feb. 13, 1737.
137. XII. Abijah 3d, b. Dedham, May 10, 1737. d. Dedham, May 1, 1780.
138. XIII. Samuel, b. Dedham, Dec. 5, 1740. d. Nov. 29, 1750. 		Draper, James (I7478)
 
1753 From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article entitled Fulk III Nerra:

"Byname FULK THE BLACK, French FOULQUES LE NOIR, count of Anjou (987-1040), the most powerful of the early rulers of the Angevin dynasty.

"Exposed at first to the attacks of the counts of Brittany, Fulk had to fight for a long time to defend his frontiers, finally driving the Bretons back beyond the frontiers of Anjou. Having made himself master in the west, he turned his attention to the east and came into conflict with the count of Blois, Eudes II, over the territory of Saumur and a considerable part of Touraine. He defeated Eudes at Pontlevoy in 1016 and
surprised and took Saumur 10 years later.

"A ruthless warrior who burned and pillaged the monasteries in his path, Fulk nevertheless felt the need for penance, making three pilgrimages to the Holy Land and founding or restoring several abbeys, including those in or near Angers, Loches, and Saumur. He also built strongly fortified castles of stone (instead of wood) along the border of his territory. For this reason he was called le Grand Bäaatisseur ("the Great Builder"). He died on his return from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, having reigned 53 years.

(Research):Foulques married Ctse Hildegarde D' ANJOU ET LORRAINE, daughter of Thierry I DE LORRAINE Count of Bar, Duke of Upper Lorraine and Sconehilde (Richilde) VON BLIESGAU, in 1000 in Anjou, France. (Ctse Hildegarde D' ANJOU ET LORRAINE was born about 990 in Anjou, France and died on 1 Apr 1046 in Jerusalem, Palestine.)

Foulques also married Elizabeth DE VENDÔME, daughter of Cte Bouchard I DE VENDÔME and Elizabeth, about 989 . (Elizabeth DE VENDÔME was born after 958 and died in 1000.)

!or born about 956 and 21 Jun 987.
There are several different spellings of this person's name.

!Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call.

Ancestry and Progentry of Captain James Blount - Immigrant, by Robert F. Pfafman, p E-29.

PREFIX: Also shown as Count Of Anjou

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Metz, Austrasia.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 970 		d' Anjou, 5th Count of Anjou Foulques III (I21991)
 
1754 From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article entitled Henry I:

"Henry was anointed king at Reims (1026) in his father's lifetime, following the death of his elder brother Hugh. His mother, Constance, however, favoured his younger brother Robert for the throne, and civil war broke out on King Robert II's death (1031). The younger Robert was given Burgundy in 1032, after Henry had sought refuge with Robert, Duke of Normandy. From 1033 to 1043 Henry struggled with his eudatories, notably Eudes of Blois and his brother Robert. In 1055, as the result of an agreement made by Robert II, the county of Sens came to the crown as the sole territorial gain of Henry's reign.

"Henry helped William (the future William I of England), Robert's successor as duke of Normandy, to quell his rebellious vassals at the Battle of Val-aux-Dunes (or Val-âaes-Dunes; 1047), but he was thereafter usually at war with him--a notable defeat for the king being that at Varaville (1058). Henry tried to resist papal interference but could not prevent Pope Leo IX from holding a council at Reims (1049). Philip, elder son of Henry's marriage to a Russian princess, was crowned in 1059. "

(Research):1. Alt. Birth; 1005.
2. Alt. Birth; Abt 1008.
3. Alt. Death; 4 Aug 1060.
4. Ruled: 1031-1060.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Henri I

SUFFIX: Also shown as King of the Franks

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1005/1006, of, Reims, or Bourgogne, France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Vitry, Brie, , France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 02 Aug 1060

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried St Denis Abbey, Seine, Ile-de-France, France. 		Capet, King Of France Henry I (I22970)
 
1755 From Jean Carmean:

Anna and Eber lived in Peck, Michigan in 1914 and in Detroit in 1915 at 524 Twelfth St. where their twins were born.

She was 5' 4" and small of frame. Anna's immediate older sister, Mary Martha (Mattie) Burger married George H. Harnden, brother of Eber. 		Burger, Anna Margreth (Margaret) (I7038)
 
1756 From Mary Chung:

When at the library, I also checked the death index of 1921 and have found we probably have a transcription error in Electa's death date to fix. I found:

On reel#1432270 - A-Z death index 1921
Alecta ELLIS (as spelled) died in Percy Twp on 09/10/21 (September 10,1921) registration number is #024232, registration year is 21.

We have her death as December - looks like it should be September.
Eleanor Burnett had asked me about the date saying she had found another source that had September.
Cheerio - Mary

Most of the information on the descendants of Electa come from Eleanor Burnett and Mary Chung. 		Harnden, Electa (I6899)
 
1757 From NEGHR Vol. 150, p. 483,

Anges, in 1558 the widow of Robert Barbour prepared her will in which she named her brothers Thomas"Alldowes" and John "Aldowes", as well as her children. 		Aldis, Agnes (I7560)
 
1758 From NEGHR, Vol. 150, p. 489, Ancestry of Nathan Aldus of Dedham by Myrtle Steven Hyde.


He was called Nicholas Gowch the elder at the preparation of his will, 28 December 1530. In the will he named two daughters Johan, one "my" daughter Johan Wright and the other "our" daughter Johan Grene. This probably means that h e had a daughter Johan by a first wife and a second daughter Johan by Margaret, his wife at the wrtaa8t8g of his will. the two sons he named, Nicholas and Robert, were "my" sons, not "our" sons, thus likely born to his first wife.

The will was probated, 6 Feabruary 1530/1, less than six weeks after it was written. 		Gowche, Nicholas (I7587)
 
1759 From NEGHR, Vol. 150, p. 493, Ancestry of Nathan Aldus of Dedham by Myrtle Steven Hyde.

Robert doesn't name all of his children in his will of 1570, however, he names his wife Eme, and children, Nicholas, Thomas, William, Niholas, Affra, Sarah and an unborn child.

Stronge circumstantial eveidence, not proof, places Robert, the 1570 testator, as son of Robert the 1554 testator. The connection would be more sure if the younger Robert had named all of his daughters in his will, including Agnes and Margaret, (named by their grandfather). Also, the case would be improved if Robert's children's stepfather, John Aldous, had named daughters Agnes or Margaret; however, these two may be the children of an earlier wife and thus not the stepchildren of John. But residence in Wittingham, and an undoubted son named Nicholas (named for his great-grandfather) are good indications that Robaert is correctly placed. 		Gooch, Robert (I7576)
 
1760 From the area of Goulis Bay, ON, Canada Cadrain, Charlotte (I5964)
 
1761 From the book "History of Milton, Mass., 1640 to 1887" by Rev. A.K. Teele, 3/3/1884. page 5.
Labors for the indians. A deep interest and real enthusiasm was awakened in
the hearts of the colonists for the native inhabitants. They were brought into
daily connection with them as laborers on the farm and as helpers in the
family; and great efforts were made to teach them the arts of civilization and
the truth of christianity. Some of the people of Unquity then living on Milton
Hill devoted much time, year after year, in teaching them to read. There was an
ernest and heartfelt concern for their moral and spiritual welfare. Plans were
devised for their education and enlightenment, by creating an indian department
in Harvard college, and erecting a building for this purpose. Excellent men and
women gave their thoughts and devoted their lives to this service.
Rev. John Elliot; First and foremost of all was Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury.
He attained a knowledge of the dialect, and began to preach to the indians as
early as 1646. His labors were confined to no locality. We find him at
Dorchester, Nonantum, Natick, Plymouth, on the Cape, and wherever the tribes
were scattered. "He made a missionarey tour every fortnight, planted churches,
and visited all the indians in Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies, even as far
as Cape Cod." And he was rewarded with wonderful success in his work.
Opposition only increased his zeal, obstacles but fired him with fresh energy.
He says in a letter: "I have not been dry, night or day, from the third day of
the week unto the sixth; but so traveled and at night pulled off my boots, rung
my stockings and on with them and so continue. But God steps in and helps."
He translated the bible into the indian language; it was printed at
Cambridge in 1663, and a second edition in 1685. The following is the
title-page: --
"Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up Biblum God. Naneeswe NUKKONE TESTAMENT Kah
Wonk Wusku Testament."
This was the first bible printed in this country, and it is believed that
there is but one man living who can read it. Mr. Eliot often labored with the
Neponset Indians. Gookin says he preached to the Indians at Stoughton's Mill.
Tradition has fixed these meetings in Vose's grove, and on the Milton side at
the wigwam of Kitchamakin.
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A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CLARK AND WORTH FAMILIES AND OTHER PURITAN SETTLERS IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY By CAROL CLARK JOHNSON Privately Printed 1970

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG
CARD NUMBER 78-140140


John Eliot, Rev1., celebrated "Apostle to the Indians", was bp. August 5,1604, at Widford, England, andeducated at Cambridge, matriculating at Jesus College March 20, 1619; taking his M. A. there in 1623 at the age of nineteen.
Influenced by Rev. Thomas Hooker, he became a nonconformist and Nov. 4, 1631, arrived in Boston on the Lyon, becoming a freeman Mar. 6, 1632. For a time he assisted at First Church in Boston, then in 1632 became the minister at Roxbury. After learning the Indian dialect, he first preached before the Indians without an interpreter at Nonantum, now Newton, in 1646. He organized the Indians of Massachusetts into 16 settlements that flourished until they were broken up by Philip's War in 1675. Eliot's "Primer" or "Catechism" (1654) was the first book printed in the Indian language. Among his other books were an "Indian Grammar Begun" (1666) and an "Indian Primer" (1669). John
Eliot possessed an influence over the Indians greater than any other, and it is believed that the English colonists may have been saved from extinction by the aid received from friendly Indians. Mr. Eliot made futile attempts to prevent the selling of Indian captives into slavery, and also was the first to lift his voice against the treatment of black people in New England and asked that he be allowed to teach them once a week. His book favoring a republic and modification of laws against Quakers aroused controversy. He was the founder and principal promoter of the grammar school in Roxbury and zealous
his efforts for the establishment of common schools throughout the Colony. In his will he bequeathed a valuable estate for the support of the Eliot School at Jamaica Plain. For a sermon by Rev. Eliot, see Emerson's "Descendants of John Eliot".
On Sept. 4, 1632, he married Hannah Montford to whom he had been betrothed in England the previous year and who rejoined him here. A charitable, frugal and temperate man, he drank only water and ate simple food. His wife treated the sick, being "skilled in physic and chirurgery", and dispensed medicine to the sick and needy. She also managed the private affairs of her husband whose charities far exceeded his means. On one occasion, to prevent Mr. Eliot from giving away his salary before reaching home, the parish clerk tied up the money in Eliot's pocket handkerchief with many knots. However, the kindly minister stopped at the home of a poor family and finding himself unable to untie the knots, gave the handkerchief with all its contents to the family, saying, "I believe the Lord designs it all for you." Hannah died March 22, 1687, and Eliot May 21, 1690, aet 86. It is said that had he been a Roman Catholic he would surely have been canonized.
"History of Milton, Mass., 1640 to 1887" by Rev. A.K.
Teele, 3/3/1884. page 5.
Labors for the indians. A deep interest and real enthusiasm was awakened in
the hearts of the colonists for the native inhabitants. They were brought into
daily connection with them as laborers on the farm and as helpers in the
family; and great efforts were made to teach them the arts of civilization and
the truth of christianity. Some of the people of Unquity then living on Milton
Hill devoted much time, year after year, in teaching them to read. There was an
ernest and heartfelt concern for their moral and spiritual welfare. Plans were
devised for their education and enlightenment, by creating an indian department
in Harvard college, and erecting a building for this purpose. Excellent men and
women gave their thoughts and devoted their lives to this service.
Rev. John Elliot; First and foremost of all was Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury.
He attained a knowledge of the dialect, and began to preach to the indians as
early as 1646. His labors were confined to no locality. We find him at
Dorchester, Nonantum, Natick, Plymouth, on the Cape, and wherever the tribes
were scattered. "He made a missionarey tour every fortnight, planted churches,
and visited all the indians in Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies, even as far
as Cape Cod." And he was rewarded with wonderful success in his work.
Opposition only increased his zeal, obstacles but fired him with fresh energy.
He says in a letter: "I have not been dry, night or day, from the third day of
the week unto the sixth; but so traveled and at night pulled off my boots, rung
my stockings and on with them and so continue. But God steps in and helps."
He translated the bible into the indian language; it was printed at
Cambridge in 1663, and a second edition in 1685. The following is the
title-page: --
"Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up Biblum God. Naneeswe NUKKONE TESTAMENT Kah
Wonk Wusku Testament."
This was the first bible printed in this country, and it is believed that
there is but one man living who can read it. Mr. Eliot often labored with the
Neponset Indians. Gookin says he preached to the Indians at Stoughton's Mill.
Tradition has fixed these meetings in Vose's grove, and on the Milton side at
the wigwam of Kitchamakin.

From the Great Migration Begins

JOHN ELIOT

ORIGIN: Nazeing, Essex
MIGRATION: Arrived 2 November 1631 on Lyon [ WJ 1:76]
FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston
REMOVES: Roxbury 1632
OCCUPATION: Minister.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Boston church as member #110, which would be early in 1632 [ BChR 14]. "Mr. John Eliot" was admitted to Roxbury church as member #49: "He came to N.E. in the 9th month, 1631. He left his intended wife in England, to come the next year; he adjoined to the Church at Boston, & there exercised in the absence of Mr. Wilson the pastor of that church, who was gone back to England for his wife & family. The next summer Mr. Wilson returned, & by that time the church at Boston was intended to call him to office; his friends were come & settled at Rocksbrough, to whom he was fore engaged, that if he were not called to office before they came, he was to join with them, whereupon the church at Rocksbrough called him to be teacher in the end of the summer & soon after he was ordained to that office in the church. Also his wife came along with the rest of his friends the same time, & soon after their coming they were married, viz: in the 8th month, 1632" [ RChR 76].
FREEMAN: 6 March 1631/2 [ MBCR 1:367].
EDUCATION: Matriculated at Cambridge 20 March 1618/9 from Jesus College, B.A. [ Venn 2:94; Morison 378].
ESTATE: In the Roxbury land inventory of about 1652 "Mr. John Eliot" held nine parcels, the first seven of which had been granted to him: dwelling house, orchard and barn, and the houselot, two acres and a half at the west end of the training field; Great Lot, twenty-one acres; nineteen acres of land; six acres of fresh meadow; nine acres of salt marsh; fifty-five and a quarter acres, the twelfth lot in the second allotment of the last division; thirty-nine acres in the thousand acres at Dedham; thirteen acres and twenty poles, the tenth lot in the Nooks next Dorchester, bought of Phillip Meadowes; and seven acres of woodland, lately the land of Robert Pepper [ RBOP 13].
On 26 January 1685/6 "Mr. John Eliot, teacher of the church of Christ at Roxbury," exchanged land with Edward Morris Sr. of Roxbury, Eliot receiving "the moiety or one-half of a lot containing fourteen acres" and Morris receiving "the like quantity of fourteen acres of land ... being within the northermost part of a lot of the said Mr. Eliot being and lying in the second allotment of the last division of lands in Roxbury" [ SLR 13:466-67].
John Eliot did not leave a will, nor was his estate administered.
BIRTH: Baptized Widford, Hertfordshire, 5 August 1604, son of Bennett and Lettice (Agar) Eliot [ Eliot Gen 3].
DEATH: Roxbury 21 May 1690 [ Sewall 259]
MARRIAGE: Roxbury 4 September 1632 Ann Mountford [ RVR MS 128]. (As Savage notes this date cannot be correct, as it predated the arrival of the bride in New England; Eliot himself places the marriage in October.) "Anne the wife of John Eliott" admitted to Boston church as member #148, just before the dismissal in early October 1632 of those forming the Charlestown church [ BChR 15]; "Mris Ann Eliot, the wife of Mr. John Eliot," admitted to Roxbury church as member #50 [ RChR 76]. She died at Roxbury 22 March 1686/7 [ Sewall 135].
CHILDREN:
i HANNAH, b. 17 September 1633 [ RVR MS 1; RChR 76]; m. Boston 4 May 1653 Habakkuk Glover [ BVR 43].

ii JOHN, b. 31 August 1636 [ RVR MS 1; RChR 76 ]; Harvard 1656 [ Sibley 1:476-80]; m. (1) by 1662 Sarah Willet (only child bp. Roxbury 21 September 1662 [ RChR 124]), daughter of THOMAS WILLET ; m. (2) Cambridge 23 May 1666 Elizabeth Gookin, daughter of Daniel Gookin.

iii JOSEPH, b. 20 December 1638 [ RVR MS 2; RChR 76]; Harvard 1658 [ Sibley 1:530-33, 2:533]; m. (1) by 1676 Sarah Brenton (eldest child b. Guilford 6 October 1676), daughter of WILLIAM BRENTON ; m. (2) by 1685 Mary Willis (eldest child b. Guilford 7 November 1685), daughter of Samuel Willis.

iv SAMUEL, b. 22 or 27 June 1641 [ RVR MS 3; RChR 76]; Harvard 1660 [ Sibley 2:60-61]; did not marry.

v AARON, b. 19 February 1643[/4] [ RVR MS 4; RChR 76]; bp. 3 March 1643/4 [ RChR 115]; d. Roxbury 19 November 1655 [ RChR 176].

vi BENJAMIN, b. 29 January 1646[/7] [ RVR MS 5; RChR 76]; Harvard 1665 [ Sibley 2:164-66]; did not marry.

ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of JACOB ELIOT of Boston, Philip Eliot, Lydia (Eliot) Penniman, wife of JAMES PENNIMAN of Boston [ Eliot Gen 3-8].
COMMENTS: John Eliot's many activities in New England, among which the most distinctive are his proselytizing work among the Indians, are detailed in the various items listed below. We emphasize here only his importance in promoting migration to New England in the 1630s. In the late 1620s he had been junior partner with THOMAS HOOKER in keeping a school at Little Baddow, Essex. In this capacity, and merely by his connections in the nearby Nazeing area, he became the focal point around which many other families gathered, coming in from a number of parishes in southwest Essex and in neighboring parts of Hertfordshire. As a result, when John Eliot decided to migrate to New England, he was accompanied by many of these families, and followed by many more.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: John Eliot's career is well-illustrated in a wide variety of publications. He is one of that limited group of persons who merit an entry in both the DNB and the DAB (the former being three times the length of the latter).
The first biography of John Eliot was that published by Cotton Mather as part of his Magnalia Christi Americana [pp. 526-83].
The Eliot family has received sound treatment in two different places. In 1901 a committee of the Eliot family association published a full-length genealogy, with a revised edition in 1905 [Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 (n.p. 1905), cited herein as Eliot Gen]. Pages three through twelve contain information on the parents and siblings of John Eliot, with evidence from English records. The genealogy also includes an exhaustive chronology of the life of John Eliot [pp. 214-50].
A briefer presentation of John Eliot and his family was also published in 1905 ["Eliot of Roxbury and Boston," The Genealogical Magazine 1:37-44]. 		Eliot, Rev John (I7537)
 
1762 From the book "The history and map of Danby, Vermont"
Rutland, Vt.: Printed by McLean & Robbins, 1869

"Samuel Harnden, from Wells, m. Esther Irish and settled at
the Corners, where he kept a public house for several years.
He was a boot and shoe maker and harness maker by trade, and subsequently removed to the Borough and worked at that business. He removed back to Wells, where he died. He is said to have been one of the best fiddlers in the State. We are told that he cured his wife of fits by fiddling, and was afterwards married. His children are Plym(n), now living in Lyons, Ohio, Rose, Joseph, drowned in Lake Erie; and Filena m. Seth P. Scott, of this town."

From the same book >

"On the 31st day of March, 1829, a town meeting was held at the Inn of Samuel Harnden, and David Youngs was moderator. Israel B. Richardson, Abraham Locke, Alvah Bull, Isaac Southwick and Andrus Eggleston, were appointed a superintending committee, for the inspection and examination of schools and teachers."

"The population of the town in 1830, was thirteen hundred and sixty-two, showing a decrease of two hundred and forty-five in ten years. The annual town meeting for that year, was held at the Inn of Samuel Harnden, and Alexander Barrett was moderator." 		Harnden, Samuel (I7016)
 
1763 From the will of Francis Aldis

.... sons John Aldous and NATHAN ALDOUS my free lands in Fressingfield, they are to pay L100 as follows: to my daughter-in-law Elizabeth Aldous, widow, L40, and to my three grand children Mary Aldous, Eldous (sic), and Annis Aldous, the daughters of Nathaniel Aldous, deceased, and Elizabeth his wife, L20 each at the age of twenty years. 		Aldis, Nathaniel (I7572)
 
1764 from TORREY:

HEARNDEN, Benjamin (-1694) & Lydia _____ (-1710); ca 1675/79?;Providence {Austin: GDRI 95} 		Family F2737
 
1765 From William Richard Cutter, New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Vol. IV

Timothy Whiting, son of Nathaniel Whiting or Whitin, was born January 5, 1653, died at Dedham, December 26, 1728, and his gravestone is in the First Parish cemetery in Dedham. He received ten shillings from the constable of Dorchester in 1679 for killing a wolf. On May 13, 1700, the town of Dedham voted to assist him with the loan of the school money because his corn mill had burned down. He was selectman in 1707. His will was dated December 18, 1728, proved January 9, 1728-29. In it he calls himself a "fuller". His widow's will was dated June 15, 1732, proved September 1, 1732. He married Sarah, born in Dedham, January 7, 1658, died in 1732, daughter of Isaac and Ann (Burnap-Wight) Bullard. 		Whiting, Timothy (I7448)
 
1766 From, Drapers in America

EBENEZER. (7. James, 2. James, 1. Thomas.) 5th s., youngest child of James Draper and Abigail Whiting. m. 1st: Dorothy, dau. of Joshua Child and Elizabeth
Morris, of Brookline, Mass., May 2, 1723. She was a sister of Abigail, who m. James Draper, 17, and was b. May 25, 1701. d. Aug. 2, 1748. He m. 2dly: Sibyl, dau. of William and Esther Avery, of Dedham, Mass., Nov. 16, 1749, by Rev. Sam. Small. She was b. Jan. 3, 1720. d. Feb. 16, 1816.

Mr. Draper and his 1st wife were admitted to full communion at the First Church of Roxbury, Jan. 26, 1724. He was dismissed to the church in Dedham, Nov. 14, 1734. He was a farmer by occupation, and after leaving his father's home at Roxbury, passed his subsequent life at the family place, Green Lodge, near Dedham. 		Draper, Ebenezer (I7514)
 
1767 From: "The English Ancestry of James Draper," TAG, Vol. XV, p 241

"According to Roxbury town records, James Draper died July 13, 1697. This date is probably correct. That he did not die in 1694 is evident from the fact that he deeded land to his son James Draper, Jr., March 13, 1697 [1696/97]. See Suffolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 38, folio 193....

"The writer has not seen any evidence that he was in Roxbury before he settled in Dedham, Jan. 2, 1653/4. According to a deed made Oct. 3, 1667, he was then 'of Dedham.' The birth of his daughter Patience, Aug. 17, 1668, was entered in Roxbury records. It appears then, that he removed to Roxbury in 1667 or 1668."

From: GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF BOSTON AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, William Richard Cutter, Editor. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1910. Page 2286.

James, son of Thomas Draper, was the immigrant ancestor. He was born in Heptonstall in 1618, and came to New England about the time he came of age, and from 1640 to 1650 was a pioneer and proprietor of the town of Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1654 he became a proprietor of Lancaster, Massachusetts, but remained in Roxbury, and died there in July 1694 [probably 13 July 1697], aged seventy-three years [probably 75]. His grave in the old Roxbury churchyard is marked by a stone. He was admitted a freeman in 1690. From his exceedingly strict piety he was known in his day as 'James the Puritan,' and thus is still known to genealogists and historians. He was the owner of several looms, and followed his trade of clothier in this country. He married, April 21, 1646, at Heptonstall, England, Miriam Stansfield, born there November 27, 1625, daughter of Gideon and Grace (Eastwood) Stansfield. She died at Roxbury, December-January, 1697. Her epitaph reads: 'Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Marrian Draper, wife of Mr. James Draper, aged about 77 years. Dec.-Jan. 1697.' The stone appears to be one of the oldest in the burying ground. Children: 1. Miriam, born in England, February 7, 1646-47; died there. 2. Susannah, born 1650 at Roxbury; married John Bacon of Charlestown. 3. Sarah, born 1652, at Roxbury. 4. James....[born in Roxbury, in 1654, and died there April 30, 1698; soldier in King Philip's War in 1675-76; married February 18, 1681, Abigail Whiting; seven children]. 5. John, born April 24, 1656, at Dedham, Massachusetts; died April 5, 1749. 6. Moses, born at Dedham, September 26, 1663; died at Boston, August 14, 1693. Daniel, born May 30, 1665, at Dedham, and died there. 8. Patience, born August 17, 1668, at Roxbury. 9. Jonathan, born March 10, 1670, at Roxbury; died there February 28, 1746-47; married Sarah Jackson."

[Discrepancies: Text above says that James was from 1640 to 1650 a pioneer and proprietor of the town of Roxbury, MA; however, it also says that he was married in England in 1646 and had a daughter born in England in 1646-47. Text gives July 1694 as death date; James Scott says July 1691 (1618 + 73 = 1691). Clarence Almon Torrey's TAG article, 1938/39, the most reliable source, states 1697.]

LDS Ancestral File (ver. 4.13):

Shows James Draper's birth date as 28 July 1622, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; his father as William Draper], born 1586 Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; his mother Grace Mitchell born about 1582, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.

From "The Drapers in America":

"The reasons for the migration of the earlier Drapers to America were principally religious ones. Those who have come later have done so in the hope that in this freer land of ours, their chances in life were better, which has proven to be the case. The earlier religious and political exiles have in some instances left their mark and a posterity; others have dropped entirely from sight; all have been accounted for as far as possible. But one especially rises up through the misty tangle of over two centuries to be a lesson and a beacon for the guidance, not alone of his own posterity, but of all who bear the name he did - James Draper - called variously, the "First," the "Emigrant," and best, truest of all, "The Puritan," for that he was persecuted for "Righteousness' Sake" in the old home. It was during the reign of King James I. that the excitement under the laws relating to the uniformity of religion arose. The Puritans, to avoid the persecutions which these laws would inflict upon them and to enjoy in peace the mode of worship they deemed most consonant to the Scriptures, emigrated in large numbers to Holland and the New World, settling in Plymouth and Massachussetts Bay, in 1620. The spirit of individual independence and the love of personal liberty and freedom of conscience which was aroused by the great religious excitement, had a deep influence on James as it had upon his father, Thomas Draper, and his brothers. What we learn of him hereafter very largely goes to prove this; be this as it may, he caught the feeling which was carrying so many to the rugged shores of the Western World, and with others from this same neighborhood, who cherished sentiments adverse to the claims of the Established Church, and the Prerogatives of Royalty concerning it, he, with his wife, Miriam, emigrated to this country but a few years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. The exact date cannot be ascertained, but from careful research and calculation, the author believes it to have been in the year 1647-8. The first public Record of James is in 1654, as one of the proprietors of the newly laid out Town of Lancaster. But he had not lived there, but in Roxbury where, shortly after his arrival, he built what, for those early days, was considered a very substantial house. A picture of this building is inserted in this History, and the house stood until destroyed by fire some 20 years ago. Near its site stands a slightly more modern one, which was built by his son and is, to this day, occupied by one of his descendants. James gave largely of his means and time to build the Church and sustain it; and he was foremost in its councils and those of the Town. In the old cemetery at Roxbury he and his wife lie buried together, and one slab marks their common grave. The authenticity of connection between the Drapers of Heptonstall, England, and of James Draper and his descendants of Roxbury, Mass., is very clear. Not alone by the English Records, but by the following affidavits made many years ago, and amply proven to the entire satisfaction of Dr. Abijah Draper, his son, Dr. Abijah Weld Draper, and the celebrated Historian, Dr. Lyman Copeland Draper: "John Draper, of Dedham, aged eighty-two years or thereabouts, under oath declares that he hath often heard his father and mother say, that the deponent's grandfather's name was Thomas Draper, who lived in Heptonstall Brige or Bridge, in Yorkshire, and was a clothier by trade, and had sons, Thomas, John, William, and James - the deponent's father. The three former died in England, never came to this country, and two sisters, Mary and Martha, who also died there. The deponent's mother's surname was Stansfield, dau. Of Gideon Stansfield, alias Standfast, of the same place in Yorkshire, near the said Bridge, blacksmith by trade, who only had one son, that had not the use of speech, and the deponent's said mother, Meriam, and Abigail, who came together into this country, and who left their said father, Gideon, in Yorkshire, and who had estate there, but the deponent knows not what became thereof." New England, Provonce of Massachusetts Bay, Suffolk, SS. Roxbury, Mass., 25th April, 1742. "Then John Draper made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed, before Wm. Dudley, Justice of the Peace for said Province." (The above is a copy of a paper in the possession of William Draper, Roxbury, May, 1808, copied by Dr. Abijah Draper, and the copy in possession of Dr. Abijah Weld Draper - 1854 - and already transcribed from the original by Dr. Lyman Copeland Draper. The time of his (James Draper's) coming to this country is not ascertained, but that he was married here, as it would seem from the above deposition that Meriam and Abigail "came together to this country." The earliest record yet found of his name in Roxbury records of Births, etc., "1668, Patience, daughter of James Draper (born or baptized), Aug. 11th.") "I, Thomas Baker, of Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Province of Mass. Bay, in New England, yeoman, in the 78th year of my age, do testify and declare, that about 70 years ago, I well knew one James Draper, who then followed the business of a weaver, but I have heard he was a cordwainer; and he was then an old man, I believe between 60 and 70 years of age, and then lived in said town of Roxbury. I also well knew said James Draper's wife, and they often declared, and I always understood, that they came from Yorkshire, in Old England; and I also knew the sons of said James Draper, which he had by his 2d wife, who I always understood came from England after he, the said James, came to this country; and the names of their sons were James, John, Moses, Daniel and Jonathan; and I was well acquainted with them, and I knew that the same James was the eldest son of the first mentioned James Draper, who is long since dead. And I do further declare, that the last mentioned James (by his wife, whose maiden name was Abigail Whiting) had five sons, to wit: Nathl., William, James, Gideon and Ebenezer; but William died young, and I was not well acquainted with him, but I was well acquainted with the others - and that the same Nathanl. lived and died in said Roxbury and was the same James's oldest (son) and goes on to substantiate to the 2d Nath." (Signed) Thos. Baker. The above was sworn to the 12th of February, 1754, before Saml. Watts and Ebenezer Pierpont. Justices of the Peace & Quorum. The author of this book, however, had the advantage not only of the English records but of some American ones not reached by the three doctors, and is able to furnish the proofs in these pages that James the Puritan had but one wife - Miriam. Also that Miriam and her sister, Abigail, did come together from England; but the former was already the wife of James Draper, as the Heptonstall Parish Records amply denote. Her sister, Abigail, however, married in this country, Samuel May, of Boston, May 7, 1654. She was then 16 years old and must have been a child when she came to America with her sister."

"Although James Draper is found in history as one of the original proprietors of the Town of Lancaster, there is no evidence that he ever lived there. His first residence was in Roxbury, and there Sarah, Susanna and James, his first American children, were born. He then moved into the next Town of Dedham, for we find that his sons John, Moses and Daniel were born there, and the following official data from the records of that town confirms this view. He probably then returned to his first home in Roxbury where his youngest children, Patience and Jonathan, were born, and where he and his wife are buried. He was made a Freeman of Roxbury in 1690. All of Roxbury is now contained within the corporate limits of the City of Boston, yet it is still the country, and not yet built up to any extent, leaving the old landmarks untouched. James was also for a short time in Charlestown, Mass., for we find him notified in 1676, and that he sold to Jonathan Carey part of an orchard there in 1672. Deed recorded 1684."

From Drapers in America

Administration Bond of James Draper. Aug. 19, 1697.
Know all men by these presents That We, James Draper, Jonathan Draper, John Davis, Yeoman, and Joseph Warren, Carpenter, all of Roxbury within the County of Suffolk--within his Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto William Houghton Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills and Granting administrations within the said County of Suffolk, in the full sum of Four hundred pounds currant money in New England. To be paid unto the same William Houghton his successors in the said Office or Assignes. To the true payment whereof, we do bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and Administrations jointly and severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the ninteenth day of August Anno Domini 1697.


Armog R. Rs. Gulieane Fertu Anglio di nono.
The condition of this present obligation is such that the above bounden James & Jonathan Draper appointed administrators of all and singular the Goods chattels Rights and Credits (lying and being in the County of Suffolk aforesaid, and elsewhere within the Province) of their Father James Draper late of Roxbury aforesd Weaver, deceased intestate, do make a true & perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels Rights & Credits of the said deceased at the time of his death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said James & Jonathan Draper or any other person or persons for them do well and truly administer according to law. And further do make or cause to be made a just & true account of the said administration upon oath at or before the Nineteenth day of August which will be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety eight, and all the rest & residue of the said Goods Chattels Rights & Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Account (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations within the said County of Suffolk) shall deliver & pay unto such person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or sentance pursuant to law shall limit or appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will or testament was made by the Deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do Exhibit the same into the said Court of Probate making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly. If the said James & Jonathan Draper, within bounden, being thereunto required do render & deliver the said letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made) into the Registers Office of the County of Suffolk aforesaid. Then the within written obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to abide and remain in full force and virtue.

Sealed & Delivered JAMES DRAPER (SEAL)
in presence of JONATHAN DRAPER (SEAL)
BENY 2 ELIOTT JOHN DAVIS (SEAL)
EDWARD HUMFREY. JOSEPH WARREN (SEAL)

An Inventory of the Estate of James Draper, late of Roxbury, Weaver deceased. Approved
by us the Subscribers.

s. d.
To house & shop and halfe barne & home lands 25 00 00
To one acre & roode of meadow in Deadham 1 00 00
To rights of lands in Deadham bounds 2 00 00
to 1 mare & 2 cows 7 00 00
To one swine 0 15 00
To corn and apples and to bakon 3 15 00
To mirror and brass 5 00 00
To iron tongues fireshovel handirons & other things 1 10 00
Chairs, tables, pails, dishes 1 00 00
To agur and other small things 2 10 00
To beds & bedding 9 00 00
Wooling and lining clothes 2 00 00
to books 1 00 00
Chests, boxes, cubord 1 00 0
to yarn lining & wooling 1 00 0
Wheels and lumber 1 10 0
looms and tacklin 5 00 0
Cart and a cidar mill 1 10 0

72 00 0



JOHN ALLDIS
THOMAS LION


Suffolk. By the Honorable Wm. Houghton Esq. Judge of Probate, etc., Jonathan
Draper, surviving Administrator of the Estate of his Father James Draper late of Roxbury,
Weaver, deceased, Exhibeted the above written And made oath that it contains
a just and true Inventory of the Estate of the said Deceased. So far as hath come to
his knowledge And that if more hereafter appears he will cause it to be added.


BOSTON. May 12, 1698. WM. HOUGHTON.


Suffolk, The Account of Jonathan Draper Admt. of all & singular the Goods Chattels
Rights and Credits of his father James Draper late of Roxbury Weaver Deceased.


The said Accountant Chargeth himself with all and singular the Goods Chattels etc. of the Deceased specified in an Inventory Exhibited into the Registry of the Court of Probate on the day of Amounting in the whole to ye sum of 73 10 0.

And prays Allowance of the following:

Payments.

Letter of Administration 00 7 6
Recording the Inventory 00 2 6
Funeral charges for my Father 6 7 10
Do. for my Mother 6 6 00
Rates paid to the Constable 0 12 6
Paid John Puffer 1 10 6
Paid a debt of keeping my Mother 3 years & six months 50 0 0
For allowing Drawing & Recording this Account 0 9 0

65 17 10


Suffolk. By the Honorable Samuel Sewell
Esq. Judge of Probate, etc.
Jonathan Draper, surviving Administrator presented the above written and made oath
that it contained a just and true account of his administration on the Estate of his
Father James Draper late of Roxbury Deceased And Produced Receipts and Vouchers
for several payments therein mentioned. Which I do accordingly allow and approve of.
SAMUEL SEWALL.
Lib. S. Folio 173. June 9, 1718.


From Genealogical and Family History of New York by William S. Pelletreau, AM
Originally published NY 1907, reprinted for Clearfield Co., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD 1998

p. 110
James's first residence in America was Roxbury, Massachusetts, and there his children were born. From Roxbury, he moved to Dedham. Later, he probably returned to Roxbury, where he and his wife died and are buried. 		Draper, James (I7458)
 
1768 Fulk IV of Anjou (1043 - 1109), also known as Fulk le Réchin, was count of Anjou from 1068 to 1109.
The nickname by which he is usually referred has no certain translation. Philologists have made numerous very different suggestions, including "quarreler", "sullen", and "heroic".
He was the younger son of Geoffrey (sometimes known as Alberic), count of Gâtinais, and Ermengarde of Anjou, a daughter of Fulk Nera, count of Anjou, and sister of Geoffrey Martel, also count of Anjou.
When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew Geoffrey IV of Anjou, Fulk le Réchin's older brother.
Fulk fought with his brother, whose ruled was deemed incompetent, and captured him in 1067. Under pressure from the Church he released Geoffrey. The two brothers soon fell to fighting again, and the next year Geoffrey was again imprisoned by Fulk, this time for good.
Substantial territory was lost to Angevin control due to the difficulties resulting from Geoffrey's poor rule and the subsequent civil war. Saintonge was lost, and Fulk had to give the Gâtinais to Philip I of France to placate the king.
Much of Fulk's rule was devoted to regaining control over the Angevin baronage, and to a complex struggle with Normandy for influence in Maine and Brittany.
In 1096 Fulk wrote an incomplete history of Anjou and its rulers, though the authorship and authenticity of this work is disputed. If he did write it, it is one of the first medieval works of history written by a layman.
Fulk may have married as many as five times; there is some doubt regarding two of the marriages.
His first wife was Ermengarde de Beaugency. After her death he married Ermengarde de Borbon, and then possibly Ermengarde de Châtellailon. Both these were repudiated, possibly on grounds of consanguinity.
Next he married Bertrade de Montfort, who apparently left him for Philip I of France. Finally, he may have married a daughter of Walter of Brienne.
He had two sons. The eldest (a son of Ermengarde de Borbon), Geoffrey Martel II, ruled jointly with his father for some time, but died in 1106. The younger (a son of Bertrade de Montfort) succeeded as Fulk V.
He also had a daughter, Ermengarde, who married William VII the Young, count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine.
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References
Jim Bradbury, "Fulk le Réchin and the Origin of the Plantagenets", in Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. Allen Brown

Ancestry of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou #9 and Kings of Germany and France #12.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 401 #1.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E-29.

SURNAME: Also shown as Anjou

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Foulques Iv Count Of

DEATH: Also shown as Died 14 Apr 1109 		D'anjou, Count of Anjou Fulk IV (I7702)
 
1769 Fulk of Anjou (1092 - November 10, 1143), king of Jerusalem from 1131, was the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip I of France).

He became count of Anjou (as Fulk V) in 1109. He was originally an opponent of Henry I of England and a supporter of Louis VI of France, but in 1127 he allied with Henry when Henry arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Fulk's son Geoffrey of Anjou. Fulk went on crusade in 1120, and become a close friend of the Knights Templar. After his return he began to subsidize the Templars, and maintained two knights in the Holy Land for a year.
His first wife was Ermengarde of Maine (died 1126), the daughter of Elias I of Maine. Their children were:
1. Geoffrey of Anjou
2. Sibylle of Anjou, married (1) William Clito; (2) Thierry, Count of Flanders
3. Alice, married William Adelin
4. Elias II of Maine
By 1127 Fulk was preparing to return to Anjou when he received an embassy from King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. Baldwin II had no male heirs but had already designated his daughter Melisende to succed him. Baldwin II wanted to safeguard his daughter's inheritance by marring her to a powerful lord. Fulk was a weathly crusader and experienced military commander, and a widower. His experience in the field would prove invaulable in a frontier state always in the grip of war.
However, Fulk held out for better terms then mere consort of the Queen; he wanted to be king alongside Melisende. Baldwin II, reflecting on Fulk's fortune and military exploits, aquiesced. Fulk abdicated his county seat of Anjou to his son Geoffery and left for Jerusalem, where he married Melisende on June 2, 1129. Later Balwin II bolstered Melisende's position in the kingdom by making her sole guardian of her son by Fulk, Baldwin III, born in 1130.
Fulk and Melisende became joint rulers of Jerusalem in 1131 with Baldwin II's death. From the start Fulk assumed sole control of the government, excluding Melisende altogether. He favored fellow countrymen from Anjou to the native nobility. This led to resentment by the second generation of Jerusalem Christians who had grown up there since the First Crusade. These "natives" focused on Melisende's cousin, the popular Hugh II of Le Puiset, count of Jaffa, who was devotedly loyal to the Queen.
Fulk saw Hugh as a rival, and it did not help matters when Hugh's own step-son accused him of disloyalty. In 1134, in order to expose Hugh, Fulk accused him of infidelity with Melisende. Hugh rebelled in protest. Hugh secured himself to Jaffa, and allied himself with the Muslims of Ascalon. He was able to defeat the army set against him by Fulk, but this situation could not hold. The Patriarch interceded in the conflict, prehaps at the behest of Melisende. Fulk agreed to peace and Hugh was exiled from the kingdom for three years, a lenient sentence.
However, an unsuccessful assassination attempt was made against Hugh. Fulk, or his supporters, were commonly believed responsible, though direct proof never surfaced. The scandal was all that was needed for the queen's party to take over the government in what amounted to a palace coup. Author and historian Bernard Hamilton wrote that the Fulk's suporters "went in terror of their lives" in the palace. Contemporary author and historian William of Tyre wrote of Fulk "he never atempted to take the initiative, even in trivial matters, without (Melisende's) consent". The result was that Melisende held direct and unquestioned control over the government from 1136 onwards. Sometime before 1136 Fulk reconciled with his wife, and a second son, Amalric was born.
Jerusalem's northern border was of great concern. Fulk had been appointed regent of the Principality of Antioch by Baldwin II. As regent he had Raymund of Poitou marry the infant Constance of Antioch, daughter of Bohemund II and Alice of Antioch, and neice to Melisende. However, the greatest concern during Fulk's reign was the rise of Atabeg Zengi of Mosul.
In 1137 Fulk was defeated in battle near Barin but allied with the vizier of Damascus. Damascus was also threatened by Zengi. Fulk captured the fort of Banias, to the north of Lake Tiberiasand thus secured the northern frontier.
Fulk also strengthened the kingdom's southern border. His butler Paganus built the fortress of Kerak to the south of the Dead Sea, and to help give the kingdom access to the Red Sea, Fulk had Blanche Garde, Ibelin, and other forts built in the south-west to overpower the Egyptian fortress at Ascalon.
In 1137 and 1142, Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus arrived in Syria attempting to impose Byzantine control over the crusader states. John's arrival was ignored by Fulk, who declined an invitation to meet the emperor in Jerusalem.
In 1143, while the king and queen were on holiday in Acre, Fulk was killed in a hunting accident. His horse stumbled, fell, and Fulk's skull was crushed by the saddle. He was carried back to Acre, where he died on November 10th and was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Though their marriage started in conflict, Melisende mourned for him privately as well as publicly. Fulk was survived by his son Geoffery of Anjou by his first wife, and Baldwin III and Amalric I by Melisende.
William of Tyre described Fulk as capable soldier and able politician, but observed that Fulk did not adequately attend to the defense of the crusader states to the north. The Zengids continued their march on the crusader states, culminating in the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144, which led to the Second Crusade (see Siege of Edessa).

Fulk [the Younger], there are several different spelling of this person's name: Floulk, Foulques,...
!Ancestry of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou.

!Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2; Ancestors of the Plantagenet Kings from the House of Anjou.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert Ffafman p. E- 29.

SURNAME: Also shown as Anjou

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Fulk V Count Of

SUFFIX: Also shown as [King/Jerusalem]

DEATH: Also shown as Died Palestine.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 10 Nov 1142/1143 		d'Anjou, King of Jerusalem Foulques V (I7686)
 
1770 Galleran Martin and his wife Isabella Côté (?The Côté spelling is used here, as it shows in the research but there is doubt about this as being her true family name. Since Côté also means "side", she simply may have been at the side of Galleran.) produced a son Abraham Martin (born about1587) in Scotland. It seems that Galleran was devoted to the cause of Mary Queen of Scots and it isn't yet settled as to whether he was a Scot living in France or a Frenchman who spent time in Scotland. Up to recently, it was thought that Galleran and Isabella were from Scotland. He was involved in a plot to free Mary from the English. The plot failed (She was eventually beheaded) and he had to flee to France.

SOURCE:Tom Thievin, "Our Cote Genealogy"http://www.thieven.net/CoteHistory.html 		Martin, Galeran Jean (I6015)
 
1771 GEDCOM on file. Source (S197)
 
1772 GEDCOMs: Yes/Text Notes/ Lots of source annotations! Source for Nicolas Trahan Descendant GEDCOM; Source (S204)
 
1773 Gen. New Series II, p. 9-10; Shull, Burdsall, Stockton and Allied Families by McCahan Taillefer, Ct/Angouleme William II (I24547)
 
1774 GEN: See Historical Document.

!Md. 1) Aveline Fortibus, Countess

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Micheal Call, Chart 208 - # 13

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Edmund Prince of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born London, England.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 16 Jan 1244/1245

DEATH: Also shown as Died Bayonne. 		Plantagenet, Earl of Lancester Edmund (I7781)
 
1775 GEN: See Historical Document.

!Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Alphonso 		Aragn, King/Aragon Alphonso I / II (I7656)
 
1776 GEN: See Historical Document.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1185 		De Castile, Queen/Portugal Urraca (I7693)
 
1777 GEN: See Historical Document.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Bordeaux. 		Plantagenet, Princess Of England Beatrice (I7780)
 
1778 GEN: See Historical Document.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Rhuddlan Castle, Flint, Wales. 		Plantagenet, Princess of England Elizabeth (I7770)
 
1779 GEN: See Historical Document.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Newark Castle, Newark, England.

Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert F. Pfafman p. E - 32 and 39.

PREFIX: Also shown as 1st Earl of Cornwall

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Winchester, Castle, England.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 1272, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Worcester, Cathedral. 		Plantagenet, King/Romans Richard (I7790)
 
1780 GEN: See Historical Document.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Winchester, Hampshire, England.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Gloucester.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1186/1215 		Angevin, Prs/England Eleanor (I7632)
 
1781 GEN: See Historical Document.

de Castilla 		De Molina, Alfonse (I7694)
 
1782 GEN: See Historical Document.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 1260 		De Lusignan, Hugh XI (I7695)
 
1783 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Agnes (Anna) 		Capet, Princess of France Agnes Anne (I7696)
 
1784 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Alice

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1154/1160 		Capet, Alice (I22718)
 
1785 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Alice (Alix)

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Blois, France.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1134/1140

DEATH: Also shown as Died Paris, France. 		De Champagne, Countess of Champagne Adele de Blois (I7652)
 
1786 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Aylmer

PREFIX: Also shown as Ct/Angouleme 		Taillefer, Count of Angouleme Aymer (I7745)
 
1787 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Blanche of Castile

SURNAME: Also shown as De Castile

PREFIX: Also shown as Princess

!or born in Mar. Of Castile, Spain. Or died 27 Nov 1252?

PREFIX: Also shown as Queen/France

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Palencia.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 23 May 1188

DEATH: Also shown as Died Paris, France. 		De Castile, Queen consort of France Blanche (I22067)
 
1788 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Capet Louis

SURNAME: Also shown as France

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Louis Vii King Of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1119

DEATH: Also shown as Died Paris, France.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried , Barbeau. 		Capet, King of France Louis VII (I7958)
 
1789 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Constance Princess Of 		Castile, Queen/France Constance (I7677)
 
1790 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Edward Ii King Of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Carnarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Gloucester, Cathedral. 		Plantagenet, King of England Edward II (I7743)
 
1791 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Eleanor Princess Of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Domfront Castle, Normandy, France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Burgos, Castile. 		Angevin, Queen/Castile Eleanor (I7647)
 
1792 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Isabel

Name also spelled Isabel

PREFIX: Also shown as Empress

BIRTH: Also shown as Born of, Winchester, Hampshire, England. 		Angevin, Empress of Germany Isabella (I7792)
 
1793 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Isabella of Angouleme

DEATH: Also shown as Died Fibtevraykt Abbetm Frbtevrayktm Naube et, France.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Micheal Call, Chart 302 - # 1

PREFIX: Also shown as Queen/Eng

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1180, Angouleme, Charente, France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Fontevraud.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Fontevraud Abbey. 		De Taillefer, Queen consort of England Queen of England Isabella (I7689)
 
1794 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Margaret of Provence 		Provence, Berenger Marguerite (I7672)
 
1795 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Marie Countess of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born of, AUMALE, Seine-Maritime, France.

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Name - Description: Marie ( Jeanne) Countess Of PONTHIEU & MONTREUIL

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Birth - Date: 17 Apr 1199 Place: Of, Aumale, Normandie

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Death - Date: Sep 1250 Place: , Normandie 		Countess of Ponthieu Maria (I7635)
 
1796 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Philippe Ii King Of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born , Paris, Seine, France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Mantes, France.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Philip

PREFIX: Also shown as Augustus of France 		Capet, King Of France Philippe Auguste II (I7650)
 
1797 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Rosamond 		Clifford, Rosamund Joan (I7666)
 
1798 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Sanchia of Provence

SURNAME: Also shown as Berengar

PREFIX: Also shown as Countess of Provence

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Aix En Provence, Provence. 		Provence, reine des Romains Sancha (I7681)
 
1799 GEN: See Historical Document.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as William Iii Count Of 		Ponthieu, William III (I7636)
 
1800 GEN: See Historical Document.

John (of England), called John Lackland (1167-1216), king of England (1199-1216), best known for signing the Magna Carta.
John was born in Oxford on December 24, 1167, the youngest son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Henry provided for the eventual inheritance of his lands by his older sons before John was born. By 1186, however, only Richard I, the Lion-Hearted, and John were left as Henry's heirs. In 1189, as Henry neared death, John joined Richard's rebellion against their father, and when Richard was crowned, he gave John many estates and titles. John tried but failed to usurp the Crown while Richard was away on the Third Crusade. Upon returning to England, Richard forgave him. When his brother died in 1199, John became king. A revolt ensued by the supporters of Arthur of Bretagne, the son of John's brother, Geoffrey. Arthur was defeated and captured in 1202, and John is believed to have had him murdered. King Philip II of France continued Arthur's war until John had to surrender nearly all his French possessions in 1204. In 1207 John refused to accept the election of Stephen Langton as archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Innocent III then excommunicated him and began negotiating with Philip for an invasion of England. Desperate, John surrendered England to the pope and in 1213 received it back as a fief. Trying to regain his French possession, he was decisively defeated by Philip in 1214. John's reign had become increasingly tyrannical; to support his wars he had extorted money, raised taxes, and confiscated properties. His barons finally united to force him to respect their rights and privileges. John had little choice but to sign the Magna Carta presented to him by his barons at Runnymede in 1215, making him subject, rather than superior, to the law. Shortly afterward John and the barons were at war. He died at Newark in Nottinghamshire on October 19, 1216, while still pursuing the campaign, and was succeeded by his son, Henry III.



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John (French: Jean) (December 24, 1166-October 18/19, 1216) reigned as King of England from April 6, 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I (known as "Richard the Lionheart"). John acquired the nicknames of "Lackland" (in French, sans terre) and "Soft-sword".
John's reign has been traditionally characterized as one of the most disastrous in English history: it began with defeats-he lost Normandy to Philippe Auguste of France in his first five years on the throne-and ended with England torn by civil war and himself on the verge of being forced out of power. In 1213, he made England a papal fief to resolve a conflict with the Church, and his rebellious barons forced him to sign Magna Carta in 1215, the act for which he is best remembered. Some have argued, however, that John ruled no better or worse than his immediate predecessor or his successor.
Early years
Born at Oxford, John was the fifth son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
John was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France. He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King, Matilda of England, Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine and Joan Plantagenet.
John was always his father's favourite son, though as the youngest, he could expect no inheritance (hence his nickname, "Lackland"). He was almost certainly born in 1166 instead of 1167, as is sometimes claimed. King Henry and Queen Eleanor were not together nine months prior to December 1167, but they were together in March 1166. Also, John was born at Oxford on or near Christmas, but Eleanor and Henry spent Christmas 1167 in Normandy. The canon of Laon, writing a century later, states John was named after Saint John the Baptist, on whose feast day (December 27) he was born. Ralph of Diceto also states that John was born in 1166, and that Queen Eleanor named him.
His family life was tumultuous, with his older brothers all involved in rebellions against King Henry. His mother, Queen Eleanor was imprisoned in 1173, when John was a small boy. Gerald of Wales relates that King Henry had a curious painting in a chamber of Winchester Castle, depicting an eagle being attacked by three of it's chicks, while a fourth chick crouched, waiting for it's chance to strike. When asked the meaning of this picture, King Henry said:
"The four young ones of the eagle are my four sons, who will not cease persecuting me even unto death. And the youngest, whom I now embrace with such tender affection, will someday afflict me more grievously and perilously than all the others."
In 1189 he married Avisa, daughter and heiress of the Earl of Gloucester. (She is given several alternative names by history, including Isabella, Hawise, Joan, and Eleanor.) They had no children, and John had their marriage annulled on the grounds of consanguinity, some time before or shortly after his accession to the throne, which took place on April 6, 1199, and she was never acknowledged as queen. (She then married Geoffrey de Mandeville as her second husband and Hubert de Burgh as her third).
Before his accession, John had already acquired a reputation for treachery, having conspired sometimes with and sometimes against his elder brothers, Henry, Geoffrey and Richard. In 1184, John and Richard both claimed that they were the rightful heir to the Aquitaine, one of many unfriendly encounters between the two. In 1185 though, John became the ruler of Ireland, whose people grew to despise him, causing John to leave after only eight months (see: John's first expedition to Ireland).
During Richard's absence on the Third Crusade from 1190 to 1194, John attempted to overthrow his designated regent, despite having been forbidden by his brother to leave France. This was one reason the older legend of Hereward the Wake was updated to King Richard's reign, with "Prince John" as the ultimate villain and with the hero now called "Robin Hood". However, on his return to England in 1194, Richard forgave John and named him as his heir.
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Reign
On Richard's death, John did not gain immediate universal recognition as king. Some regarded his young nephew, Arthur of Brittany, the posthumous son of John's brother Geoffrey, as the rightful heir. Arthur vied with his uncle John for the throne, and enjoyed the support of King Philip II of France. Arthur attempted to kidnap his own grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, at Mirebeau, but was defeated and captured by John's forces. According to the Margram Annals, on April 3, 1203:
"After King John had captured Arthur and kept him alive in prison for some time in the castle of Rouen... when [John] was drunk and possessed by the devil he slew [Arthur] with his own hand and tying a heavy stone to the body cast it into the Seine."
Besides Arthur, John also captured his niece Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany. Eleanor remained a prisoner the rest of her life (which ended in 1241); through deeds such as these, John acquired a reputation for ruthlessness.
In the meantime, John had remarried, on August 24, 1200, Isabelle of Angoulême, who was twenty years his junior. She was the daughter of Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angouleme. John had kidnapped her from her fiancée, Hugh IX of Lusignan. Isabelle eventually produced five children, including two sons (Henry and Richard), Joan, Isabella and Eleanor.
In 1205 John married off his illegitimate daughter, Joan, to the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great, building an alliance in the hope of keeping peace within England and Wales so that he could recover his French lands. The French king had declared most of these forfeit in 1204, leaving John only Gascony in the southwest.
John is given a great talent for lechery by the chroniclers of his age, and even allowing some embellishment, he did have many illegitimate children. Matthew Paris accuses him of being envious of many of his barons and kinsfolk, and seducing their more attractive daughters and sisters. Roger of Wendover describes an incident that occurred when John became enamoured with Margaret, the wife of Eustace de Vesci and an illegitimate daughter of King William I of Scotland. Her husband substituted a prostitute in her place when the king came to Margaret's bed in the dark of night; the next morning when John boasted to Vesci of how good his wife was in bed, Vesci confessed and fled.
Besides Joan, the wife of Llywelyn Fawr, his bastard daughter by a woman named Clemence, John had a son named Richard Fitz Roy by his first cousin, a daughter of his uncle Hamelin de Warenne. By another mistress, Hawise, John had Oliver FitzRoy, who accompanied the papal legate Pelayo to Damietta in 1218, and never returned. By unknown mistress (or mistresses) John fathered: Geoffrey FitzRoy, who went on expedition to Poitou in 1205 and died there; John FitzRoy, a clerk in 1201; Henry FitzRoy, who died in 1245; Osbert Gifford, who was given lands in Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Sussex and is last found alive in 1216; Eudes FitzRoy, who accompanied his half-brother Richard on Crusade and died in the Holy Land in 1241; Bartholomew FitzRoy, a member of the order of Friars Preachers; and Maud FitzRoy, Abbess of Barking, who died in 1252.
As far as the administration of his kingdom went, John functioned as an efficient ruler, but he won the disapproval of the English barons by taxing them in ways that were outside those traditionally allowed by feudal overlords. The tax known as scutage, a penalty for those who failed to supply military resources, became particularly unpopular.
When Hubert Walter, the Archbishop of Canterbury died on 13 July 1205, John became involved in a dispute with Pope Innocent III. The monks of Christ Church chapter in Canterbury claimed the sole right to elect Hubert's successor, but both the English bishops and the King had an interest in the choice of successor to this powerful office. When their dispute could not be settled, the monks secretly elected one of their members as Archbishop and later a second election imposed by John resulted in another candidate. When they both appeared at Rome, Innocent disavowed both elections and his candidate, Stephen Langton was elected over the objections of John's observers. This action by Innocent disregarded the king's rights in selection of his own vassals. John was supported in his position by the English barons and many of the English bishops and refused to accept Stephen Langton.
John expelled the Canterbury monks in July 1207 and the Pope ordered an interdict against the kingdom. John immediately retaliated by seizure of church property for failure to provide feudal service and the fight was on. The pious of England were theoretically left without the comforts of the church, but over a period they became used to it and the pope realising that too long a period without church services could lead to loss of faith, gave permission for some churches to hold mass behind closed doors in 1209 and in 1212 allowed last rites to the dying. It seems that the church in England quietly continued some services and while the interdict was a burden to many, it did not result in rebellion against John.
In November of 1209 John himself was excommunicated and in February 1213 Innocent threatened stronger measures unless John submitted. The papal terms for submission were accepted and in addition John offered to surrender the Kingdom of England to God and the Saints Peter and Paul for a feudal service of 1000 marks annually, 700 for England and 300 for Ireland. With this submission, John gained the valuable support of his papal overlord in his dispute with the English barons, some of whom rebelled against him after he was excommunicated.
Having successfully put down the Welsh Uprising of 1211 and settling his dispute with the papacy, John turned his attentions back to his overseas interests. The European wars culminated in defeat at the Battle of Bouvines, which forced the king to accept an unfavourable peace with France. This finally turned the barons against him, and he met their leaders at Runnymede, near London, on June 15, 1215, to sign the Great Charter called, in Latin, Magna Carta. Because he had signed under duress, however, John received approval from his overlord the Pope to break his word as soon as hostilities had ceased, provoking the First Barons' War.
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Death
In 1216, John, retreating from an invasion by Prince Louis of France (whom the majority of the English barons had invited to replace John on the throne), crossed the marshy area known as The Wash in East Anglia and lost his most valuable treasures, including the Crown Jewels as a result of the unexpected incoming tide. This dealt him a terrible blow, which affected his health and state of mind, and he succumbed to dysentery, dying on October 18 or October 19, 1216, at Newark in Lincolnshire*. Numerous, if fictitious, accounts circulated soon after his death that he had been killed by poisoned ale or poisoned plums. He lies buried in Worcester Cathedral in the city of Worcester. His nine-year-old son succeeded him and became King Henry III of England, and although Louis continued to claim the English throne, the barons switched their allegiance to the new king, forcing Louis to give up his claim and sign the Treaty of Lambeth in 1217.
*Footnote: Newark now lies within the County of Nottinghamshire, close to its long boundary with Lincolnshire.
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Alleged illiteracy
For a long time, school children have learned that King John had to approve Magna Carta by attaching his seal to it because he could not sign it, lacking the ability to read or write. This textbook inaccuracy resembled that of textbooks which claimed that Christopher Columbus wanted to prove the earth was round. Whether the original authors of these errors knew better and oversimplified because they wrote for children, or whether they had been misinformed themselves, as a result generations of adults remembered mainly two things about "wicked King John", both of them wrong. (The other "fact" was that, if Robin Hood had not stepped in, Prince John would have embezzled the money raised to ransom King Richard. The fact is that Prince John did embezzle the ransom money, by creating forged seals, and Robin Hood may or may not have had any historical reality.)
In fact, King John did sign the draft of the Charter that the negotiating parties hammered out in the tent on Charter Island at Runnymede on 15-18 June 1215, but it took the clerks and scribes working in the royal offices some time after everyone went home to prepare the final copies, which they then sealed and delivered to the appropriate officials. In those days, legal documents were sealed to make them official, not signed. (Even today, many legal documents are not considered effective without the seal of a notary public or corporate official, and printed legal forms such as deeds say "L.S." next to the signature lines. That stands for the Latin locus signilli ("place of the seal"), signifying that the signer has used a signature as a substitute for a seal.) When William the Conqueror (and his wife) signed the Accord of Winchester (Image) in 1072, for example, they and all the bishops signed with crosses, as illiterate people would later do, but they did so in accordance with current legal practice, not because the bishops could not write their own names.
Henry II had at first intended that his son Prince John receive an education to go into the Church, which would have meant Henry did not have to give him any land, but in 1171 Henry began negotiations to betroth John to the daughter of Count Humbert III of Savoy (who had no son yet and so wanted a son-in-law), and after that, talk of making John a churchman ceased. John's parents had both received a good education-Henry II spoke some half dozen languages, and Eleanor of Aquitaine had attended lectures at what would soon become the University of Paris-in addition to what they had learned of law and government, religion, and literature. John himself had received one of the best educations of any king of England. Some of the books the records show he read included: De Sacramentis Christianae Fidei by Hugh of St. Victor, Sentences by Peter Lombard, The Treatise of Origen, and a history of England-potentially Wace's Roman de Brut, based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
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Notes
According to records of payment made to King John's bath attendant, William Aquarius, the king bathed on average about once every three weeks, which cost a considerable sum of 5d to 6d each, suggesting an elaborate and ceremonial affair. Although this may seem barbaric by modern standards, it was civilised compared to monks who were expected to bathe three times a year, with the right not to bathe at all if they so chose. By contrast, King John dressed very well in coats made of fur from sable and ermine and other exotic furs such as polar bear.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Micheal Call, Chart 301 - # 1

SURNAME: Also shown as England

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as John "Lackland" King Of

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 24 Dec 1166

DEATH: Also shown as Died , Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Worcester, Cathedral.

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Name - Description: King Of England John Plantagenet 		Angevin, King of England John I (I7682)
 

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