Alright so since it is Harry Potter weekend on ABC Family and the final Harry Potter film is coming out 7/15 (YESSS!!!!!) I thought I would do a Harry Potter themed genealogy blog.
Now a background for those of you who may not know about the character Bellatrix Lestrange... first of all you need to read the books asap if that is the case. Anyway, she is a horrible, evil, fantastically vile person.
So, how do I tie this in with my random ramblings of people I'm related to? Well it goes something like this...
Bridget Fettiplace was married to Anthony Hungerford.
Anthony Hungerford's mother was Margaret Blount. Her father was Edmund Blount.
Edmund Blount (c.1439-1500 for perspective...) 's father was John Blount.
John's mother was Isabella Cornwall. She was the daughter of Bryan Cornwall and Maude Strange. Not sure why its "Strange" and not "Lestrange" for her...
Maude's father was Roger Lestrange 5th Lord Strange of Knokyn. According to Geni.com, he is my "12th great grandfather's wife's 6th great grandfather"
Roger's father was John le Strange 3rd baron of Knockin (c.1282-1312)
Well. Now we've made it to the 1200's umm... wow. Along with Lords and Barons... Since I'm just now discovering this whole baron thing... literally. I knew there were people there but I never really looked into it.. I found some stuff on wikipedia. yaaay! Best thing ever I swear.
This is the site I found... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Strange
So I assume this means I'm related in some way or another to all the people on there? Anyway. You can see Roger and John under the second creation (whatever that means).
Switching gears to Harry Potter again... Bellatrix's husband was Rodolphus Lestrange, born between the 1950's and 1960's according to the Harry Potter wiki (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Bellatrix_Lestrange). So. It would be reasonable (if it wasn't fiction of course) to conclude that in some distant way I could be related to Bellatrix's hubby.
That's all for now folks. Who knows what crazy link my mind will come up with next.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
There and Back Again: The Tale of Two Bridgets
I have returned! After a long final semester my wonderful internship is over, along with my days of college. And, since there are no jobs for me at the moment, I will return to the blogosphere.
Back in March, (that is so sad...) I wrote about the Hungerfords and mentioned two women named Bridget. The first was Bridget Shelley, who married Anthony. The second was Bridget Fettiplace who married John.
Bridget Shelley was the daughter of John Shelley and Mary.
Now, Geni.com is clearly trying to drive me insane. Last time I checked, Bridget would have been a great grandmother of some sort. now they're telling me she is my 12th great aunt's 3rd great aunt. I don't know. Shes related to me some how so I'll continue on.
John's parents: Sir William Shelley (another sir! woo!) and Alice Belknap. I love the name Alice. Random side-note hah...
Mary's parents (This is where I'm going to have fun): Sir William Fitzwilliam and Maud Mildred Sackville.
Now, if you don't get it from my username greenbibliophile, I love books. So here comes my inner nerd. Fitzwilliam makes me think of Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Yes yes, I know. The character is Fitzwilliam Darcy and Fitzwilliam is not used as a surname. Let me have my fun ok? Also, Jane Austen will come into play later.
Next literary reference: Sackville. If you notice in the title* I used There and Back Again, a Tolkien novel better known as The Hobbit. Now I haven't read that in a while but in the follow up Lord of the Rings Trilogy there is mention of the Sackville-Baggins family. Which, in my little world, I connect myself to those little fictional hobbits by the name of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. And if you don't think I've lost it, just wait. Later I'll pretend to connect myself to Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter. But that is for another time.
Nerdy-ness out of the way, lets move on to Bridget Fettiplace (who's hubby eventually leads to the le Strange family)
She was the daughter of John Fettiplace and Dorothy Danvers.
Dorothy's parents: Sir John Danvers and Ann Stradling.
-Sir John's parents: Richard Danvers and Elizabeth Langston
-Ann's parents: John Stradling and Alice Langford.
John's parents: Richard Fettiplace and Elizabeth Bessiles
Mind you most of these people were born in the 1400s. And it keeps going back.
Next time I'll discuss the line to the le Strange family and the connection to one of my favorite authors. Ta ta for now!
*As far as I know there is no link to Dickens, but I felt like using a reference to A Tale of Two Cities.
Back in March, (that is so sad...) I wrote about the Hungerfords and mentioned two women named Bridget. The first was Bridget Shelley, who married Anthony. The second was Bridget Fettiplace who married John.
Bridget Shelley was the daughter of John Shelley and Mary.
Now, Geni.com is clearly trying to drive me insane. Last time I checked, Bridget would have been a great grandmother of some sort. now they're telling me she is my 12th great aunt's 3rd great aunt. I don't know. Shes related to me some how so I'll continue on.
John's parents: Sir William Shelley (another sir! woo!) and Alice Belknap. I love the name Alice. Random side-note hah...
Mary's parents (This is where I'm going to have fun): Sir William Fitzwilliam and Maud Mildred Sackville.
Now, if you don't get it from my username greenbibliophile, I love books. So here comes my inner nerd. Fitzwilliam makes me think of Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Yes yes, I know. The character is Fitzwilliam Darcy and Fitzwilliam is not used as a surname. Let me have my fun ok? Also, Jane Austen will come into play later.
Next literary reference: Sackville. If you notice in the title* I used There and Back Again, a Tolkien novel better known as The Hobbit. Now I haven't read that in a while but in the follow up Lord of the Rings Trilogy there is mention of the Sackville-Baggins family. Which, in my little world, I connect myself to those little fictional hobbits by the name of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. And if you don't think I've lost it, just wait. Later I'll pretend to connect myself to Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter. But that is for another time.
Nerdy-ness out of the way, lets move on to Bridget Fettiplace (who's hubby eventually leads to the le Strange family)
She was the daughter of John Fettiplace and Dorothy Danvers.
Dorothy's parents: Sir John Danvers and Ann Stradling.
-Sir John's parents: Richard Danvers and Elizabeth Langston
-Ann's parents: John Stradling and Alice Langford.
John's parents: Richard Fettiplace and Elizabeth Bessiles
Mind you most of these people were born in the 1400s. And it keeps going back.
Next time I'll discuss the line to the le Strange family and the connection to one of my favorite authors. Ta ta for now!
*As far as I know there is no link to Dickens, but I felt like using a reference to A Tale of Two Cities.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Hungerford Family Part 1
First of all its been way too long since I've posted and I definitely could have over spring break but that wasn't one of my priorities. But now I have an annoying assignment and this is the perfect opportunity to procrastinate a little.
Last time I introduced the Hungerfords a little bit. I still don't know who married who but that's ok. Either Fabyan or Thomas Farley married the Jane Hungerford I'm talking about.
To give you some perspective, Jane is my 12th GGrandmother
Jane Hungerford- born around 1578 ish. parents were Sir Anthony Hungerford and Bridget Shelley.
Sir Anthony Hungerford... thats pretty cool.... "sir"
I did a quick google search of the name and a million things popped up but it was for a different Anthony Hungerford.... yay for repeating names again! the one site where I found the right one had "(sir knight)" at the end of his name.
So now I have English Knights in my family... and hello I love the movie "A Knights Tale" and all of that medieval fair stuff. But I digress....
Anthony Hungerford "Sir Knight" 1540-1594
Parents: John Hungerford "Sir Knight" and Bridget Fettiplace.
-- Fettiplace is an interesting surname too. I'll get to that family in a later post I think... but for now a quick wikipedia segment...
Fettiplace is probably from old French "faites place" for 'make room', the shout given by the ushers/bodyguards/protectors of the French Kings and nobility.
They are said to have arrived in England with William the Conqueror..
Hellooo awesomeness! Back to Hungerfords...
John was born around 1513. His parents were Anthony Hungerford b. 1494 (ah, theres a repeat...) and Jane Darrel b. 1490
Ok now we're into the 1400's. So over 500 years ago? Madness!
Next time I'll discuss Bridget Shelley's family and perhaps hit on Bridget Fettiplace's parents.
And if you think thats all I have... you are sadly mistaken. There is so much stuff.... its.... insane. just... insane.
Anyone interested on visiting the site where I found some info that goes along with my tree: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HUNGERFORD.htm#Anthony HUNGERFORD (Sir Knight)1
Later peeps!
Last time I introduced the Hungerfords a little bit. I still don't know who married who but that's ok. Either Fabyan or Thomas Farley married the Jane Hungerford I'm talking about.
To give you some perspective, Jane is my 12th GGrandmother
Jane Hungerford- born around 1578 ish. parents were Sir Anthony Hungerford and Bridget Shelley.
Sir Anthony Hungerford... thats pretty cool.... "sir"
I did a quick google search of the name and a million things popped up but it was for a different Anthony Hungerford.... yay for repeating names again! the one site where I found the right one had "(sir knight)" at the end of his name.
So now I have English Knights in my family... and hello I love the movie "A Knights Tale" and all of that medieval fair stuff. But I digress....
Anthony Hungerford "Sir Knight" 1540-1594
Parents: John Hungerford "Sir Knight" and Bridget Fettiplace.
-- Fettiplace is an interesting surname too. I'll get to that family in a later post I think... but for now a quick wikipedia segment...
Fettiplace is probably from old French "faites place" for 'make room', the shout given by the ushers/bodyguards/protectors of the French Kings and nobility.
They are said to have arrived in England with William the Conqueror..
Hellooo awesomeness! Back to Hungerfords...
John was born around 1513. His parents were Anthony Hungerford b. 1494 (ah, theres a repeat...) and Jane Darrel b. 1490
Ok now we're into the 1400's. So over 500 years ago? Madness!
Next time I'll discuss Bridget Shelley's family and perhaps hit on Bridget Fettiplace's parents.
And if you think thats all I have... you are sadly mistaken. There is so much stuff.... its.... insane. just... insane.
Anyone interested on visiting the site where I found some info that goes along with my tree: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HUNGERFORD.htm#Anthony HUNGERFORD (Sir Knight)1
Later peeps!
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