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From: Ann Maloney <>
Subject: [ADAMS-L] The Ancestry of Henry Adams of Braintree, New England
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:52:02 -0600

by Rev. Hiram Francis Fairbanks
written in 1901

1. Pepin of Landen, born before the year 600
2. Grimoald
3. Pepin of Heristal
4. Charles Martel, King of France
5. Pepin the Short
6. Charlemagne, Emperor of the West
7. Louis the Pious
8. Charles II (the Bald)
9. Judith, married Count Baldwin (of the Iron Arm)
10. Baldwin II, Count of Flanders
11. Arnolph the Great, Count of Flanders
12. Baldwin III, Count of Flanders
13. Arnolph II, Fifth Count of Flanders
14. Baldwin IV, Sixth Count of Flanders
15. Baldwin V, Seventh Count of Flanders, married Princess Adela,
Adela, daughter of Robert the Pious, son of Hugh Capet, King of
France.
16. Matilda, married William the Conqueror, King of England. Queen
Matilda was also descended from Alfred the Great, and the father of
William was first cousin of St. Edward the Confessor.
17. Princes Gundred, daughter of the preceding, married William
de Warren, who was created Earl of Surrey.
18. Edith de Warren, married Gerard, Baron de Gourna. He was the son of
Hugh de Gournai and Basilia, daughter of Gerard Flaital, and
sister of William, bishop of Evreaux. He with his father fought in
the battles of Mortemer and Hastings. His father became a monk in
the Benedictine Abbey of Bec. Gerard de Gournai died in Palestine in
1096.
19. Hugh de Gournai, married Millicent de Maria, daughter of Thomas,
Lord of Coucy.
20. Hugh de Gournai, married Lady Julia Dampmartin, sister of Reginald,
Count de Boulogne. He lost his Norman estates through political
troubles and took refuge in England. He was buried in Langley Abbey,
Norfolk.
----Hugh de Gournai, Lord Beverston; died without male issue.
21. Anselm de Gournai, Lord of Beverston; succeeded his brother.
22. Robert de Gournai, Lord of Beverston; was a younger brother.
23. Anselm de Gournai, Lord of Beverston.
24. John de Gournai, Lord of Beverston; married Lady Oliva, daughter of
Henry Lovel, Baron of Castle Cary.
25. Elizabeth de Gournai, married Sir John ap Adam of Beverstoff and
Tidenham, Lord ap Adam by writ, 1296-1307. His estates were large
not only in his own right but he received valuable estates from his
wife. Their names are found in most works on extinct peerages. He
was engaged in the Scottish wars. There remains to this day a
beautiful stained glass window in his memory in the church in
Tidenham, with his name, coat-of-arms, and the date 1310 in the
upper part. His coat-of-arms is given as "argent, a cross gules, 5
mullets or, crest; that of a ducal cornet, a demi lion". This means
that on a silver ground was a red cross which extended from the top
to the bottom and to each side, and on his cross were five golden
stars. The crest as given in Fairbairn's Crests was the head and
principal part of the body of a lion, rampant gardant; that is erect
and the right paw raised, and full fa---d.
26. Sir John ap Adam, Knight, second son. He was brother of Sir Thomas
ap Adam, heir to his father, but who was never summoned to
Parliament.
27. William ap Adam, married and had issue.
28. Sir John ap Adam, Knight, married and had issue.
29. Thomas ap Adam, married Lady Jane, daughter of Sir John Inge.
30. Sir John ap Adam, Knight, married Millicent, daughter of Sir
Matthew Bessylls.
31. Sir John ap Adam, alias Adams, married Clara, daughter of Mr. Roger
Powell.
32. Roger Adams, married Jane, daughter of Mr. Ellyott.
33. Thomas Adams, married Marie, duaghter of Mr. Upton.
34. John Adams, married Jane, daughter of Mr. Rennelegh.
35. John Adams, married Catherine, daughter of Mr. Stebbing.
36. Richard Adams, married Margerye, daughter of Mr. Squier (sic).
37. Richard Adams, married Margaret, daughter of Mr. Armager.
38. William Adams, married daughter of Mr. Boringoton.
39. Henry Adams, of Braintree, married and had eight sons and one
daughter.

The history of this pedigree is:

In the year 1851 William Downing Bruce, Esq., F. S. A., member of the
Middle Temple, London, and corresponding member of the NEHGS, wrote that he
had discovered among the papers of Hon. Edward Hamlin Adams of Middleton
Hall, Member of the Parliament for Carmarthen, Wales, an ancient manuscript
which he copied. He furnished a copy of it to be sent to New England with
this explanation: "It is copied from an ancient parchment roll, with arms,
of the time of Charles I., which I discovered among the papers of the late
Edward Hamlin Adams, Esp., of Middleton Hall, M. P., from the county of
Carmarthen, and is now in the possession of his son, Edward Adams, Esq.,
Middleton Hall in said county. Mr. Adams is a gentleman of great wealth and
consequence in this county, and takes great interest in genealogy." The
pedigree is as follows: "Sir John ap Adam came out of the Marches of Wales,
married Elizabeth." She was the daughter of John de Gournai, Lord of
Beverston. Their children were: "Sir Thos. ap Adam, m., had issue; (2) Sir
John ap adam--Wm. ap Adam; m. had issue--Roger of Lancashire. Sir John ap
Adam had a son, (3) William ap Adam, who had a son (4) Sir John ap Adam,
who was the father of (5) Thos. ap Adam; m. Jane, daughter and heiress of
Sir John Inge; (6) Sir John ap Adam, Knight, m. Millicent, daughter of Sir
Matthew Bessylls; (7) Sir John ap Adam, alias Adams, m. Clara, daughter and
co-heiress of Mr. Roger Powell/ (8) Roger Adams m. Jane, daughter of
Ellyott; (9) Thos. Adams m. Marie, daughter of Mr. Upton; (10) John Adams
m. Jane, daughter of Mr. Rennelegh; (11) John Adams m. Catherine, daughter
and heiress of Mr. Stebbing." Children of preceding: "Nicholas m. and had
issue; (12) John m. Margerye, daughter and heiress of Mr. Squier
(sic)--George m. and had issue: Child of John: "(13) Richard m. Margaret,
daughter of Mr. Armager (Sic. Cop.)." Children of Richard were: "Robert, m.
Elizabeth Sharlaw; (14) William m. daughter of Boringoton." Children of
William were: "George--Henry, died in Braintree, New England,
1646--Ambraose--John."
We may add that George Adams was the ancestor of Mr. Bruce. He was a
lieutenant in the service of Charles I, and died in Barbadoes in 1647.

Will send my descendency from Henry next.

Sorry for typos, let me know if you see one, and I will check it out and
send correction to the list.

Also does anyone have any information on the supposed wife of Henry of
Braintree who was probably Edith Squire, and what her relationship was, if
any, to the wife of number 36 Margerye Squier?

Hope this helps some of you.

Ann Maloney <><
Bartlesville, OK

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