_Louis DE BOURBON _______________________+
| (1729 - 1765)
_Charles X DE BOURBON ___|
| (1757 - 1836) |
| |_Marie Josephe Caroline VON SACHSEN _____+
|
|
|--Ferdinand Charles DE BOURBON
| (1778 - 1820)
| _Vittorio Amadeo III DE SAVOIE __________+
| | (1726 - 1796)
|_Maria Teresa DE SAVOIE _|
(1756 - 1805) |
|_Maria Antonietta Ferdinanda DE BOURBON _+
(1729 - 1785)
__
|
_Owen {Thomas} ap Owen GRIFFITH _|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Gwendoline verch Owen GRIFFITH
|
| __
| |
|_Mawd MORGAN ____________________|
|
|__
[708]
Jenkin Awbrey, esquire married Gwenlliam, daughter of Owain ap
Griffith, Esquire, of Tay y Lyn and Jenkin Awbrey (bc 1416 Abercynfrig,
Brecknockshire, Wales, 2nd son of Morgan Awbrey) marr. Gwendoline Verch
Owen (bc 1421 Glen Tawe, Wales). Gwendoline was the dtr of Owen
Griffith & Mawd Morgan. Jenkin & Gwendoline's children were Hopkin (bc
1439),Dafydd (bc 1441), Richard (1443), Anne (bc1445), Thomas (bc 1447)
& Cissil (bc 144
_John KNIGHT ________+
| (1668 - ....)
_John KNIGHT ________|
| (1680 - 1762) m 1729|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Edward KNIGHT
|
| _Daniel EPPS ________
| | m 1681
|_Elizabeth EPPS _____|
(1712 - 1863) m 1729|
|_Elizabeth JORDAN ___+
(1690 - ....) m 1681
_William KNIGHT _____+
| (1410 - 1498)
_John KNIGHT ________|
| (1440 - ....) |
| |_Eleanor IWARDLY ____
|
|
|--John KNIGHT
| (1470 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth WHARTON __|
|
|_____________________
_____________________
|
_Henry LAMB _________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Elma LAMB
|
| _Harvey MEADOWS _____+
| | (1844 - 1903) m 1867
|_Helen MEADOWS ______|
(1878 - ....) |
|_Margaret COLE ______+
(1848 - 1893) m 1867
_Theodon of LOWER BAVARIA _+
|
_Theodebert of LOWER BAVARIA _|
| |
| |___________________________
|
|
|--Garibaldi of LOWER BAVARIA
|
| ___________________________
| |
|______________________________|
|
|___________________________
_Thomas MEADOR ______+
| (1638 - 1664) m 1658
_John, MEADOWS ______|
| (1658 - 1721) m 1694|
| |_Sarah HOSKINS ______
| (1637 - 1672) m 1658
|
|--Jonas MEADOR
| (1696 - 1768)
| _Henry AUBREY _______+
| | (1623 - ....)
|_Miss AUBREY ________|
(1678 - 1721) m 1694|
|_Mary _______________
[185]
Jonas Meador is perhaps the best known of the children of
(3) John Meador, and certainly the best documented. Born
about 1698 to 1700, he was the oldest son of John's second
marriage, and was named by his father to be guardian of his
two youngest brothers, Job and Jason.
nder the terms of the will, Jonas was given a small plot of
land, the size and location of which cannot be determined,
nor can its final disposal be found in the records. Since
his two youngest brothers were named Executors, they were
unable to perform this duty because they were still minors,
and Jonas, as their guardian, performed this duty for them,
presenting their father's will for probate and signing the
inventory .
ometime between 1723 and 1734 Jonas moved to Caroline
County, probably following other family members. The loss
of nearly all of the Caroline County records inhibits us
from learning more about his activities there. We know that
he was appointed Surveyor of Roads (overseer of repair) in
place of George Trible in 1734 , and was paid for clearing
a road from the Mattapony River across Polecat Swamp to the
Chesterfield Church . This would indicate that Jonas lived
in that vicinity, just south of the Mattapony River and east
of the present town of Penola. In 1743, Jonas and his
brother Jason were indicted by the Caroline County Grand
Jury for not attending St. Margaret's, the local Anglican
church, for which offense fines of 5 shillings or 50 pounds
of tobacco was levied . The men stated they were Quakers,
and the charges were dismissed . On a similar charge, (5)
Joel, son of Jonas, was also charged .
onas was married in the early 1720's to Frances, whose last
name is still a subject of speculation. Their none
children, seven boys and two girls, were all born in Essex
or Caroline County. About 1749, a family movement began to
the counties of Amelia, Cumberland, and Prince Edward.
Jonas himself purchased land in Cumberland in 1749,
following his older sons Joel and Jonas Jr., and settled at
the heads of Deep and Muddy Creeks, about three miles
northeast of the present county seat. At his death in
1768 , Jonas owned 650 acres in Cumberland County. Frances
followed him in death in 1780 . This family has been
excellently documented by the late Major Perkins Nunnally in
his "Descendants of Jonas and Frances Meador", published in
1968 and revised in 1972.
t should be noted here again that, beginning with Jonas,
the sons of (3) John Meador by his second wife were named
with the initial "J", a custom which continued in his family
for several generations, sometimes with the interchangeable
initial "I". These descendants of Jonas represent a major
portion of the thousands who now trace their lineage back to
(3) John Meador, and through him to (1) Thomas Meador
(Mead
_Henry "The Wizard" PERCY _+
| (.... - 1632)
_Algernon PERCY _____|
| (1602 - 1668) |
| |_Dorothy DEVEREAUX ________
|
|
|--Josceline PERCY
| (.... - 1670)
| ___________________________
| |
|_Elizabeth __________|
|
|___________________________
[625]
Succeeded in 1668, but only survived two years. He died in 1670 at
Turin while travelling, leaving an only daughter, Elizabeth, who
succeeded to the Barony.
Apparently the Earldom then become extinct
_Foulques V "Le Jeune" D'ANJOU ____+
| (1092 - 1143) m 1110
_Geoffrey V "The Handsome" PLANTAGENET _|
| (1113 - 1151) m 1127 |
| |_Ermengarde (Ermentrude) MAINE ____+
| (1096 - 1126) m 1110
|
|--Henry II "Curt Mantel" PLANTAGENET
| (1133 - 1189)
| _Henry I, "Beauclerc" DE NORMANDY _+
| | (1070 - 1135) m 1100
|_Maud(Matilda) Augusta ENGLAND _________|
(1102 - 1169) m 1127 |
|_Matilda "Atheling" of SCOTLAND ___+
(1089 - 1118) m 1100
[345]
1153: In the eighteenth year of King Stephen's reign the duke of
Normandy, Henry of Anjou, impelled by necessity, paid an unexpected
visit to England. This miserable country, previously devastated,
seemed to regain new life with his arrival.
When the glorious duke was blown by a tempest onto the shores of
England the land rustled with rumours, like a reed-bed at a touch of
wind. The news spread quickly, as usual, bringing joy and happiness to
some, fear and sorrow to others. But those who were delighted at his
arrival were a little alarmed that he had brought so few men with him,
while equally the worries of his enemies were lightened. Some thought
that crossing the stormy sea in the middle of winter was brave, others
found it rash. But the brave youth gathered together his supporters,
both those he had brought and those he found, and hating delay above
all, laid siege to Malmesbury castle.
Since the virtues of such a man are many and great I shall have to
deal with them quickly or the story of his deeds will take too long.
The castle was besiegec (for he was never one to procrastinate),
assaulted and soon taken. When the town had fallen, the great keep
alone held out, held for the king by Jordan and conquerable only by
famine. Jordan sallied out to tell King Stephen of thes events.
Disturbed by the evil tidings, the king's face changed from dignity to
grief, and energetically he collected his forces and encamped not far
from Malmesbury.
The day after his arrival he drew up his army containing a great
number of excellent and distinguished knights. It was a huge army with
many barons, their banners glittering with gold, beautiful and terrible
indeed; but God, in whom alone is safety, was not with them. For the
floodgates of heaven opened, and such bitter cold gusts of wind and
pouring rain were driven into their faces that God himself seemed to be
fighting for the duke. But the army marched in order, though as if
fighting the power of God, and suffering greatly.
The young duke's army relied on valour rather than numbers,
especially because the justice of the cause for which they were
fighting ensured that they were strengthened by God's grace. it was
drawn up not far from the walls of the town of Malmesbury, by the banks
of a stream to which the inundations of rain and snow had lent such
strenght that to go in was terrifying and, onec in, there would be no
coming out.
The noble youth was at the head of his army, his physical beauty
betokening that of the soul, and marked out by arms worhty of him,
which suited him so well that we may say that his arms did not so much
become him as he his arms. He and his men had the gale at their backs,
the king's army had it in their faces, so that they could barely hold
their weapons or their dripping wet lances.
Since God intended that His child should be granted the land
without shedding blood, and neither side would cross the river, the
king, no longer able to withstand such flood of rain, retraced his
steps to London, his doscomfiture complete. So the besieged castle
was surrendered to the duke, who hurried delightedly to do what he had
come for, namely to relieve the castle of Wallingford by now on the
verge of being starved out.