William Bruce, Baron of ANNANDALE

[5029]

1158 - 16 JUL 1212

Father: Robert II (Robert Le Meschin) BRUCE
Mother: Euphemia DE AUMALE

Family 1 :
  1. +Robert ("the Noble") BRUCE
  2.  Matilda BRUCE
  3. +Dame Beckwith DE BRUS

                                                                                                                                 _Robert ("Brusi") DE BRUSSE _+
                                                                                                                                |                             
                                                                                                           _William DE BRAOSE __|_Emma of BRITTANY ___________
                                                                                                          | (1049 - ....)                                     
                                                                      _Robert DE BRUSSE __________________|
                                                                     | (.... - 1094)                      |
                                                                     |                                    |                      _Waldren de ST. CLARE _______
                                                                     |                                    |                     |                             
                                                                     |                                    |_Agnes de ST. CLARE _|_Helena le Bon of NORMANDY __
                                                                     |                                                                                        
                                        _Robert (I) DE BRUSSE _______|
                                       | (1078 - 1142)               |
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                                       |                             |_Emma (dau. of Sir William) RAMSEY _|
                                       |                               (.... - 1080)                      |
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 _Robert II (Robert Le Meschin) BRUCE _|
| (.... - 1194)                        |
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|                                      |                              _Fulk PAGANALL _____________________|
|                                      |                             | (1056 - 1138)                      |
|                                      |                             |                                    |                      _____________________________
|                                      |                             |                                    |                     |                             
|                                      |                             |                                    |_____________________|_____________________________
|                                      |                             |                                                                                        
|                                      |_Agnes (Paynal or) PAGANALL _|
|                                        (1086 - 1140)               |
|                                                                    |                                                           _____________________________
|                                                                    |                                                          |                             
|                                                                    |                                     _____________________|_____________________________
|                                                                    |                                    |                                                   
|                                                                    |_Beatrix FITZANSCULF _______________|
|                                                                      (1059 - 1130)                      |
|                                                                                                         |                      _____________________________
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|                                                                                                         |_____________________|_____________________________
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|
|--William Bruce, Baron of ANNANDALE 
|  (1158 - 1212)
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|_Euphemia DE AUMALE __________________|
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[5029] {William's parents given in "The Bruce Journal," Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 47; Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 10 states that William is buried in Gisburne Abbey.] Cf. http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/bb4fz/bruce01.htm which states William is son of Robert de Bruce and wife Euphemia, and that William is therefore grandson of Robert II de Brusse and Agnes Paaganell [sic]. Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Brus,_3rd_Lord_of_Annandale which states "He married a woman called Beatrice de Teyden, and had by her at least two sons, Robert (his successor) and William."

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Merlin Duane (Jr) CUNNINGHAM

[56940]

10 DEC 1946 - 14 JAN 2022

Father: Merlin Duane CUNNINGHAM
Mother: Nellie Mae CROOKER


                                                                                                                              _________________________
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                                                         |                          |
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                                                         |                          |________________________________________|_________________________
                                                         |                                                                                             
                            _Horace Franklin CUNNINGHAM _|
                           | (1884 - 1944) m 1907        |
                           |                             |                                                                    _________________________
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                           |                             |                           ________________________________________|_________________________
                           |                             |                          |                                                                  
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                           |                                                                                                                           
 _Merlin Duane CUNNINGHAM _|
| (1916 - 1992) m 1942     |
|                          |                                                                                                  _Joseph DEVEREUX ________+
|                          |                                                                                                 | (1779 - 1823) m 1807    
|                          |                                                         _Willard DEVEREUX ______________________|_Hannah WIGHT ___________
|                          |                                                        | (1810 - 1882) m 1836                     (1784 - 1863)           
|                          |                              _George Adams DEVEREUX ___|
|                          |                             | (1842 - 1897) m 1867     |
|                          |                             |                          |                                         _________________________
|                          |                             |                          |                                        |                         
|                          |                             |                          |_Louisa M. STOVER ______________________|_________________________
|                          |                             |                            (1810 - 1860) m 1836                                             
|                          |_Jessie Hazel DEVEREUX ______|
|                            (1889 - 1960) m 1907        |
|                                                        |                                                                    _Jonathan HATCH _________+
|                                                        |                                                                   | (1774 - 1852) m 1797    
|                                                        |                           _William Webber HATCH __________________|_Elizabeth STOVER _______
|                                                        |                          | (1807 - 1893) m 1844                     (1776 - 1863)           
|                                                        |_Frances Jeannette HATCH _|
|                                                          (1848 - 1923) m 1867     |
|                                                                                   |                                         _Joseph Belcher DENNETT _+
|                                                                                   |                                        | (1787 - 1864) m 1811    
|                                                                                   |_Elizabeth (or Eliza) Jennette DENNETT _|_Mary Eliza KNIGHT ______
|                                                                                     (1825 - 1907) m 1844                     (1794 - 1853)           
|
|--Merlin Duane (Jr) CUNNINGHAM 
|  (1946 - 2022)
|                                                                                                                             _________________________
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|                           _____________________________|
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|                          |                                                        |________________________________________|_________________________
|                          |                                                                                                                           
|_Nellie Mae CROOKER ______|
  (1923 - 2002) m 1942     |
                           |                                                                                                  _________________________
                           |                                                                                                 |                         
                           |                                                         ________________________________________|_________________________
                           |                                                        |                                                                  
                           |                              __________________________|
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                           |_____________________________|
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                                                                                    |________________________________________|_________________________
                                                                                                                                                       

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[56940] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 22 January 2022: "Winterport - Merlin D. 'Junior' Cunningham Jr., 75, died unexpectedly on January 14, 2022, at a Bangor Hospital with his loving wife, Donna, by his side. He was born October 10, 1946, in Belfast, the son of Merlin D. and Nellie (Crooker) Cunningham. Merlin served in the United States Navy for 27 years. He is survived by his loving wife, Donna; stepchildren, Amy and her husband, David Smith, of Winterport, Corey Cunningham and his wife, Pamela, of Winterport, and Justin Kell of Newport, RI; two sisters, Dianna and Vicky of Frankfort; and two brothers, Jeff and Andy Cunningham of Winterport. Merlin was predeceased by five siblings, Marcia, twin Skip, Steve, Ronnie, and infant Dana."

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Baudouin (I) DE CRéQUY

CA 920 - ____

Father: Arnoul (II) DE CRéQUY


                                                                                                                      ____________________________________
                                                                                                                     |                                    
                                                                               ______________________________________|____________________________________
                                                                              |                                                                           
                                                 _Arnoul I le Vieil DE VICIL _|
                                                | (.... - 0897)               |
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                                                |                                                                                                         
                           _Odoacre of CRéQUY _|
                          | (.... - 0924)       |
                          |                     |                                                                     _Ingelram "Lyderieson" of FLANDERS _
                          |                     |                                                                    | (0780 - 0825)                      
                          |                     |                              _Anachar "Great Forester" of BELGIUM _|____________________________________
                          |                     |                             | (.... - 0864)                                                             
                          |                     |_Ignode of FLANDERS _________|
                          |                       (0840 - ....)               |
                          |                                                   |                                       ____________________________________
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                          |                                                   |______________________________________|____________________________________
                          |                                                                                                                               
 _Arnoul (II) DE CRéQUY _|
| (.... - 0937)           |
|                         |                                                                                           ____________________________________
|                         |                                                                                          |                                    
|                         |                                                    ______________________________________|____________________________________
|                         |                                                   |                                                                           
|                         |                      _Baudouin (II) of KLEVE _____|
|                         |                     | (.... - 0917)               |
|                         |                     |                             |                                       ____________________________________
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|                         |                     |                                                                                                         
|                         |_Yolande of CLEVES __|
|                                               |
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|                                               |                              ______________________________________|____________________________________
|                                               |                             |                                                                           
|                                               |_Mechtild VON SACHSEN _______|
|                                                                             |
|                                                                             |                                       ____________________________________
|                                                                             |                                      |                                    
|                                                                             |______________________________________|____________________________________
|                                                                                                                                                         
|
|--Baudouin (I) DE CRéQUY 
|  
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|_________________________|
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Casper HEPLER

[40537]

21 JAN 1787 - 30 MAR 1855

Father: George Jacob HEPLER
Mother: Elisabethe YACKEY

Family 1 : Magdalena LEHMAN
  1.  Catherine HEPLER
  2.  David Casper HEPLER
  3.  Elizabeth HEPLER
  4.  Daniel HEPLER
  5.  Jacob HEPLER
  6.  John C. HEPLER
  7.  Margaret Magdalena ("Peggy") HEPLER
  8. +Tobias HEPLER

                                                                                                         _____________________
                                                                                                        |                     
                                                                                  _John Casper HEPLER __|_____________________
                                                                                 | (1650 - 1720) m 1676                       
                                                       _John Casper (II) HEPLER _|
                                                      | (1680 - 1746)            |
                                                      |                          |                       _Johannes KELLER ____
                                                      |                          |                      | (1622 - 1693)       
                                                      |                          |_Margaretha KELLER ___|_____________________
                                                      |                            (1651 - ....) m 1676                       
                        _John Casper (III) HEPLER ____|
                       | (1713 - 1769) m 1743         |
                       |                              |                                                  _____________________
                       |                              |                                                 |                     
                       |                              |                           _Johann Georg KRAMER _|_____________________
                       |                              |                          | (1660 - ....)                              
                       |                              |_Anna Margaretha KRAMER __|
                       |                                (1684 - 1746)            |
                       |                                                         |                       _____________________
                       |                                                         |                      |                     
                       |                                                         |______________________|_____________________
                       |                                                                                                      
 _George Jacob HEPLER _|
| (1744 - 1808) m 1767 |
|                      |                                                                                 _____________________
|                      |                                                                                |                     
|                      |                                                          ______________________|_____________________
|                      |                                                         |                                            
|                      |                               _Hans Jacob SCHEIBLE _____|
|                      |                              | (1688 - 1779) m 1708     |
|                      |                              |                          |                       _____________________
|                      |                              |                          |                      |                     
|                      |                              |                          |______________________|_____________________
|                      |                              |                                                                       
|                      |_Susannah Ephrosina SCHEIBLE _|
|                        (1718 - 1757) m 1743         |
|                                                     |                                                  _____________________
|                                                     |                                                 |                     
|                                                     |                           ______________________|_____________________
|                                                     |                          |                                            
|                                                     |_Agnes BADER _____________|
|                                                       (1687 - 1750) m 1708     |
|                                                                                |                       _____________________
|                                                                                |                      |                     
|                                                                                |______________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                                             
|
|--Casper HEPLER 
|  (1787 - 1855)
|                                                                                                        _____________________
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|                                                                                 ______________________|_____________________
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|                                                      __________________________|
|                                                     |                          |
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|                                                     |                          |______________________|_____________________
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|                       ______________________________|
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|                      |                                                         |______________________|_____________________
|                      |                                                                                                      
|_Elisabethe YACKEY ___|
  (1745 - 1809) m 1767 |
                       |                                                                                 _____________________
                       |                                                                                |                     
                       |                                                          ______________________|_____________________
                       |                                                         |                                            
                       |                               __________________________|
                       |                              |                          |
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                       |______________________________|
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                                                                                 |
                                                                                 |                       _____________________
                                                                                 |                      |                     
                                                                                 |______________________|_____________________
                                                                                                                              

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[40537] Casper and family are from the unverified file at http://www.geocities.ws/bevs-family in 2016 which states he m. Magdalena _____ (c. 1787).

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Perez HERSEY

[44817]

25 SEP 1768 - 26 OCT 1820

Father: Isaiah HERSEY
Mother: Rebecca SPRAGUE

Family 1 : Catherine ("Caty") BENNER
  1.  Jared HERSEY

                                                                                         _William HERSEY _____+
                                                                                        | (1596 - 1658) m 1631
                                                                   _John HERSEY ________|_Elizabeth CROADE ___
                                                                  | (.... - 1726) m 1669  (1610 - 1671)       
                                             _Daniel HERSEY ______|
                                            | (1682 - 1766) m 1710|
                                            |                     |                      _Edward RICHARDS ____+
                                            |                     |                     | (1610 - 1684) m 1638
                                            |                     |_Sarah RICHARDS _____|_Susan HUNTING ______
                                            |                       (1651 - 1732) m 1669  (.... - 1684)       
                       _Isaiah HERSEY ______|
                      | (1720 - 1803) m 1743|
                      |                     |                                            _Samuel MAY _________
                      |                     |                                           | (.... - 1677) m 1657
                      |                     |                      _Jonathan MAY _______|_Abigail STANSFIELD _
                      |                     |                     | (1664 - 1690) m 1686  (1638 - ....)       
                      |                     |_Mary MAY ___________|
                      |                       (1687 - 1760) m 1710|
                      |                                           |                      _____________________
                      |                                           |                     |                     
                      |                                           |_Sarah LANGLEE ______|_____________________
                      |                                             (1668 - ....) m 1686                      
 _Isaiah HERSEY ______|
| (1744 - 1831) m 1766|
|                     |                                                                  _____________________
|                     |                                                                 |                     
|                     |                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                           |                                           
|                     |                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                                                 
|                     |_Margaret SPRAGUE ___|
|                       (1722 - 1809) m 1743|
|                                           |                                            _____________________
|                                           |                                           |                     
|                                           |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                     |                                           
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |                      _____________________
|                                                                 |                     |                     
|                                                                 |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                             
|
|--Perez HERSEY 
|  (1768 - 1820)
|                                                                                        _____________________
|                                                                                       |                     
|                                                                  _____________________|_____________________
|                                                                 |                                           
|                                            _____________________|
|                                           |                     |
|                                           |                     |                      _____________________
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|                                           |                     |_____________________|_____________________
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|                      _____________________|
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|                     |                     |_____________________|
|                     |                                           |
|                     |                                           |                      _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     |                     
|                     |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                                       
|_Rebecca SPRAGUE ____|
  (1745 - 1831) m 1766|
                      |                                                                  _____________________
                      |                                                                 |                     
                      |                                            _____________________|_____________________
                      |                                           |                                           
                      |                      _____________________|
                      |                     |                     |
                      |                     |                     |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                                                 
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                                            _____________________
                                            |                                           |                     
                                            |                      _____________________|_____________________
                                            |                     |                                           
                                            |_____________________|
                                                                  |
                                                                  |                      _____________________
                                                                  |                     |                     
                                                                  |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                              

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[44817] Find A Grave memorial 172510520 offers: "First born son of Isaiah Hersey and Rebecca Sprague who came to Passamaquoddy (Pembroke) in 1787 with the group of settlers from Hingham Mass. Perez married Caty Benner and they had 10 children. Perez is buried beside Isaiah Hersey." In addition to Jared, Perez also had Perez Hersey (1796-1848), Thirza Hersey Hersey (1801-1867) & David Hersey (1806-1896).

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Winfred Homer LOWELL

[56532]

19 MAR 1881 - 1945

Family 1 : Clarice Ruth ("Retta") WILSON
  1. +Elmer Russell LOWELL

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[56532] Winifred is son of Eliphalet A. Lowell (1842-1917) & Emeline Mason Lord (1844-1906).

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Constance of SICILY

[11598]

1146 - 27 NOV 1198

Father: Roger II of SICILY
Mother: Beatrix of RETHEL

Family 1 : Henry VI, King of GERMANY
  1. +Frederick II Hohenstaufen, King of GERMANY

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                                                                                |     
                                                   _Tancred DE HAUTEVILLE ______|
                                                  | (.... - 1041)               |
                                                  |                             |   __
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                       _Roger I of SICILY ________|
                      | (1031 - 1101) m 1089      |
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                      |                           |                                |  
                      |                           |                              __|__
                      |                           |                             |     
                      |                           |_Frédésende DE HAUTEVILLE _|
                      |                                                         |
                      |                                                         |   __
                      |                                                         |  |  
                      |                                                         |__|__
                      |                                                               
 _Roger II of SICILY _|
| (1095 - 1154) m 1151|
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|                     |                           |                                   
|                     |_Adélaïde DE MONTFERRAT _|
|                       (.... - 1118) m 1089      |
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AKA Constance of Hauteville, she was the heiress to the Sicilian throne.

Cf. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Constance-of-Sicily which offers: "Constance of Sicily was in her own right Queen of Sicily, became German Empress as the wife of the The Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, and was the mother of the Emperor and King of Sicily Frederick II.

"She was the posthumous daughter of Roger II (1093-1154 of Sicily by his third wife Beatrice of Rethel.

"Constance was not betrothed until she was 30, which is unusual for a princess whose marriage was an important bargaining chip. This later gave rise to stories that she had become a nun and required papal dispensation to forsake her vows and marry, or that she was impossibly ugly. Neither of these is consistent with the evidence.

"The death of her nephew Henry of Capua in 1172 made Constance heiress presumptive to the Sicilian crown. Her elder nephew King William II (1153 - 1189), king of Sicily, was himself unmarried. He did not marry until 1177, and that marriage remained childless.

"But it is unclear why he delayed so in finding a husband for his aunt. Nor it is clear precisely why in the end he chose Henry, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I.

"The Sicilian kings and the German Emperors had long been enemies, and the papacy, also an enemy of the emperors, would not want to see the great kingdom to the south of Rome in German hands. Nor would the kingdom's nobles welcome such a possibility.

"Nevertheless, in 1184 Constance was betrothed to Henry (the future Emperor Henry VI), and they were married two years later, on January 27, 1186.

"William made his nobles and the important men of his court promise to recognize Constance's succession if he died without direct heirs. But after his unexpected death in 1189, his cousin (and Constance's grand-nephew Tancred seized the throne. Tancred was illegitimate, but he had the support of most of the great men of the kingdom.

"Constance's father-in-law died in 1190, and the following year Henry and Constance were crowned Emperor and Empress. Henry was already preparing to invade Sicily when Tancred died in 1194. Later that year he moved south, deposed Tancred's young son William III, and had himself crowned instead.

"While Henry moved quickly south with his army, Constance followed at a slower pace, for she was pregnant. On December 26, the day after Henry's crowning at Palermo, she gave birth to a son, Frederick (the future Emperor and king of Sicily Frederick II) in the small town of Jesi, near Ancona.

"Constance was 40, and she knew that many would question whether the child was really hers. Thus she had the baby in a pavilion tent in the market square of the town, and invited the town matrons to witness the birth. A few days later she returned to the town square and publicly breast-fed the infant.

"Henry died in 1197, and Constance returned to Sicily. She had the 3-year-old Frederick crowned King of Sicily, and in his name dissolved the ties her late husband had created between the government of Sicily and of the Empire. She also renounced his claims to the German kingship and empire, and placed him under the protection of Innocent III, né 1161-June 16, 1216), was Pope from January 8, 1198 until his death. He was the son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Pope Clement III, born at Anagni, Italy. His father was a member of the famous house of Conti, from which nine... pope Innocent III. She expected him to be raised as a Sicilian, and to be nothing more than King of Sicily. That he became much more than that could not be predicted when she died a year later, in 1198."

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_Sicily

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