[9702] Lucy is daughter of William Adair (1852-1916) & Sara Elizabeth Wolfe (1863-1943).
______________________ | _Obadiah ALLEN __________|______________________ | (1732 - 1799) m 1758 _Robert ALLEN _______| | (1772 - 1859) m 1797| | | _Nicholas RIDEOUT ____ | | | (.... - 1754) m 1730 | |_Mary Ingersoll RIDEOUT _|_Mary Hunt INGERSOLL _ | (1735 - 1796) m 1758 (1713 - 1762) _Robert ALLEN _______| | (1817 - 1892) m 1843| | | _William INGERSOLL ___+ | | | (1717 - 1807) m 1736 | | _William INGERSOLL ______|_Sarah PARKER ________ | | | (1753 - 1807) (1720 - 1763) | |_Sarah INGERSOLL ____| | (1778 - 1843) m 1797| | | ______________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth KNOWLES ______|______________________ | (1756 - 1810) _Edgar ALLEN ______________________| | (1855 - 1923) | | | ______________________ | | | | | _________________________|______________________ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | | | |_________________________|______________________ | | | | |_Althea DOANE _______| | (1824 - 1911) m 1843| | | ______________________ | | | | | _________________________|______________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | |_________________________|______________________ | | |--Effie ALLEN | (1888 - 1931) | ______________________ | | | _________________________|______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_________________________|______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | | _________________________|______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_________________________|______________________ | | |_Bellona Imogene ("Lonie") FRENCH _| (1861 - 1942) | | ______________________ | | | _________________________|______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_________________________|______________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________ | | | _________________________|______________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________ | | |_________________________|______________________
_____________________ | ______________________|_____________________ | _Nathaniel BILLINGS _| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | _John BILLINGS ______| | (.... - 1704) m 1661| | | _____________________ | | | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | _Samuel BILLINGS ____| | (1667 - 1749) m 1699| | | _____________________ | | | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | | | _____________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth HASTINGS _| | (1643 - 1704) m 1661| | | _____________________ | | | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | |--John BILLINGS | (1700 - 1754) | _____________________ | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | | _Ellis BARRON _______| | | (1655 - 1711) m 1679| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | |_Mary BARRON ________| (.... - 1747) m 1699| | _Edmund SHERMAN _____+ | | (1548 - 1600) | _Edmund (Jr) SHERMAN _|_____________________ | | (1572 - 1643) | _John SHERMAN _______| | | (1613 - 1685) | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | |_Mary SHERMAN _______| (1657 - 1710) m 1679| | _____________________ | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |______________________|_____________________
[17036]
[S170]
"Penobscot Pioneers," Philip Howard Gray (Camden: Penobscot Press, 1993)
_Guillaume I DE DAMPIERRE _________________+ | _Guy II DE DAMPIERRE __________|___________________________________________ | (1155 - 1216) m 1196 _William II of DAMPIERRE _____________| | (1196 - 1231) m 1223 | | | _Archambaud VIII "le Jeune" de Bourbon_____+ | | | (1140 - ....) | |_Mathilde DE BOURBON __________|___________________________________________ | (.... - 1218) m 1196 _Guy of Dampierre, Count of FLANDERS _| | (1225 - 1305) | | | _Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut & FLANDERS ___+ | | | (1150 - 1195) m 1169 | | _Baldwin VI, Count of HAINAUT _|_Margarite of LORRAINE ____________________ | | | (1171 - 1206) (.... - 1194) | |_Margaret, Countess of HAINAUT _______| | (1202 - 1280) m 1223 | | | _Henry I ("le Large"), Count of CHAMPAGNE _+ | | | (1127 - 1181) m 1164 | |_Marie DE CHAMPAGNE ___________|_Marie of FRANCE __________________________ | (.... - 1204) (1145 - 1198) _William IV `Sans Terre' of FLANDERS _| | (.... - 1311) m 1286 | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | | ______________________________________| | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | |_Matilda DE BETHUNE __________________| | (.... - 1264) | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | |______________________________________| | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________________ | | |--Guy V DE DAMPIERRE | (.... - 1345) | ___________________________________________ | | | _______________________________|___________________________________________ | | | _Simon II of CLERMONT ________________| | | (.... - 1286) m 1242 | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________________ | | | _Raoul II of CLERMONT ________________| | | (.... - 1302) | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | | _______________________________|___________________________________________ | | | | | | |_Adele ("Alix") of MONTFORT-L'AMAURY _| | | (.... - 1279) m 1242 | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________________ | | |_Alice (Alix) of CLERMONT ____________| m 1286 | | ___________________________________________ | | | _______________________________|___________________________________________ | | | ______________________________________| | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________|___________________________________________ | | |_Alix (or Yolande) of DREUX __________| | | ___________________________________________ | | | _______________________________|___________________________________________ | | |______________________________________| | | ___________________________________________ | | |_______________________________|___________________________________________
[21730] See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s086/f187547.htm.
_Robert II ("the Pious"), King of FRANCE ________________+ | (0970 - 1031) m 1002 _Henry I, King of FRANCE _______________|_Constance DE TAILLEFER _________________________________ | (1006 - 1060) m 1044 (0986 - 1032) _Philip I, King of FRANCE ________________| | (1053 - 1108) m 1072 | | | _Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of KIEV _______________________+ | | | (0979 - 1054) m 1019 | |_Anne of KIEV __________________________|_Inguigard OLOFSDOTTER __________________________________ | (1024 - 1075) m 1044 (.... - 1050) _Louis VI ("the Fat"), King of FRANCE _| | (1081 - 1137) | | | _Theodoric (Dirk)(Hierosolymitas) III, Count of HOLLAND _+ | | | (0981 - 1039) | | _Florent I, Count of HOLLAND ___________|_Uthildis of SAXONY _____________________________________ | | | (1025 - 1061) m 1048 (.... - 1044) | |_Bertha of HOLLAND _______________________| | (.... - 1094) m 1072 | | | _Bernhard II, Duke of SAXONY ____________________________+ | | | (0995 - 1059) | |_Gertrude of SAXONY ____________________|_Elicia of SCHWEINFURT __________________________________ | (.... - 1113) m 1048 _Robert I Capet, Count of DREUX _| | (1123 - 1188) m 1152 | | | _Otto (or Oddone), Count of SAVOY _______________________+ | | | (1021 - 1059) m 1045 | | _Amadeus II, Count of SAVOY ____________|_Adelaide of TURIN ______________________________________ | | | (.... - 1080) (.... - 1091) | | _Humbert II of Maurienne, Count Of SAVOY _| | | | (.... - 1103) | | | | | _Gerald I, Count of GENEVA ______________________________+ | | | | | (.... - 1061) | | | |_Jeanne of GENEVA ______________________|_________________________________________________________ | | | | |_Adelaide (or Alix) of SAVOY __________| | (1092 - 1154) | | | _Raynald I (or Renaud I) of BURGUNDY ____________________+ | | | (0990 - 1057) m 1023 | | _William I OR "WILLIAM II" of Burgundy__|_Judith (or Alice) of NORMANDY __________________________ | | | (.... - 1087) (.... - 1038) | |_Gisele of BURGUNDY ______________________| | (.... - 1133) | | | _Raymund II BERENGUER ___________________________________+ | | | (1023 - 1076) m 1053 | |_Etiennette ("Stephanie") of BARCELONA _|_Adelmode de La MARCHE __________________________________ | (.... - 1109) (.... - 1066) | |--Philippe DE DREUX | (1158 - 1217) | _Hildouin II, Count of RAMERU ___________________________+ | | | _Hildouin III DE RAMERU ________________|_Lessaline DE DAMMARTIN _________________________________ | | (0998 - 1063) m 1031 | _André de Baudémont, Count of BRAINE ___| | | (.... - 1142) | | | | _Ebles I, Archbishop, Count of RHEIMS ___________________+ | | | | (0976 - 1033) m 1018 | | |_Alix DE ROUCY _________________________|_Béatrix of HAINAUT ____________________________________ | | (1014 - 1062) m 1031 (0999 - ....) | _Guy DE BAUDEMONT _____________________| | | | | | | _André de Roucy DE BAUDEMONT ___________________________+ | | | | (1060 - 1142) | | | _Gui DE VAUDEMONT ______________________|_Agnes (Adelaide) DE BRAINE _____________________________ | | | | (1075 - ....) | | |_Agnès DE BRAINE ________________________| | | | | | | _________________________________________________________ | | | | | | |________________________________________|_________________________________________________________ | | |_Agnès DE BAUDEMONT ____________| (1130 - 1204) m 1152 | | _________________________________________________________ | | | ________________________________________|_________________________________________________________ | | | __________________________________________| | | | | | | _________________________________________________________ | | | | | | |________________________________________|_________________________________________________________ | | |_______________________________________| | | _________________________________________________________ | | | ________________________________________|_________________________________________________________ | | |__________________________________________| | | _________________________________________________________ | | |________________________________________|_________________________________________________________
[3736] Philippe's brother, Sir Pierre de Dreux, was Earl of Richmond, Duke of Brittany, lord of Fere, Braye, Chailly and Longieuneau, a Crusader, and m. Alix Thouars, Duchess of Brittany.
_Simon de Montfort L'AMAURY ____________+ | (1038 - 1087) _Amauri de Montfort, Count of EVREUX ____|_Agnes, Heiress of EVREUX ______________ | (1101 - 1137) m 1120 _Simon III de Montfort, Count of EVREUX _| | (.... - 1181) | | | _Anselm de Garland, Count of ROCHEFORT _+ | | | (.... - 1118) | |_Agnès DE GARLAND ______________________|_Agnès DE MONTLHéRY __________________ | (.... - 1143) m 1120 _Simon IV DE MONTFORT _| | (.... - 1218) | | | _Robert DE BEAUMONT ____________________+ | | | (1104 - 1168) m 1120 | | _Robert (Earl of Leicester) DE BEAUMONT _|_Amice de Montfort DE WAER _____________ | | | (.... - 1190) | |_Amicia DE BEAUMONT _____________________| | (.... - 1215) | | | _Hugh (II) DE GRANTMESNIL ______________+ | | | | |_Petronella ("Pernel") DE GRANTMESNIL ___|________________________________________ | (1123 - 1212) _Amaury DE MONTFORT _| | (1195 - 1241) | | | ________________________________________ | | | | | _________________________________________|________________________________________ | | | | | _________________________________________| | | | | | | | | ________________________________________ | | | | | | | | |_________________________________________|________________________________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | | ________________________________________ | | | | | _________________________________________|________________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________________| | | | | ________________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________________|________________________________________ | | |--Jean I DE MONTFORT | (.... - 1249) | ________________________________________ | | | _________________________________________|________________________________________ | | | _________________________________________| | | | | | | ________________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________________|________________________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | | ________________________________________ | | | | | | | _________________________________________|________________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________________| | | | | | | ________________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________________|________________________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ________________________________________ | | | _________________________________________|________________________________________ | | | _________________________________________| | | | | | | ________________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________________|________________________________________ | | |_______________________| | | ________________________________________ | | | _________________________________________|________________________________________ | | |_________________________________________| | | ________________________________________ | | |_________________________________________|________________________________________
[31387] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_I_de_Montfort.
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | ________________________| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Johann Jacob DRESSLER ___| | m 1707 | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |________________________| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Maria Dorothea DRESSLER | (1722 - 1722) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | _Wolff Adolf RATHGEBER _| | | (1643 - ....) m 1675 | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Eva Magdalena RATHGEBER _| (1686 - 1768) m 1707 | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Eva GAISSER ___________| m 1675 | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
_Richard I ("the Fearless") of NORMANDY _+ | (0933 - 0996) _Richard II "The Good", Duke of NORMANDY ______________|_Gunnor DE CRêPON ______________________ | (.... - 1026) m 1000 (.... - 1031) _Robert I ("the Magnificent"), Duke of NORMANDY _| | (1000 - 1035) | | | _Conan I, Count of RENNES _______________+ | | | (.... - 0992) m 0980 | |_Judith of BRITTANY ___________________________________|_Ermengarde of ANJOU ____________________ | (0982 - 1017) m 1000 _William I, The Conqueror, King of ENGLAND _| | (1027 - 1087) m 1053 | | | _________________________________________ | | | | | _Fulbert of FALAISE ___________________________________|_________________________________________ | | | | |_Herleve (Arlette) OF FALAISE ___________________| | | | | _________________________________________ | | | | |_______________________________________________________|_________________________________________ | _Henry I "Beauclerc", King of ENGLAND _| | (1068 - 1135) m 1100 | | | _Arnulf II ("the Young") of FLANDERS ____+ | | | (.... - 0987) m 0968 | | _Baldwin IV, Count of FLANDERS ________________________|_Rosele (or Susanna) DE IVREA ___________ | | | (0980 - 1036) m 1012 (0952 - 1003) | | _Baldwin V, Count of FLANDERS ___________________| | | | (1012 - 1067) m 1028 | | | | | _Frederick I of LUXEMBOURG ______________+ | | | | | (0965 - 1019) | | | |_Ogive of LUXEMBOURG __________________________________|_Irmintrud of GUELDRE ___________________ | | | (0986 - 1030) m 1012 | |_Matilda ("Maud") of FLANDERS ______________| | (1032 - 1083) m 1053 | | | _Hugh Capet, King of FRANCE _____________+ | | | (0941 - 0996) | | _Robert II ("the Pious"), King of FRANCE ______________|_Adélaide of POITOU ____________________ | | | (0970 - 1031) m 1002 (0945 - 1004) | |_Adèle of FRANCE _______________________________| | (1009 - 1079) m 1028 | | | _William III, Count of TOULOUSE _________+ | | | (0947 - 1037) | |_Constance DE TAILLEFER _______________________________|_Adelaide of ANJOU ______________________ | (0986 - 1032) m 1002 | |--William "Atheling", Prince of ENGLAND | (1103 - 1120) | _________________________________________ | | | _Crinan (Grimus) The THANE ____________________________|_________________________________________ | | (0978 - 1045) | _Duncan I MacCrinan, King of SCOTS ______________| | | (1007 - 1040) m 1030 | | | | _Malcolm II MacKenneth, King of SCOTS ___+ | | | | (0953 - 1034) | | |_Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda of SCOTLAND _|_Blanaid nic BRIAN ______________________ | | | _Malcolm III Canmore, King of SCOTS ________| | | (.... - 1093) m 1070 | | | | _Waltheof I, Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND _____+ | | | | (.... - 0970) | | | _Oswulf, Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND _______________________|_________________________________________ | | | | (.... - 0965) | | |_Sibyl of NORTHUMBERLAND ________________________| | | (.... - 1070) m 1030 | | | | _________________________________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________________________________|_________________________________________ | | |_Matilda (Maud) of SCOTLAND ___________| (1079 - 1118) m 1100 | | _Aethelred II, King of ENGLAND __________+ | | (0968 - 1016) m 0985 | _Edmund II ("Ironside"), King of ENGLAND ______________|_Elfleda of ENGLAND _____________________ | | (0980 - 1016) | _Edward, The ATHELING ___________________________| | | (1016 - 1057) | | | | _________________________________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________________________________|_________________________________________ | | |_Margaret of WESSEX ________________________| (1045 - 1093) m 1070 | | _Vladimir, Grand Prince of KYEV _________+ | | (0956 - 1015) m 0980 | _Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of KIEV _____________________|_Rogneide of POLOTZK ____________________ | | (0979 - 1054) m 1019 (.... - 1000) |_Agatha of HUNGARY ______________________________| | | _Olaf ("Skötkonung") ERIKSON ___________+ | | (0980 - 1022) |_Inguigard OLOFSDOTTER ________________________________|_Estrid of The OBOTRITES ________________ (.... - 1050) m 1019
[3218] See http://www.thepeerage.com/p5102.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adelin.
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _John HATCH _________| | (1575 - ....) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Phillip HATCH ______| | (.... - 1673) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--John HATCH | (.... - 1684) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Patience EDGE ______| | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
[49358] John and parents are from the unverified file MD5Y-BPC in familysearch.org.
[25320] Ancestry.com offers: "Hayward Name Meaning - English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for protecting land or enclosed forest from damage by animals, poachers, or vandals, from Middle English hay 'enclosure' (see Hay 1) + ward 'guardian'."
[30881] Her information and ancestry are from OneWorldTree in Ancestry.com in 2010 and are not verified. Alice m. (2) 12 Sept 1650 in Milford, CT Joseph Peck (b. 22 April 1610 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England, d. 26 Feb 1701 in Milford, CT).
_Guelph I, Count of ALTDORF _____________+ | (0787 - ....) _Conrad I of BURGUNDY _________________|_Edith (Hedwig) of SAXONY _______________ | (0800 - 0863) (.... - 0833) _Conrad II of Burgundy, Count of AUXERRE _| | (0825 - 0881) | | | _Louis I "The Pious", King of AQUITAINE _+ | | | (0778 - 0840) m 0819 | |_Adilheid of AQUITAINE ________________|_Judith of BAVARIA ______________________ | (0800 - 0843) _Rudolph I, King of BURGUNDY _| | (0847 - 0911) | | | _Hugh III, Count of TOURS _______________+ | | | | | _Luitfride III, Count of UPPER-ALSACE _|_________________________________________ | | | | |_Ermentrude of ALSACE ____________________| | (.... - 0851) | | | _________________________________________ | | | | |_______________________________________|_________________________________________ | _Rudolph II, King of BURGUNDY _| | (0877 - 0937) m 0922 | | | _________________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________________|_________________________________________ | | | | | __________________________________________| | | | | | | | | _________________________________________ | | | | | | | | |_______________________________________|_________________________________________ | | | | |______________________________| | | | | _________________________________________ | | | | | _______________________________________|_________________________________________ | | | | |__________________________________________| | | | | _________________________________________ | | | | |_______________________________________|_________________________________________ | | |--Adelaide of LOMBARDY | (0931 - 0999) | _Ulric I, Count of THURGOVIE ____________+ | | (0802 - 0856) | _Adalbert II, Count of THURGAU ________|_________________________________________ | | (0827 - 0905) | _Burchard I, Count of THURGAU ____________| | | (.... - 0911) | | | | _Eberhard, Count of FRIULI ______________+ | | | | (.... - 0864) | | |_Judith of FRIULI _____________________|_Gisèle of FRANCE ______________________ | | (0826 - 0902) (0820 - 0874) | _Burchard I, Duke of SWABIA __| | | (.... - 0996) | | | | _Bruno, Duke of SAXONY __________________+ | | | | (.... - 0843) | | | _Ludolph The Great, Duke of SAXONY ____|_Susanna, Countess of MONTFORT __________ | | | | (.... - 0864) | | |_Liutgard of SAXONY ______________________| | | (.... - 0885) | | | | _Eberhard, Count of FRIULI ______________+ | | | | (.... - 0864) | | |_Hatwige of FRIULI ____________________|_Gisèle of FRANCE ______________________ | | (0820 - 0874) |_Bertha of SWABIA _____________| (.... - 0967) m 0922 | | _________________________________________ | | | _______________________________________|_________________________________________ | | | __________________________________________| | | | | | | _________________________________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________________|_________________________________________ | | |_Regerlinde of NELLENBURG ____| (0887 - ....) | | _________________________________________ | | | _______________________________________|_________________________________________ | | |__________________________________________| | | _________________________________________ | | |_______________________________________|_________________________________________
[2577] In 951 Otto's empire was the mightiest in Christendom. Adelaide, widow of Lothar of Italy, asked him for assistance. He moved across the Alps (947), married her (since his first wife, Anglo-Saxon Princess Editha had died in 946), and called himself King of Italy. Left a widow again in 973 she was badly treated by her son and his wife. In old age she was regent of the empire. Before her death she retired to a convent. Her feast day is Dec. 16. Cf. http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower03.htm.
[43145] Emerson also m. Sara Runnels Pease (____ - 1899). Find A Grave Memorial 14140938 offers links to his children: Marcus M Orcutt (1843 - 1863); Richard H Orcutt (1845 - 1916); Rachel Orcutt (1845 - ____); Edward H Orcutt (1846 - 1906); Lydia J Orcutt Hanscom (1849 - 1883); Charles E Orcutt (1853 - 1858); Amos K Orcutt (1855 - 1874); Frank Herbert Orcutt (1857 - 1935).
[55137] William is said to be son of Daniel Sawyer (1683-1714) & Sarah Bowles (b. in 1678; m. in 1705 in York Co., ME).
[22509] Sigrada was exiled by Ebroïn to the monastery of Notre Dame at Soissons. Cf. chart at http://209.190.235.73/genes/db/chart.cfm/id/728. Concerning Soissons, http://www.ville-soissons.fr/ offers: "Le Soissonnais s'étend de la vallée de l'Ailette au nord à la forêt de Retz au sud. Le paysage est dominé par de vastes étendues agricoles, des villages en pierre grise avec leurs maisons à pignons gradués dits "à pas de moineaux". Pays du calcaire et de la pierre blanche, le Soissonnais s'enorgueillit d'un patrimoine riche et varié : églises romanes et gothiques comme à Vailly-sur-Aisne ou Braine, granges anciennes, lavoirs, fontaines, donjons comme à Vic-sur-Aisne ou à Septmonts, châteaux tels que Blérancourt, Coucy ou Fère-en-Tardenois, qui inspirèrent les plus grands écrivains tels Racine à la Ferté Milon, Dumas à Villers-Cotterêts ou Hugo à Soissons. Capitale des premiers rois mérovingiens, puis de la Généralité Nord-Ile-de-France...."