Margaret DE LEVENAX

[36341]

CA 1325 - < 17 FEB 1392

Family 1 : Baltar MAC AMLAIMH
  1. +Donnchadh, Earl of LENNOX

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[36341] http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info offers in 2014: "Margaret, Countess of Lennox was the daughter of Domhnall, Earl of Lennox , who died in about 1364. She married Walter de Fasselane , a cousin, who also descended from previous Earls of Lennox."

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Harold L. GRAY

____ - ____

Family 1 : Thelma Arlene EATON

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Ichabod GRINDLE

[18634]

CA. 1794 - ____

Father: Ichabod GRINDLE
Mother: Sarah DOW


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                                                                   _Daniel GRINDLE _____|___________________________
                                                                  |                                                 
                                             _John GRINDLE _______|
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                       _John GRINDLE _______|
                      | (.... - 1794)       |
                      |                     |                                            _Thomas LEAVITT ___________+
                      |                     |                                           | (1616 - 1696)             
                      |                     |                      _Herzon LEAVITT _____|_Isabell (Bland or) SMITH _
                      |                     |                     |  m 1667               (.... - 1699)             
                      |                     |_Sarah LEAVITT ______|
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                      |                                           |_Martha TAYLOR ______|___________________________
                      |                                              m 1667                                         
 _Ichabod GRINDLE ____|
| (.... - 1810) m 1782|
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|--Ichabod GRINDLE 
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   m 1782             |
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[18634] Mentioned in his father's will and shown in the census in 1800 and 1810, but no further record.

[18633] [S289] "The Grindle Family of Hancock County, Maine" (1978)

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Thomas J. HEICHEL

[11519]

9 SEP 1865 - 1939

Father: John L. HEICHEL
Mother: Maria HAMMETT

Family 1 : Ida M. MOHRE
  1.  Forest L. HEICHEL
  2. +John Raymond HEICHEL
  3.  Catherine Virginia HEICHEL

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                       _Michael HEICHEL ____|
                      | (.... - 1854) m 1819|
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 _John L. HEICHEL ____|
| (1836 - 1914) m 1863|
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|                     |                                               _John Philip ALBERT __|_____________________
|                     |                                              | (1734 - 1777) m 1756                       
|                     |                      _(John) Philip ALBERT __|
|                     |                     | (1766 - 1857) m 1794   |
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|                     |                     |                        |_Maria Regina DOERR __|_____________________
|                     |                     |                          (1736 - 1812) m 1756                       
|                     |_Katharine ALBERT ___|
|                       (1797 - 1870) m 1819|
|                                           |                                                _Jacob HERSHBERGER __
|                                           |                                               | (.... - 1762)       
|                                           |                         _Abraham HERSHBERGER _|_____________________
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|                                           |_Catherina HERSHBERGER _|
|                                             (1767 - 1819) m 1794   |
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|                                                                    |_Ursula SHANOWER _____|_____________________
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|--Thomas J. HEICHEL 
|  (1865 - 1939)
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|_Maria HAMMETT ______|
  (1842 - 1910) m 1863|
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[11519] The federal census in 1900 shows him in Ashland, OH in the household of his brother-in-law, G. Denon Myers, and states Thomas is a "hardware merchant" and wife Ida is a "sales lady". "Mansfield News-Journal, 27 September 1939," p. 13: "Thomas J. Heichel, 74, Loudonville hardware merchant for 16 years, died at his home last evening after an illness of two years. Mr. Heichel was born in Ashland county, Sept. 9, 1865, and was a member of the Christian church of Jeromesville. Surviving are his wife, Ida; two sons, Forest and John; a daughter, Mrs. James Class, all of Loudonville; two brothers, James of Ashland and William of Loudonville, and two sisters, Mrs. H. D. Schroll of Centerburg and Mrs. C L. Landes of Wooster."

[11518] [S445] FindAGrave.com

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Anna Barbara KOHLER

[47705]

2 JAN 1846 - 19 MAY 1912

Father: William Andrew KOHLER
Mother: Susan MOTZ


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 _William Andrew KOHLER _|
| (1824 - 1893)          |
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|--Anna Barbara KOHLER 
|  (1846 - 1912)
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|                                                                     _John Casper MOTZ ______________|____________________________
|                                                                    |                                                             
|                                               _George Peter MOTZ __|
|                                              | (1743 - 1806)       |
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|                         _John MOTZ __________|
|                        | (1783 - 1847)       |
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|                        |                     |_Anna Mary HAINES ___|
|                        |                       (1755 - 1816)       |
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|_Susan MOTZ ____________|
  (1816 - 1894)          |
                         |                                                                             _Heinrich (Henry) MEYER ____
                         |                                                                            |                            
                         |                                            _Jacob (Sr.) MEYER _____________|____________________________
                         |                                           | (1733 - 1808)                                               
                         |                      _Philip MEYER _______|
                         |                     | (1755 - 1831) m 1780|
                         |                     |                     |                                 _Peter REAM ________________
                         |                     |                     |                                |                            
                         |                     |                     |_Susanna REAM __________________|____________________________
                         |                     |                       (.... - 1807)                                               
                         |_Barbara MEYER ______|
                           (1782 - 1847)       |
                                               |                                                       _Andrew (Sr.) MORR _________
                                               |                                                      | (.... - 1771)              
                                               |                      _Andrew (Jr.) MORR _____________|____________________________
                                               |                     | (1727 - 1801) m 1755                                        
                                               |_Anna Margaret MORR _|
                                                 (1759 - 1829) m 1780|
                                                                     |                                 _Johannes Wendel ROENNIGER _+
                                                                     |                                | (1701 - 1810) m 1726       
                                                                     |_Catherine Elizabeth RENNINGER _|_Maria Margareta HEYNLEN ___
                                                                       (1732 - 1799) m 1755             (1703 - 1748)              

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[47705] Anna m. Jacob Shindle (b. ca. 1850).

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Bruce Alan LOWRY

[15395]

____ - ____

Father: Donald James LOWRY
Mother: Gail BUSS


                                                                                                      _Lazarus LOWRY ________________+
                                                                                                     | (1790 - 1852) m 1822          
                                                                           _Hugh Adams LOWRY ________|_Sarah (or Susan) WILLIAMS ____
                                                                          | (1826 - 1877) m 1843       (1801 - 1881)                 
                                                _Charles Fremont LOWRY ___|
                                               | (1856 - 1929) m 1883     |
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                                               |                          |_Hannah LINSCOTT _________|_______________________________
                                               |                            (1830 - 1918) m 1843                                     
                       _Carl Raymond LOWRY ____|
                      | (1897 - 1984) m 1921   |
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                      |                        |_Addie C. DEMORY _________|
                      |                          (1864 - 1934) m 1883     |
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 _Donald James LOWRY _|
| (1925 - 1984)       |
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|                     |                         _Henry Lawrence EDMUNSON _|
|                     |                        | (1870 - 1952) m 1898     |
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|                     |_Donna Louise EDMUNSON _|
|                       (1899 - 1970) m 1921   |
|                                              |                                                      _Hiram C. BLIGHTON ____________+
|                                              |                                                     | (.... - 1890)                 
|                                              |                           _Permeno Alfred BLIGHTON _|_Jemima MCWETHEY ______________
|                                              |                          | (1830 - 1896) m 1850       (.... - 1895)                 
|                                              |_Donna Weed BLITON _______|
|                                                (1868 - 1937) m 1898     |
|                                                                         |                           _Eliakim "Liak" (Sr.) MALCOLM _+
|                                                                         |                          | (1801 - 1874) m 1822          
|                                                                         |_Eliza Evaline MALCOLM ___|_Samantha SEXTON ______________
|                                                                           (1832 - 1911) m 1850       (1805 - 1883)                 
|
|--Bruce Alan LOWRY 
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|_Gail BUSS __________|
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[15395] living - details excluded

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James (I) STUART

[5384]

19 JUN 1566 - 27 MAR 1625

Father: Henry Stuart, Lord DARNLEY
Mother: Mary Stuart, Queen of SCOTS

Family 1 : Anne, Princess of DENMARK
  1.  Henry Frederick, K.G., Prince of WALES
  2. +Elizabeth STUART
  3. +Charles I Stuart, King of ENGLAND

                                                                                                                         _John STEWART _______________________+
                                                                                                                        | (1422 - 1495)                       
                                                                                     _Matthew STEWART __________________|_Margaret MONTGOMERIE _______________
                                                                                    | (.... - 1513) m 1494                (.... - 1493)                       
                                                          _John STEWART ____________|
                                                         | (.... - 1526) m 1511     |
                                                         |                          |                                    _James HAMILTON _____________________+
                                                         |                          |                                   | (.... - 1479) m 1474                
                                                         |                          |_Elizabeth HAMILTON _______________|_Mary STEWART _______________________
                                                         |                            (1473 - ....) m 1494                (.... - 1488)                       
                                _Matthew STEWART ________|
                               | (1516 - 1571) m 1544    |
                               |                         |                                                               _James STEWART ______________________+
                               |                         |                                                              | (.... - 1451) m 1439                
                               |                         |                           _John STUART ______________________|_Joan BEAUFORT ______________________
                               |                         |                          | (.... - 1512)                       (.... - 1445)                       
                               |                         |_Elizabeth STUART ________|
                               |                            m 1511                  |
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                               |                                                    |                                   |                                     
                               |                                                    |_Eleanor SINCLAIR _________________|_____________________________________
                               |                                                      (.... - 1518)                                                           
 _Henry Stuart, Lord DARNLEY __|
| (1545 - 1567) m 1565         |
|                              |                                                                                         _Archibald DOUGLAS __________________+
|                              |                                                                                        | (1449 - 1513) m 1467                
|                              |                                                     _George DOUGLAS ___________________|_Elizabeth BOYD _____________________
|                              |                                                    | (1469 - 1513) m 1488                                                    
|                              |                          _Archibald DOUGLAS _______|
|                              |                         | (1490 - 0557) m 1514     |
|                              |                         |                          |                                    _John DRUMMOND ______________________
|                              |                         |                          |                                   | (1438 - 1519) m 1472                
|                              |                         |                          |_Elizabeth DRUMMOND _______________|_Elizabeth LINDSAY __________________
|                              |                         |                            (1472 - 1514) m 1488                (1445 - 1519)                       
|                              |_Margaret DOUGLAS _______|
|                                (1515 - 1578) m 1544    |
|                                                        |                                                               _Edmund TUDOR _______________________+
|                                                        |                                                              | (1430 - 1456) m 1453                
|                                                        |                           _Henry VII Tudor, King of ENGLAND _|_Margaret BEAUFORT __________________
|                                                        |                          | (1457 - 1509) m 1486                (1443 - 1509)                       
|                                                        |_Margaret TUDOR __________|
|                                                          (1489 - 1541) m 1514     |
|                                                                                   |                                    _Edward IV, King of ENGLAND _________+
|                                                                                   |                                   | (1442 - 1483) m 1464                
|                                                                                   |_Elizabeth PLANTAGENET ____________|_Elizabeth WOODVILLE ________________
|                                                                                     (1465 - 1503) m 1486                (1437 - 1492)                       
|
|--James (I) STUART 
|  (1566 - 1625)
|                                                                                                                        _James II, King of SCOTS ____________+
|                                                                                                                       | (1430 - 1460) m 1449                
|                                                                                    _James III, King of SCOTS _________|_Mary of GUELDERS ___________________
|                                                                                   | (1451 - 1488) m 1469                (.... - 1463)                       
|                                                         _James IV, King of SCOTS _|
|                                                        | (1473 - 1513) m 1503     |
|                                                        |                          |                                    _Christian I, King of DENMARK _______+
|                                                        |                          |                                   | (1426 - 1481) m 1449                
|                                                        |                          |_Margarethe of DENMARK ____________|_Dorothea HOHENZOLLERN ______________
|                                                        |                            (1456 - ....) m 1469                (1430 - 1495)                       
|                               _James V, King of SCOTS _|
|                              | (1512 - 1542) m 1538    |
|                              |                         |                                                               _Edmund TUDOR _______________________+
|                              |                         |                                                              | (1430 - 1456) m 1453                
|                              |                         |                           _Henry VII Tudor, King of ENGLAND _|_Margaret BEAUFORT __________________
|                              |                         |                          | (1457 - 1509) m 1486                (1443 - 1509)                       
|                              |                         |_Margaret TUDOR __________|
|                              |                           (1489 - 1541) m 1503     |
|                              |                                                    |                                    _Edward IV, King of ENGLAND _________+
|                              |                                                    |                                   | (1442 - 1483) m 1464                
|                              |                                                    |_Elizabeth PLANTAGENET ____________|_Elizabeth WOODVILLE ________________
|                              |                                                      (1465 - 1503) m 1486                (1437 - 1492)                       
|_Mary Stuart, Queen of SCOTS _|
  (1542 - 1587) m 1565         |
                               |                                                                                         _Ferry II of Vaudémont DE LORRAINE _+
                               |                                                                                        | (1428 - 1470) m 1444                
                               |                                                     _René II DE LORRAINE _____________|_Yolanda DE ANJOU ___________________
                               |                                                    | (1451 - 1508)                       (1428 - 1483)                       
                               |                          _Claude (I) of LORRAINE __|
                               |                         | (1496 - 1550) m 1513     |
                               |                         |                          |                                    _Adolf, Duke of GUELDERS ____________+
                               |                         |                          |                                   | (1438 - 1477)                       
                               |                         |                          |_Philippa of GUELDERS _____________|_____________________________________
                               |                         |                            (1467 - 1547)                                                           
                               |_Mary of LORRAINE-GUISE _|
                                 (1515 - 1560) m 1538    |
                                                         |                                                               _____________________________________
                                                         |                                                              |                                     
                                                         |                           _Francois DE BOURBON ______________|_____________________________________
                                                         |                          | (1470 - 1495)                                                           
                                                         |_Antoinette DE BOURBON ___|
                                                           (1493 - 1583) m 1513     |
                                                                                    |                                    _Pierre of LUXEMBURG ________________+
                                                                                    |                                   | (1439 - 1483) m 1466                
                                                                                    |_Marie de ST. POL _________________|_Margaret of SAVOY __________________
                                                                                      (1466 - 1547)                       (1439 - 1483)                       

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Compton's Encyclopedia (via America Online, 1995):

JAMES I (born 1566, ruled 1603-25) was already King James VI of Scotland when
he came to the English throne as the first of the Stuart line (see Stuart).
He was the son of Mary, queen of Scotland, and of her second husband, the
feeble Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. He became king of Scotland the year after
he was born when his mother was forced to abdicate. During his childhood a
succession of regents struggled to assert his authority.

He was a puppet of contending intriguers and faction leaders until 1582
when he was seized by Protestants and held captive for a year. Upon his
escape he began to pursue policies of his own.

As a boy the king was sickly and had a weakness of the legs. He became a
bold horseback rider, even though for many years he had to be tied into the
saddle. He was well educated, especially in theology, and, although the son
of a Catholic mother, remained through life a staunch Protestant.

When James succeeded to the English throne in 1603, on the death of Queen
Elizabeth I, he was nearly 37 and prided himself on what he called his
"kingcraft." In reality he so lacked political discretion that a French
statesman once characterized him as "the wisest fool in Christendom."

The English people were displeased by his vain attempt to bring about a
closer union of his two kingdoms of England and Scotland. He alienated both
the Puritans and the Catholics (see Puritans). Some of the Catholics engaged
in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament and the king and bring in a
Catholic ruler (see Fawkes). Only one of his acts pleased the Puritans--at
his instruction, scholars prepared a new translation of the Bible, called the
"King James Version." Published in 1611, it remains in common use today.

James I also quarreled with Parliament over taxation and political
matters. He believed in the "divine right of kings"; that is, that they
receive their powers from God, and are responsible to Him alone. Thus it was
not surprising that he took the position that Parliament owed all its powers
and privileges to the graciousness of the king; while Parliament claimed that
these powers and privileges were the "birthright and inheritance of the
subjects of England." James wished to ally with the Catholic country of Spain
and to marry his son Charles to a Spanish princess. Parliament wanted to
fight Spain at sea and thus aid the German Protestants in the Thirty Years'
War (see Thirty Years' War).

Not until James's plans for a Spanish alliance failed and he decided to
make war upon that country did he and Parliament agree. A year after the war
began, James I died, leaving his son Charles I the problems he himself had
been unable to solve.

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James ruled Scotland as James VI (1567-1625) and England as James I, first
sovereign of the House of Stuart.


For a chart of his royal genealogy, see http://www.jacobite.ca/gentree.htm. See http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stuart.htm.

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