GERNON (1100-1308)

[Dave Utzinger]

Additions, corrections, proofs, disproofs, welcome

Descendants of Matthew GERNON

Generation No. 1

1. Matthew1 GERNON was born Abt 1100 in Normandy, FRA, and died Aft
1161.
He married Hodierna de SACKVILLE.

Child of Matthew GERNON and Hodierna de SACKVILLE is:
+ 2 i. Ralph2 GERNON, born Abt 1118 in Stansted, Bures, ESS,
ENG.

Generation No. 2

2. Ralph2 GERNON (Matthew1) was born Abt 1118 in Stansted, Bures, ESS,
ENG. He married .... BRUCE.

Child of Ralph GERNON and .... BRUCE is:
+ 3 i. Ralph3 GERNON, born Abt 1152 in Stansted, ESS, ENG; died
Abt 1248.

Generation No. 3

3. Ralph3 GERNON (Ralph2, Matthew1) was born Abt 1152 in Stansted,
ESS,
ENG, and died Abt 1248. He married .... BASSET.

Child of Ralph GERNON and .... BASSET is:
+ 4 i. Sir William4 GERNON, born Abt 1190 in Stansted, ESS,
ENG; died 1259.

Generation No. 4

4. Sir William4 GERNON (Ralph3, Ralph2, Matthew1) was born Abt 1190 in
Stansted, ESS, ENG, and died 1259. He married Beatrix de THEYDON, daughter
of Henry de THEYDON.

Child of Sir GERNON and Beatrix de THEYDON is:
+ 5 i. Sir Ralph5 GERNON, born 1229 in Bakewell, Derby, ENG;
died 1274.

Generation No. 5

5. Sir Ralph5 GERNON (Sir William4, Ralph3, Ralph2, Matthew1) was born
1229 in Bakewell, Derby, ENG, and died 1274. He married Eleanor de VERE,
daughter of Robert and Isabel de BOLBEC.

Notes
Supplement to Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Frederick Lewis Weis

d. 1274 (Inq.p.m. 2 Ed. I), Lord of the manors of Esat Thorpe and Great
Birch, Co. Cambridge, held the Hundred of Lexton, Co. Essex, fortified his
castle of Birch, son of Sir William Gernon (d. 1259; Inq.p.m. 43 Henry III),
Marshal of the King's Household, and his wife, Beatrix, dau. of Henry de
Theydon, and a descendant of Ralph Gernon who held three Knights' fees in
East Thorpe and Great Birch, 1211. (CP X 213 note b; Morant, Essex, II 159,
179-182).

Child of Sir GERNON and Eleanor is:
+ 6 i. Sir William6 GERNON, born in (see notes); died 1327.

Generation No. 6

6. Sir William6 GERNON (Sir Ralph5, Sir William4, Ralph3, Ralph2,
Matthew1) was born in (see notes), and died 1327. He married Hawise TREGOZE.

Notes
Supplement to Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Frederick Lewis Weis

KNT., of East Thorpe, held the Hundred of Lexton, 1327, at the time of his
death. (Inq.p.m. 7 Edw. III; Morant, Essex, 159, 179-182; Harl. Soc., 71:3,
Visitation of Cambridge).

Child of Sir GERNON and Hawise TREGOZE is:
+ 7 i. Sir John7 GERNON, born Abt 1285 in (see notes); died
1335.

Generation No. 7

7. Sir John7 GERNON (Sir William6, Sir Ralph5, Sir William4, Ralph3,
Ralph2, Matthew1) was born Abt 1285 in (see notes), and died 1335.

Notes
Supplement to Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Frederick Lewis Weis

KNT, granted in 1332, the manor of East Thorpe to his son John and his wife
Alice and their heirs. (Morant, II 159, 179, 181-182; Harl. Soc., 71-3).

Child of Sir GERNON is:
+ 8 i. Sir John8 GERNON, born 1285 in (see notes); died 1335.

Generation No. 8

8. Sir John8 GERNON (Sir John7, Sir William6, Sir Ralph5, Sir
William4,
Ralph3, Ralph2, Matthew1) was born 1285 in (see notes), and died 1335. He
married Alice COLVILLE, daughter of Sir COLVILLE and Margaret de BRAIOSE.

Notes
Supplement to Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Frederick Lewis Weis

KNT., d. 1384 (Inq.p.m. 7 Richard II), held Lexton Hundred, Essex, and was
Lord of the manors of East
Thorpe and Great Birch; m. Alice, dau. of sir Roger Colville of Bytham, Co.
Lincoln, and his wife Margaret de Braiose (dau. of Sir Richard de Braiose,
Lord of Stainton, Co. Norfolk, son of John de Braiose, Lord of Gower and
swansea Castle, son of William de Braiose, Lord of Gower, and his wife Maud
de Clare, dau. of Richard de Clare, M.C. and AMICE (63-27, Countess of
Glouscester. CP V 736 etc.) Sir John and Margaret had two daughters, Joan,
who m. John, son of Lord Botetourte; and Margaret, who follows. (Morant, II
159, 179-182; Harl. Soc. 71:3).

Child of Sir GERNON and Alice COLVILLE is:
9 i. John9 GERNON, born 1308 in Lees Manor, ESS, ENG; died
7-Jan-1383/84 in
ENG. He married Isabel BIGOD.

Always optimistic--Dave