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TORF, SEIGNEUR DE TORVILLE, a great Norman feudal baron, born about 920, is the earliest historical progenitor of the Newburgh or Newberry family from whom a certain and unbroken male line has been traced. He was a grandson of one of the Viking chiefs of Scandinavia who accompanied Rollo about 900 in the Norse invasion of northern France where they permanently settled and gave to the country its name 'Normandy'. torf possessed numerous lordships in Normandy, being Seigneur de Torville.
Submitted by: Paul Akers
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