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Raleigh Elroy Worsham successful application for membership in The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne is attached.

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The American Ancestor: Essex Beville

Is the ancestor through whom my claim of eligibility is based:

He/She settled in: Henrico County

In the Colony of: Virginia

On or about: before 1671

He/She was born: England

He/She died: 01 Feb 1682/83

The Said  Jippy Y. Worsham

Born at: Pittsylvania Co/Va on: 14 June 1883

Died at: Lychburg/Va on: 22 Dec. 1958

Married on: (2) 15 April 1922 to: Lucy Ellen Gallagher

Born at: Lynchburg/Va on: 22 Oct. 1902

Died at: Lynchburg/Va on: 18 Feb. 1990

Married at: Leaksville/Rockingham Co/NC

Proofs:

JYPW & LEG:  Marrige license & Death Certificates; Tuttle, op. cit.,pp. 287-288

The Said Jippy Y. Worsham was the child of:

Thomas Worsham

Born at: Pittsylvania Co/Va on: 01 March 1847

Died at: Lynchburg/Va on: 12 Dec. 1929

Married on: 23 Nov. 1873 to: Martha Jane Farthing

Born at: Pittsylvania Co/Va on: 22 July 1847

Died at: Leaksville/Rockingham Co/NC on: 02 Sept. 1924

Married at: Pittsylvania Co/Va

Proofs:

TW & MJF: Marriage license & Death Certificates; US Census 1880 Pittsylvania Co/Va; Tuttle, op. cit., p. 287

The Said Thomas Worsham was the child of:

Samuel Worsham

Born at: prob.Prince Edward Co/Va on: ca. 1798

Died at: Pittsylvania Co/Va on: living 1869

Married on: 14 May 1832(license 10 May) to: Frances (Fanny) East

Born at: ______ on: ca. 1806/07

Died at: living Pittsylvania Co, VA on: living 1880, Census aged 74

Married at: ______

Proofs:

SW & FE:  Marriage License & Marriage Bonds; "Lynchburg Virginian", 21 May 1832, notice of marriage; US Census 1850, 1860, 1880  for Pittsylvania Co/VA; Tuttle,op. cit., pp. 281-282

The Said Samuel Worsham was the child of:

Essex Worsham

Born at: Amelia Co/Va on: abt. 1758

Died at: Pittsylvania Co/Va on: 19 Jan. 1835

Married on: 28 Dec. 1786 to: Elizabeth Dunnavant

Born at: ______ on: 1760

Died at: Prince Edward Co/Va on: abt. 1814

Married at: Amelia Co/Va

Proofs:

EW & EDW : Williams, Kathleen."Marriages of Amelia Co,Virginia, 1735-1815."Alexandria, VA, the author, 1961.p. 125 ;"The William and Mary Quarterly." Richmond,VA,1909. Series 1,  v. 17,  p. 48; EW:  Natioanal Archives Veterans Record; EW; "DAR Patriot Index.."Washington,DC,NSDAR, 1969. lst Sup.p. 3302 ; Tutttle, op. cit., p. 280

The Said Essex Worsham was the child of:

Henry Worsham

Born at: Chesterfield Co/Va on: 05 Aug. 1727

Died at: Amelia Co/Va on: Feb. 1789

Married on: 1749 to: Agnes Gibbs

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Tuttle, op. cit.,, pp. 250-251 HW:  Birth, Death, Deeds, Will;  AG:  Marriage

The Said Henry Worsham was the child of:

Essex Worsham

Born at: Henrico Co/VA on: abt. 1692

Died at: Chesterfield Co/VA on: 1758

Married on: abt. 1725 to: Ann

Born at: Henrico Co/VA on: abt.. 1692

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Tuttle, op. cit., pp.. 20-21 EW: Birth,Death, Deeds, Will, Marrige.  AW:  Marriage

The Said Essex Worsham was the child of:

Charles Worsham

Born at: Henrico Co/Va on: abt 1658

Died at: Henrico Co/Va on: abt 1703

Married on: abt 1685 to: Mary Beville

Born at: Henrico Co/Va on: 1664

Died at: Henrico, Mechlenburg/VA on: 1712

Married at: Henrico Co/VA

Proofs:

Tuttle, op. cit., pp. 18-19 CW: Birth, Death, Deeds, Will, Marrage. MB:  Marriage

The Said Mary Beville was the child of:

Essex Beville

Born at: bapt. St. Michael's Church, Chesterton,Huntington on: baptized 15 March 1639

Died at: Henrico Co/Va on: after 9 Nov. 1682

Married on: ______ to: Amy Butler

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: prob. VA on: aft. 1683 (Amy Bevil, widow of Essex Bevil 20 Sept. 1683, deed of gift to dau. Elizabeth, "1 mare foal of a mare"

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Tuttle, op. cit., pp 18-19; Lichliter, Asselia S. "700 years of the Beville Family." 2nd ed. Westminster,MD,Heritage Books,1999.  - EB- Chap. 2-31 baptism - EB - Death Chapter 9-29;  Chap. 9 pg 13 lists their children; Dorman, John Frederick."Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5." Baltimore, MD, GPC,2007.4th ed. v.3, p.675;  Richardson, Douglas "PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY …",  Baltimore, MD,GPC, 2004. p. 106

The Said Essex Beville was the child of:

 John Beville

Born at: Sawtrey, Hunts on: 06 Jan.1611/12

Died at: living Stanground, Hunts on: living  1666

Married on: 15 Apr. 1638 to: Mary Clement, dau. of the Rev. John Clement, Rector of St. Michael's Curch, Chesterton, Hunts

Born at: Woodston, Huntingdonshire/Eng on: abt. 1618

Died at: Eng on: abt. 1666

Married at: St. Michael's Church/Chesterton/Hunts/

Proofs:

Richardson, IBID

The Said John Beville was the child of:

Mary Saunders

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: prob. Sawtrey, Hunts on: before 1618

Married on: 1591 to: Robert Beville of Sawtrey, Hunts

Born at: prob. Sawtrey, Hunts on: ______

Died at: prob. Sawtrey, Hunts on: 1613

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, IBID

The Said Mary Saunders was the child of:

Isabella Carew

Born at: prob. Beddington, Surrey on: ______

Died at: prob. Ewell, Surrey on: ______

Married on: 28 May 1560 to: Nicholas Saunders, Esq. of Ewell, Surrey

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 17 Dec. 1587, will PCC 7 Rutland  Married at: Church of St. Mary, Beddington, Surrey

Proofs:

 Richardson, op. cit., pp. 88,106;  Lichliter, op.cit., Chap 6 pg 63.

The Said Isabella Carew was the child of:

Sir Nicholas Carew,  K.G. , of Beddington Surrey

Born at: Surrey on: bef 1496

Died at: beheaded on Tower Hill, London on: 3 March 1539/40, bur. St. Botolphs, Aldergate,London

Married on: 1514 to: Elizabeth Bryan, dau. of Sir Thomas Bryan of Ashbridge in Chesham, Bucks

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: will dated 21 May & proved  17 July 1546,PCC Alen, bur. St.Botolphs, Aldergate, London

Married at: ______

Proofs:

 Richardson, op.cit, p. 106 and p. 88; Lichliter, op.cit.,  Chap 6 pg.17, Chap 6 pg 18, Chap 6 pg 19, Chap 6 pg 35, Chap 6 pg 40, 6 pg 54

The Said Sir Nicholas Carew was the child of:

Sir Richard Carew of Beddington, Surrey, Sheriff of Surrey

Born at: Beddington, Surrey on: ca. 1470

Died at: prob. Beddington, Surrey on: 23 May 1520, will PCC 3 Bodfelde, bur. St. Mary's, Beddington, Surrey

Married on: ______ to: Malyn Oxenbridge, dau. of Sir Robert Oxenbridge of Ford Place in Brede, Sussex

Born at: Sussex on: ______

Died at: prob. Beddington, Surrey on: 3 Oct 1544, bur. St.Mary's, Beddington, Surrey

Married at: ______

Proofs:

 Richardson, op. cit., pp. 88,142

The Said Sir Richard Carew was the child of:

James Carew, Esq. of Beddington, Surrey

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 22 Dec 1492

Married on: ca. 1468 to: Eleanor Hoo, dau. & co-heir of Sir Thomas Hoo,K.G.,Lord Hoo & Hastings, of Hoos in Wheathampstead, Herts

Born at: ______ on: ca. 1449 (age 6 in 1455)

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., pp. 87-88, 760

The Said James Carew was the child of:

Margaret Fiennes

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: prob. Beddington, Surrey on: aft. 1458, bur. in the Chapel of St.Nichols, St. Mary's, Beddington, Surrey

Married on: ______ to: Nicholas Carew,Esq. of Beddington, Surrey, Sheriff of Surrey

Born at: ______ on: ca. 1402

Died at: prob. Beddington, Surrey on: will dated 14 Nov. 1457& proved10 May 1458, bur. in the Chapel of St. Nichols in St. Mary's ,Beddington, Surrey

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richrdson, op.cit., pp. 87,642

The Said Margaret Fiennes was the child of:

Sir Roger Fiennes of Herstmonceux, Sussex, Sheriff of Surrey & Sussex

Born at: Herstmonceux, Sussex on: bapt. 14 Sep 1384

Died at: left a will dated at Buxted, Sussex 29 Oct.1449, proved 18 Nov. 1449, requesting burial at Herstmonceux on: bef. 18 Nov. 1449

Married on: bef. 1422 to: Elizabeth Holand, dau. of Sir John Holand of Thorpe Watewrville, Northants

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: still living Apr. 1441

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op.cit., pp. 400,  642

The Said Sir Roger Fiennes was the child of:

Sir William Fiennes  of Herstmonceux, Sussex

Born at: Hersmonceux, Sussex on: 1 Aug.1357

Died at: ______ on: 18 Jan. 1401/02, bur Herstmonceux, Sussex

Married on: ______ to: Elizabeth Batisford, dau & co-heir of William Batisford of Buckholt in Bexhill, Sussex Born at: ______ on: ______ Died at: ______  on: bef. 1407 Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., pp. 641-642

The Said Sir William Fiennes was the child of:

Joan De Say, who wed 2ndly, Sir Stephen de Valence,Steward of the Archbisop of Canterbury

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 29 June 1378

Married on: 1st bef. 1356 to: Sir William De Fiennes of Herstmonceux, Sussex

Born at: prob. White Waltham. Berks on: ca. 1330, aged 21 in 1351

Died at: overseas on: 2 Dec. 1359

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op.cit., p. 641

The Said Joan De Say was the child of:

 Maud De Beauchamp

Born at: prob. Warwick Castle on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 28 July 1369, bur. church of the Black Friars, London

Married on: 1st  to: Sir Geoffrey De Say, 2nd Lord Say, Baron of West Greenwich, Kent

Born at: ______ on: 30 May 1305

Died at: ______ on: 26 June 1356

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit.,pp. 641, 715

The Said Maud De Beauchamp was the child of:

 Alice De Tony, widow of  Sir Thomas de Leyburne of Leyburne, Kent, who wed 3rdly, by lic. dated 26 Oct.,1316, Sir William La Zouche Mortimer of Ashby de la Zouche,Leics

Born at: ______ on: ca. 1282-85, aged 24 or 27 in 1309

Died at: ______ on: living in 1347

Married on: (2) shtly bef. 28 Feb. 1309/10 to: Sir Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick

Born at: ______ on: ca. 1271-75, aged 23-27 in 1298

Died at: Warwick Castle  on: 12 Aug. 1315, bur. Bordesley, Abbey Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op.cit., pp.  713-715

The Said Alice De Tony was the child of:

Sir Ralph De Tony of Painscastle Radnor

Born at: ______ on: ca. 1255, aged 22 in 1277

Died at: Gascony, France on: bef. 29 July 1295

Married on: ______ to: Mary, possibly the daughter of Sir Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale in Scotland, who had the wardship and marriage of Ralph de Tony in 1265

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., pp.712- 713

The Said Sir Ralph De Tony of Painscastle Radnor was the child of:

 Alice De Bohun

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: living 1255

Married on: by agreement dated 30 June 1239 to: Roger De Tony (or Thony) of Painscastle, Radnor, etc.

Born at: ______ on: 29 Sept. 1235

Died at: ______ on: shortly bef. 12 May 1264

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson , op.cit., pp. 119,712

The Said Alice de Bohun was the child of:

Maud d'Eu (or De Lusignan)

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 14 August 1241, bur. Llanthony Abbey, nr. Gloucester

Married on: ______ to: Sir Humphrey De Bohun V, 6th Earl of Hereford,Baron of Pleshey, Essex,  Hereditary Constable of England

Born at: ______ on: by 1208

Died at: ______ on: 24 September 1275, bur. Llanthony Abbeynr. Gloucester

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., pp. 118-119;"Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700." 8th ed.( AR) Baltimore, GPC,  2004. pp.100, line 97/28, 122 line 123/29

The Said Maud d'Eu was the child of:

Alice d'Eu, Countess of Eu, Lady of Hastings

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: la Mothe-Saint-Heray, Poitou on: 13/15 May 1246, bur. at Fontblanche Priory, Poitou

Married on: ca. 1190/91 to: Raoul I De Lusignan, Seigneur of Issoudun in Poitou, 7th Count of Eu Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: Melle, Poitou on: 1 May 1219, bur. Fontblanche Priory, Poitou

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., p. 118; AR,  op. cit.,p. 122, line 123/28

The Said Alice d'Eu was the child of:

Maud De Warenne, who wed 2ndly, Henry de Stuteville of Barton in Fabis, Notts

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: bef. 13 Dec. 1228

Married on: (1) to: Henry, 6th Count of Eu, Baron of Hastings, Sussex

Born at: ______ on: after 1149

Died at: ______ on: 16/17  March 1183, bur. Foucarmont Abbey, France

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., pp. 118, 748;AR,op. cit.,  p. 122, line 123/27

The Said Maud de Warenne was the child of:

Hamelin Plantagenet, Vicomte of Touraine, 5th Earl of Surrey

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 7 May 1202, bur. Lewes, Sussex

Married on: 1164 to: Isabel De Warenne,widow of Sir William FitzRoy, Count of Boulogne(obit Oct.1159), dau. & heir of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey  Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: prob. 12 July 1203, bur. Lewes, Sussex Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., pp.2,  747-748; AR,op. cit., p. 122, line 123/26

The Said Hamelin Plantagenet was the child of:

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou

Born at: ______ on: 23 August 1113

Died at: Chateau-du-Loir,Maine on: 7 September 1151, bur. St. Julien's , Le Mans, Maine

Married on: ______ to: Unknown mistress

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

Richardson, op. cit., pp. 1-3; AR,op. cit., pp. 116, line 118/25,  122, line 123/25

The Said Geoffrey Plantagenet was the child of:

Fulk V "Le Jeune", Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, Crusader

Born at: ______ on: 1092

Died at: Acre on: 10 November 1143, bur. Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem

Married on: (1) 1108/10 to: Erembourg, Countess of Maine

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 1126

Married at: France

Proofs:

AR, op. cit, p. 116, line 118/24; Stuart, Roderick W."Royalty For Cpmmoners." 4th ed. Baltimore, GPC, 2002. pp. 3, 168

The Said Fulk V was the child of:

Fulk IV"Rechin", Count of Anjou

Born at: ______ on: 1043

Died at: Anjou on: 14 April 1109

Married on: (5) ca. 1090(div. 1092) to: Bertrade De Monfort, dau. of Simon de Montfort, Count of Montfort

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: 14 Feb.1117, bur. Fontevrault, Anjou Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit, p. 116, line 118/23; Stuart, op. cit., pp. 2,50

The Said Fulk IV  was the child of:

Ermengarde of Anjou

Born at: ______ on: ca. 1018

Died at: Fleury-sur-Ouche on: 21 March 1076

Married on: (1)ca. 1035 to: Aubri-Geoffrey II" Ferreol",,Count in the Gatinais

Born at: ______ on: ca.1004 Died at: ______ on: 11 April 1046 Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit, p. 116, line 118/22; Stuart, op. cit., pp. 2, 51

The Said Ermendgarde De Anjou was the child of:

Fulk III "The Black", Count of Anjou

Born at: ______ on: by 1276

Died at: Metz on: 21 June 1040 Married on: (2)aft 1000 to: Hidegarde of Metz

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: Jerusalem on a pilgrimage on: 1 April 1046 Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit., p. 116, line 118/21; Stuart, op. cit., p. 51

The Said Fulk III was the child of:

Adelaide De Vermandois

Born at: ______ on: ca. 950

Died at: ______ on:  974/75 after March 6, bef. 978

Married on: ca. 965 to: Geoffrey I "Grisgonelle", Count of Anjou

Born at: ______ on: ca. 940

Died at: in battle on: 21 July 987

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit, p. 116, line 118/20; Stuart, op. cit, pp. 51, 141;Rosch, Siegfried."Caroli Magni Progenies." Neustadt, Degener, 1977. p. 148.

The Said Adelaide De Vermandois was the child of:

Robert de Vermandois, Count of Troyes & Meaux

Born at: ______ on: ca. 910/15

Died at: ______ on: 19/29 Aug. 967 967

Married on: ca.950 to: Adelaide of Burgundy

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: after Aug. 967

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit.,p.116, line 118/19;Stuart, op. cit., pp. 141; Rosch, op. cit., pp.124, 148

The Said Robert De Vermandois was the child of:

Herbert II, Count of  Vermandois

Born at: ______ on: ca.880

Died at: St. Quentin on: 23 Feb.943/44

Married on: by 907 to: Adela (Liegarde) of France, dau. of Robert I, Count of Paris

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ca. 931

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit., p. 116, line 118/18; Stuart, op. cit., pp. 93, 124, 141 ; Rosch, op. cit., pp. 105,124

The Said Herbert II was the child of:

Herbert I , Count of  Vermandois

Born at: ______ on: ca 850

Died at: murdered on: ca. 900/6 Nov.907

Married on: ______ to: prob. Liegardis

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit., pp. 57, line 50/187 116, line 118/17; Stuart, op. cit., p. 124; Rosch, op. cit., pp. 86,105

The Said Herbert I Count of Vermandois was the child of:

Pippin(Pepin), Count of Senlis, Perrone & St. Quentin

Born at: ______ on: ca.815

Died at: ______ on: aft 840

Married on: ______ to: ______

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit., p. 57, line 50/16; Stuart, IBID; Rosch, op. cit., pp. 74,86

The Said Pippin of Perrone was the child of:

Bernard, King of Italy

Born at: ______ on: 797

Died at: Milan, Italy on: 17 April 818, bur. St. Ambrosius, Milan

Married on: ca. 814 to: Cunigunde

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ca. 15 June 835

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit,, p. 57. line 50/15 ; Stuart, IBID; Rosch, op. cit., pp. 67,74

The Said Bernard was the child of:

Pippin(Karlmann Pepin) I, King of Italy

Born at: bapt. Rome on: bapt.12 April 781, born ca.777

Died at: Milan on: 8 July 810

Married on: ______ to: Chrothais

Born at: ______ on: ______

Died at: ______ on: ______

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit, p. 57, line 50/14; Stuart, IBID;Rosch, op. cit., pp.63, 67

The Said Pippin was the child of:

Charlemagne, King of France, Emperor of the West

Born at: Ingelheim on: 2 April 742

Died at: Aix la Chapelle(Aachen) on: 28 January 813/4

Married on: ca. 771 to: Hildegarde of Swabia, Countess of Vinzgau(Linzgau)

Born at: ______ on: 758

Died at: ______ on: 30 April 783, bur. at Metz

Married at: ______

Proofs:

AR, op. cit, p. 57, line50/13, p.172,  line 182/5;Stuart, op.cit, pp. 95, 124, 142;  Rosch, op. cit.,pp. 48-64

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