Several years ago. I had published my Russell lineage as I thought it was. This lineage went back to the origin of the family name in Normandy, then continued back through the Vikings in Sweden and back to nearly the time of Christ. I later found a mistake in the facts that many had included in their family trees in the 1700s in America and noted those in a comment. But I did not take the time to reestablish my connections back to Normandy. The below will correct this.
In order for a lineage to be
accurate, there must be consistency in dates and places of birth/death compared
to one’s parents. Families may move from time to time, but generally do not
“jump around”, especially in former times. Also, children are generally born
more than 20 years after their parents, and births after parents are 40 would
be unusual and births after age 50 are indicative of errors.
I have made a close examination
of all the below lines, checking for this type of consistency and any remaining
issues are noted in red.
Following the initial family line
from the origin of the family line to about the 1300s, there are three family
lines that are separate branches and are documented here:
1.
Line to Massachusetts Bay Colony in America (I
am not descended from this line, but they show up in many other places so are
included here for completeness)
2.
Line to Connecticut where a daughter marries one
of my Pierpont ancestors
3.
Line splitting off of (2) to where a daughter
marries one of Moses Sperry whose is the grandfather of Stephen Talmadge, the
grandfather of Sara [Blackman] Pierpont
Note that my paternal Russell
line is not listed here. My direct Russell ancestor, Robert (1730-1811), appears
to have come to NY around 1750, possibly from Scotland, but his origin and
connection back to the Russell lines documented here is unknown.
Family name origin in
Normandy
·
Hugh de Roussell (1012-1077)
o
Accompanies William the Conqueror to England in
1066, given land in Dorset
o
b. Normandy, d. Dorset, England
·
Hugh (1040-1082)
·
Robert (1082-1165)
·
Robert (1125-1201)
·
Odo (1150-1179)
o
b. Dorset, d. Strensham, Worcestershire
o
Note that many trees in ancestry.com have DOB of
1160, but this is because someone put “ca 1160” and the date less the “ca” got
carried forward. Similarly, the DOD was “bef 1230” when more accurate later
research indicates 1179.
·
Sir John (1174-1224)
o
Some sources say b.
Gloucestershire, d. Dorset, but this is questionable
·
Thomas (1202-1281)
o
Continuing in Strensham, Worcestershire
·
Robert (1230-1260)
·
James (1258-1300)
·
Nicholas (1287-1338)
·
Sir Robert (1314-1376)
·
Sir John (1340-1409)
o
Died in Suffolk when away from home, but buried
in Strensham
o This
is where first of the below lines eventually going to America branches off
·
Stephen Gascoigne (1360-1438)
o
Moved back to Dorset
o
Some sources put DOB as ca 1380, others ca 1355,
but closer to 1360 is probably more accurate
o This
is where the second of the below lines going to America branches off
§ (A
third line going to America is a sub-branch of this line)
Lines going to America
First American line, note that
this line are not direct ancestors of mine, but are cousins instead
·
Sir John (1340-1405) (g16gf)
o
In Strensham, Worcestershire
·
William (1368-1428)
·
Robert (1422-1502)
·
Robert (1460-1525)
·
John (1483-1556)
·
Sir Thomas (1519-1574)
·
Sir John (1551-1593) (moved to Yorkshire)
·
Sir Thomas (1575-1632) (moved to Scotland)
·
Sir Robert (1600-1645)
·
Robert (1630-1710) – moved to America (MA)
Second American line through
the Pierponts
·
Stephen (1360-1438) (g15gf)
o
b. Strensham, d. Dorset
·
Hendrik “Henry” (1405-1463)
·
Earl John (1432-1505)
·
James (1456-1509)
·
John (1486-1555) (1st Earl of
Bedford)
o
b. Dorset, d. Middlesex
·
Francis William (1527-1585) (2nd
Earl)
o
b. Buckinghamshire, d. Middlesex
o also
see third line below
·
Lord William Francis (1562-1613)
o
b. Sussex, d. London
·
Lord William (1611-1665)
o
b. Sussex, d. CT
·
Rev. Noadiah (1659-1713)
·
Hannah (1706-1791)
o
m. Joseph Pierpont
·
Joseph Pierpont (1730-1824)
·
Ezra Pierpont (1757-1842)
·
Austin Pierpont (1791-1848)
·
Charles Joseph Pierpont (1825-1884)
·
Wilson L Pierpont (1855-1921)
·
Harold Granger Pierpont (1898-1969)
·
Sylvia Louise Pierpont (1924-2012)
o
m. Vernon Russell
·
Alan Harold Russell (1948-) myself
Third American line through Sperry/Talmadge/Blackman/Pierpont
·
Francis William (1527-1585) (2nd Earl
of Bedford)
·
Francis (1553-1585)
o
b. Northamptonshire
·
Lord Edward (1572-1627)
o
b. Northamptonshire, d. MA
·
William (1605-1661)
o
b. Hertfordshire, d. MA
·
Ralph (1625-1679)
o
b. MA, d. CT
·
John (1664-1723)
·
William (1685-1739)
·
Nicholas (1708-1741)
·
Nicholas (1734-1798)
·
Riverius (1756-1834)
·
Mary (1786-1857)
o
m. Moses Sperry
·
Anna M Sperry (1806-1888)
o
m. William Talmadge
·
Stephen Talmadge (1843-1924)
·
Alice Talmadge (1870-1929)
o
m. Clarence Blackman
·
Sara Emma Blackman (1898-1979)
o
m. Harold Granger Pierpont
·
Sylvia Louise Pierpont (1924-2012)
o
m. Vernon Russell
·
Alan Harold Russell (1948-) myself
Paternal Russell Line
While I have not been able to
connect my paternal line back to Normandy, for completeness, I will list what I
know of it here:
·
Robert (abt. 1730-1811)
o
b. Scotland???,
d. NY
·
John (1756-1833)
·
Caleb Ebenezer (1775-1830)
·
Silas (1803-1886)
o
b. NY, d. CT
·
Walter James (1852-1895)
o
b. NY, d. CT
·
Louis Morgan (1871-1946)
·
Erskine Harold (1894-1970)
·
Vernon Harold (1920-2006)
·
Alan Harold (1948-) myself
Resources
·
https://georgepohl.typepad.com/england_dukedoms/2015/08/
·
https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/189250/I06517/robert-russell/individual
·
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G8FL-VJR
·
https://ramblinrussells.blogspot.com/2015/05/genealogy-story-scandinavian-roots.html
This is an initial version that contains inaccuracies because it was thought
that my direct Russell ancestor, Robert (1730-1811), came from the MA line (1)
above. However, it is still a valuable asset in that it traces the Scandinavian
lineage leading up to Hugh (1012-1077) above.
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