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Captain William Stone, Chas. Co. 3rd Dec. 1659-21 Dec. 1660.
To wife Virlinda house and lands at St. Mary's and to remain in home at Nangemy during widowhood. To eldest daughter Eliza Stone and heirs 900 acres at Bustard's Island, Paxtuxent River and 600 acres at Nangemy that which testator formerly gave her in trust by his brother Sprigg not to be in force. To son Richard and heirs 500 acres of Nangemy Manor and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his uncle Richard Stone. To son John and heirs 500 acres of Nangemy. To daughters Mary and Katherine, personalty. Eldest son Thomas and heirs executors and residuary legatees. Overseers and guardians of minor child, Governor Josiah Fendall, brother-in-law Francis Doughty and brother Matthew Stone.
Test. Francis Doughty, Stephen Montague, Stephen Clifton.
William Stone married Virlinda Cotton, daughter of Andrew and Joane Cot- ton, of Bumbury, Cheshire, England, and sister of Rev. William Cotton, of North- ampton County, Virginia. She died in 1675. Children :
I. Thomas, will probated in Charles County, Maryland, April 24, 1676; devised to sons Richard and William, and wife Mary.
2. Richard, probably removed to Prince George County, Maryland, as no further record is found of him in Charles County after 1772, and a Richard Stone with a large fam- ily is found in the census of Prince George County in 1776.
3. Elizabeth, married Hon. William Calver, grandson of the first Lord Baltimore.
4. Mary Thomas, born in 1656, died in 1682; married Robert Doync.
5. Katherine.
6. John, will probated in Charles County, Maryland, August 15, 1698; devised to sons Thomas, Walter, Matthew, John, and daughter, Eleanor. He was the great-grand- father of Thomas Stone, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He married Eleanor Warren, daughter of Humphrey and Eleanor Warren.
7. Matthew, will probated October 5, 1676; he does not appear to have had any children; married Margery.
It was probably through either Richard or Thomas that the line of Henry Stone was carried, as Matthew apparently died without issue. There is an unfortunate sequence of Stones who were probably ancestors of the Henry Stone of our inter- est, who died intestate, making a clear genealogical record practically impossible to
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obtain. A repetition of names, however, particularly of Verlinda, Richard, William, and Thomas, is carried through the lines of Thomas and Richard (the Richard that is of Prince George County, Maryland, whom we presume to be identical with the son of the Governor), and makes the connection of this early progenitor with the line of our interest almost indubitable, despite the absence of documentary evidence in the form of wills and deeds.
("Maryland Calendar of Wills," Vol. I, pp. 12, III, 117; Vol. II. G. A. Hanson: "Old Kent," pp. 6, 7. "Maryland Historical Magazine," Vol. III, p. 163; Vol. XVI, p. 191. Baine : "History of Lancaster," Vol. III, p. 412. "Early Settlers," p. 151. "Virginia Historical Mag- azine," Vol. III, p. 272. D. A. C. Lineage Book, Vol. II, in the Maryland Historical Society.)
(I) WILLIAM STONE was head of a large family in Baltimore County, Mary- land, in 1790, and it is very probable for the reasons given below that he was the father of the large family of which Henry Stone of our interest was a member. According to the census records of 1790, William Stone's family consisted of five males over sixteen years, three males under sixteen years, four white females 'and six slaves. William Stone died suddenly, in Baltimore, Maryland, in July, 1794. He left all his estate and its entire management to his wife, Catherine, in a nun- cupative will, made July 21, 1794, and proved July 30, 1794.
William Stone married Catherine, who died in 1795 or 1797. Nathan Tyson, of Baltimore, was connected with the administration of her estate. He was the owner for whom Elizabeth Stone's husband (child 6) conducted a grain mill in Pennsylvania, and whose son, Nathan Tyson, later became a partner of the husband of Susannah Stone.' (Generation III.) This, with the added factors of time and locality, would seem further proof that William and Catherine were the parents of the following children-Henry and his brothers and sisters :
I. Henry, of whom further.
2. Thomas, called Thomas of Georgetown, and also Thomas of Virginia, when he admin- istered the estate of Ruth Ann (Benson) Stone, wife of his brother James, in Mont- gomery County, Maryland.
3. James, died before March 8, 1837; he married Ruth Ann Benson, and had: Thomas, Elizabeth, and Katherine.
4. Verlinda, married, in April, 1783, Nathan Talbott. Their marriage license was granted in Prince George County, Maryland. They had a son, Henry Warren Talbott, who married Sarah Benson. This Henry W. Talbott is the cousin Susan or Susannah (Stone) Baylies (Generation III) visited with her children for many summers in Montgomery County, Maryland.
5. Sarah, married Dieter Barger; they lived in Baltimore, Maryland. No issue.
6. Elizabeth, married, in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore, November 27, 1799 (also given Montgomery County, November 27, 1800) Samuel Inloes. They had no children, and lived at York Haven, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Inloes conducted a grain mill for Mr. Nathan Tyson, of Baltimore. Mr. Inloes was appointed guardian of Susan or Susannah Stone (Generation III), after the death of her father, and she made her home with her aunt and uncle.
7. Walter, married, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, March 9, 1805, Ann Oysten, and they had one child, Elizabeth Ann, who married George Henry Graves.
(Baltimore County, Maryland, Census'Records of 1790, p. 23. Administration Index, Vol. I, pp. 209-5, 223-5, 229-4, 259-2, 267-2. Wills, Vol. V, p. 164. Montgomery County, Admin- istration Accounts : Liber O, Folio 452; V, Folio 14; Y, Folio 470; Inventories, Liber Q, Folio 181. Helen W. Ridgely : "Historical Graves of Maryland," p. 172. Family records.)
(II) HENRY STONE, undoubtedly son of William and Catherine Stone, died intestate about 1810; administration letters on his estate were issued to Thomas Long, April 11, 1810. Thomas Long was the husband of Elizabeth (Porter) Long, sister of Henry Stone's wife.
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Henry Stone and Rebecca, his wife, in an indenture dated June 2, 1802, con- veyed to Franklin Smith a certain lot on the north side of Montgomery Street, in the city of Baltimore, this lot being No. 7 of the estate of John Mercer Porter, which had fallen to Rebecca Stone, as one of his heirs. In 1803, on December 20, there is recorded an indenture between Benjamin Porter and Rebecca Stone, wife of Henry Stone; on January 5, 1804, Rebecca and Henry Stone conveyed the lot of the previous indenture to William Smith. In the same year, 1804, Henry Stone and Elizabeth Long deeded one hundred nineteen and one-half acres of "Mercer Porter's Hall." Rebecca Stone was not a part to this deed, and her name does not appear in any subsequent deeds of her husband's, so that some time in this year, 1804, she had died.
Henry Stone married (first), December II, 1798, Rebecca Porter. (Porter VI.) She died in 1804. He married (second), in February, 1808, Ellin (Worth- ington) Owings. After her death Henry Stone was guardian of her daughter, Sophia Owings, about February, 1809. After his death in 1810, Thomas Long was appointed guardian of Sophia Owings. Child of first marriage :
I. Susan (or Susannah), of whom further.
(Baltimore, Maryland, Deed Book W. G., No. 73, p. 473. No. 89, P. 559. Administration Book V, p. 209; No. S, Vol. XVIII, folio 347, 383. Family records.)
(III) SUSAN (or SUSANNAH) STONE, daughter of Henry and Rebecca ( Por- ter) Stone, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 22, 1801, and died there, October 26, 1884, aged eighty-three years. After the death of her father she went to live at York Haven, Pennsylvania, with her aunt, Elizabeth Inloes, and uncle, Samuel Inloes, who was appointed her guardian. There she married Nicholas Baylies. (Baylies IV.)
(Family records. "Baltimore Patriot and Mercantile Advertiser," December 30, 1820. "Baltimore Sun," October 27, 1884. )
(The Porter Line).
Porter is generally considered to be an occupational surname, meaning the "keeper of the door." The name was sometimes extended to include a "castellan" or "keeper of a castle." There is also a tradition, however, that the English Por- ters were all of Norman descent, having come over with William the Conqueror. It is said that they derive their ancestry from William de la Grande, a Norman Knight, who acquired land at the time of the Conquests near Kenilworth, County Warwick, England. His son, Roger (or Ralph), was "Grande Porteur" (cup bearer) to Henry I, and it is claimed that from this meaning the name Porter is derived.
(Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames :" Lower : "Patronymica Britan- nica." Family records.)
(I) WILLIAM PORTER came to America, the first of his line, in 1630, and settled in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. He was born in England, about 1605. His name appears frequently in the transfer of large tracts of land prior to 1640. His wife's name is not known, and it is possible that she never left England. His sons, who followed him to America in 1642, were minors. Children :
1. William.
2. Thomas.
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3. John, Sr., who was born about 1628, as his deposition found in Norfolk County, Vir- ginia, dated 1658, stated at that time that he was thirty years old. He died in February, 1675-76. He is first mentioned in the County Records, December 16, 1647, when an order was entered allowing him one hundred pounds of tobacco for killing a wolf, and on the 16th of March of the same year is found a similar record. On January 17, 1652, he was granted a certificate for two hundred acres of land for having brought four persons into the Colony. On March 29, 1655, he was appointed a justice of the county court, and on January 13, 1661, he was granted three hundred acres of land under patent from the Governor. On September 12, 1663, he was expelled from the House of Burgesses, where he represented Lower Norfolk County, because, it is said, of religious intolerance. On November 17, 1663, he was fined two hundred pounds of tobacco for attending a Quaker meeting, fifty pounds for not attending public worship, and three hundred and fifty pounds for setting out tobacco plants on Sunday. On August 16, 1671. he was appointed Road Surveyor for the Eastern Branch Section of Norfolk County. On April 17, 1672, he was appointed one of the justices of the quorum of the county, and served until his death. On August 17, 1675, was the last day he presided at the court. At the time of his death he was a commissioner of the Association of Nausemond River Fort, a position which would seem to be inconsistent with the character of a Quaker. The will of John Porter was recorded February 15, 1675-76; it was entirely in his own hand- writing. He left nearly all his property to his widow and her heirs forever, and appointed her executrix ; he devised to the children of "my brother John Porter, Jr.," and he gave his best suit of clothes to "my brother John Porter, Jr." He makes no mention of any children of his own. John Porter, Sr., married Mary Savill, born August 15, 1633. After his death she married, in April, 1676, George Lawson, who died in the fall of the same year. In the spring of 1677, she married Thomas Fen- wick. She died between January 28 and May 24, 1679. Her will, dated January 28, 1678-79, bequeathed her property to Fenwick for his life, and also bequeathed, as her husband, John Porter, Sr., had done, to John Porter, Jr., and his heirs. Her will was written by James Porter, aged twenty-two, who, according to a deposition, dated May 24, 1679, "wrote ye will of Mary Fenwick, wife of Thomas Fenwick. at ye late dwelling house of George Fouler (Fowler)." George Fowler was the hus- band of Mary (Sidney) Porter's sister, Frances. Mary Sidney was the wife of John Porter, Jr.
4. John Jr., of whom further.
(Family records. Private papers and records of Miss Bessie Porter of Baltimore. Family papers and records of Mr. Frank Sullivan of New York. Sellers : "Allied Families of Dela- ware," pp. 26-29. St. Stephen's Parish Records, Cecil County, Maryland, in the Maryland Historical Society. Lower Norfolk County Wills, 1637-1710, pp. 69-70.)
(II) JOHN PORTER, JR., son of William Porter, and brother of John Porter, Sr., was born in England, and died in Virginia, in 1691. He came to Norfolk County about 1642. He was probably born about 1630, as both he and his brothers were minors when they came, and his brother, John, who was older, was born about 1628. On January 17, 1658, John Porter, Sr., and John Porter, Jr., were commis- sioners of Lower Norfolk County. On December 5, 1659, at a court held for Lower Norfolk County, John Porter, Jr., sat as a juryman in a witchcraft case. There is an old record that "Thomas Lavill, Undershrieve for Lower Norfolk County, hath given information that he on the 12th day of November 1663, did take divers persons called 'Quakers' at ye house of Richard Russell mett together unlawfully contrary to the Act." Among those named were John Porter, Sr., John Porter, Jr., and Mrs. Porter. Robert Porter, John Porter, Sr., John Porter, Jr., were mentioned as owners of books in Lower Norfolk County, 1666-67; John Porter, Jr., and his brother presented books to the libraries of Colonial Virginia. The will of the Richard Russell, at whose house the Quakers held a meeting, bequeathed certain books to the children of John Porter, Jr.
John Porter, Jr., was made one of the executors of the will of Frances Fowler, widow of George Fowler, and sister of his wife. Her will, probated August 16, 1679, the same day as Mary (Savill-Porter-Lawson) Fenwick's will, devised land
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left her by her father, Colonel John Sydney, and appointed "my brother John Por- ter," an executor.
John Porter, Jr., married Mary Sidney, daughter of Colonel John Sidney, who was a member of the House of Burgesses, Justice of the Court and Commander of the County of Norfolk. Children (perhaps others) :
1. John, settled in Somerset County, Maryland, where he died. His will, probated in 1709, names his wife, Elizabeth, executrix, and is recorded in Worcester County, Maryland. In an old document found at the Worcester County Courthouse, he men- tioned his brother of Cecil County, Maryland, James, and his father, John, of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia.
2. James, of whom further.
(Family records. Private papers and records of Miss Bessie Porter of Baltimore. Family papers and records of Mr. Frank Sullivan of New York. Sellers: "Allied Families of Dela- ware," pp. 26-29. St. Stephen's Parish Records, Cecil County, Maryland, in the Maryland Historical Society. Lower Norfolk Wills, 1637-1710, pn. 69-70. "William and Mary Maga- zine," Vol. XXIV, p. 287. S. B. Weeks: "Southern Quakers and Slavery." "Lower Norfolk Antiquary," Vol. I, p. 105; Vol. III, pp. 50-51; Vol. IV, pp. 36, 79. Vol. V, p. 147.)
(III) JAMES PORTER, son of John, Jr., and Mary (Sidney) Porter, was born in Virginia, about 1657, according to his deposition in 1679, which states that he was twenty-two years of age at that time. He died in Cecil County, Maryland, in ₹702-03. The last record in which he is mentioned in Virginia is dated 1680, when it is recorded that "The difference depending between Lieutenant Colonel Bray and Mr. James Porter by way of a summons before the court concerning the legality of said Porter's ordination is referred to Lynhaven Vestry at a court held for same December 15, 1680."
James Porter probably transported with many other Virginians at the time of the conformist movement due to the religious unrest in Virginia, and taken advan- tage of by Lord Calvert, who offered many inducements to come to Maryland. James Porter settled in Susquehanna Manor, Cecil County. The last record of James Porter to be found is in 1703, when his will, proved February 28, 1703, is recorded at the Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland. In the April Court of that vear, his widow, Ann Porter, gave bond as his administratrix. (Some records give her name as Junibar.) Children :
I. Mary, born April 15, 1689.
2. Rosamond, born March 1, 1690-91.
3. Elizabeth (twin), born January 22, 1692-93.
4. James (twin), born January 22, 1692-93; married Mary Clements, widow of John Clem- ents. James Porter was a Colonial soldier, 1739-40, in Cecil County.
5. Margaret, born April 1, 1695; married, November 7, 1714, David Young.
6. Sarah, youngest daughter, married, November 16, 1734, Jesse Holton.
7. Robert, of whom further.
("Deed Book," Cecil County, Maryland, III, p. 141. "Will Book," Annapolis, Maryland, III, p. 274. "Administrations," No. I, Cecil County, Maryland, p. 121. "Early Settlers," Book XII, p. 403. "St. Stephen's Parish Register," Cecil County, Maryland. Family records.)
(IV) ROBERT PORTER, son of James and Ann Porter, was born, probably in Cecil County, Maryland, October 12, 1698, and died September 28, 1775, aged seventy-seven years. In 1740, he was a member of Captain Baldwin's colonial militia. He left a will, dated March 16, 1769, and probated November 15, 1775, an abstract of which follows :
In the name of God, Amen, I, Robert Porter, being sick and weak in body do devise and bequeath my estate as follows :
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Item : to grandson James Porter, son of my son James.
vided for. Item: to my beloved son Robert Porter, the sum of one shilling, he being already pro-
Item : to my beloved son Benjamin Porter, a certain tract of land situate in Sassafras Neck. Item : and in the event my son Benjamin Porter shall die without issue, the tract of land devised to him shall go to my three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth and Rebecca to be equally divided between them.
to daughter Ann Briscoe.
to daughter Sarah Bear, wife of Lewis Beard.
All my remaining estate to be divided among my son Benjamin and my daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Rebecca, Son Benjamin to be my executor.
Dated Cecil County, Maryland, March 16, 1769.
Robert Porter married, about 1718, Elizabeth, who apparently died before 1769, as she is not mentioned in her husband's will. Children :
I. James, born November 6, 1719; married Rebecca.
2. Elizabeth, born April 16, 1723.
3. Mary, born October 25, 1725.
4. Ann, born March 25, 1728; married a Briscoe.
5. Robert, of whom further.
6. Rebecca, born January 16, 1730-33.
7. Sarah, born January, 1730-33; married Lewis Beard.
8. Benjamin, married Ann Money, daughter of John and Rachel Money.
(Annapolis Land Office, "Will Book," XL, pp. 629, 630. "Maryland Historical Maga- zine," Vol. VI, p. 45. St. Stephen's Parish Register.)
(V) ROBERT PORTER, son of Robert and Elizabeth Porter, was born probably in Cecil County, Maryland, June 16, 1730. He died about 1800. He was com- missioned captain of the Sassafras Battalion of Militia in Cecil County. On December 23, 1779, he signed the petition of the Tenants of Susquehannah Manor for titles in fee for their lands. He married, about 1754, Susannah Mercer. (Mer- cer III.) Children :
I. Robert, born in 1757, died March 16, 1810; married Susannah Buck.
2. John Mercer, born in 1761, died unmarried and intestate in 1793. The estate which he had inherited from his uncle, John Mercer, was apportioned among his brothers and sisters and their heirs.
3. Jesse, married Rachel.
4. Benjamin.
5. Elizabeth, married Thomas Long.
6. Mary, born in 1774; married, December 14, 1793, Jonathan Askew.
7. Peregrine, married May 3, 1798.
8. Rebecca, of whom further.
("Maryland Archives," Vol. XXI, p. 48. St. Stephen's Parish Register. "Maryland His- torical Magazine," Vol. V, No. I, p. 58. Mckenzie : "Colonial Families," Vol. VII, p. 308. "Baltimore County Deeds," Liber W. G. 74, p. 232.)
(VI) REBECCA PORTER, daughter of Robert and Susannah (Mercer) Porter, died after January 5, 1804, and before May 9, 1806. Rebecca Porter inherited property from John Mercer Porter, her brother, as shown in the following indenture :
This indenture made the 20th day of December 1803, between Benjamin Porter, one of the representatives and heirs of John Mercer Porter and Rebecca Stone, wife of Henry Stone (formerly Porter), of Baltimore County, whereas the commissioners appointed to divide and make partition of the real estate of the said John Mercer Porter, had allotted and assigned all that lot numbered 6, being part of Mercer Porter's Hall to the said Benjamin Porter. Prior to this division the said Rebecca (Porter) Stone had entered into a contract for the exchange.
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of lot 6 for lot No. I which was assigned to her. In consequence a deed was executed by the said Rebecca Stone to lot No. 6, situate on Back River and whereas the said Benjamin Porter does now in the consideration of one dollar convey unto Rebecca Stone all that tract of land herein described in metes and bounds. (Signed) BENJAMIN PORTER.
Rebecca and her husband conveyed this lot on January 5, 1804, to William Smith. Two years later, on May 9, 1806, Henry Stone conveyed property of Rebecca's, stating that she was deceased. Rebecca Porter married Henry Stone. (Stone II.)
("Deed Book," W. G. LXXVIII, p. 96, Baltimore County Deeds. Liber W. G. 78, pp. 66, 89, 569. Family records.)
(The Mercer Line).
Mercer is an occupational surname originally having a general application. Later it became specifically significant of a silk merchant or draper. As early as 1273, Jordan de Mercer is recorded in County Lincoln, Adelard le Mercer in County Oxford, Ketel le Mercer in County Cambridge, and later, in 1379, Thomas Mercer, of Yorkshire.
(Lower: "Patronymica Britannica." Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) THOMAS MERCER, first of our line, was transported to America in 1674 or 1677. He is said to have gone from Scotland, where he was born about 1663, to Ireland, and from there to Maryland, where he died in 1734. In 1680, he owned two hundred acres of land on Indian Range in Cecil County, Maryland, which had been surveyed for Richard Leeke in 1671. A Thomas Mercer was witness in Cecil County, March 25, 1717. In 1734, the following deed was recorded for Thomas Mercer :
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Mercer, Sr. for the love and affection I bear to my son John Mercer have given and granted unto him one half of my plantation after the decease of myself and wife Elizabeth, his mother. And if the said John Mercer should die, then it is to revert to my son Robert Mercer. Dated March 11, 1734.
Thomas Mercer married, according to family records, Elizabeth Harmer, daugh- ter of Godfrey and Mary (Sprye) Harmer. Children :
1. Robert, born December 19, 1696; named in the will of Thomas Linsey, as "godson," April 17, 1698; his will was probated in Cecil County July 16, 1769, wherein he devised to his wife, Ann, sons Thomas, John, James, daughters Ann, Rebecca, Frances, and Elizabeth. He married Ann Mounts (see record of his brother, William).
2. William, born June 19, 1705; married a Mounts, according to the following: "Martha Mounts, in her will dated December 18, 1738, devises among others to daughters who were wives to Robert and William Mercer, of the same county."
3. Thomas, Jr., mentioned in the following deed: "Thomas Mercer, Jr., and his wife, Jane, convey to Robert Mercer a certain tract of land situated in Cecil County, February 18, 1741."
4. John, of whom further.
("Deed Book," Cecil County, Maryland, V, p. 93; VI, p. 157. "Early Settlers of Mary- land." "Sidelights of Maryland History," by Hester Dorsey Richardson, Vol. II, p. 41. "Chancery Record," P. L., Annapolis, p. 679. St. Stephen's Parish Register, Cecil County, Maryland.)
(II) JOHN MERCER, probably son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harmer) Mer- cer, was born in Cecil County, Maryland, August 11, 1711, and died in New Cas- tle County, Delaware, in 1773. In 1739-40, he was a member of Captain Bald-
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win's militia, Troop of Horse in Cecil County. His will was dated July 16, 1773, and probated August 13, 1773, in St. George's Head, New Castle County.
He married Elizabeth Savory, daughter of William Savory, of Baltimore County. Children :
I. John, removed to Baltimore. His will, dated February 21, 1777, was probated June 20, 1777, in Baltimore County. He died without issue, devising to his wife; sisters, Susannah and Elizabeth; nephew, John Mercer Porter, son of of Susannah (Mer- cer) Porter. He married Rebecca.
2. Susannah, of whom further.
3. Elizabeth; married George Feress.
4. Peregrine.
5. Edward.
6. William.
7. Ann.
8. Hannah.
9. Rebecca.
("Baltimore Court House, Wills," Liber III, p. 349. "Calendar of New Castle County, Delaware, Wills," K, 85. "Maryland Historical Magazine," Vol. VI, p. 45-)
(III) SUSANNAH MERCER, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Savory) Mercer, married Robert Porter. (Porter III.)
(Ibid. Family data.)
(The Godfrey Line).
The surname Godfrey has been established in England for centuries. It is of baptismal derivation, signifying "the son of Godfrey," and Godfrey of Lorraine, the famous Crusader, made this personal name as familiar as did Richard Coeur de Lion his own. The surname appeared in the Hundred Rolls in Counties Nor- folk and Kent, and later, in the Poll Tax of County York, in 1379, we find men- tion of a Willelmus Godefray.
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