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Alexander Nicholl Weir This is an account of a particular Weir family origin - the family of Alexander Nicholl Weir of Antrim, although enough information is given for others named Weir to trace their origins to those mentioned herein.
Warranty is not implied. Although ancestors can be more easily traced from the 16th. Century, when the recording of births, marriages, and deaths became obligatory, some information from Normandy and the post-Conquest period of England, derived from monastic charters, was subject to creative composition, designed to enhance the prestige of those influencing its writing. Much earlier sources of evidence, the Pictish Chronicles, and works of such Roman historians as Tacitus, are also not proven in the scientific sense; thus those seeking certainty in accounts of ancient genealogy are in the wrong area of research.
Raymond de Vere, Count of Anjou, a.k.a. Rainfroi de Vere, b.c. 705, married, in 733, Melusine de Lusina. She was the daughter of Elinas, King of the Picts, b. c. 690, and Bruithina MacBrude, b. c. 700, and, thus, was a princess of the southern Picts of Alba. Her totem tribal badge was the Dragon, hence the fairytale connotations. The Dragon Motif was depicted in 1200 AD. on the seal of Hugh de Vere, whilst the Blue Boar, a Druidic caste badge, was [n.b.] derived from the family of Raymond de Vere.
Their son was Count Maelo de Vere, b. c. 735, commander of Emperor Charlemagne's army. From Maelo's own marriage to Charlemagne's sister, Bertha Martel, sprang a succession of Earls of Genney. Maelo's brother was Roland, for whom "Song of Roland" was written.
In the Arthurian and Magdalene traditions of the Ladies of the Lake, Melusine was a fountain fey - an enchantress of the Underwood. Her fountain at Verri�res en Forez was called Lusina - meaning Light-bringer - from which derived the name of the Royal House of Lusignan - the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem. The Fount of Melusine was said to be located deep within a thicket wood in Anjou. She was also known as Melusina, Melouziana de Scythes, Maelasanu, and The Dragon Princess.
Melusina, The Dragon Princess
In the 12th Century, Melusine's descendant, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and legal pretender to the Earldom of Huntingdon, was appointed as King Richard's steward of the forest lands of Fitzooth. As Lord of the Greenwood, and titular Herne of the Wild Hunt, he was a popular people's champion , and, as a result, he was outlawed for taking up arms against King John. It was he who, subsequently styled Robin Fitzooth, became the prototype for the popular tales of Robin Hood.
Bruithina MacBrude was the daughter of Brude MacBeli, King of the Picts b. c. 680. He defeated Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria, at Nechtansmere, located on low ground known today as Dunnichen Moss, situated at the foot of Dunnichen Hill, 4 miles east of Forfar.
Brude MacBeli, King of the Picts, was the son of Beli MacNeithon, b. c. 630.
Beli MacNeithon, King of Strathclyde, was the son of Nechtan MacGwyddno, b. c. 600.
Nechtan MacGwyddno, King of Strathclyde, was the son of Gwyddno Garuntar MacCawrdrar, b. c. 560.
Gwyddno Garanir MacCawrdrar, King of Strathclyde, was the son of Cawrdar MacGarwynwyn, b. c.520.
Cawrdar MacGarwynwyn, King of Dumbarton, was the son was the son of Garwynwyn Gervinion MacDyfnwal, b. c. 495.
Garwynwyn Gervinion MacDyfnwal, King of Dumbarton,was the son of Dyfnwal Hen MacCinnuit, b.c. 470.
Dyfnwal Hen MacCinnuit, King of Dumbarton, was the son was the son of Cinuit MacCoroticus b. c. 435.
Cinuit MacCoroticus, King of Dumbarton,was the son of Coroticus MacCynloup, b. c. 400.
Coroticus MacCynloup, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cynloup MacCinhilson, b. c. 375.
Cynloup MacCinhilson, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cinhil, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 335.
Cinhil, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cluim, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 305.
Cluim, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cursalem, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 275 .
Cursalem, King of Dumbarton, one of Constantine The Great's generals, was the son of Fer, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 235.
Fer, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Art `Vroisc', King of Dumbarton, b. c. 200.
Art `Vroisc', King of Dumbarton, was the son of Corvus, 1st King of Dumbarton, b. c. 160.
Corvus, 1st King of Dumbarton, was the son of Quintus, 5th. King of the Picts, b. c. 120.
Quintus, 5th. King of the Picts, was the son of Art Cois, b. c. 85.
Art Cois, who married a Pictish princess, was the son ofGuidgen, the Welsh Gwyddien ap Caradog, b. c. 50.Guidgen, was the son of Caratacus, King of Britain, b. c. 20; resistance leader, 43-50 AD; died in exile in Rome, 54 AD.
Caratacus, King of Britain.
The Kingdom of Strathclyde.
The Kingdom of Strathclyde was founded in 148 AD. by Corvus, descended from the hero-king Caratacus, who rebelled against the Romans, raised a following of British patriots, and established himself at Alclyde - Ail Cluathe, i.e., Castle Rock. This fortified settlement developed into the city of Dumbarton - Dun Bretan, i.e. Fort of the Britons - situated on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde.
In 148 AD., Corvus, the senior heir of the old British pre-Roman royal house, founded the British Free State, which eventually evolved into a regional kingdom in Scotland, i.e., the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Corvus of Roman history may be identified with Corbed of Scottish History, called the first King of Scotland in some Scottish annals.
The attacks on Roman Britain by the Strathclyde Britons under Corvus forced the Romans to temporarily abandon the Antonine Wall, and withdraw to Hadrian's Wall. Corvus was killed in battle, in 184 AD, fighting the Roman general Ulpius Marcellus.
The descendants of Corvus reigned at Dumbarton, beyond the Roman border, as an independent line of kings rivalling the client-kings of Roman Britain, and were the ancestors of the later Kings of Strathclyde [543-889], surviving the Roman Era until the close of the early Middle Ages.
The Descendants of Maelo de Vere and Bertha Martel.
Maelo de Vere II., b. c. 760, m. Avelina de Nantes, b. c. 770.
Nicassius de Vere, b. c.825, m. Agatha de Champagne, b. c. 840.
Otho de Vere, b. c. 860, m. Constance de Montlheri, b. c. 875.
Aurelius de Vere, b. c. 890, m. Helena de Blois, b. c. 900.
Gallus de Vere, b. c. 930, m. Gertrude de Clermont, b. c. 950.
Manassus de Vere, b. c. 970, m. Petronilla de Boulogne, b. c. 985.
Alphonso de Vere, b. c. 1000, Hedingham, Essex. He was Councilor to Edward the Confessor,King of England.
Aubrey de Vere I., 1035-1088, m. Beatrice of Ghent, b. c. 1050. Aubrey comes from the Teutonic name Alberic, or elf-ruler.
Aubrey de Vere II., 1075-15/5/1141, m. Adelisa de Clare, b. c. 1095. She was a descendant of Gilbert de Brionne, son of Duke Richard I. of Normandy, whose ancestry can be traced to the Norwegian Jarls of More, of whom many of the Royal Houses of Europe claim descent.
Aubrey de Vere III., 1115-26/12/1194, m. Lucy Agnes Abrincas, b. c. 1130.
Aubrey de Vere I. came to England with William the Conqueror, his brother-in-law, by whom he was given vast estates, consisting of manors in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Middlesex. The de Veres were also Lords of Cheniston, now Kensington, London, and Earl's Court.
Thus, the name Weir, like many lowland Scottish names, is of Norman origin, deriving from their ancestral village of Ver, near Bayeaux, and the River Vire, in Manche, on the Normandy coast of present-day northern France. The name of the town itself came from ver, a Norse word meaning fish dam, that the Vikings had introduced into Normandy, and etymologically akin to the Old English word weir, meaning a fish dam, and originally spelled both Wier and Wear, hence the diverse spellings of the family name
Aubrey de Vere married Beatrice, half-sister of William the Conqueror. He founded Earl's Colne Priory in 1105, and, after the death of Beatrice, he took vows as a monk. He died in 1088, and was buried in the church of Earls Colne Priory. He is also said to be responsible for laying out four new vineyards in England, one being at Hedingham, where wild red grapes have been found several times during the last century.
He and his wife had five sons: Aubrey de Vere II., Geoffrey de Vere, Roger de Vere, Robert de Vere, and William de Vere. Aubrey de Vere II. was responsible for building the great castle-keep at Hedingham. Aubrey married Adelisa de Clare, daughter of Gilbert FitzRichard, lord of Clare, and grand-daughter of Count Hugh de Clermont..
Aubrey de Vere II. was favoured by Henry I., and in 1133 was made Great High Chamberlain of England. While serving as joint sheriff of Surrey, Aubrey was slain during a riot in London, on May 15, 1141. He was buried in Colne Priory. Aubrey de Vere II. had four sons: Aubrey de Vere III., Robert de Vere, Geoffrey de Vere, and William de Vere.
Aubrey de Vere III. was a crusader, who was known as Aubrey the Grim, perhaps because of his height and stern appearance. He married [1] Euphemia Cantilupe, daughter of William de Cantilupe, by whom he had no issue, and [2] Lucia Abrincis, a.k.a. Agnes of Essex, daughter and heiress of William de Abrincis. See W.H. Turton, The Plantagenet Ancestry, p.113, 1928.
Ralph de Vere, b. c. 1150.
Ralph de Vere was either a younger son of Aubrey de Vere III. and Lucia Abrincis, or his second son, who lost his right to the Earldom of Oxford as a result of opposing Henry II, the earldom passing to his younger brother, Robert. Please note: Ralph de Vere was also known as Radulphus de Vere and Baltredus de Vere.
It appears that Ralph de Vere is the first of the name recorded in Scotland. He was taken prisoner along with Richard the Lion in 1174; he later witnessed a charter by King William I. of Scotland, sometime between 1174 and 1184. During the same period he gifted a bovate of land in Sprouston, Roxburgh, to the Abbey of Kelso; his brother, Robert de Vere, was a witness to this charter. The Weirs of Blackwood, Lanarkshire, claim their descent from this Ralph de Vere. n.b. The Weir succession from Ralph de Vere to Rothaldus Weir of Blackwood is fully detailed in the charters of Kelso Abbey. See Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, pp. 475-476, 1899. See George Vere Irving, The Upper Ward of Lanarkshire, 1864.
Ralph de Vere was a follower of Conan IV., Duke of Brittany, who held claim to the English throne as a great-grandson of Henry I. When Henry II. conquered Brittany, Conan and his followers took refuge in Scotland, Conan marrying the sister of King William I. of Scotland. Ralph de Vere was awarded vast estates in Lanarkshire, where the following descendants were to establish themselves:
His son was Walter Weir, b. c. 1190. His son was Radulphus Weir, 1225-1296. His son was Thomas Weir, b. c. 1256. His son was Richardus Weir, 1280-1314. His son was Thomas Weir, 1310-1371, of Blackwood, Lanarkshire. A 1314 charter of Kelso Abbey states: 'This Thomas is the first recorded proprietor of the lands of Blackwood.' This possession was inherited by his son Buan Weir, 1340-1390, whose son was Rothaldus Weir, b. 1368.
Rothaldus Weir, 1st. Laird of Blackwood, was Bailie of Lesmahagow, 1398-1400, and in the latter year, Abbot Patrick, who styled him 'Well-beloved and faithful', granted him half of the church lands of Blackwood and Dermoundyston, with Stonebyres, Archtyfardle, and the whole of Mossmynyne. For Blackwood he was to pay 3s. 4.d annually, and for the other lands, 13s 4d.. That Mossmynyne was an important possession is apparent from the yearly payment required for it. Mossmynyne was a district between Harperfield and Coultershogle. The Weir estate of Blackwood, as stated, had been held by the family for some time previous to 1400. The Veres of Stonebyres and Archtyfardle and Mossmynemion were branches of the Weirs of Blackwood. In the 16th. Century, an old feud between the Weirs of Blackwood and their cousins the Veres of Stonebyres was supposedly ended when the Veres swore allegiance to the Weirs of Blackwood.
The Weirs, though not one of the original Highland Clans, are recognized as a sept of both clan Buchannan and clan MacNaughton i.e. Mac Nachtan At some later date they were recognized as a sept of the MacFarlane clan. Since the Weirs held their own land, they became a sept by way of marriage and alliance.
The Weirs are also known as an Armigerous Family, meaning they have the right to bear their own heraldic arms. Their heraldic arms have been registered by, and are recognized by the Lyon Court and the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
The Scottish Weir motto remains the same as the English de Vere motto: 'Vero nihil verius', also written as 'Vero nil Verius.' This can be translated as 'Nothing truer than truth', or, alternately, 'Truth nothing but the truth.' And the Weir crest is based on the de Vere crest of the blue boar.
The son of Rothaldus Weir was Thomas Weir, b. c. 1400, 2nd. Laird of Blackwood. His son was Robert Weir, 1425-1479, 3rd. Laird of Blackwood. His son was Thomas Weir, 1462-1531, 4th. Laird of Blackwood. He married Aegida Somerset alias Somerville, b. 1463, of Carnwath, Lanarkshire. She was the daughter of John, 3rd Lord Somerville, of Cowthally, and Marion Baillie.
John, 3rd Lord Somerville, of Cowthally, was born c. 1406 in Cowthally Castle, Carnwath, and died Nov. 1491. He was buried in St Mary's Aisle, Carnwath. He was the son of William, 2nd. Lord Somerville, of Cowthally, and Janet Mowat.
Marion Baillie was born c. 1430 in Lamington, Ayrshire, Scotland, and died after Jan. 1505/06. She was the daughter of William VI. Baillie, Laird of Lamington, and Margery Hamilton.
[n.b. There is an oft quoted assumption, based on poetic composition, that the Baillies of Lamington, were descended from Sir William Wallace: Sir William Wallace is believed to have had a daughter, said to have married Sir William Baillie of Hoprig. There is not any probatory evidence to support this connection. Charter evidence shows Lamington to have been granted to the Baillie family, rather than it having been acquired through marriage to a daughter of Sir William Wallace. In like fashion, baseless tradition claims that Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie was the father of Sir William Wallace. However, recent evidence - arising from the dicovery of David Wallace's seal - identifies William as the son of Alan Wallace of Ayrshire, who appears in the Ragman Roll of 1296 as 'crown tenant of Ayrshire.']
William 2nd Lord Somerville , of Cowthally, was born c. 1388 in Cowthally Castle, and died there 20/8/1456. He was buried in St Mary's Aisle. He was the son of Thomas, 1st Lord Somerville , of Cowthally, and Janet Stewart.
Thomas Weir and Aegida Somerset had issue: [1] James Weir, who wed Lady Euphemia Hamilton. She was of Merovingian descent, sister of the Duke of Chatelherault, Marquess of Hamilton, 5th. grandson of King Edward III. The Hamiltons were the Heirs Presumptive to the Throne of Scotland during this period. [2] Duncan Weir, b. c. 1490, of Blackwood, who died en route to Holland. His son was Reverend Malcolm Weir, b, c. 1515. He married Miss Wyseart, daughter of the Laird of Kirkcaldie. His son was David Weir, b. c. 1555, who was a guildsman. His guildmark was the same as the crest of the Weirs of Blackwood, a hand holding a battleaxe. His son was another David Weir, b. c. 1590, whose son, John Weir, 1633-1697, married Jane Adams, 1644-1681, on moving to Northern Ireland in 1664. He should not to be confused with his cousins, also so named.
A history in an old family bible, as preserved by oral tradition, states that Jane Adams was of the family of Henry Adams, 21/1/1582-6/10/1646, great-great-grandfather of President John Adams of America. John Adams is regarded as one of the most important Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Before becoming the second President of the United States, John Adams served as the Vice-President under President George Washington. Prior to that, John Adams was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from Massachusetts.
His ancestor, Henry Adams, had been invited to Antrim in the 1630s to fight on the side of Prebyterian dissenters against the English, who wished to impose conformity to the Church of England. He was given a military rank in the rebels militia. The tradition states that Jane Adams was his niece, the daughter of an accompanying brother. The Adams family had their origins in Barton St. David, Somerset, England. Henry Adams was the son of John Adams, 1555-19/3/1603, and Agnes Stone, 1576-1615. Henry and all his known ancestors were Yeomen farmers. Henry was also a maltster. He died in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, having gone there in 1638. He was known popularly as The Founder of New England, probably because of the extraordinary number [89] of his grandchildren.
The English saw Ireland as a back door route by which its European Catholic enemies could threaten its independence, and sought to populate it with English, and particularly, Scottish settlers. In general, the Scottish settlers were poor and downtrodden Many were Presbyterians, and, at the time, Presbyterians were discriminated against by the State: Presbyterians were excluded from certain professions - law and the military - and there were restrictions on their ownership of land. Also, Ministers of the Presbyterian Church were not allowed to marry their own flock.
John Weir and Jane Adams were the parents of Robert Weir, b. 1666, of Straid, Antrim. His son was David Weir, b.1702. He was the father of David Weir, 1722-23/6/1797, and Elizabeth Weir, 1728-29/7/1808, who married, 1752, George Acheson, 3/4/1720-11/7/1812, of Markethill, Armagh. David Weir was the father of David Weir, b. 1748, James Weir, b. 1750, and William Weir, b. 1752.
This account is one of a single family, yet those mentioned herein obviously had many siblings. Thus, many of these Weir families became established around Ballymena, in the townlands of Straid, Glebe, Gloonan, Ballyminstra, and Ballymackilroy, most of which are in Ahoghill parish. They tended to intermarry within a small circle of other families. Weirs became closely associated with the families of McDowell, Boyd, Nicholl, and Bankhead, as examples, with many males of each family having as a middle name that of an associated family. These associations were continued after emigration. An example of this is given by the family of Archibald Weir corresponding with the family of Matthew Boyd, see later, after they emigrated to America in 1818.
David Weir, b. 1748, was the father of Robert Weir, 1770-27/2/1857, who married, 1815, [2] Martha Telford, 1790-1872. Robert Weir owned the old corn mills at Straid. He was not the first of his lineage to do so: Straid Corn Mill was built and operated by the Weir family, who were the village millers, from the 17th. Century onwards. [Robert Weir married, firstly, Elizabeth Orr, and by her had three children, two of whom were [1] James Weir, b. c. 1829, Drumramer, Ahoghill. He married, 26/7/1855, Jane Rainey, daughter of William Rainey of Taylorstown; [2] Margaret Weir, b. 1824, Drumramer, who married, 26/3/1850, James Logan.]
Robert Weir and Martha Telford had issue:
[1] Rose Weir, 26/5/1816-10/3/1883.
[2] Joan Weir, b. 9/10/1817.
[3] Samuel Weir, b. 20/11/1819. He married, 4/8/1849, Mary McCann, daughter of Arthur McCann of Tullygowan, Ahoghill.
[4] David Weir, 4/9/1821-1890, of Ahoghill, Antrim, who married, 1844, Mary McDowell, b. 1826, of Ballynure, Antrim, daughter of William McDowell
[5] Martha Weir, 15/11/1823-1871, who married, 31/12/1841, the aformentioned Matthew Boyd.
[6] Nathaniel Weir, 28/12/1825-16/4/1882. He married, 4/12/1849, Mary McKay, b. 1829, daughter of Hugh McKay.
[7] Elizabeth Weir, 12/6/1828-28/5/1872. She married, 8/1/1853, Thomas McCann, brother of the above mentioned Mary McCann.
[8] Alexander Weir, 27/6/1830-1915, of Ahoghill, Antrim, who married, 5/10/1852, Mary McKay's sister, Rose McKay. The Straid Corn Mill became the property of this Alexander Weir, before becoming the property of his son, Alexander Weir - brother of John Adams Weir - who bequested them to his son, Robert Weir.
[9] Margaret Weir, b.29/11/1832.
David Weir and Mary McDowell had issue, among which were:
[1] Martha Weir, b. 1860. She had an illigitimate daughter, Sarah Jane Weir, b. 29/12/1877, who lived with her grandparents, before emigrating to Winnipeg, Canada, where she married, 1907, Thomas B. Hembroff.
[2] Hugh Weir, 1863-7/10/1948, of Ballymena, Antrim, who married, 3/1/1886, Mary Ellen Nicholl, 3/5/1864-25/6/1951, of Straid, Antrim, daughter of Alexander Bamford Nicholl, 1835-18/1/1915, who married, 8/1/1852, Eliza Jane Meek, 1835-25/1/1896, daughter of William Meek.
Siblings of Mary Ellen Nicholl were: [1] William Nicholl, 15/2/1853-11/11/1893. [2] John Nicholl, b.15/1/1855. [3] Robert Nicholl, 16/5/1857-3/12/1875. [4] Alexander Nicholl, b. 21/4/1859. [5] Euphemia Nicholl, 30/11/1861-20/5/1876. [6] Eliza Jane Nicholl, 13/11/1866-13/9/1908, who married Charles Armytage, their children being Charlotte Armytage and Harry Armytage. [7] Henry Nicholl, b. 30/6/1869. [8] Catherine Nicholl, 27/2/1872-5/5/1872. [9] Matilda Nicholl, b. 26/4/1873. [10] Roberta Martha Jane Nicholl, 30/11/1876-24/5/1880. [11] Samuel Nicholl, b. 1877.
Alexander Bamford Nicholl was the son of William Nicholl, 1808-1848, who married, 2/5/1832, Isabella Bamford, 1812-5/5/1886. In 1849, she subsequentally married John Bankhead, who was 19 years her junior.
This Nicholl family had established itself at Ahoghill from early times. Ahoghill tombstones record their descent: Robert Nicholl,1650-14/12/1713, James Nicholl, 1689-14/3/1710, Robert Nicholl, 1729-18/4/1799, Robert Nicholl, 1768-16/2/1830, and William Nicholl, who, as said, married Isabella Bamford.
Hugh Weir and Mary Ellen Nicholl
Hugh Weir and Mary Ellen Nicholl had issue:
[1] Euphemia Roberta Weir, 19/8/1884-27/8/1922, who married Charles Connor, 1879-1966, father of Matthew Connor, 27/8/1922-1/3/1980, who married Margaret Glover, 1929-3/11/1977; their children being: Vera Connor, b. 1953, Corinne Connor, b. 1957, Valerie Connor, b. 1958, Reuben Connor, b. 1962, and Vivien Connor, b. 1965. Euphemia was named after two deceased sisters.
[2] David Weir, DCM, 9/6/1886-4/10/1917, killed in action.
[3] Martha Weir, 16/1/1888-26/2/1942, who married William Campbell. Their children were: [a]Euphemia Roberta Campbell, b. 6/1/1919. [b] Hugh Campbell, b. 8/2/1921. [c] James Campbell, b. 10/8/1923. [d] Sarah Campbell, b. 20/2/1926, who married Herbert Carson; their children being Heather Carson, b. 11/11/1950, and Lorna Carson, b. 23/6/1957. [e] John Campbell, b. 2/11/1929.
[4] Matthew Boyd Weir, 20/8/1889-18/12/1983, who married Mary Gillespie. They had seven children: Hugh Weir, who married Roberta Tweed; May Weir, who married Samuel Glover; and David Weir, Margaret Weir, Hannah Weir, Isobel Weir, and Jean Weir.
[5] Hugh Weir, 1/6/1892-21/3/1918, killed in action.
[6] Alexander Nicholl Weir, 1895-1982.
[7] Henry Weir, b. 24/5/1900. He married Anne Rainey, daughter of Samuel Rainey and Margaret Marrs. Their daughter was Euphemia Weir, mother of Brian May. Anne Rainey's brother, Robert Rainey, married Margaret Kernohan.
[9] Samuel Weir, 6/8/1905-29/3/1942. He served in the Royal Military Police.
David Weir
'Mrs. David Weir, Lisnafillan, Ballymena, has just been notified that her
husband, Private David Weir, Australian Imperial Force, has been killed in
action. Pte. Weir, who was a son of Mr. Hugh Weir of Straid, Ballymena, emigrated
to Australia about six years ago and joined the army on the outbreak of war.
He was recommended for the DCM on September 20, 1917. Prior to
emigration, he was a member of Straid LOL.'
Ballymena Observer. November 30, 1917
David Weir was in the 7th. Battl. Australian Infantry, having emigrated to Australia at the age of 19. He was killed by a shell that hit the hospital he was in, being tended to for a wound he had obtained in battle. He married Sarah Crawford of Lisnafillen, Galgorm, Antrim, to whom he had two daughters, Edith Weir, and Mary Weir. He had sent for his family to be with him in Ballymena, being due leave. His wife remained in Ireland. His name is carved on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. R.I.P.
Hugh Weir was in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His name is carved on the Pozienes Memorial, France. R.I.P.
Alexander Nicholl Weir, 8/5/1895-2/8/1982, Ballymena, Antrim, married [2] Martha Purdy, 13/8/1912-19/6/1980, of Loughconnelly, Antrim. See The Purdys. They resided at 4 Railway Street Place, Ballymena. The only child of this marriage married Jack Ackroyd, 22/11/1926-19/5/1996, a soldier in the British Army, of Mexborough, South Yorkshire; their children being: Lynnette Ackroyd, b. 9/10/1953, Colleen Ackroyd, b. 8/10/1954, and Jacqueline Ackroyd, b. 25/1/1961. Jack had a keen sense of humour; retained his love of boxing, and would often be found enjoying the solitude offered by angling.
By a first wife, Alexander Nicholl Weir was the father of the incomparable beauty, Mary Weir, a true belle of Ballymena, who married Jack Darragh. Their children were: Hazel Darragh, Glen Darragh, Sharon Darragh, Colleen Darragh, Ian Darragh, and Stephen Darragh. After the death of her mother, Mary resided with her grandparents, Hugh, and Mary Ellen.
Alexander Nicholl Weir, as his brothers, served his country in the army, in which he learned to box; and is remembered fondly for his liking of a good debate; his partiality to a 'tipple' in Rainey's Bar, and his growing of dahlias. He was engaged in the building trade.
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This corn mill was owned and operated by the Weir family, who had been millers at Straid since the 17th Century. The mill was powered by a waterwheel, which was 18 feet in diameter, and the complex included a corn-drying kiln, a grain store, and a pair of cottages for mill workers. By the 1890s, the family business had expanded to include a farm, a forge, and a carpenter's shop, as well as the corn mill.
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Alexander Nicholl Weir This is an account of a particular Weir family origin - the family of Alexander Nicholl Weir of Antrim, although enough information is given for others named Weir to trace their origins to those mentioned herein.
Warranty is not implied. Although ancestors can be more easily traced from the 16th. Century, when the recording of births, marriages, and deaths became obligatory, some information from Normandy and the post-Conquest period of England, derived from monastic charters, was subject to creative composition, designed to enhance the prestige of those influencing its writing. Much earlier sources of evidence, the Pictish Chronicles, and works of such Roman historians as Tacitus, are also not proven in the scientific sense; thus those seeking certainty in accounts of ancient genealogy are in the wrong area of research.
Raymond de Vere, Count of Anjou, a.k.a. Rainfroi de Vere, b.c. 705, married, in 733, Melusine de Lusina. She was the daughter of Elinas, King of the Picts, b. c. 690, and Bruithina MacBrude, b. c. 700, and, thus, was a princess of the southern Picts of Alba. Her totem tribal badge was the Dragon, hence the fairytale connotations. The Dragon Motif was depicted in 1200 AD. on the seal of Hugh de Vere, whilst the Blue Boar, a Druidic caste badge, was [n.b.] derived from the family of Raymond de Vere.
Their son was Count Maelo de Vere, b. c. 735, commander of Emperor Charlemagne's army. From Maelo's own marriage to Charlemagne's sister, Bertha Martel, sprang a succession of Earls of Genney. Maelo's brother was Roland, for whom "Song of Roland" was written.
In the Arthurian and Magdalene traditions of the Ladies of the Lake, Melusine was a fountain fey - an enchantress of the Underwood. Her fountain at Verri�res en Forez was called Lusina - meaning Light-bringer - from which derived the name of the Royal House of Lusignan - the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem. The Fount of Melusine was said to be located deep within a thicket wood in Anjou. She was also known as Melusina, Melouziana de Scythes, Maelasanu, and The Dragon Princess.
Melusina, The Dragon Princess
In the 12th Century, Melusine's descendant, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and legal pretender to the Earldom of Huntingdon, was appointed as King Richard's steward of the forest lands of Fitzooth. As Lord of the Greenwood, and titular Herne of the Wild Hunt, he was a popular people's champion , and, as a result, he was outlawed for taking up arms against King John. It was he who, subsequently styled Robin Fitzooth, became the prototype for the popular tales of Robin Hood.
Bruithina MacBrude was the daughter of Brude MacBeli, King of the Picts b. c. 680. He defeated Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria, at Nechtansmere, located on low ground known today as Dunnichen Moss, situated at the foot of Dunnichen Hill, 4 miles east of Forfar.
Brude MacBeli, King of the Picts, was the son of Beli MacNeithon, b. c. 630.
Beli MacNeithon, King of Strathclyde, was the son of Nechtan MacGwyddno, b. c. 600.
Nechtan MacGwyddno, King of Strathclyde, was the son of Gwyddno Garuntar MacCawrdrar, b. c. 560.
Gwyddno Garanir MacCawrdrar, King of Strathclyde, was the son of Cawrdar MacGarwynwyn, b. c.520.
Cawrdar MacGarwynwyn, King of Dumbarton, was the son was the son of Garwynwyn Gervinion MacDyfnwal, b. c. 495.
Garwynwyn Gervinion MacDyfnwal, King of Dumbarton,was the son of Dyfnwal Hen MacCinnuit, b.c. 470.
Dyfnwal Hen MacCinnuit, King of Dumbarton, was the son was the son of Cinuit MacCoroticus b. c. 435.
Cinuit MacCoroticus, King of Dumbarton,was the son of Coroticus MacCynloup, b. c. 400.
Coroticus MacCynloup, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cynloup MacCinhilson, b. c. 375.
Cynloup MacCinhilson, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cinhil, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 335.
Cinhil, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cluim, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 305.
Cluim, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Cursalem, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 275 .
Cursalem, King of Dumbarton, one of Constantine The Great's generals, was the son of Fer, King of Dumbarton, b. c. 235.
Fer, King of Dumbarton, was the son of Art `Vroisc', King of Dumbarton, b. c. 200.
Art `Vroisc', King of Dumbarton, was the son of Corvus, 1st King of Dumbarton, b. c. 160.
Corvus, 1st King of Dumbarton, was the son of Quintus, 5th. King of the Picts, b. c. 120.
Quintus, 5th. King of the Picts, was the son of Art Cois, b. c. 85.
Art Cois, who married a Pictish princess, was the son ofGuidgen, the Welsh Gwyddien ap Caradog, b. c. 50.Guidgen, was the son of Caratacus, King of Britain, b. c. 20; resistance leader, 43-50 AD; died in exile in Rome, 54 AD.
Caratacus, King of Britain.
The Kingdom of Strathclyde.
The Kingdom of Strathclyde was founded in 148 AD. by Corvus, descended from the hero-king Caratacus, who rebelled against the Romans, raised a following of British patriots, and established himself at Alclyde - Ail Cluathe, i.e., Castle Rock. This fortified settlement developed into the city of Dumbarton - Dun Bretan, i.e. Fort of the Britons - situated on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde.
In 148 AD., Corvus, the senior heir of the old British pre-Roman royal house, founded the British Free State, which eventually evolved into a regional kingdom in Scotland, i.e., the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Corvus of Roman history may be identified with Corbed of Scottish History, called the first King of Scotland in some Scottish annals.
The attacks on Roman Britain by the Strathclyde Britons under Corvus forced the Romans to temporarily abandon the Antonine Wall, and withdraw to Hadrian's Wall. Corvus was killed in battle, in 184 AD, fighting the Roman general Ulpius Marcellus.
The descendants of Corvus reigned at Dumbarton, beyond the Roman border, as an independent line of kings rivalling the client-kings of Roman Britain, and were the ancestors of the later Kings of Strathclyde [543-889], surviving the Roman Era until the close of the early Middle Ages.
The Descendants of Maelo de Vere and Bertha Martel.
Maelo de Vere II., b. c. 760, m. Avelina de Nantes, b. c. 770.
Nicassius de Vere, b. c.825, m. Agatha de Champagne, b. c. 840.
Otho de Vere, b. c. 860, m. Constance de Montlheri, b. c. 875.
Aurelius de Vere, b. c. 890, m. Helena de Blois, b. c. 900.
Gallus de Vere, b. c. 930, m. Gertrude de Clermont, b. c. 950.
Manassus de Vere, b. c. 970, m. Petronilla de Boulogne, b. c. 985.
Alphonso de Vere, b. c. 1000, Hedingham, Essex. He was Councilor to Edward the Confessor,King of England.
Aubrey de Vere I., 1035-1088, m. Beatrice of Ghent, b. c. 1050. Aubrey comes from the Teutonic name Alberic, or elf-ruler.
Aubrey de Vere II., 1075-15/5/1141, m. Adelisa de Clare, b. c. 1095. She was a descendant of Gilbert de Brionne, son of Duke Richard I. of Normandy, whose ancestry can be traced to the Norwegian Jarls of More, of whom many of the Royal Houses of Europe claim descent.
Aubrey de Vere III., 1115-26/12/1194, m. Lucy Agnes Abrincas, b. c. 1130.
Aubrey de Vere I. came to England with William the Conqueror, his brother-in-law, by whom he was given vast estates, consisting of manors in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Middlesex. The de Veres were also Lords of Cheniston, now Kensington, London, and Earl's Court.
Thus, the name Weir, like many lowland Scottish names, is of Norman origin, deriving from their ancestral village of Ver, near Bayeaux, and the River Vire, in Manche, on the Normandy coast of present-day northern France. The name of the town itself came from ver, a Norse word meaning fish dam, that the Vikings had introduced into Normandy, and etymologically akin to the Old English word weir, meaning a fish dam, and originally spelled both Wier and Wear, hence the diverse spellings of the family name
Aubrey de Vere married Beatrice, half-sister of William the Conqueror. He founded Earl's Colne Priory in 1105, and, after the death of Beatrice, he took vows as a monk. He died in 1088, and was buried in the church of Earls Colne Priory. He is also said to be responsible for laying out four new vineyards in England, one being at Hedingham, where wild red grapes have been found several times during the last century.
He and his wife had five sons: Aubrey de Vere II., Geoffrey de Vere, Roger de Vere, Robert de Vere, and William de Vere. Aubrey de Vere II. was responsible for building the great castle-keep at Hedingham. Aubrey married Adelisa de Clare, daughter of Gilbert FitzRichard, lord of Clare, and grand-daughter of Count Hugh de Clermont..
Aubrey de Vere II. was favoured by Henry I., and in 1133 was made Great High Chamberlain of England. While serving as joint sheriff of Surrey, Aubrey was slain during a riot in London, on May 15, 1141. He was buried in Colne Priory. Aubrey de Vere II. had four sons: Aubrey de Vere III., Robert de Vere, Geoffrey de Vere, and William de Vere.
Aubrey de Vere III. was a crusader, who was known as Aubrey the Grim, perhaps because of his height and stern appearance. He married [1] Euphemia Cantilupe, daughter of William de Cantilupe, by whom he had no issue, and [2] Lucia Abrincis, a.k.a. Agnes of Essex, daughter and heiress of William de Abrincis. See W.H. Turton, The Plantagenet Ancestry, p.113, 1928.
Ralph de Vere, b. c. 1150.
Ralph de Vere was either a younger son of Aubrey de Vere III. and Lucia Abrincis, or his second son, who lost his right to the Earldom of Oxford as a result of opposing Henry II, the earldom passing to his younger brother, Robert. Please note: Ralph de Vere was also known as Radulphus de Vere and Baltredus de Vere.
It appears that Ralph de Vere is the first of the name recorded in Scotland. He was taken prisoner along with Richard the Lion in 1174; he later witnessed a charter by King William I. of Scotland, sometime between 1174 and 1184. During the same period he gifted a bovate of land in Sprouston, Roxburgh, to the Abbey of Kelso; his brother, Robert de Vere, was a witness to this charter. The Weirs of Blackwood, Lanarkshire, claim their descent from this Ralph de Vere. n.b. The Weir succession from Ralph de Vere to Rothaldus Weir of Blackwood is fully detailed in the charters of Kelso Abbey. See Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, pp. 475-476, 1899. See George Vere Irving, The Upper Ward of Lanarkshire, 1864.
Ralph de Vere was a follower of Conan IV., Duke of Brittany, who held claim to the English throne as a great-grandson of Henry I. When Henry II. conquered Brittany, Conan and his followers took refuge in Scotland, Conan marrying the sister of King William I. of Scotland. Ralph de Vere was awarded vast estates in Lanarkshire, where the following descendants were to establish themselves:
His son was Walter Weir, b. c. 1190. His son was Radulphus Weir, 1225-1296. His son was Thomas Weir, b. c. 1256. His son was Richardus Weir, 1280-1314. His son was Thomas Weir, 1310-1371, of Blackwood, Lanarkshire. A 1314 charter of Kelso Abbey states: 'This Thomas is the first recorded proprietor of the lands of Blackwood.' This possession was inherited by his son Buan Weir, 1340-1390, whose son was Rothaldus Weir, b. 1368.
Rothaldus Weir, 1st. Laird of Blackwood, was Bailie of Lesmahagow, 1398-1400, and in the latter year, Abbot Patrick, who styled him 'Well-beloved and faithful', granted him half of the church lands of Blackwood and Dermoundyston, with Stonebyres, Archtyfardle, and the whole of Mossmynyne. For Blackwood he was to pay 3s. 4.d annually, and for the other lands, 13s 4d.. That Mossmynyne was an important possession is apparent from the yearly payment required for it. Mossmynyne was a district between Harperfield and Coultershogle. The Weir estate of Blackwood, as stated, had been held by the family for some time previous to 1400. The Veres of Stonebyres and Archtyfardle and Mossmynemion were branches of the Weirs of Blackwood. In the 16th. Century, an old feud between the Weirs of Blackwood and their cousins the Veres of Stonebyres was supposedly ended when the Veres swore allegiance to the Weirs of Blackwood.
The Weirs, though not one of the original Highland Clans, are recognized as a sept of both clan Buchannan and clan MacNaughton i.e. Mac Nachtan At some later date they were recognized as a sept of the MacFarlane clan. Since the Weirs held their own land, they became a sept by way of marriage and alliance.
The Weirs are also known as an Armigerous Family, meaning they have the right to bear their own heraldic arms. Their heraldic arms have been registered by, and are recognized by the Lyon Court and the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
The Scottish Weir motto remains the same as the English de Vere motto: 'Vero nihil verius', also written as 'Vero nil Verius.' This can be translated as 'Nothing truer than truth', or, alternately, 'Truth nothing but the truth.' And the Weir crest is based on the de Vere crest of the blue boar.
The son of Rothaldus Weir was Thomas Weir, b. c. 1400, 2nd. Laird of Blackwood. His son was Robert Weir, 1425-1479, 3rd. Laird of Blackwood. His son was Thomas Weir, 1462-1531, 4th. Laird of Blackwood. He married Aegida Somerset alias Somerville, b. 1463, of Carnwath, Lanarkshire. She was the daughter of John, 3rd Lord Somerville, of Cowthally, and Marion Baillie.
John, 3rd Lord Somerville, of Cowthally, was born c. 1406 in Cowthally Castle, Carnwath, and died Nov. 1491. He was buried in St Mary's Aisle, Carnwath. He was the son of William, 2nd. Lord Somerville, of Cowthally, and Janet Mowat.
Marion Baillie was born c. 1430 in Lamington, Ayrshire, Scotland, and died after Jan. 1505/06. She was the daughter of William VI. Baillie, Laird of Lamington, and Margery Hamilton.
[n.b. There is an oft quoted assumption, based on poetic composition, that the Baillies of Lamington, were descended from Sir William Wallace: Sir William Wallace is believed to have had a daughter, said to have married Sir William Baillie of Hoprig. There is not any probatory evidence to support this connection. Charter evidence shows Lamington to have been granted to the Baillie family, rather than it having been acquired through marriage to a daughter of Sir William Wallace. In like fashion, baseless tradition claims that Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie was the father of Sir William Wallace. However, recent evidence - arising from the dicovery of David Wallace's seal - identifies William as the son of Alan Wallace of Ayrshire, who appears in the Ragman Roll of 1296 as 'crown tenant of Ayrshire.']
William 2nd Lord Somerville , of Cowthally, was born c. 1388 in Cowthally Castle, and died there 20/8/1456. He was buried in St Mary's Aisle. He was the son of Thomas, 1st Lord Somerville , of Cowthally, and Janet Stewart.
Thomas Weir and Aegida Somerset had issue: [1] James Weir, who wed Lady Euphemia Hamilton. She was of Merovingian descent, sister of the Duke of Chatelherault, Marquess of Hamilton, 5th. grandson of King Edward III. The Hamiltons were the Heirs Presumptive to the Throne of Scotland during this period. [2] Duncan Weir, b. c. 1490, of Blackwood, who died en route to Holland. His son was Reverend Malcolm Weir, b, c. 1515. He married Miss Wyseart, daughter of the Laird of Kirkcaldie. His son was David Weir, b. c. 1555, who was a guildsman. His guildmark was the same as the crest of the Weirs of Blackwood, a hand holding a battleaxe. His son was another David Weir, b. c. 1590, whose son, John Weir, 1633-1697, married Jane Adams, 1644-1681, on moving to Northern Ireland in 1664. He should not to be confused with his cousins, also so named.
A history in an old family bible, as preserved by oral tradition, states that Jane Adams was of the family of Henry Adams, 21/1/1582-6/10/1646, great-great-grandfather of President John Adams of America. John Adams is regarded as one of the most important Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Before becoming the second President of the United States, John Adams served as the Vice-President under President George Washington. Prior to that, John Adams was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from Massachusetts.
His ancestor, Henry Adams, had been invited to Antrim in the 1630s to fight on the side of Prebyterian dissenters against the English, who wished to impose conformity to the Church of England. He was given a military rank in the rebels militia. The tradition states that Jane Adams was his niece, the daughter of an accompanying brother. The Adams family had their origins in Barton St. David, Somerset, England. Henry Adams was the son of John Adams, 1555-19/3/1603, and Agnes Stone, 1576-1615. Henry and all his known ancestors were Yeomen farmers. Henry was also a maltster. He died in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, having gone there in 1638. He was known popularly as The Founder of New England, probably because of the extraordinary number [89] of his grandchildren.
The English saw Ireland as a back door route by which its European Catholic enemies could threaten its independence, and sought to populate it with English, and particularly, Scottish settlers. In general, the Scottish settlers were poor and downtrodden Many were Presbyterians, and, at the time, Presbyterians were discriminated against by the State: Presbyterians were excluded from certain professions - law and the military - and there were restrictions on their ownership of land. Also, Ministers of the Presbyterian Church were not allowed to marry their own flock.
John Weir and Jane Adams were the parents of Robert Weir, b. 1666, of Straid, Antrim. His son was David Weir, b.1702. He was the father of David Weir, 1722-23/6/1797, and Elizabeth Weir, 1728-29/7/1808, who married, 1752, George Acheson, 3/4/1720-11/7/1812, of Markethill, Armagh. David Weir was the father of David Weir, b. 1748, James Weir, b. 1750, and William Weir, b. 1752.
This account is one of a single family, yet those mentioned herein obviously had many siblings. Thus, many of these Weir families became established around Ballymena, in the townlands of Straid, Glebe, Gloonan, Ballyminstra, and Ballymackilroy, most of which are in Ahoghill parish. They tended to intermarry within a small circle of other families. Weirs became closely associated with the families of McDowell, Boyd, Nicholl, and Bankhead, as examples, with many males of each family having as a middle name that of an associated family. These associations were continued after emigration. An example of this is given by the family of Archibald Weir corresponding with the family of Matthew Boyd, see later, after they emigrated to America in 1818.
David Weir, b. 1748, was the father of Robert Weir, 1770-27/2/1857, who married, 1815, [2] Martha Telford, 1790-1872. Robert Weir owned the old corn mills at Straid. He was not the first of his lineage to do so: Straid Corn Mill was built and operated by the Weir family, who were the village millers, from the 17th. Century onwards. [Robert Weir married, firstly, Elizabeth Orr, and by her had three children, two of whom were [1] James Weir, b. c. 1829, Drumramer, Ahoghill. He married, 26/7/1855, Jane Rainey, daughter of William Rainey of Taylorstown; [2] Margaret Weir, b. 1824, Drumramer, who married, 26/3/1850, James Logan.]
Robert Weir and Martha Telford had issue:
[1] Rose Weir, 26/5/1816-10/3/1883.
[2] Joan Weir, b. 9/10/1817.
[3] Samuel Weir, b. 20/11/1819. He married, 4/8/1849, Mary McCann, daughter of Arthur McCann of Tullygowan, Ahoghill.
[4] David Weir, 4/9/1821-1890, of Ahoghill, Antrim, who married, 1844, Mary McDowell, b. 1826, of Ballynure, Antrim, daughter of William McDowell
[5] Martha Weir, 15/11/1823-1871, who married, 31/12/1841, the aformentioned Matthew Boyd.
[6] Nathaniel Weir, 28/12/1825-16/4/1882. He married, 4/12/1849, Mary McKay, b. 1829, daughter of Hugh McKay.
[7] Elizabeth Weir, 12/6/1828-28/5/1872. She married, 8/1/1853, Thomas McCann, brother of the above mentioned Mary McCann.
[8] Alexander Weir, 27/6/1830-1915, of Ahoghill, Antrim, who married, 5/10/1852, Mary McKay's sister, Rose McKay. The Straid Corn Mill became the property of this Alexander Weir, before becoming the property of his son, Alexander Weir - brother of John Adams Weir - who bequested them to his son, Robert Weir.
[9] Margaret Weir, b.29/11/1832.
David Weir and Mary McDowell had issue, among which were:
[1] Martha Weir, b. 1860. She had an illigitimate daughter, Sarah Jane Weir, b. 29/12/1877, who lived with her grandparents, before emigrating to Winnipeg, Canada, where she married, 1907, Thomas B. Hembroff.
[2] Hugh Weir, 1863-7/10/1948, of Ballymena, Antrim, who married, 3/1/1886, Mary Ellen Nicholl, 3/5/1864-25/6/1951, of Straid, Antrim, daughter of Alexander Bamford Nicholl, 1835-18/1/1915, who married, 8/1/1852, Eliza Jane Meek, 1835-25/1/1896, daughter of William Meek.
Siblings of Mary Ellen Nicholl were: [1] William Nicholl, 15/2/1853-11/11/1893. [2] John Nicholl, b.15/1/1855. [3] Robert Nicholl, 16/5/1857-3/12/1875. [4] Alexander Nicholl, b. 21/4/1859. [5] Euphemia Nicholl, 30/11/1861-20/5/1876. [6] Eliza Jane Nicholl, 13/11/1866-13/9/1908, who married Charles Armytage, their children being Charlotte Armytage and Harry Armytage. [7] Henry Nicholl, b. 30/6/1869. [8] Catherine Nicholl, 27/2/1872-5/5/1872. [9] Matilda Nicholl, b. 26/4/1873. [10] Roberta Martha Jane Nicholl, 30/11/1876-24/5/1880. [11] Samuel Nicholl, b. 1877.
Alexander Bamford Nicholl was the son of William Nicholl, 1808-1848, who married, 2/5/1832, Isabella Bamford, 1812-5/5/1886. In 1849, she subsequentally married John Bankhead, who was 19 years her junior.
This Nicholl family had established itself at Ahoghill from early times. Ahoghill tombstones record their descent: Robert Nicholl,1650-14/12/1713, James Nicholl, 1689-14/3/1710, Robert Nicholl, 1729-18/4/1799, Robert Nicholl, 1768-16/2/1830, and William Nicholl, who, as said, married Isabella Bamford.
Hugh Weir and Mary Ellen Nicholl
Hugh Weir and Mary Ellen Nicholl had issue:
[1] Euphemia Roberta Weir, 19/8/1884-27/8/1922, who married Charles Connor, 1879-1966, father of Matthew Connor, 27/8/1922-1/3/1980, who married Margaret Glover, 1929-3/11/1977; their children being: Vera Connor, b. 1953, Corinne Connor, b. 1957, Valerie Connor, b. 1958, Reuben Connor, b. 1962, and Vivien Connor, b. 1965. Euphemia was named after two deceased sisters.
[2] David Weir, DCM, 9/6/1886-4/10/1917, killed in action.
[3] Martha Weir, 16/1/1888-26/2/1942, who married William Campbell. Their children were: [a]Euphemia Roberta Campbell, b. 6/1/1919. [b] Hugh Campbell, b. 8/2/1921. [c] James Campbell, b. 10/8/1923. [d] Sarah Campbell, b. 20/2/1926, who married Herbert Carson; their children being Heather Carson, b. 11/11/1950, and Lorna Carson, b. 23/6/1957. [e] John Campbell, b. 2/11/1929.
[4] Matthew Boyd Weir, 20/8/1889-18/12/1983, who married Mary Gillespie. They had seven children: Hugh Weir, who married Roberta Tweed; May Weir, who married Samuel Glover; and David Weir, Margaret Weir, Hannah Weir, Isobel Weir, and Jean Weir.
[5] Hugh Weir, 1/6/1892-21/3/1918, killed in action.
[6] Alexander Nicholl Weir, 1895-1982.
[7] Henry Weir, b. 24/5/1900. He married Anne Rainey, daughter of Samuel Rainey and Margaret Marrs. Their daughter was Euphemia Weir, mother of Brian May. Anne Rainey's brother, Robert Rainey, married Margaret Kernohan.
[9] Samuel Weir, 6/8/1905-29/3/1942. He served in the Royal Military Police.
David Weir
'Mrs. David Weir, Lisnafillan, Ballymena, has just been notified that her
husband, Private David Weir, Australian Imperial Force, has been killed in
action. Pte. Weir, who was a son of Mr. Hugh Weir of Straid, Ballymena, emigrated
to Australia about six years ago and joined the army on the outbreak of war.
He was recommended for the DCM on September 20, 1917. Prior to
emigration, he was a member of Straid LOL.'
Ballymena Observer. November 30, 1917
David Weir was in the 7th. Battl. Australian Infantry, having emigrated to Australia at the age of 19. He was killed by a shell that hit the hospital he was in, being tended to for a wound he had obtained in battle. He married Sarah Crawford of Lisnafillen, Galgorm, Antrim, to whom he had two daughters, Edith Weir, and Mary Weir. He had sent for his family to be with him in Ballymena, being due leave. His wife remained in Ireland. His name is carved on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. R.I.P.
Hugh Weir was in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His name is carved on the Pozienes Memorial, France. R.I.P.
Alexander Nicholl Weir, 8/5/1895-2/8/1982, Ballymena, Antrim, married [2] Martha Purdy, 13/8/1912-19/6/1980, of Loughconnelly, Antrim. See The Purdys. They resided at 4 Railway Street Place, Ballymena. The only child of this marriage married Jack Ackroyd, 22/11/1926-19/5/1996, a soldier in the British Army, of Mexborough, South Yorkshire; their children being: Lynnette Ackroyd, b. 9/10/1953, Colleen Ackroyd, b. 8/10/1954, and Jacqueline Ackroyd, b. 25/1/1961. Jack had a keen sense of humour; retained his love of boxing, and would often be found enjoying the solitude offered by angling.
By a first wife, Alexander Nicholl Weir was the father of the incomparable beauty, Mary Weir, a true belle of Ballymena, who married Jack Darragh. Their children were: Hazel Darragh, Glen Darragh, Sharon Darragh, Colleen Darragh, Ian Darragh, and Stephen Darragh. After the death of her mother, Mary resided with her grandparents, Hugh, and Mary Ellen.
Alexander Nicholl Weir, as his brothers, served his country in the army, in which he learned to box; and is remembered fondly for his liking of a good debate; his partiality to a 'tipple' in Rainey's Bar, and his growing of dahlias. He was engaged in the building trade.
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This corn mill was owned and operated by the Weir family, who had been millers at Straid since the 17th Century. The mill was powered by a waterwheel, which was 18 feet in diameter, and the complex included a corn-drying kiln, a grain store, and a pair of cottages for mill workers. By the 1890s, the family business had expanded to include a farm, a forge, and a carpenter's shop, as well as the corn mill.
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The family of Orr is very ancient in Scotland, the name dating in
Renfrewshire Records from 1100, where it was most respected. Rev.
Alexander Orr, of Burrowfield, married Lady Barbara Crawford, of
Anchinames. He was an ardent Covenanter, and suffered martyrdom
for his faith. His son. Rev. Alexander Orr, of "Hazelside," married
Lady Agnes, daughter and co-heiress of Hon. John Dalrymple, Laird of
"Waterside" and writer to the signet. The Dalrymples of Waterside
were of the family and bear the arms of Stair ; the Earle of Stair, the
present head of which house, very kindly gave the writer the informa-
tion necessary for this sketch. John Orr, the younger son of Rev.
Alexander Orr and Lady Waterside, came to Virginia in about 1750,
and married Susannah Monroe Grayson, an aunt of James Monroe,
fifth President of the United States. John Orr was a signer of the
Revolutionary Resolutions drawn by Richard Henry Lee in protest
against the Stamp Act in 1766. His daughter, Susannah Elizabeth,
married, in 1794, Leven Powell, Jr.*
Arms: (Lyon Reg. 1-199) Gules, three piles conjoined in point arg.,
within a bordure of the second, on a chief or a Torteaux of the first,
between two cross crosslets azure. Crest: A Cornucopia proper ; motto:
for tuna virtute comes.
RoYAE Descent oe Orr Family.!
First. From Egbert, first King of England, and Alfred the Great,
William the Conqueror (and through these from the Saxon and Norse
*"A Few Old Families," McCall, Glasgow, 1893.
fBrowning's "Americans of Royal Descent." "A History of the Shire of
Renfrew," Craufurd and Seton, 1783, Glasgow.
82 HISTORY OF NATHANIEL EVANS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
royal houses from the first invasions) : Henry I., Henry H., John, Ed-
ward I., Edward II., Edward HI., of England, James L, of Scotland,
and Philip IV., of France ( and through him from Charlemagne),
through :
i., Princess Jean, daughter of King James I., of Scotland and Queen
Joan (Beaufort), great-grand-daughter of Edward HI. of Eng-
land, and great-great-grand-daughter of Philip IV. of France,
who married Lord James Douglas, third Lord Dalkeith, first Earl
of Morton. Had :
ii.. Lady Janet Douglas, m. Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Both-
well. Had :
iii.. Lady Janet Hepburn, m. George, 5th Lord Seton. Had :
iv., Lady Mariota Seton, m. Hugh Montgomery, 2d Earl of Eglin-
ton. Had :
v., Jiugh Montgomery, 3d Earl of Eglinton, m. Lady Agnes,
daughter of Sir John Drummond, of Innespeffry. Had :
vi.. Lady Agnes Ann Montgomery, 1st cousin of Mary Queen of
Scots ; m. Robert, 4th Lord Semple. Had :
vii.. Lady Beatrix Barbara Semple, m. Sir Colin Lamont, of In-
neryne. Had :
viii., Lady Ann Lamont, m. William Craufurd, Laird of Auchi-
names. Had :
ix., Lady Barbara Craufurd, m. Rev. Alexander Orr, descended
from the Orrs of Barrowfield, Renfrewshire. Had :
X., Rev. Alexander Orr of Hazelside, m. Lady Agnes Dalrymple
of Waterside. Had :
xi., John Orr, b. Waterside, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 25th July,
1726 ; came to Prince William County, Va., about 1750 ; married
Susannah Monroe Grayson. Had :
xii., Susannah Elizabeth Orr, m. 1794, Leven Powell, Jr. Had:
xiii., William Alexander Powell, m. Lucy Peachy Lee. Had :
xiv., Maria Antoinette Pozvell, m. Dr. James Evans, of South Caro-
lina.
Second. Through Erskine from James I. of Scotland:
i., Sir Robert Erskine of Erskine, m. Lady Beatrix Lindsey. Had :
ii., Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine, m. Lady Janet Keith, daughter
of Lord Keith, Marischal of Scotland, by his wife, Christian,
HISTORY OF NATHANIEI. FVANS AND HIS DESCE:NDANTS. 83
daughter of Monteith, Lord of Arran, and Lady Elyne Marr,
daughter of Gratney 11th Earl of Marr. Had:
iii., Sir Robert Brskine, m. daughter of Robert, Lord Lorn and
Inmeath. Had :
iv., Thomas, 1st Lord Erskine, properly 2d Earl of Marr, m. Lady
Isabella Douglas (see Douglas Peerage), daughter of James
Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, and Princess Joan, daughter of
King James L of Scotland and Queen Joan Beaufort. Had :
v., Lady Mary Brskine, m. Sir William Livingston of Kilsyth.
Had :
vi., William Livingston, Laird of Kilsyth, m. Lady Margaret Gra-
ham. Had :
vii., William Livingston, m. Lady Janet Bruce, daughter of the
Laird of Aerth. Had :
viii.. Sir William Livingston of Kilsyth; m. Lady Mary, daughter
of Sir Duncan Forrester, Controller of the Household. Had :
ix.. Lady BHsabeth Livingston, m. Gabriel Cunningham, Laird of
Craigends. Had :
X., Lady Janet Cnnningham, m. Sir Patrick Houston. Had :
xi., Lady Margaret Houston, m. William Craufurd, Laird of
Auchinames. Had :
xii., Patrick Craufurd, Laird of Auchinames, m. Jane, heiress of
James Craufurd of Crosbie. Had :
xiii., William Craufurd, Laird of Auchinames, m. Lady Ann La-
mont, daughter of Sir Colin Lamont of Inneryne, whose daugh-
ter. Lady Barbara Craufurd, was the grand-mother of John Orr,
of Virginia.
Third. From King James H. of Scotland :
i., James IL, King of Scotland, m. Princess Mary, daughter of
Arnold, Duke of Gueldres, and his wife, Catherine, daughter of
Adolph, Duke of Cleves. Had:
ii., Princess Mary, m. James, 1st Lord Hamilton. Had :
iii., James, 2d Lord Hamilton and 1st Earl of Arran ; m. Janet,
daughter of Sir Daniel Beaton, of Creich. Had :*
iv., Lady Jane Hamilton, m. Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of
Glencairn. Had :
*See Note, p. 77, supra.
84 HISTORY OF NATHANIEI, i;VANS AND HIS DE;SCE;NDANTS.
v., William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn ; m. Lady Janet
Gordon, of Lochinvar family. Had:
vi., Lady BHsabeth Cunningham, m. James Craufurd, Laird of
Corsbie. Had :
vii., Lady Jane Craufurd, heiress of Corsbie, m. Patrick Craufurd,
Laird of Auchinames. Had :
viii., William Craufurd, Laird of Auchinames ; m. Lady Ann,
daughter of Sir Colin Lamont of Inneryne. Had :
ix., Lady Barbara Craufurd, m. Alexander Orr, grand-father of
John Orr, of Virginia.
Fourth. From King James HL, King James IV. of Scotland, and
King Christian L of Denmark.
i. James IIL, King of Scotland, m. Princess Margaret, daughter of
Christian L, King of Denmark. Had :
ii., James IV., King of Scotland, m. (before his accession) Lady
Margaret Drummond, daughter of John, 1st Lord Drummond,
and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Lindsey, 4th Earl
of Crawford. Had :
iii.. Lady Margaret Stewart, m. Sir John Drummond of Innespefifry.
Had:'
iv.. Lady Agnes Drummond, m. Hugh Montgomery, 3d Earl of
Eglinton. Had :
v.. Lady Agnes Ann Montgomery, m. Robert, 4th Lord of Semple.
Had:
vi.. Lady Beatrix Barbara Semple, m. Sir Colin Lamont of In-
neryne. Had :
vii., Lady Ann Lamont, m. William Craufurd, Laird of Auchi-
names. Had :
viii.. Lady Barbara Craufurd, m. Rev. Alexander Orr, grand-
father of John Orr, of Virginia.
Fifth. From King Robert Bruce and King Robert II. of Scotland :
The grand-son of Robert II., King of Scotland, son of King Robert
Bruce, was John, Earl of Buehan, Lord High Constable of France ; his
daughter and heiress. Lady Margaret, m. George, 1st Lord Seton,
lineally descended from Rollo, the first Norman Duke. From Lord
George Seton was descended Lady Mariota Seton, who married Hugh
Montgomery, 2d Earl of Eglinton, from whom John Orr, of Virginia,
was descended, as heretofore given.
HISTORY OF NATHANIEL EVANS AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 85
^nvv\3an,
CuTHBERT Harrison, Esquire, of Acaster, Caton and Flaxby, Gentle-
man, was the father of Burr Harrison, Gent., who, in 1655, fled from
London to Virginia as a Cavalier refugee from Cromwell. Burr Har-
rison's birth is recorded in the Parish Record of St. Margarets, West-
minster. He settled at Chippawamsic, Prince William County, Va.,
and he and his sons were prominent in the public and social life of that
aristocratic County. Hon. Burr Harrison, his great-grand-son, was a
Justice of the Peace and a Burgess for the County. He was the father
of Sarah Harrison, the wife of Lt. Col. Leven Powell. ,
Arms: Az. three demi lions ramp or. Crest: A demi lion ramp or.
holding a laurel branch vert.*
Motto: Vincit qui Patitur.
The Peytons of Stafford County, Va., are descended from Reginald
de Peyton, Lord of "Peyton Hall" and "Isleham," Boxford and Stoke
Neyland, Cambridgeshire, England, temp. Henry L, d. 1136, who was
Dapifer to Earl Hugh de Bigod, one of the signers of Magna Charta.
Sir Edward Peyton was Lord of Peyton Hall in 1656, and made a deed
to Henry Peyton of Lincoln Inn Fields, a clerk of the High Court of
Chancery, of his own arms with a change of bardure, as a descendant of
his house. In 1657, Henry Peyton was tried for treason for maintain-
ing his sons in arms against the Parliament. These sons. Col. Valen-
tine, Lawrence and Henry, appeared as cavalier refugees in Stafford
County, Va., in 1656. Henry signs himself as "Henry Peyton, Gent.,
of Aquia Creek and Loudoun." Col. Valentine Peyton, the grand-son
of this Henry, was Burgess, Justice of the Peace in Stafford County,
and a Colonel of the Colonial Militia. Elinor Peyton, his daughter,
was the wife of Wm. Powell, Jr., and mother of Lt. Col. Leven Powell,
of Loudoun Co.
Anns: Sa a cross engrailed or in the second quarter a mullet arg. all
within a bordure ermine. Crest: "On a wreath a griffin sejant or."
Motto: Potior Potior."^
*"Virginia Genealogies," Heyden.
86 HISTORY OF NATHANmL EVANS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
Dr. John Lee, a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and an Irishman
by birth, came to Virginia about 1740 and settled at Woodstock, Frede-
rick Co. He married Lucy Smith, of Culpeper Co., and their son,
Hon. Daniel Lee, studied law and practiced in Winchester, from where
he served many terms as a member of the General Assembly. He mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Henry Nicholson, Quartermaster of
Brigade in the Revolution, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Hon. An-
thony Hay, of Williamsburg. Anthony Hay was descended from the
thirteenth Lord Hay, Earl of Erroll, of the Peerage of Scotland, and a
signet ring and book plates left to his children bore the Erroll Arms.
Daniel Lee left children, Lucy Peachy, wife of Wm. A. Powell and
mother of Mrs. James Evans; Mrs. Hedges, of New Orleans; Mrs.
Patrick Henry Cabell; Mrs. Louis Burrell; Rev. Henry Lee; Judge
George Lee, of the Virginia Court of Appeals, and Hugh Lee, Esq., of
Winchester, Va.
’Descent of Scots Family’
The Scottish descent of the Senior line of the Vere of Oxford.
The Scottish name Weir is derived from the Norman-French de Vere..... Alberic de Vere... accompanied the Conqueror. Ralph or Radalphus de Ver was the first of the name on record in Scotland. As Ralph de Ver he was taken prisoner at Ainwick in July 1174. As Radulphus de Weir, he witnessed a Charter of King William, between 1174 and 1184. and as Radulph de Veir he gave a bovate of land in Sprowston, Roxburgh, to Kelso Abbey. As Radalphus de Vere he witnessed another Charter by King William to the Abbey of Lindores. He also witnessed another undated Charter of King William’s to William de Hala, Herd (Errol.) The same, or perhaps a succeeding Radulph de Ver, or de Uer witnessed about 1204 a grant to the Abbey of Arbroath, and before 1214 another Charter by William the Lion. The Weirs of Lanarkshire claimed to be descended from this Radulph.
...................Richard Wer, Lanark, rendered homage to Edward I in 1296. Between 1398 and 1400 Rothald de Were, Baille of Lesmahagow, had a Charter from Patrick, Abbot of Kelso, of the lands of Blackwood, Mossiygning and. Durgundreston. and in 1497 Abbot Robert granted Rogerhill and Brownhill to Robert Weyr for services rendered..........................................
The English ’Weirs’ (however) are descended from a progenitor who dwelt at a weir or fishing dam.
The Scottish Weir crest is (was in 1700’s) a demi-horse in armour proper, bridled and saddled
gules. The motto is Nihil Verius.
Source:
From Dr. George Black.
The senior descent of the Scottish Branch of Vere of Oxford continued
Source - ’The Surnames of Scotland’, New York Public Library Edition.
Primary sources in italic.
WEIR............As Ralph de Vere he was taken prisoner at Alnwick along with William the Lion in 1174 (Bain, I, p. 174).He witnessed a charter by King William ’de decimis episcopatus’ of Moray between 1174-84 (REM., 2), and as Radulph de Veir or Veyre, within the same period, he gave a bovate of land in Sprowestun, Roxburgh, to the Abbey of Kelso, his brother Robert being one of the witnesses (Kelso, p. 177). The same or perhaps a succeeding Radulph de Ver or de Uer witnessed a little before 1204 a grant to the Abbey of Arbroath (RAA., I, 11) and before 1214 another charter by King William (Panmure II, 126)
WEIR
Tartan: Weir (also Hope-Vere)
Motto: Vero Nihil Verius (Latin: Nothing Truer than Truth)
......Ralph de Ver, from whom the Weirs of Blackwood, Lanarkshire, claim descent, was captured, with King William I (the Lion), in 1174 whilst besieging the castle of Alnwick in Northumberland. Others of the name held land in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, in the fifteenth century.
Major Thomas Weir (1599 - 1670) born at Kirkton House, Carluke, was burned at the stake in Edinburgh for .....witchcraft. His sister was hanged the next day for her part in some of his activities.
’Scotland and her Tartans’ Alexander Fulton.
(Major Thomas Weir was the grandson of William of Stonebyres and Elizabeth Hamilton. His father Thomas married the witch, Lady Jane Somerville. Major Weir was posted to Ulster in 1641 and, by family tradition, had some connection with the Tyrone descent. For Somerville see below).
Renfrewshire Records from 1100, where it was most respected. Rev.
Alexander Orr, of Burrowfield, married Lady Barbara Crawford, of
Anchinames. He was an ardent Covenanter, and suffered martyrdom
for his faith. His son. Rev. Alexander Orr, of "Hazelside," married
Lady Agnes, daughter and co-heiress of Hon. John Dalrymple, Laird of
"Waterside" and writer to the signet. The Dalrymples of Waterside
were of the family and bear the arms of Stair ; the Earle of Stair, the
present head of which house, very kindly gave the writer the informa-
tion necessary for this sketch. John Orr, the younger son of Rev.
Alexander Orr and Lady Waterside, came to Virginia in about 1750,
and married Susannah Monroe Grayson, an aunt of James Monroe,
fifth President of the United States. John Orr was a signer of the
Revolutionary Resolutions drawn by Richard Henry Lee in protest
against the Stamp Act in 1766. His daughter, Susannah Elizabeth,
married, in 1794, Leven Powell, Jr.*
Arms: (Lyon Reg. 1-199) Gules, three piles conjoined in point arg.,
within a bordure of the second, on a chief or a Torteaux of the first,
between two cross crosslets azure. Crest: A Cornucopia proper ; motto:
for tuna virtute comes.
RoYAE Descent oe Orr Family.!
First. From Egbert, first King of England, and Alfred the Great,
William the Conqueror (and through these from the Saxon and Norse
*"A Few Old Families," McCall, Glasgow, 1893.
fBrowning's "Americans of Royal Descent." "A History of the Shire of
Renfrew," Craufurd and Seton, 1783, Glasgow.
82 HISTORY OF NATHANIEL EVANS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
royal houses from the first invasions) : Henry I., Henry H., John, Ed-
ward I., Edward II., Edward HI., of England, James L, of Scotland,
and Philip IV., of France ( and through him from Charlemagne),
through :
i., Princess Jean, daughter of King James I., of Scotland and Queen
Joan (Beaufort), great-grand-daughter of Edward HI. of Eng-
land, and great-great-grand-daughter of Philip IV. of France,
who married Lord James Douglas, third Lord Dalkeith, first Earl
of Morton. Had :
ii.. Lady Janet Douglas, m. Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Both-
well. Had :
iii.. Lady Janet Hepburn, m. George, 5th Lord Seton. Had :
iv., Lady Mariota Seton, m. Hugh Montgomery, 2d Earl of Eglin-
ton. Had :
v., Jiugh Montgomery, 3d Earl of Eglinton, m. Lady Agnes,
daughter of Sir John Drummond, of Innespeffry. Had :
vi.. Lady Agnes Ann Montgomery, 1st cousin of Mary Queen of
Scots ; m. Robert, 4th Lord Semple. Had :
vii.. Lady Beatrix Barbara Semple, m. Sir Colin Lamont, of In-
neryne. Had :
viii., Lady Ann Lamont, m. William Craufurd, Laird of Auchi-
names. Had :
ix., Lady Barbara Craufurd, m. Rev. Alexander Orr, descended
from the Orrs of Barrowfield, Renfrewshire. Had :
X., Rev. Alexander Orr of Hazelside, m. Lady Agnes Dalrymple
of Waterside. Had :
xi., John Orr, b. Waterside, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 25th July,
1726 ; came to Prince William County, Va., about 1750 ; married
Susannah Monroe Grayson. Had :
xii., Susannah Elizabeth Orr, m. 1794, Leven Powell, Jr. Had:
xiii., William Alexander Powell, m. Lucy Peachy Lee. Had :
xiv., Maria Antoinette Pozvell, m. Dr. James Evans, of South Caro-
lina.
Second. Through Erskine from James I. of Scotland:
i., Sir Robert Erskine of Erskine, m. Lady Beatrix Lindsey. Had :
ii., Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine, m. Lady Janet Keith, daughter
of Lord Keith, Marischal of Scotland, by his wife, Christian,
HISTORY OF NATHANIEI. FVANS AND HIS DESCE:NDANTS. 83
daughter of Monteith, Lord of Arran, and Lady Elyne Marr,
daughter of Gratney 11th Earl of Marr. Had:
iii., Sir Robert Brskine, m. daughter of Robert, Lord Lorn and
Inmeath. Had :
iv., Thomas, 1st Lord Erskine, properly 2d Earl of Marr, m. Lady
Isabella Douglas (see Douglas Peerage), daughter of James
Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, and Princess Joan, daughter of
King James L of Scotland and Queen Joan Beaufort. Had :
v., Lady Mary Brskine, m. Sir William Livingston of Kilsyth.
Had :
vi., William Livingston, Laird of Kilsyth, m. Lady Margaret Gra-
ham. Had :
vii., William Livingston, m. Lady Janet Bruce, daughter of the
Laird of Aerth. Had :
viii.. Sir William Livingston of Kilsyth; m. Lady Mary, daughter
of Sir Duncan Forrester, Controller of the Household. Had :
ix.. Lady BHsabeth Livingston, m. Gabriel Cunningham, Laird of
Craigends. Had :
X., Lady Janet Cnnningham, m. Sir Patrick Houston. Had :
xi., Lady Margaret Houston, m. William Craufurd, Laird of
Auchinames. Had :
xii., Patrick Craufurd, Laird of Auchinames, m. Jane, heiress of
James Craufurd of Crosbie. Had :
xiii., William Craufurd, Laird of Auchinames, m. Lady Ann La-
mont, daughter of Sir Colin Lamont of Inneryne, whose daugh-
ter. Lady Barbara Craufurd, was the grand-mother of John Orr,
of Virginia.
Third. From King James H. of Scotland :
i., James IL, King of Scotland, m. Princess Mary, daughter of
Arnold, Duke of Gueldres, and his wife, Catherine, daughter of
Adolph, Duke of Cleves. Had:
ii., Princess Mary, m. James, 1st Lord Hamilton. Had :
iii., James, 2d Lord Hamilton and 1st Earl of Arran ; m. Janet,
daughter of Sir Daniel Beaton, of Creich. Had :*
iv., Lady Jane Hamilton, m. Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of
Glencairn. Had :
*See Note, p. 77, supra.
84 HISTORY OF NATHANIEI, i;VANS AND HIS DE;SCE;NDANTS.
v., William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn ; m. Lady Janet
Gordon, of Lochinvar family. Had:
vi., Lady BHsabeth Cunningham, m. James Craufurd, Laird of
Corsbie. Had :
vii., Lady Jane Craufurd, heiress of Corsbie, m. Patrick Craufurd,
Laird of Auchinames. Had :
viii., William Craufurd, Laird of Auchinames ; m. Lady Ann,
daughter of Sir Colin Lamont of Inneryne. Had :
ix., Lady Barbara Craufurd, m. Alexander Orr, grand-father of
John Orr, of Virginia.
Fourth. From King James HL, King James IV. of Scotland, and
King Christian L of Denmark.
i. James IIL, King of Scotland, m. Princess Margaret, daughter of
Christian L, King of Denmark. Had :
ii., James IV., King of Scotland, m. (before his accession) Lady
Margaret Drummond, daughter of John, 1st Lord Drummond,
and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Lindsey, 4th Earl
of Crawford. Had :
iii.. Lady Margaret Stewart, m. Sir John Drummond of Innespefifry.
Had:'
iv.. Lady Agnes Drummond, m. Hugh Montgomery, 3d Earl of
Eglinton. Had :
v.. Lady Agnes Ann Montgomery, m. Robert, 4th Lord of Semple.
Had:
vi.. Lady Beatrix Barbara Semple, m. Sir Colin Lamont of In-
neryne. Had :
vii., Lady Ann Lamont, m. William Craufurd, Laird of Auchi-
names. Had :
viii.. Lady Barbara Craufurd, m. Rev. Alexander Orr, grand-
father of John Orr, of Virginia.
Fifth. From King Robert Bruce and King Robert II. of Scotland :
The grand-son of Robert II., King of Scotland, son of King Robert
Bruce, was John, Earl of Buehan, Lord High Constable of France ; his
daughter and heiress. Lady Margaret, m. George, 1st Lord Seton,
lineally descended from Rollo, the first Norman Duke. From Lord
George Seton was descended Lady Mariota Seton, who married Hugh
Montgomery, 2d Earl of Eglinton, from whom John Orr, of Virginia,
was descended, as heretofore given.
HISTORY OF NATHANIEL EVANS AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 85
^nvv\3an,
CuTHBERT Harrison, Esquire, of Acaster, Caton and Flaxby, Gentle-
man, was the father of Burr Harrison, Gent., who, in 1655, fled from
London to Virginia as a Cavalier refugee from Cromwell. Burr Har-
rison's birth is recorded in the Parish Record of St. Margarets, West-
minster. He settled at Chippawamsic, Prince William County, Va.,
and he and his sons were prominent in the public and social life of that
aristocratic County. Hon. Burr Harrison, his great-grand-son, was a
Justice of the Peace and a Burgess for the County. He was the father
of Sarah Harrison, the wife of Lt. Col. Leven Powell. ,
Arms: Az. three demi lions ramp or. Crest: A demi lion ramp or.
holding a laurel branch vert.*
Motto: Vincit qui Patitur.
The Peytons of Stafford County, Va., are descended from Reginald
de Peyton, Lord of "Peyton Hall" and "Isleham," Boxford and Stoke
Neyland, Cambridgeshire, England, temp. Henry L, d. 1136, who was
Dapifer to Earl Hugh de Bigod, one of the signers of Magna Charta.
Sir Edward Peyton was Lord of Peyton Hall in 1656, and made a deed
to Henry Peyton of Lincoln Inn Fields, a clerk of the High Court of
Chancery, of his own arms with a change of bardure, as a descendant of
his house. In 1657, Henry Peyton was tried for treason for maintain-
ing his sons in arms against the Parliament. These sons. Col. Valen-
tine, Lawrence and Henry, appeared as cavalier refugees in Stafford
County, Va., in 1656. Henry signs himself as "Henry Peyton, Gent.,
of Aquia Creek and Loudoun." Col. Valentine Peyton, the grand-son
of this Henry, was Burgess, Justice of the Peace in Stafford County,
and a Colonel of the Colonial Militia. Elinor Peyton, his daughter,
was the wife of Wm. Powell, Jr., and mother of Lt. Col. Leven Powell,
of Loudoun Co.
Anns: Sa a cross engrailed or in the second quarter a mullet arg. all
within a bordure ermine. Crest: "On a wreath a griffin sejant or."
Motto: Potior Potior."^
*"Virginia Genealogies," Heyden.
86 HISTORY OF NATHANmL EVANS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
Dr. John Lee, a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and an Irishman
by birth, came to Virginia about 1740 and settled at Woodstock, Frede-
rick Co. He married Lucy Smith, of Culpeper Co., and their son,
Hon. Daniel Lee, studied law and practiced in Winchester, from where
he served many terms as a member of the General Assembly. He mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Henry Nicholson, Quartermaster of
Brigade in the Revolution, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Hon. An-
thony Hay, of Williamsburg. Anthony Hay was descended from the
thirteenth Lord Hay, Earl of Erroll, of the Peerage of Scotland, and a
signet ring and book plates left to his children bore the Erroll Arms.
Daniel Lee left children, Lucy Peachy, wife of Wm. A. Powell and
mother of Mrs. James Evans; Mrs. Hedges, of New Orleans; Mrs.
Patrick Henry Cabell; Mrs. Louis Burrell; Rev. Henry Lee; Judge
George Lee, of the Virginia Court of Appeals, and Hugh Lee, Esq., of
Winchester, Va.
’Descent of Scots Family’
The Scottish descent of the Senior line of the Vere of Oxford.
The Scottish name Weir is derived from the Norman-French de Vere..... Alberic de Vere... accompanied the Conqueror. Ralph or Radalphus de Ver was the first of the name on record in Scotland. As Ralph de Ver he was taken prisoner at Ainwick in July 1174. As Radulphus de Weir, he witnessed a Charter of King William, between 1174 and 1184. and as Radulph de Veir he gave a bovate of land in Sprowston, Roxburgh, to Kelso Abbey. As Radalphus de Vere he witnessed another Charter by King William to the Abbey of Lindores. He also witnessed another undated Charter of King William’s to William de Hala, Herd (Errol.) The same, or perhaps a succeeding Radulph de Ver, or de Uer witnessed about 1204 a grant to the Abbey of Arbroath, and before 1214 another Charter by William the Lion. The Weirs of Lanarkshire claimed to be descended from this Radulph.
...................Richard Wer, Lanark, rendered homage to Edward I in 1296. Between 1398 and 1400 Rothald de Were, Baille of Lesmahagow, had a Charter from Patrick, Abbot of Kelso, of the lands of Blackwood, Mossiygning and. Durgundreston. and in 1497 Abbot Robert granted Rogerhill and Brownhill to Robert Weyr for services rendered..........................................
The English ’Weirs’ (however) are descended from a progenitor who dwelt at a weir or fishing dam.
The Scottish Weir crest is (was in 1700’s) a demi-horse in armour proper, bridled and saddled
gules. The motto is Nihil Verius.
Source:
From Dr. George Black.
The senior descent of the Scottish Branch of Vere of Oxford continued
Source - ’The Surnames of Scotland’, New York Public Library Edition.
Primary sources in italic.
WEIR............As Ralph de Vere he was taken prisoner at Alnwick along with William the Lion in 1174 (Bain, I, p. 174).He witnessed a charter by King William ’de decimis episcopatus’ of Moray between 1174-84 (REM., 2), and as Radulph de Veir or Veyre, within the same period, he gave a bovate of land in Sprowestun, Roxburgh, to the Abbey of Kelso, his brother Robert being one of the witnesses (Kelso, p. 177). The same or perhaps a succeeding Radulph de Ver or de Uer witnessed a little before 1204 a grant to the Abbey of Arbroath (RAA., I, 11) and before 1214 another charter by King William (Panmure II, 126)
WEIR
Tartan: Weir (also Hope-Vere)
Motto: Vero Nihil Verius (Latin: Nothing Truer than Truth)
......Ralph de Ver, from whom the Weirs of Blackwood, Lanarkshire, claim descent, was captured, with King William I (the Lion), in 1174 whilst besieging the castle of Alnwick in Northumberland. Others of the name held land in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, in the fifteenth century.
Major Thomas Weir (1599 - 1670) born at Kirkton House, Carluke, was burned at the stake in Edinburgh for .....witchcraft. His sister was hanged the next day for her part in some of his activities.
’Scotland and her Tartans’ Alexander Fulton.
(Major Thomas Weir was the grandson of William of Stonebyres and Elizabeth Hamilton. His father Thomas married the witch, Lady Jane Somerville. Major Weir was posted to Ulster in 1641 and, by family tradition, had some connection with the Tyrone descent. For Somerville see below).
The Veres were dukes of Anjou and counts of Angiers (not to mention earls of Oxford for centuries). According to the website below, the Veres were related to the Plantagenets of Anjou:
"The Plantagenets were themselves a junior branch of the House of Anjou, whose senior branch was the House of Vere [whose] ancestry was jointly Pictish and Merovingian descending from the ancient Grail House of Scythia" (http://watch.pair.com/false-christ.html).
This information, I think, derives more from the claims made by some Veres than from historical records, and when in my right mind do I believe what a dragon says? Yet in this case, I'll give the claims the benefit of the doubt and see where they lead.
Now a citizen of Anjou is an "Angevin," a term very near to "Yngvi/Ingaevone," and this alongside associations with Angiers (modern Angers, just north of Anjou) coincides with the so-called Anglo-Norman roots of the Veres. However, it's possible that Anjou was not founded by Veres, and moreover I've yet to learn where the clan entered the Anglo bloodline. My suspicions are at Roslin, Scotland, where the Angles controlled territory about the time that some Pictish Veres jumped the sea to Anjou.
Prior to knowing nothing of the Veres, my feelers had indicated that the modern Crichton family, for a few reasons including that their ancient name was "Kreitton," were either the founders of the historic Cruithne (or "Cruithin"), or a major Cruithne tribe devoted to Cruithne heritage. I found that both the Crichtons and the Veres depict themselves with green dragons, perhaps due to the Vere root being in royal Picts who were themselves rooted in the Cruithne. And so it is that I connect the two families very closely, each being a candidate for putting forth the False Prophet (this doesn't make everyone in those families evil or of the devil, of course).
See below what Nicholas de Vere has made public, he being the Sovereign Grand Master of the "Imperial and Royal Dragon Court and Order," and author of "The Dragon Legacy." Note that his "gods" were merely into witchcraft as their most-cherished occupation, and for that reason his ilk are to be viewed as children who have yet to grow up and make the right choices in life:
"From the age of seven onwards my father told me about our ancestry, an ancestry steeped in royal blood and most significantly of all, in what is termed Royal Witchcraft...[oh what a nice daddy to start teaching his son all the low-down at such a tender age] "I trace my [Vere] lineage back in an unbroken bloodline to the imperial prince Milo de Vere, Count of Anjou in 740 A.D., son of Princess Milouziana of the Scythians. She was recorded throughout France as being the Elven, Dragon Princess of the Scottish Picts, and her Grandson, Milo II [son of Milo de Vere], derived his Merovingian descent through his father's marital alliance with the imperial house of Charlene...
"In brief, the recorded Dragon lineage starts with the Annunaki [children of Anu, supreme god of Sumeria] and descends through the proto-Scythians, the Sumerians in one branch and the early Egyptians in another; the Phoenicians, the Mittani, back to the Scythians again through marital alliance, along to the "Tuatha de Danann" and the Fir Bolg; down through their Arch-Druidic, Priest-Princely families, to the Royal Picts of Scotland and the high kings of the Horse Lords of Dal Riada; through to the Elven dynasty of Pendragon and Avallon del Acqs, and down to a few pure bred families today."
http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/mykingdom.html
Nicholas de Vere places "Tuatha de Danaan" in quotation marks when telling that his bloodline went though those peoples, as though he knows they were not historical, suggesting what I believe, that the Fir-Bolg, mentioned immediately afterward in his same breath, were the real/historical version of the Danann. In short, the Veres and the Bolgs were one. Fir-Bolgs were no doubt the historical "Builgs/Belgae" of Ireland and Wales, though I think also the Belgae founders of Bologne/Boulogne on/near the Belgica coast, not far from where the Veres settled (in Manch, Normandy).
In myth, Manannan (king/symbol of the Danann) was the son of king Llyr, who was himself the son of the Danann goddess, Dana/Danu, and her mate, Beli. While "Beli" seems an allusion to Baal by the Druid version, "Bel," it may also refer to Belos/Belus, the father of Danaus (progenitor of the Danaans). I also learned that "...the name Beli may be derived from Bolgios..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beli).
Consider the pagan festival of Imbolc, celebrated unto the Danann goddess Brigit. The term is to be read, and is often spelled, "Im-Bolc," thus evoking "Bolg." Again, the mythical Danann turn out to be Bolgs. And yet there were historical terms evoking "Danann." I would suggest that the Greek Danaans founded Bologne/Bolg-like localities that became major Danaan entities.
The "Dal Riada" that Nicholas mentions as part of his royal bloodline became the first Scots proper, but that doesn't mean that "Riada," as a term, originated with the Scots proper. Danann myth tells that, toward the end of Danann history in Ireland, some of their numbers merged with the Irish proper in north-east Ireland, wherefore the Scots who came forth from the Irish High Kings would have been in part Danaan; that is, in part Fir Bolg.
As I said, the Danann were given (by myth writers) a leader called "Creidne the artificer," which to me reveals that the Cruithne were an integral part of the Fir-Bolg. The Cruithne were in fact in north-east Ireland, and were therefore/probably the Fir-Bolg remnants who merged with the Irish...that together become the Scots (the Builgs, in south-east Ireland, may have remained pure from Irish blood). This mixing of Cruithne with Irish blood explains why the Cruithne, a non-Gaelic peoples, were yet also called "Dál nAraide" (a Gaelic title). So, the royal Veres that Nicholas places in the Danaan/Bolg fold should have worked themselves to north-east Ireland, and intermarried there with the Irish.
I feel that "Riada," especially the "Araide" version above, is rooted in "Redone/Aereda," whereas the Irish were from Miletus. It leads me to believe that the Dal Riada Gaels were more Redone Gauls than Milesian Greeks. After all, Gaels did speak a Celt language (spoken by the Gauls).
I do not know to what extent, if at all, the Cruithne-come-Picts had been from the Cruithne-Irish mix. But I do know that the Cruithne were the mythical Parthalons (Pretani) who moved from Ireland to Scotland to name the Bretons. Therefore, as the Cruithne moved to Scotland to become the Picts, the Picts and Bretons were two branches from the same stock, and they in turn were related to some degree to the Scots. No surprise. The Welsh, though related to the Bretons, may have been the Danaan/Bolgs that did not enter Ireland at all, but remained in place where they are to this day.
Once in Scotland, the Vere bloodline came into contact with king-Arthur rulers in Welsh/Cornish regions. Arthur was allied with peoples partially from Gwenea, Brittany, as the name of Arthur's wife would suggest. In fact, that wife was Guinevere, a mythical codeword that looks like Gwenea-Vere. I don't think this is a coincidence. In Welsh, the "vere" ending is "far," and as the "Fir" in "Fir Bolg" was a mythical addition to the historical Bolg peoples, I adventure to say that the myth writer(s) used "Fir" for secretly attaching the royal Veres to the Bolg i.e. the Veres were Bolgs. Then, when another myth writer(s) conjured up "Guine-Vere/Far," the ending was likewise a depiction of the Vere Bolgs, which is why I'll view the Picts as a Bolg product.
Arthur was not necessarily an historical king but, like Guinevere, the representation of a bloodline. As Arthur's "wife" was partially from the Gwenea Veneti (Brittany), it's not surprising that the Veres lived in the Manche region of Normandy, very close to Brittany. I would suggest that "Manche" could be a variation of "Manx," the latter being a variation of the "Isle of Man," founded by Manannan.
As it's known that the founders of Gwenea/Vannes were the Morbihan branch of Veneti, I'm assuming that proto-Merovingians were these Veneti, and if so, the Gwynedd kingdom was indeed founded by proto-Merovingians. As the Arthur myth is dated when France was ruled by Merovingians, I'll view Guinevere as a Merovingian alliance with the Veres. If I'm wrong, the world will yet turn, but whose fault would it be, anyway, since dragon-line myth writers have not only confused the facts, but robbed the historical realities from us. Says one article on the Merovingians:
"The period of [Merovingian] ascendancy coincides with the period of King Arthur...It is probably the most impenetrable period of what are now called the Dark Ages. Interestingly, most scholars agree that it is readily apparent that someone deliberately obscured this age. Almost everything has been lost, or censored..." http://www.halexandria.org/dward216.htm
As the Gwenea peoples founded Gwynedd (the north-Wales peoples to which Merlin was related/allied), Merlin begins to look, at the least, a Merovingian-supporting peoples (the Merovingians were in fact in Britain). Surely Guinevere did depict the Veneti of Gwenea, for the latter surely were the "Venedotia" of Wales who are known to have founded the Gwynedd nation. Therefore Arthur was indeed married to the Morbihan Veneti, not at all meaning that Arthur himself depicted them.
Arthur depicted the Trojan-Roman bloodline of Constantine I, who was from the mythical Aeneas/Romulus bloodline i.e. Trojan founders of the Romans. Thus when Arthur's father was said (by Geoffrey of Monmouth) to be "Pendragon," the dragon was referring to the Roman dragon line, and since "Pen" means "chief," Geoffrey viewed the Roman dragon line as supreme. As Geoffrey went on to say that Britain was founded by the Trojan-Roman figure, "Brutus," he being from Aeneas, it would seem to reveal that Geoffrey's Arthur was, in the stricter sense, a Breton.
This in turn meant that the Bretons were connected to the Trojan Romans, and since the Bretons are known otherwise to have been Cruithne, and prior to that the Fir-Bolgs, one needs to connect the Fir-Bolg to Romans. A viable link is in Ligurian Bologne (north Italy), possibly explaining why Geoffrey called England "Logres." The Liguria-Roman link is also implied by Romulus (mythical symbol of the Romans), who was depicted suckling a wolf; Ligurians are easily identified as a "loki" = wolf peoples.
The Vere-Arthur alliance would translate to a Pict-Breton one. All together, the Arthur-Guinevere alliance was a Pict-Breton-Merovingian alliance, all allied against the Anglo-Saxon white dragon.
It's no secret that when the Rosicrucians under John Dee infiltrated the English royal courts, the Venetians were among them. At one web site I found someone sharing why he thought that the poet, Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford, was acting under the pseudonym of "William Shakespeare," since politicians were not respected if they were poets of the theater. The author shared that the Oxford badge/crest used a shaking spear. Nicholas de Vere said that this Edward de Vere was close to John Dee, a "prominent member" of Dee's "School of Night," so that indeed the Rosicrucian rose-line cult included the Veres.
Nicholas went on to boast that the Veres never once, though they were continually stewards of the English kings, attempted to seize the throne. This is unbelievable, of course, unless the Veres insisted on never seizing the throne as a means to rule invisibly, moving the kings and other rulers as they saw fit, which is exactly what the Illuminati tends to do. Nicholas admitted as much when he said: "In any event the monarchical system in Britain is, to the greatest extent, impotent, and so if one wanted real political power, the last place one would find it would be on the throne of England. We have no need for thrones or crowns to remind us of who we are."
http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/mykingdom.html
Nicholas uses the term "Elvin" to describe both the Picts and the Pendragon family of Arthur, which I think is a term referring to "Alba," the previous name of Scotland. It's also interesting that "Elvin" looks like "elf" while the Danaan were depicted as fairies (Nicholas tries to convince us that elves, fairies and dragons were a unique and special genetic branch of the evolved human race). Note further that "fairy" may be codeword for "Fir Bolg," or vice versa. At a Weir (variation of "Vere") website, when discussing the Aubrey de Vere rulers of Anjou, we read: "Aubrey comes from the Teutonic name Alberic, or 'elf-ruler.'"
http://www.bannistersandkin.ca/Weir/pafn01.htm
I deduce these things to mean that the Veres were kings in Alba. The clan (which may have gone by "Vere" while yet in Britain) was no doubt involved in the wars of king Arthur. Indeed, according to the priest and author, Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924), Milo's mother, Milouziana (or "Melusine"), had been in Avalon and had then fled from it to settle in Angiers. The question is, did she flee to Avalon along with the wounded-in-battle king Arthur (for he had then fled to Avalon), or did she pursue him to Avalon as his enemy, only to be chased out to Angiers as a result?
[Update August 2006 -- An email correspondant, Lorri, alerted me to a mythical Melusine, a mermaid in some cases, but in at least one version being a dragon's tail below the waist. She was raised in Avalon or other island off of Scotland, but then removed to Lusignan, west-central France. It may be that this Melusine was a depiction of the Vere Milouziana, or that Milouziana was a non-real person depicting the Scottish peoples depicted by Melusine. As Lusignan is near Poitiers, and as the latter was founded by the Pictone Gauls (according to a Wikipedia article on Poitiers), it would seem that Milouziana indeed depicted a Pict-Scot people. It's not a coincidence that the color of Melusine's snakey tail was made blue and white (website below), as these are the colors of the Lusignan Arms.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tfm/tfm178.htm
A critical theme in the myth -- in agreement with my findings that the serpent/dragon symbol refers to the Hebrews among Aryans -- is that Melusine's husband promised never to see her on Saturday, for on that day she turned into a dragon...i.e. we can expect that Satanic spirits caused the dragon line to be most profane (ceremonial or otherwise) on the Sabbath. After her husband took a peek one Saturday to discover her secret, he rebuked her before an audience, saying: "Out of my sight, thou pernicious snake and odious serpent! thou contaminator of my race." This is of course the same sort of thing spoken against the "Jews" of Europe all the more into the modern era.
After being ousted from Lusignan, Melusine retreated, it was said, to Sassenage in the French region of Rodano-Alps, which we can presume was the place where her distant kin were then living. Behold that the Arms of Rodano-Alps uses a dolphin. It was this same Lorri who had reminded me, days earlier, that the dolphin symbol depicted the city of Delphi, Greece, for which reason I added a section on that topic in a chapter that I was then writing (published on the same day (today) that I opened her email introducing fish-tail Melusine to me). In that chapter, I had written that Delphi was previously "Pythos," and that the city was depicted by the mythical Python, who was also called "Echidna," the snake woman! Plus, I also wrote in that chapter that Python was the same as Phaethon who crashed into the Redone valley!!
Thanks to Lorri, therefore, I now see that the Redones do connect to the Picts and the Veres. In the two chapters that I was writing when she emailed me (published on the same day, today, August 28), I had traced the dragon line to king Somerled (thanks to a tip in an email from another email correspondent, Robin), patriarch of the MacDonalds, anciently "MacDonnell," and so see that the Irish-branch MacDonnells use a green dolphin with red fins, even as the Rodano-Alps dolphin is blue with red fins. Moreover, note that the English-branch MacDonnells use a white lion with red claws, while there is a white lion on red background on the arms of the Rodano-Alps (red is the color of the Irish-Scots, called "Dalriada" (= DalRedone?).
It has been my claim that the Cohens were behind the Templars, and so note here that Guy de Lusignan became king of Templar Jerusalem, but lost the city to the Muslims in 1187. End Update]
Could it be that the Veres were the traitor, Modred (or "Mordred"), who took to himself the willing Guinevere, whereafter Arthur felt compelled to hunt her down dead? His dogs killed her in Pict territory, in modern Perthshire, Scotland, well north of Arthur's base in Celliwig, Cornwall. Modred was married to Guinevere's sister, who essentially had been given the same coded name using the "Guine" root but with a different ending, "fach". ..which may have been a weakly-imaginative means of connecting "her" to "Merovech" (variation of "Merovee").
But "Elfin" may also depict Alpin, king of a western section of Alba: Dal Riada. He was the son of a Scot king and a Pict princess, by which vehicle he and his heirs (MacAlpins) unified the Scots and Picts...and (between 830-840) became the first rulers of Alban, also called Scotia by the dal Riada, thus exposing them as Scythians. Irish myth makes it clear that "Scota" depicted a Scythian peoples passing through Egypt.
[Update December 2007 -- I found a relevant quote:
"The Scythini of Xenopho, I certainly think are connected with the mountain called Scydisces by Strabo, and Scotius by Appian, (Mithr. c. 100.) as we know besides that they were contiguous to the Macrones. The position of these [Scythini] peoples is of considerable importance...from the river called Harpasus by Xenophon...a river of Armenia, a river apparently separating the country of the Armenian Chalybes from that of the Scythini." From an Adobe article on the Pontus
The article goes on to say that a tributary of the Araxes called "Harpasou" was "in all probablity" the Harpasus of Xenophon. I not only see that mythical Scota (and therefore the Irish/Scots) depicted just the peoples who named the Scotius river, but I imagine that the harp symbol of Ireland is secret code for just those peoples of the Harpasus river. End Update]
It was said in the Scandinavian work, the Gesta Denorum, that Erik the Eloquent, a Dane-proper progenitor, was of the "Ylfing" (or "Wolfing" = "wolf clan") family of Gotland rulers. Moreover, "Alfheim" (Alf-Home) was the palace of Frey, also called the country of elves. This therefore exposes the Frey-Alba connection...which may be viewed as a Frey-Vere connection, especially as both Frey and Vere were depicted by boars. I would suggest that the wolf line of Lug put forth the "Elvin Princess," Milouziana, and therefore also her Vere ancestors in Alba, and later the Loki Vanir/Danes. "Werewolf/Verewolf" comes to mind as a symbol of the Veres.
"The Dragon Motif [of the Veres] turns up later on the seal of Hugh de Vere in 1200 ad whilst the Blue Boar; a Druidic caste badge also called Le Solitaire, was derived from Melusine's husband's family, hence the Blue Boar and "Harpy" or wouivre supporters in the Vere Arms." http://genforum.genealogy.com/vere/messages/236.html
"Wouivre" is the Celtic word for "spirit/life" (note the French "vivere"), but essentially came to denote the spirit of Satan ruling the world, or even the "veins of the dragon," and from that the term came to mean anything that snakes along, though it surely referred specifically to the dragon bloodline itself. For, from "wouivre" must derive the "Wyver/Wyvern" breed of occult dragons that the Veres use for their dragon symbol.
I think I've already mentioned that the Druids, because they descended from the Getae/Edonians who became the Eatons/Jutes, were the "Eadon" branch among the Danann (i.e. Fir-Bolgs), and this root in the Goths is supported by the fact that Druids were also called "Gutiari." This all tends to support my claim that the boar symbol finds a deeper root in Artemis-come-Getae. "Artemis" is likely the ancestry of the Celt boar goddess, Arduinna," and of course "Arthur" seems to have an identical linguistic root.
The points here are: that the blue boar was probably not after blue blood, but rather the other way around, that "blue blood" became a term to connect with the blue boar of Druidism i.e. the Getae/Edone bloodline. Note that while the Greek Calydonians were from Artemis, that and the British variation, "Caledonian," has an "Edonian" within it. The Dragon-loving Veres stem from the Druids, no surprise. Therefore, the blue boar that came to be a symbol of Edward III (House of York/Pork) was a secret symbol of Edward's genetic connections to the Druids, something that could not have been advertised openly in a Christian society. But as we're not a Christian-strict society any longer, Vere can come out and start bragging openly of such evil connections.
I found the following statement to be helpful: "Vero Nihil Verius (nothing truer than truth) is the [Vere] family motto granted by Queen Elizabeth I. The family crest was already the Blue Boar." "Blue blood" (i.e. royal blood) is a phrase that comes to mind. In other words, the English throne consisted of Vere blood prior to Elizabeth I, contrary to what Nicholas de Vere says when boasting that the noble Veres of Oxford were merely honorable stewards of the throne but never once attempted to seize the throne for themselves.
Note that Avalon was part of the apple theme of mythology while "milo" is Greek for "apple." This, aside from verifying what I and others realize -- that neither Milouziana nor her son Milo I were historical figures but merely codeword -- might suggest Vere-bloodline connection to the Ionian city of Miletus (i.e. through the Irish that they had married in forming the Picts).
[Update July 2006 -- If the Picts were from the Picenti, then the Picenti were from Calydonian boars, and that would suggest that "pig," the derivation of which is unknown by my dictionary, may have derived from "Pic." End Update]
I had traced the Greek apple line to Miletus, especially to the mythical Endymion. The Miletus connection is made independently through the history that the Scots claim for themselves, from Scythians of Miletus. The apple line ought to go back to Greek Calydon since Endymion was a progenitor of Calydon.
The Scandinavian-myth "golden apples of Idun" were, I believe, the Thracians of Thyni (same as Edoni?), and may therefore go back to Melia (honey/bee line), a depiction of Bithynians (relatives of Thynians). Because I believe that "Woten" derived from "Bithyni," I'll bet my three-story tree house that Odin's wife, Frigg (i.e. "Phrygia"), connected to Melia. That Uranus became Bithynians is revealed where Melia was the offspring of Uranus after he lost a war with Kronos. Elis is where Uranus was pushed back to, by the victorious Kronos, wherefore note that Endymion was ruler of Elis prior to putting forth the first Calydonians.
The golden apples of Idun (a Scandinavian entity) need to be distinguished from the rose line, for golden apples depict Aryan blood. The rose line was Aryan-Egyptian blood, wherefore it may be expected that Avalon's apples were red or red-gold.
When Arthur was king of Celliwig in Cornwall, he was also king of Mynyw, but for other reasons I've identified Avalon tentatively as the north-Wales island of Mona...that I suspect was founded by Manannan when he fled there (500ish BC), for the nearby Isle of Man/Manx (see map) is known to be named by Manannan. Mona's re-naming to "Anglesey" reveals Angle intervention in that island. Could the Vere royals have thus adopted their Angle blood? Owen Tudor i.e. the "pink" bloodline that ended the War of the Roses, was born on Anglesey (according to Britannica).
If Veres did not connect with Angles of Anglesey, there were Angles all around the Roslin/Edinburgh region to which the Veres may have become allied (see map of early Scotland). That's not to say that Roslin and Edinburgh were founded by those Angles, for it seems that, Edinburgh at least, was founded by the Edoni among the Danann. That is, the Eadons depicted by the Danann goddess, Eadon.
Vere connection to Angles of Britain seems certain because the said priest (Sabine Baring-Gould) reported that Milouziana fled Avalon to live in Angiers. This location was not far from the Vere settlement of Manche. Apparently, there were ties between Manx and Anjou, and indeed Anjou was in the province of Maine, and Maine was based in the city of Le Mans. This then reveals that the Manannan branch of Danann (the chief branch, I presume) had been allied to certain Angles, and it points rather to Mona than to Roslin.
[Update July 2006 -- Then again, Roslin and Edinburgh are in the region of Lothian, which may have been depicted by Ladon, the dragon that protected the Atlantean garden called Hesperion, the same that held the golden apples. Lothian is the Scottish "Lowden" and the Gaelic "Lodainn," said to be named after the mythical King Loth/Lot (see Lothian location).
Lot is thought to descend from the Belgic tribe of Catuvellauni, which I would immediately understand as Cati-Avellauni in which was derived "Avalon." Lot was at first Arthur's enemy, but in later times, while subdued, Lot decided to form an alliance. The capital of the Catuvellauni was Verlamion (later "Verulamium"), evoking the Veres. The first-known historical king of the Catuvellauni was Cassivellaunus, and the two terms together evoke the Cati who lived in Khassi of Cilicia, who I think became the Catti that named Hesse (Germany) and Cassel. It is extremely interesting that I had traced the cati to the seven-headed dragon of Syria, Lotan, which I think became the Greek dragon, Ladon, so named in respect of a British peoples by that name...that no doubt stemmed from the Ladon peoples of Greece, even Lydia and the Latins.
Because Geoffrey of Monmouth used "Cassibelanus," it appears that Avalon has the variation of "Abalon." Since "belanus" evokes the Belos/Belus terms mentioned earlier (mythical ancestors of the Greek Danaans), it's possible that Avalon was a Danann entity. This coincides with the Cati of Cilicia being a Danaan bloodline according to my independent research (see up-coming chapter, "Proto-Greeks from Pre-Israelite Israel," and the chapter after that, "Opis Stinger of Death"). Avalon can be connected more closely to home in the Celtic god, Belenus, who has the alternative version, "Belus," according to the website below, which moreover tells that this god was worshipped as far away as Adriatic Italy. A British variation was "Belatu-Cadros," yet another Cati-like term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belenus
Cassibelanus' brother was Lud, and their father was Heli, a mythical term for the Welsh patriarch, Beli Mawr (Mars?), whose "Beli" portion is thought to derive from a Bolg-like term. Lud and Lot are thought by some to be the same. Lud is credited for naming "London," but that doesn't seem quite right. Recall that the Danaans had founded Lindos on Rhodes, and that I view "Atlantis" as At-Lantis. As these rulers were kings of the Brits, I would root them, the Britons and the Welsh together, in the Bolgs/Belgae. End Update]
There are no websites that reveal Milo I, or a Milon of Angleria, in historical records. The few websites that do mention the man may be the victims of a Vere-family hoax. Yet, I do believe that Milo depicted a line of real Pictish rulers who came to Anjou as per the Milouziana story. Nicholas says that Milo began ruling Anjou in 740, and while Alpin, king of Dal Riada in about 835 was a century too late, and besides he was Scottish not Pictish, there was a Pict king named Alpin (website below) who ruled 726-728...so that codeword "Milo" may have been his kin (perhaps even his son).
As very little is known about Alpin, king of Dal Riada, it may even be that the Pictish Alpin was his ancestor. If true, then the Scottish Alpin may very well have been of Vere blood. As Nicholas claims in one breath, his bloodline came through "...to the Royal Picts of Scotland and the high kings of the Horse Lords of Dal Riada..."
http://www.duriefamily.com/scotshistory/picts.htm
The father of Milo de Vere is quoted as "Rainfroi," which as a codeword I interpret as Rain-Frey and for that reason too I'll tie the Veres to Yngvi-Frey. "Rainfroi" might be read as Rennes-Frey or Erainn-Frey, but there was also a king Rhain of certain Welsh territories, including Dyfed, whose kingdom became known as "Rhainwg." Dyfed was, remember, the south-Wales city to which the mythical "Rhiannon" was married, she then marrying Manannan (though using the "Manawydan" version) in the end.
As little is known of the ancestors of the historical Tertulle, count of Anjou starting in 820, Milo and Rainfroi may have been invented by the Veres to depict Tertulle's immediate ancestors. Some peg Tertullo's father as Tortulf (probably "Tortwulf"), but that's as far back as is known, which lands us near Milo's rule over Anjou (said to begin in 740). To substantiate that "Rainfroi" is code for Rennes, we find that Tortullo's clan was ruler over Rennes, for indeed his son, Ingelger (another Yng/Angle word), was officially over Rennes (co-capital of Brittany along with Gwenea/Vannes):
"Under one of the sons of Robert the Strong, Anjou was entrusted to a certain Ingelger, who became the founder of the first Angevin dynasty." (http://www.hfac.uh.edu/gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Anjou/Anjou.html)
Ingelger was viscount of Angiers, and this squares with Milouziana coming to Angiers prior to 740 i.e. my theory is that she then put forth the immediate ancestors of Ingelger; he died in 888.
Previously, a count of Vannes became the king of Brittany, beginning in 841. I'll bet you a boar tusk that he was a Vere. His throne-name was Nominoe, and he was a vassal (a willing servant-ruler) of Louis I of France, the Roman Emperor. When Louis died, Nominoe declared Brittany independent and became it's king:
"To Breton nationalists he is known as Tad ar Vro, or 'father of the country.'" http://www.bannistersandkin.ca/Weir/pafn01.htm
Apparently, "Tad" has been translated "Dad" while "Vro" has been translated "Country." But, really, shouldn't the phrase be read, "Tad de Vere"? Yes, without doubt, meaning that the Veres had ruled all of Brittany as well as Anjou, wherefore these Veres were a significant Merovingian power in the aftermath of Merovingian de-thronement (in 751). We might imagine that the fallen Merovingians then rallied round the Veres of Brittany.
[Update July 2006 -- Because I suspect that the Taddei surname of Italy was an important one that made up a significant portion of the Welsh, as touched upon in other chapters, I would enter here that this Tad de Vro may have been a Taddei descendant. I define "Tad" as "toad," and identify Franks as the frogs of Revelation 16 that are associated with the Biblical dragon, even the anti-Christ and False Prophet. End Update]
Now Vere-family websites report that, via Guy Blanc Barbe (White Beard) de Vere was born Godfroi/Godfrey de Bouillon (the first Templar king of Jerusalem). Whatever you wish to make of that, it is a fact that Ingelger gave birth to Fulk I the Red, and that Fulk V (count of Anjou) befriended the Templars and became king of Jerusalem (1131); his blood retained that throne for quite a while (though of course we know that Jesus did not accept/admire that throne; He is forever king of Jerusalem).
Was "Fulk" a variation of "Bolg"? I know that in the early Templar period, about the time that (or shortly after) Fulk V was Jerusalem king, a certain group of Hebrew Khazars under pseudonyms "David" and "Solomon" (father and son) devised and attempted to carry out an invasion of Jerusalem for to place themselves on the throne of Israel, as per the re-establishment of the Biblical Millennium. Well, the non-Hebrew Khazars are known to be Bulgars. The obvious point here is that the Bolgs and Bulgars were the same stock of peoples. Were the Templars a Bolg peoples who allied themselves with Khazar Bulgars in their quest to take Jerusalem?
Why all the emphasis on Godfrey de Bouillon and so little emphasis on the bloodline of Fulk V? After all, the son of Fulk V was Geoffrey IV Plantagenet, count of Anjou. And Fulk had married a Sinclair when he married the daughter of Henry I, for that king was from Rollo St. Clair. The son of Geoffrey Plantagenet was Henry II of England, and this branch of the dragon line sat on the throne of England for a long time to come. Extremist Rosicrucians infiltrated this dynasty deeply in the court of Henry VIII, and they set up a counterfeit church of Christ, the Anglican Church, en route to forming their New Atlantis.
The Anglicans then tried to set up a rulership over Jerusalem, and succeeded (in 1842) for a stretch to the point of officially seating their own people as Bishops of Jerusalem. There is evidence that they were in the meantime allied in this quest with Rothschild Illuminatists in both Britain and Germany, who used the same hexagram symbol for themselves that the David-and-Solomon team of Khazars had used centuries earlier. That symbol is now the Israeli flag.
Doesn't something about all this stink? Even a Freemasonic-like thinker, who welcomes the New World Order now being formed under Merovingian features, was able to grasp the following:
"This dual current, being associated with both the Heavenly and the Infernal, with both Jesus and Jehovah, Satan and Lucifer, is something that has marked the history of the Merovingian dynasty, as well as all of the other Grail families, and the entire Grail story itself. It is at the heart of the secret spiritual doctrine symbolized by the Grail. This symbolism hits you immediately when you walk in the door of the church at Rennes-le Chateau and see those opposing statues of the demon Asmodeus and Jesus Christ staring at the same black and white chequered floor, which itself symbolizes the balance of good and evil." http://www.21stcenturyradio.com/merovingian-twyman.htm
If Ingelger was a Vere, ditto the Fulks, and ditto the Plantagenet dynasty, meaning that Nicholas de Vere is telling the truth when connecting the Veres to the mysterious name, Plantagenet. But was he telling the truth when claiming the Veres to be of a senior branch at Anjou? I don't know, but egotism will certainly make such a statement.
And when do I ever believe that a dragon necessarily speaks the truth? This is the reason that the Veres, and other devotees of the dragon, will never achieve power over the globe for any meaningful duration, for peoples will not tolerate liars forever, and the kingdom built on lies crumbles. Those who keep secrets are by that alone proven liars, and it's no surprise if liars claim to be truthful, for what profit would lying be if no one believed the liar?
Nicholas de Vere claims that "Vere" means "verita" = "truth." Rather, our Bible tells the truth when it says that the dragon will "throw truth to the ground" (Daniel 8:12).
http://www.tribwatch.com/interestink.htm
"The Plantagenets were themselves a junior branch of the House of Anjou, whose senior branch was the House of Vere [whose] ancestry was jointly Pictish and Merovingian descending from the ancient Grail House of Scythia" (http://watch.pair.com/false-christ.html).
This information, I think, derives more from the claims made by some Veres than from historical records, and when in my right mind do I believe what a dragon says? Yet in this case, I'll give the claims the benefit of the doubt and see where they lead.
Now a citizen of Anjou is an "Angevin," a term very near to "Yngvi/Ingaevone," and this alongside associations with Angiers (modern Angers, just north of Anjou) coincides with the so-called Anglo-Norman roots of the Veres. However, it's possible that Anjou was not founded by Veres, and moreover I've yet to learn where the clan entered the Anglo bloodline. My suspicions are at Roslin, Scotland, where the Angles controlled territory about the time that some Pictish Veres jumped the sea to Anjou.
Prior to knowing nothing of the Veres, my feelers had indicated that the modern Crichton family, for a few reasons including that their ancient name was "Kreitton," were either the founders of the historic Cruithne (or "Cruithin"), or a major Cruithne tribe devoted to Cruithne heritage. I found that both the Crichtons and the Veres depict themselves with green dragons, perhaps due to the Vere root being in royal Picts who were themselves rooted in the Cruithne. And so it is that I connect the two families very closely, each being a candidate for putting forth the False Prophet (this doesn't make everyone in those families evil or of the devil, of course).
See below what Nicholas de Vere has made public, he being the Sovereign Grand Master of the "Imperial and Royal Dragon Court and Order," and author of "The Dragon Legacy." Note that his "gods" were merely into witchcraft as their most-cherished occupation, and for that reason his ilk are to be viewed as children who have yet to grow up and make the right choices in life:
"From the age of seven onwards my father told me about our ancestry, an ancestry steeped in royal blood and most significantly of all, in what is termed Royal Witchcraft...[oh what a nice daddy to start teaching his son all the low-down at such a tender age] "I trace my [Vere] lineage back in an unbroken bloodline to the imperial prince Milo de Vere, Count of Anjou in 740 A.D., son of Princess Milouziana of the Scythians. She was recorded throughout France as being the Elven, Dragon Princess of the Scottish Picts, and her Grandson, Milo II [son of Milo de Vere], derived his Merovingian descent through his father's marital alliance with the imperial house of Charlene...
"In brief, the recorded Dragon lineage starts with the Annunaki [children of Anu, supreme god of Sumeria] and descends through the proto-Scythians, the Sumerians in one branch and the early Egyptians in another; the Phoenicians, the Mittani, back to the Scythians again through marital alliance, along to the "Tuatha de Danann" and the Fir Bolg; down through their Arch-Druidic, Priest-Princely families, to the Royal Picts of Scotland and the high kings of the Horse Lords of Dal Riada; through to the Elven dynasty of Pendragon and Avallon del Acqs, and down to a few pure bred families today."
http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/mykingdom.html
Nicholas de Vere places "Tuatha de Danaan" in quotation marks when telling that his bloodline went though those peoples, as though he knows they were not historical, suggesting what I believe, that the Fir-Bolg, mentioned immediately afterward in his same breath, were the real/historical version of the Danann. In short, the Veres and the Bolgs were one. Fir-Bolgs were no doubt the historical "Builgs/Belgae" of Ireland and Wales, though I think also the Belgae founders of Bologne/Boulogne on/near the Belgica coast, not far from where the Veres settled (in Manch, Normandy).
In myth, Manannan (king/symbol of the Danann) was the son of king Llyr, who was himself the son of the Danann goddess, Dana/Danu, and her mate, Beli. While "Beli" seems an allusion to Baal by the Druid version, "Bel," it may also refer to Belos/Belus, the father of Danaus (progenitor of the Danaans). I also learned that "...the name Beli may be derived from Bolgios..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beli).
Consider the pagan festival of Imbolc, celebrated unto the Danann goddess Brigit. The term is to be read, and is often spelled, "Im-Bolc," thus evoking "Bolg." Again, the mythical Danann turn out to be Bolgs. And yet there were historical terms evoking "Danann." I would suggest that the Greek Danaans founded Bologne/Bolg-like localities that became major Danaan entities.
The "Dal Riada" that Nicholas mentions as part of his royal bloodline became the first Scots proper, but that doesn't mean that "Riada," as a term, originated with the Scots proper. Danann myth tells that, toward the end of Danann history in Ireland, some of their numbers merged with the Irish proper in north-east Ireland, wherefore the Scots who came forth from the Irish High Kings would have been in part Danaan; that is, in part Fir Bolg.
As I said, the Danann were given (by myth writers) a leader called "Creidne the artificer," which to me reveals that the Cruithne were an integral part of the Fir-Bolg. The Cruithne were in fact in north-east Ireland, and were therefore/probably the Fir-Bolg remnants who merged with the Irish...that together become the Scots (the Builgs, in south-east Ireland, may have remained pure from Irish blood). This mixing of Cruithne with Irish blood explains why the Cruithne, a non-Gaelic peoples, were yet also called "Dál nAraide" (a Gaelic title). So, the royal Veres that Nicholas places in the Danaan/Bolg fold should have worked themselves to north-east Ireland, and intermarried there with the Irish.
I feel that "Riada," especially the "Araide" version above, is rooted in "Redone/Aereda," whereas the Irish were from Miletus. It leads me to believe that the Dal Riada Gaels were more Redone Gauls than Milesian Greeks. After all, Gaels did speak a Celt language (spoken by the Gauls).
I do not know to what extent, if at all, the Cruithne-come-Picts had been from the Cruithne-Irish mix. But I do know that the Cruithne were the mythical Parthalons (Pretani) who moved from Ireland to Scotland to name the Bretons. Therefore, as the Cruithne moved to Scotland to become the Picts, the Picts and Bretons were two branches from the same stock, and they in turn were related to some degree to the Scots. No surprise. The Welsh, though related to the Bretons, may have been the Danaan/Bolgs that did not enter Ireland at all, but remained in place where they are to this day.
Once in Scotland, the Vere bloodline came into contact with king-Arthur rulers in Welsh/Cornish regions. Arthur was allied with peoples partially from Gwenea, Brittany, as the name of Arthur's wife would suggest. In fact, that wife was Guinevere, a mythical codeword that looks like Gwenea-Vere. I don't think this is a coincidence. In Welsh, the "vere" ending is "far," and as the "Fir" in "Fir Bolg" was a mythical addition to the historical Bolg peoples, I adventure to say that the myth writer(s) used "Fir" for secretly attaching the royal Veres to the Bolg i.e. the Veres were Bolgs. Then, when another myth writer(s) conjured up "Guine-Vere/Far," the ending was likewise a depiction of the Vere Bolgs, which is why I'll view the Picts as a Bolg product.
Arthur was not necessarily an historical king but, like Guinevere, the representation of a bloodline. As Arthur's "wife" was partially from the Gwenea Veneti (Brittany), it's not surprising that the Veres lived in the Manche region of Normandy, very close to Brittany. I would suggest that "Manche" could be a variation of "Manx," the latter being a variation of the "Isle of Man," founded by Manannan.
As it's known that the founders of Gwenea/Vannes were the Morbihan branch of Veneti, I'm assuming that proto-Merovingians were these Veneti, and if so, the Gwynedd kingdom was indeed founded by proto-Merovingians. As the Arthur myth is dated when France was ruled by Merovingians, I'll view Guinevere as a Merovingian alliance with the Veres. If I'm wrong, the world will yet turn, but whose fault would it be, anyway, since dragon-line myth writers have not only confused the facts, but robbed the historical realities from us. Says one article on the Merovingians:
"The period of [Merovingian] ascendancy coincides with the period of King Arthur...It is probably the most impenetrable period of what are now called the Dark Ages. Interestingly, most scholars agree that it is readily apparent that someone deliberately obscured this age. Almost everything has been lost, or censored..." http://www.halexandria.org/dward216.htm
As the Gwenea peoples founded Gwynedd (the north-Wales peoples to which Merlin was related/allied), Merlin begins to look, at the least, a Merovingian-supporting peoples (the Merovingians were in fact in Britain). Surely Guinevere did depict the Veneti of Gwenea, for the latter surely were the "Venedotia" of Wales who are known to have founded the Gwynedd nation. Therefore Arthur was indeed married to the Morbihan Veneti, not at all meaning that Arthur himself depicted them.
Arthur depicted the Trojan-Roman bloodline of Constantine I, who was from the mythical Aeneas/Romulus bloodline i.e. Trojan founders of the Romans. Thus when Arthur's father was said (by Geoffrey of Monmouth) to be "Pendragon," the dragon was referring to the Roman dragon line, and since "Pen" means "chief," Geoffrey viewed the Roman dragon line as supreme. As Geoffrey went on to say that Britain was founded by the Trojan-Roman figure, "Brutus," he being from Aeneas, it would seem to reveal that Geoffrey's Arthur was, in the stricter sense, a Breton.
This in turn meant that the Bretons were connected to the Trojan Romans, and since the Bretons are known otherwise to have been Cruithne, and prior to that the Fir-Bolgs, one needs to connect the Fir-Bolg to Romans. A viable link is in Ligurian Bologne (north Italy), possibly explaining why Geoffrey called England "Logres." The Liguria-Roman link is also implied by Romulus (mythical symbol of the Romans), who was depicted suckling a wolf; Ligurians are easily identified as a "loki" = wolf peoples.
The Vere-Arthur alliance would translate to a Pict-Breton one. All together, the Arthur-Guinevere alliance was a Pict-Breton-Merovingian alliance, all allied against the Anglo-Saxon white dragon.
It's no secret that when the Rosicrucians under John Dee infiltrated the English royal courts, the Venetians were among them. At one web site I found someone sharing why he thought that the poet, Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford, was acting under the pseudonym of "William Shakespeare," since politicians were not respected if they were poets of the theater. The author shared that the Oxford badge/crest used a shaking spear. Nicholas de Vere said that this Edward de Vere was close to John Dee, a "prominent member" of Dee's "School of Night," so that indeed the Rosicrucian rose-line cult included the Veres.
Nicholas went on to boast that the Veres never once, though they were continually stewards of the English kings, attempted to seize the throne. This is unbelievable, of course, unless the Veres insisted on never seizing the throne as a means to rule invisibly, moving the kings and other rulers as they saw fit, which is exactly what the Illuminati tends to do. Nicholas admitted as much when he said: "In any event the monarchical system in Britain is, to the greatest extent, impotent, and so if one wanted real political power, the last place one would find it would be on the throne of England. We have no need for thrones or crowns to remind us of who we are."
http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/mykingdom.html
Nicholas uses the term "Elvin" to describe both the Picts and the Pendragon family of Arthur, which I think is a term referring to "Alba," the previous name of Scotland. It's also interesting that "Elvin" looks like "elf" while the Danaan were depicted as fairies (Nicholas tries to convince us that elves, fairies and dragons were a unique and special genetic branch of the evolved human race). Note further that "fairy" may be codeword for "Fir Bolg," or vice versa. At a Weir (variation of "Vere") website, when discussing the Aubrey de Vere rulers of Anjou, we read: "Aubrey comes from the Teutonic name Alberic, or 'elf-ruler.'"
http://www.bannistersandkin.ca/Weir/pafn01.htm
I deduce these things to mean that the Veres were kings in Alba. The clan (which may have gone by "Vere" while yet in Britain) was no doubt involved in the wars of king Arthur. Indeed, according to the priest and author, Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924), Milo's mother, Milouziana (or "Melusine"), had been in Avalon and had then fled from it to settle in Angiers. The question is, did she flee to Avalon along with the wounded-in-battle king Arthur (for he had then fled to Avalon), or did she pursue him to Avalon as his enemy, only to be chased out to Angiers as a result?
[Update August 2006 -- An email correspondant, Lorri, alerted me to a mythical Melusine, a mermaid in some cases, but in at least one version being a dragon's tail below the waist. She was raised in Avalon or other island off of Scotland, but then removed to Lusignan, west-central France. It may be that this Melusine was a depiction of the Vere Milouziana, or that Milouziana was a non-real person depicting the Scottish peoples depicted by Melusine. As Lusignan is near Poitiers, and as the latter was founded by the Pictone Gauls (according to a Wikipedia article on Poitiers), it would seem that Milouziana indeed depicted a Pict-Scot people. It's not a coincidence that the color of Melusine's snakey tail was made blue and white (website below), as these are the colors of the Lusignan Arms.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tfm/tfm178.htm
A critical theme in the myth -- in agreement with my findings that the serpent/dragon symbol refers to the Hebrews among Aryans -- is that Melusine's husband promised never to see her on Saturday, for on that day she turned into a dragon...i.e. we can expect that Satanic spirits caused the dragon line to be most profane (ceremonial or otherwise) on the Sabbath. After her husband took a peek one Saturday to discover her secret, he rebuked her before an audience, saying: "Out of my sight, thou pernicious snake and odious serpent! thou contaminator of my race." This is of course the same sort of thing spoken against the "Jews" of Europe all the more into the modern era.
After being ousted from Lusignan, Melusine retreated, it was said, to Sassenage in the French region of Rodano-Alps, which we can presume was the place where her distant kin were then living. Behold that the Arms of Rodano-Alps uses a dolphin. It was this same Lorri who had reminded me, days earlier, that the dolphin symbol depicted the city of Delphi, Greece, for which reason I added a section on that topic in a chapter that I was then writing (published on the same day (today) that I opened her email introducing fish-tail Melusine to me). In that chapter, I had written that Delphi was previously "Pythos," and that the city was depicted by the mythical Python, who was also called "Echidna," the snake woman! Plus, I also wrote in that chapter that Python was the same as Phaethon who crashed into the Redone valley!!
Thanks to Lorri, therefore, I now see that the Redones do connect to the Picts and the Veres. In the two chapters that I was writing when she emailed me (published on the same day, today, August 28), I had traced the dragon line to king Somerled (thanks to a tip in an email from another email correspondent, Robin), patriarch of the MacDonalds, anciently "MacDonnell," and so see that the Irish-branch MacDonnells use a green dolphin with red fins, even as the Rodano-Alps dolphin is blue with red fins. Moreover, note that the English-branch MacDonnells use a white lion with red claws, while there is a white lion on red background on the arms of the Rodano-Alps (red is the color of the Irish-Scots, called "Dalriada" (= DalRedone?).
It has been my claim that the Cohens were behind the Templars, and so note here that Guy de Lusignan became king of Templar Jerusalem, but lost the city to the Muslims in 1187. End Update]
Could it be that the Veres were the traitor, Modred (or "Mordred"), who took to himself the willing Guinevere, whereafter Arthur felt compelled to hunt her down dead? His dogs killed her in Pict territory, in modern Perthshire, Scotland, well north of Arthur's base in Celliwig, Cornwall. Modred was married to Guinevere's sister, who essentially had been given the same coded name using the "Guine" root but with a different ending, "fach". ..which may have been a weakly-imaginative means of connecting "her" to "Merovech" (variation of "Merovee").
But "Elfin" may also depict Alpin, king of a western section of Alba: Dal Riada. He was the son of a Scot king and a Pict princess, by which vehicle he and his heirs (MacAlpins) unified the Scots and Picts...and (between 830-840) became the first rulers of Alban, also called Scotia by the dal Riada, thus exposing them as Scythians. Irish myth makes it clear that "Scota" depicted a Scythian peoples passing through Egypt.
[Update December 2007 -- I found a relevant quote:
"The Scythini of Xenopho, I certainly think are connected with the mountain called Scydisces by Strabo, and Scotius by Appian, (Mithr. c. 100.) as we know besides that they were contiguous to the Macrones. The position of these [Scythini] peoples is of considerable importance...from the river called Harpasus by Xenophon...a river of Armenia, a river apparently separating the country of the Armenian Chalybes from that of the Scythini." From an Adobe article on the Pontus
The article goes on to say that a tributary of the Araxes called "Harpasou" was "in all probablity" the Harpasus of Xenophon. I not only see that mythical Scota (and therefore the Irish/Scots) depicted just the peoples who named the Scotius river, but I imagine that the harp symbol of Ireland is secret code for just those peoples of the Harpasus river. End Update]
It was said in the Scandinavian work, the Gesta Denorum, that Erik the Eloquent, a Dane-proper progenitor, was of the "Ylfing" (or "Wolfing" = "wolf clan") family of Gotland rulers. Moreover, "Alfheim" (Alf-Home) was the palace of Frey, also called the country of elves. This therefore exposes the Frey-Alba connection...which may be viewed as a Frey-Vere connection, especially as both Frey and Vere were depicted by boars. I would suggest that the wolf line of Lug put forth the "Elvin Princess," Milouziana, and therefore also her Vere ancestors in Alba, and later the Loki Vanir/Danes. "Werewolf/Verewolf" comes to mind as a symbol of the Veres.
"The Dragon Motif [of the Veres] turns up later on the seal of Hugh de Vere in 1200 ad whilst the Blue Boar; a Druidic caste badge also called Le Solitaire, was derived from Melusine's husband's family, hence the Blue Boar and "Harpy" or wouivre supporters in the Vere Arms." http://genforum.genealogy.com/vere/messages/236.html
"Wouivre" is the Celtic word for "spirit/life" (note the French "vivere"), but essentially came to denote the spirit of Satan ruling the world, or even the "veins of the dragon," and from that the term came to mean anything that snakes along, though it surely referred specifically to the dragon bloodline itself. For, from "wouivre" must derive the "Wyver/Wyvern" breed of occult dragons that the Veres use for their dragon symbol.
I think I've already mentioned that the Druids, because they descended from the Getae/Edonians who became the Eatons/Jutes, were the "Eadon" branch among the Danann (i.e. Fir-Bolgs), and this root in the Goths is supported by the fact that Druids were also called "Gutiari." This all tends to support my claim that the boar symbol finds a deeper root in Artemis-come-Getae. "Artemis" is likely the ancestry of the Celt boar goddess, Arduinna," and of course "Arthur" seems to have an identical linguistic root.
The points here are: that the blue boar was probably not after blue blood, but rather the other way around, that "blue blood" became a term to connect with the blue boar of Druidism i.e. the Getae/Edone bloodline. Note that while the Greek Calydonians were from Artemis, that and the British variation, "Caledonian," has an "Edonian" within it. The Dragon-loving Veres stem from the Druids, no surprise. Therefore, the blue boar that came to be a symbol of Edward III (House of York/Pork) was a secret symbol of Edward's genetic connections to the Druids, something that could not have been advertised openly in a Christian society. But as we're not a Christian-strict society any longer, Vere can come out and start bragging openly of such evil connections.
I found the following statement to be helpful: "Vero Nihil Verius (nothing truer than truth) is the [Vere] family motto granted by Queen Elizabeth I. The family crest was already the Blue Boar." "Blue blood" (i.e. royal blood) is a phrase that comes to mind. In other words, the English throne consisted of Vere blood prior to Elizabeth I, contrary to what Nicholas de Vere says when boasting that the noble Veres of Oxford were merely honorable stewards of the throne but never once attempted to seize the throne for themselves.
Note that Avalon was part of the apple theme of mythology while "milo" is Greek for "apple." This, aside from verifying what I and others realize -- that neither Milouziana nor her son Milo I were historical figures but merely codeword -- might suggest Vere-bloodline connection to the Ionian city of Miletus (i.e. through the Irish that they had married in forming the Picts).
[Update July 2006 -- If the Picts were from the Picenti, then the Picenti were from Calydonian boars, and that would suggest that "pig," the derivation of which is unknown by my dictionary, may have derived from "Pic." End Update]
I had traced the Greek apple line to Miletus, especially to the mythical Endymion. The Miletus connection is made independently through the history that the Scots claim for themselves, from Scythians of Miletus. The apple line ought to go back to Greek Calydon since Endymion was a progenitor of Calydon.
The Scandinavian-myth "golden apples of Idun" were, I believe, the Thracians of Thyni (same as Edoni?), and may therefore go back to Melia (honey/bee line), a depiction of Bithynians (relatives of Thynians). Because I believe that "Woten" derived from "Bithyni," I'll bet my three-story tree house that Odin's wife, Frigg (i.e. "Phrygia"), connected to Melia. That Uranus became Bithynians is revealed where Melia was the offspring of Uranus after he lost a war with Kronos. Elis is where Uranus was pushed back to, by the victorious Kronos, wherefore note that Endymion was ruler of Elis prior to putting forth the first Calydonians.
The golden apples of Idun (a Scandinavian entity) need to be distinguished from the rose line, for golden apples depict Aryan blood. The rose line was Aryan-Egyptian blood, wherefore it may be expected that Avalon's apples were red or red-gold.
When Arthur was king of Celliwig in Cornwall, he was also king of Mynyw, but for other reasons I've identified Avalon tentatively as the north-Wales island of Mona...that I suspect was founded by Manannan when he fled there (500ish BC), for the nearby Isle of Man/Manx (see map) is known to be named by Manannan. Mona's re-naming to "Anglesey" reveals Angle intervention in that island. Could the Vere royals have thus adopted their Angle blood? Owen Tudor i.e. the "pink" bloodline that ended the War of the Roses, was born on Anglesey (according to Britannica).
If Veres did not connect with Angles of Anglesey, there were Angles all around the Roslin/Edinburgh region to which the Veres may have become allied (see map of early Scotland). That's not to say that Roslin and Edinburgh were founded by those Angles, for it seems that, Edinburgh at least, was founded by the Edoni among the Danann. That is, the Eadons depicted by the Danann goddess, Eadon.
Vere connection to Angles of Britain seems certain because the said priest (Sabine Baring-Gould) reported that Milouziana fled Avalon to live in Angiers. This location was not far from the Vere settlement of Manche. Apparently, there were ties between Manx and Anjou, and indeed Anjou was in the province of Maine, and Maine was based in the city of Le Mans. This then reveals that the Manannan branch of Danann (the chief branch, I presume) had been allied to certain Angles, and it points rather to Mona than to Roslin.
[Update July 2006 -- Then again, Roslin and Edinburgh are in the region of Lothian, which may have been depicted by Ladon, the dragon that protected the Atlantean garden called Hesperion, the same that held the golden apples. Lothian is the Scottish "Lowden" and the Gaelic "Lodainn," said to be named after the mythical King Loth/Lot (see Lothian location).
Lot is thought to descend from the Belgic tribe of Catuvellauni, which I would immediately understand as Cati-Avellauni in which was derived "Avalon." Lot was at first Arthur's enemy, but in later times, while subdued, Lot decided to form an alliance. The capital of the Catuvellauni was Verlamion (later "Verulamium"), evoking the Veres. The first-known historical king of the Catuvellauni was Cassivellaunus, and the two terms together evoke the Cati who lived in Khassi of Cilicia, who I think became the Catti that named Hesse (Germany) and Cassel. It is extremely interesting that I had traced the cati to the seven-headed dragon of Syria, Lotan, which I think became the Greek dragon, Ladon, so named in respect of a British peoples by that name...that no doubt stemmed from the Ladon peoples of Greece, even Lydia and the Latins.
Because Geoffrey of Monmouth used "Cassibelanus," it appears that Avalon has the variation of "Abalon." Since "belanus" evokes the Belos/Belus terms mentioned earlier (mythical ancestors of the Greek Danaans), it's possible that Avalon was a Danann entity. This coincides with the Cati of Cilicia being a Danaan bloodline according to my independent research (see up-coming chapter, "Proto-Greeks from Pre-Israelite Israel," and the chapter after that, "Opis Stinger of Death"). Avalon can be connected more closely to home in the Celtic god, Belenus, who has the alternative version, "Belus," according to the website below, which moreover tells that this god was worshipped as far away as Adriatic Italy. A British variation was "Belatu-Cadros," yet another Cati-like term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belenus
Cassibelanus' brother was Lud, and their father was Heli, a mythical term for the Welsh patriarch, Beli Mawr (Mars?), whose "Beli" portion is thought to derive from a Bolg-like term. Lud and Lot are thought by some to be the same. Lud is credited for naming "London," but that doesn't seem quite right. Recall that the Danaans had founded Lindos on Rhodes, and that I view "Atlantis" as At-Lantis. As these rulers were kings of the Brits, I would root them, the Britons and the Welsh together, in the Bolgs/Belgae. End Update]
There are no websites that reveal Milo I, or a Milon of Angleria, in historical records. The few websites that do mention the man may be the victims of a Vere-family hoax. Yet, I do believe that Milo depicted a line of real Pictish rulers who came to Anjou as per the Milouziana story. Nicholas says that Milo began ruling Anjou in 740, and while Alpin, king of Dal Riada in about 835 was a century too late, and besides he was Scottish not Pictish, there was a Pict king named Alpin (website below) who ruled 726-728...so that codeword "Milo" may have been his kin (perhaps even his son).
As very little is known about Alpin, king of Dal Riada, it may even be that the Pictish Alpin was his ancestor. If true, then the Scottish Alpin may very well have been of Vere blood. As Nicholas claims in one breath, his bloodline came through "...to the Royal Picts of Scotland and the high kings of the Horse Lords of Dal Riada..."
http://www.duriefamily.com/scotshistory/picts.htm
The father of Milo de Vere is quoted as "Rainfroi," which as a codeword I interpret as Rain-Frey and for that reason too I'll tie the Veres to Yngvi-Frey. "Rainfroi" might be read as Rennes-Frey or Erainn-Frey, but there was also a king Rhain of certain Welsh territories, including Dyfed, whose kingdom became known as "Rhainwg." Dyfed was, remember, the south-Wales city to which the mythical "Rhiannon" was married, she then marrying Manannan (though using the "Manawydan" version) in the end.
As little is known of the ancestors of the historical Tertulle, count of Anjou starting in 820, Milo and Rainfroi may have been invented by the Veres to depict Tertulle's immediate ancestors. Some peg Tertullo's father as Tortulf (probably "Tortwulf"), but that's as far back as is known, which lands us near Milo's rule over Anjou (said to begin in 740). To substantiate that "Rainfroi" is code for Rennes, we find that Tortullo's clan was ruler over Rennes, for indeed his son, Ingelger (another Yng/Angle word), was officially over Rennes (co-capital of Brittany along with Gwenea/Vannes):
"Under one of the sons of Robert the Strong, Anjou was entrusted to a certain Ingelger, who became the founder of the first Angevin dynasty." (http://www.hfac.uh.edu/gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Anjou/Anjou.html)
Ingelger was viscount of Angiers, and this squares with Milouziana coming to Angiers prior to 740 i.e. my theory is that she then put forth the immediate ancestors of Ingelger; he died in 888.
Previously, a count of Vannes became the king of Brittany, beginning in 841. I'll bet you a boar tusk that he was a Vere. His throne-name was Nominoe, and he was a vassal (a willing servant-ruler) of Louis I of France, the Roman Emperor. When Louis died, Nominoe declared Brittany independent and became it's king:
"To Breton nationalists he is known as Tad ar Vro, or 'father of the country.'" http://www.bannistersandkin.ca/Weir/pafn01.htm
Apparently, "Tad" has been translated "Dad" while "Vro" has been translated "Country." But, really, shouldn't the phrase be read, "Tad de Vere"? Yes, without doubt, meaning that the Veres had ruled all of Brittany as well as Anjou, wherefore these Veres were a significant Merovingian power in the aftermath of Merovingian de-thronement (in 751). We might imagine that the fallen Merovingians then rallied round the Veres of Brittany.
[Update July 2006 -- Because I suspect that the Taddei surname of Italy was an important one that made up a significant portion of the Welsh, as touched upon in other chapters, I would enter here that this Tad de Vro may have been a Taddei descendant. I define "Tad" as "toad," and identify Franks as the frogs of Revelation 16 that are associated with the Biblical dragon, even the anti-Christ and False Prophet. End Update]
Now Vere-family websites report that, via Guy Blanc Barbe (White Beard) de Vere was born Godfroi/Godfrey de Bouillon (the first Templar king of Jerusalem). Whatever you wish to make of that, it is a fact that Ingelger gave birth to Fulk I the Red, and that Fulk V (count of Anjou) befriended the Templars and became king of Jerusalem (1131); his blood retained that throne for quite a while (though of course we know that Jesus did not accept/admire that throne; He is forever king of Jerusalem).
Was "Fulk" a variation of "Bolg"? I know that in the early Templar period, about the time that (or shortly after) Fulk V was Jerusalem king, a certain group of Hebrew Khazars under pseudonyms "David" and "Solomon" (father and son) devised and attempted to carry out an invasion of Jerusalem for to place themselves on the throne of Israel, as per the re-establishment of the Biblical Millennium. Well, the non-Hebrew Khazars are known to be Bulgars. The obvious point here is that the Bolgs and Bulgars were the same stock of peoples. Were the Templars a Bolg peoples who allied themselves with Khazar Bulgars in their quest to take Jerusalem?
Why all the emphasis on Godfrey de Bouillon and so little emphasis on the bloodline of Fulk V? After all, the son of Fulk V was Geoffrey IV Plantagenet, count of Anjou. And Fulk had married a Sinclair when he married the daughter of Henry I, for that king was from Rollo St. Clair. The son of Geoffrey Plantagenet was Henry II of England, and this branch of the dragon line sat on the throne of England for a long time to come. Extremist Rosicrucians infiltrated this dynasty deeply in the court of Henry VIII, and they set up a counterfeit church of Christ, the Anglican Church, en route to forming their New Atlantis.
The Anglicans then tried to set up a rulership over Jerusalem, and succeeded (in 1842) for a stretch to the point of officially seating their own people as Bishops of Jerusalem. There is evidence that they were in the meantime allied in this quest with Rothschild Illuminatists in both Britain and Germany, who used the same hexagram symbol for themselves that the David-and-Solomon team of Khazars had used centuries earlier. That symbol is now the Israeli flag.
Doesn't something about all this stink? Even a Freemasonic-like thinker, who welcomes the New World Order now being formed under Merovingian features, was able to grasp the following:
"This dual current, being associated with both the Heavenly and the Infernal, with both Jesus and Jehovah, Satan and Lucifer, is something that has marked the history of the Merovingian dynasty, as well as all of the other Grail families, and the entire Grail story itself. It is at the heart of the secret spiritual doctrine symbolized by the Grail. This symbolism hits you immediately when you walk in the door of the church at Rennes-le Chateau and see those opposing statues of the demon Asmodeus and Jesus Christ staring at the same black and white chequered floor, which itself symbolizes the balance of good and evil." http://www.21stcenturyradio.com/merovingian-twyman.htm
If Ingelger was a Vere, ditto the Fulks, and ditto the Plantagenet dynasty, meaning that Nicholas de Vere is telling the truth when connecting the Veres to the mysterious name, Plantagenet. But was he telling the truth when claiming the Veres to be of a senior branch at Anjou? I don't know, but egotism will certainly make such a statement.
And when do I ever believe that a dragon necessarily speaks the truth? This is the reason that the Veres, and other devotees of the dragon, will never achieve power over the globe for any meaningful duration, for peoples will not tolerate liars forever, and the kingdom built on lies crumbles. Those who keep secrets are by that alone proven liars, and it's no surprise if liars claim to be truthful, for what profit would lying be if no one believed the liar?
Nicholas de Vere claims that "Vere" means "verita" = "truth." Rather, our Bible tells the truth when it says that the dragon will "throw truth to the ground" (Daniel 8:12).
http://www.tribwatch.com/interestink.htm
