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St John Lineage
Hugh Port 1024-1096 was the father of Henry Port 1079-1153, father of John Port 1117-1167, father of Adam Port 1151-1213, father of William St John, who changed the surname from Port to St John, father of Robert St John 1210-1267, father of William St John 1230-1305, father of John St John 1253-1316, father of Alexander St John TBD-1339, father of Oliver St John 1315-1373, father of John St John TBD-1373, father of John St John 1360-1424, father of Oliver St John 1398-1437, father of John St John 1426-1488, father of John St John 1450-1525, father of Alexander St John 1494-1551, father of John St John 1540-1588, father of Cressitt St John 1570-1612.
Cressitt St John > John Butler > Jane Elizabeth Butler > Mary Elizabeth Claiborne > William Claiborne Harris, the father of Cheryl's ancestor Temperance Overton Harris and of her brother, Bill's ancestor Robert Overton Harris.
Bill's side: Robert Overton Harris > Tyre Harris Sr > Lydia Harris > Jeremiah Harris Brown > William Hiram Brown > James Henry Brown > Harris Brown Brown > Thelma Irene Brown > William Harris Lawson Sr.
Cheryl's side: Temperance Overton Harris > Henrietta Baker > John Harris > Mary Ann Harris > Mary Ann Harris > Waymen C Whitney > Missouria L Whitney > Eddie Morris Robertson > James Clifton Robertson.
St John Migration
Normandy, France > Basing, Hampshire, England > Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales > Fonmon Castle, Barry, Wales > Surrey, England > Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales > Penmark, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales > Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France > Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England > Langstone, Glamorganshire, Wales > Thurley, Bedfordshire, England > Parish, Bedfordshire, England > Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Sources vary widely as to some of the dates, but the people and relationships are the same.
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Cressitt St John, Cheryl's 11th & Bill's 12th Great-Grandmother
1570-1612
b. Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
d. Bedfordshire, England
Cemetery TBD
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TBD: More sources
WikiTree has this record for Cresset (St John) Butler 1540-1572, but all the dates are later. It does give the same parental names but also with later dates.
Parents:
John St John 1540-1588
Ann Neville 1540-1605
Maternal Lineage:
Alice Wauton 1510-1570, mother of Ann Neville 1540-1605, Cressitt St John 1570-1612
Spouse: John Butler 1565-1599
Married: 1585
Children:
- John Butler 1585-1599
- Others TBD
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John St John, Cheryl's 12th & Bill's 13th Great-Grandfather
1540-1588
TBD: Reconciliation of all the dates as specified in various sources.
d. Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Cemetery TBD
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WikiTree has this record for John St John 1495-1558, father of Cresset 1540-1572, and this record for Anne Neville 1502-1595. These dates are later than what other sources have.
Parents:
Alexander St John 1494-1551
Jane Dalyson 1523-1551
Maternal Lineage:
Mary Ann de Poyser 1478-1556, mother of Jane Lenthroppe 1503-1548, mother of Jane Dalyson 1523-1551, mother of John St John.
Spouse 1: Margaret Waldegrove 1492-1564
These dates are from WikiTree and place her birth as 46 years before her husband as dated by other sources. The WikiTree dates for John St John as 1496-1558 are consistent with these dates but conflict with other sources.
Married: 1521
Children:
The names and dates for the marriage and for the following children are from WikiTree.These dates would be before the birth of their parents as dated by other sources.
- Oliver St John 1522-1582
- John St John 1532-1596
- Margery St John 1520-1545
- Anne St John 1519-1551
- Margaret St John 1524-1562
- Alice St John 1528-1607
Spouse 2: Ann Neville 1540-1605
The dates and spelling for Cressit St John 1570-1612 from other sources is retained here until more information is learned. The WikiTree dates for Ann Neville are 1502-1595.
Married: 1533
Children: 6
WikiTree and other sources state that all of their children... [of John St John and Ann Neville] were born before their marriage.
- Cressitt St John 1570-1612
Spelling varies
The dates for the following children are from WikiTree, and as noted by several commentators on that record, "are way off." These dates would be before the birth of their parents as dated by other sources. - Jane St John 1518-TBD
- Charles St John 1524-TBD
- Mary St John 1530-TBD
- Daughter TBD
- Son TBD
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Alexander St John, Cheryl's 13th & Bill's 14th Great-Grandfather
1494-1551
Some sources have 1519 as the birth year.
b. Thurley, Bedfordshire, England
d. Parish, Bedfordshire, England
Cemetery TBD
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Parents:
John St john 1450-1525
Margaret Sibyl ferch Morgan 1462-1472
Maternal Lineage:
Gwenllian Verch Philip 1388-1411, mother of Gwenllian verch Dafydd Herbert Mathew 1400-1456, mother of Jane Mathew 1440-1462, mother of Margaret Sybil ferch Morgan, mother of Alexander St John
Spouse: Jane Dalyson 1523-1551
Her Find a Grave memorial bio spells her surname Dalison
- John St John 1540-1588
- Henry St John 1545-1598
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John St John, Cheryl's 14th & Bill's 15th Great-Grandfather
30 May 1450 - 30 March 1525 (74)
d. Langstone, Glamorganshire, Wales
Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Chapel of St Edmund
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Parents:
John St John 1426-1488
Alice Bradshaw 1426-1511
Maternal Lineage:
Agnes Stanley 1387-1444, mother of Alice Sherburne 1416-1507, mother of Alice Bradshaw 1426-1511, mother of John St John.
Spouse: Margaret Sibyl ferch Morgan 1462-1524
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Married: 1476
Children: 8
- Margaret St John 1480-1562
- Alice St John 1484-1553
- Elizabeth St John 1488-TBD
- Sybil St John 1490-TBD
- Oliver St John 1492-TBD
- Alexander St John 1494-1551
- John St John 1495-1558
- Katherine St John 1496-1553
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John St John, Cheryl's 15th & Bill's 16th Great-Grandfather
31 August 1426 - 29 November 1488
b. Bledsoe, Bedfordshire, England
d. Bledsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Cemetery TBD
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See a concise biography on his Find a Page memorial
Parents:
Oliver St John 1398-1437
Margaret Beauchamp 1410-1482
Maternal Lineage:
Edith Stourton 1375-1441, mother of Margaret Beauchamp 1405-1482, mother of John St John.
Spouse: Alice Bradshaigh 1426-1511
Some sources spell the surname Bradshaw but the Find a Grave memorial and other sources use the older spelling of Bradshaigh.
Married: 1449
Children: 2
- John St John 1450-1525
- Ann St John 1460-1506
TBD: Some sources say he had another spouse and also that he had 2 additional daughters.
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Oliver St John, Cheryl's 16th & Bill's 17th Great-Grandfather
8 July 1398 - 3 April 1437
These dates are consistent with other sources.
Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
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See a concise biography on his Find a Page memorial
Parents:
John St John 1360-1424
Elizabeth Paulett 1387-1400
or Isabelle TBD
WikiTree names his mother as Isabelle (surname and parents unknown), and says that she was married to John Pavely Jr in 1387, prior to her marriage to John St John. The WikiTree record identifies Elizabeth Paulet as his father's first wife, before Oliver was born.
TBD: Reconcile maternal parentage.
Maternal Lineage:
Elizabeth Credy 1359-1415, mother of Elizabeth Paulett 1387-1400, mother of Oliver St John.
Spouse 1: Margaret de Beauchamp 1410-1482
Maternal grandmother of King Henry VII Wikipedia
Married: 1428
Children:
- John St John 1426-1488
- Oliver St John 1428-1497
- Edith St John TBD
- Mary St John TBD
- Elizabeth St John TBD
- Agnes St John
- Margaret St John
Daughter Margaret is named in the Find a Grave memorial bio and in WikiTree, but not in Peerage.
The WikiTree record identifies the second wife as Edith Stourton, but the WikiTree record for Edith Stourton has dates of 1380-1441, spouses John Beauchamp and Robert Shottesbroke, and names her as the mother of Margaret Beauchamp 1410-1482, who other sources name as the spouse of Oliver St John 1398-1437. No children of Oliver St John and Edith Stourton are named.
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WikiTree Lineage Continuing:
- Oliver St John 1398-1437 Cheryl's 16th & Bill's 17th Great-Grandfather
b. Penmark, Glamorgan, Wales
d. Rouen, Duché de Normandie, France - John St John 1360-1424 Cheryl's 17th & Bill's 18th Great-Grandfather
b. Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales
d. Faumont, Glamorgan, Wales - John St John TBD-1373 Cheryl's 18th & Bill's 19th Great-Grandfather
b. TBD
d. TBD
Married: Elizabeth Bere 1345, b. Glamorgan, Wales d. TBD (Hers is the lineage that goes back to 1100). Other sources have 19 May 1338 - 13 May 1428, b. Kynardesley, Herefordshire, England, d. Verdun, Leicestershire, England - Oliver St John 1315-1373 Cheryl's 20th & Bill's 21st Great-Grandfather
b. Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales
d. TBD - Alexander St John TBD-1339 Cheryl's 21st & Bill's 22nd Great-Grandfather
b. TBD
d. TBD - John St John 1253-1316 Cheryl's 22md & Bill's 23rd Great-Grandfather
b. Glamorganshire, Wales
d. Surrey, England - William St John 1230-1305 Cheryl's 23rd & Bill's 24th Great-Grandfather
b. Basing, Hampshire, England
d. Faumont, Glamorganshire, Wales - Robert St John 1210-1267 Cheryl's 24th & Bill's 25th Great-Grandfather
b. Basing, Hampshire, England
d. Basing, Hampshire, England - William St John 1173-1239 Cheryl's 25th & Bill's 26th Great-Grandfather
b. TBD
d. England
WikiTree explains, "He began life as a "de Port" and later took his surname "de St John" from his mother's family, as heir of his mother's mother's family." - Adam Port 1151-1213 Cheryl's 26th & Bill's 27th Great-Grandfather
b. Basing, Hampshire, England
d. Basing, Hampshire, England - John Port 1117-1167 Cheryl's 27th & Bill's 28th Great-Grandfather
b. Basing, Hampshire, England
d. Basing, Hampshire, England - Henry Port 1079-1153 Cheryl's 28th & Bill's 29th Great-Grandfather
b. TBD
d. TBD - Hugh Port 1024-1096 Cheryl's 16th & Bill's 17th Great-Grandfather
b. Normandy, France
d. TBD
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