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John Cicill (Spelled Cissel and Cecil) the immigrant from Wales, Englandin 1658, died in 1698 and left a will in St. Mary's County naming wifeMary (possibly Calvert), and sons John, William, Thomas, Richard, Robert,Edward and James (Liber PC 1, page 104, film 144424) From the book"Colonial Settlers, St. Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St. Mary's County,Maryland" by Mary Louise Donnelly, states "John Cissell (Cecil), aCatholic, immigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1658 from Wales,England (Patents 4:29). He married Mary __________. Upon his arrival,John Cissell was a man of means as he purchased a number of tracts in St.Mary's County. He became possessor of 150 acres of "White Acre" which on12-Nov-1652 had been patented for William Brough on 25-Nov-1642, who diedin 1651leaving his total estate to his wife Sarah (w 1:37). By 1707 thesons of John Cissell owned this acreage. John Cissell purchased 100acres of "Cadloe" as did his brother William, which was patented on4-Nov-1650 for Joseph Cadloe, who died in 1652. John Cissell alsoobtained 100 acres of "Long Neck" which on 10-Jun-1681 had been surveyedfor John Addison who moved to Prince Georges County, Maryland. JohnCissell, a gunsmith, wrote his will on 28-Apr-1698 and it was probated on6-Jun-1698. To his sons Joh, William, Thomas, he left 150 acres of "WhiteAcre." To his sons Richard and Robert he left 100 acres of "Long Neck".His son Edward was to receive the home plantation "Poplar Neck" after thedeath of Mary. If Edward died without heirs it was to pass to hisyoungest son James. On 26-Jul-1698 the estate of John Cissell wasappraised and valued at L75.11.oo (inv 16;200.)From Salisbury FamilyGenealogy: In 1658 John, came to Maryland t look after his family'sinterests. (see notes on his father.) John settled in St. Mary's Co.!John Cicill (spelled Cissel and Cecil), the immigrant from Wales,England in 1658, died in 1698 and left a will in St. Mary's County namingwife Mary ? (possibly Calvert), and sons John, William, Thomas, Richard,Robert, Edward and James (Liber PC 1 page 104, film 144424).
William Cicell, son of John and Mary, died in St. Mary's County leavingArthur, Luke, Margaret, Ann, Matthew and Clare.
Thomas Cissell, son of John and Mary, died in 1724 leaving a son, John,and a brother James. James Cissel, son of John and Mary, died in 1717leaving James, Mary and Ruth.
Thomas Sissell, the immigrant in 1675, died in St. Mary's County in 1701and left a will naming son, George, son-in-law James Thompson, brother,George and daughter-in-law, Betty.
Some claims have been made that John Cicill, son of John, the immigrantin 1658, was
the same John, of Prince Georges County, who married Elizabeth Sollers,and it has also been proposed that William, John the emigrant's son, wasalso living in Prince George's Co., but these claims have never beenproven.
This information comes from "The Cecil Family of Maryland" by Walter V.Ball,
book call #929.273 C322b. Also from the will of John a copy of which isin
file.
From the book "Colonial Settlers, St. Clement's Bay 1734-1780, St. Mary'sCounty, Maryland" by Mary Louise Donnelly, states "John Cissell (Cecil),a Catholic, immigrated to the Province of Maryland in 1658 from Wales,England (Patents 4:29). He married Mary_______. Upon his arrival JohnCissell was a man of means as he purchased a numer of tracts in St.Mary's County. He became the possessor of 150 acres of "White Acre" whichon 11/12/1652 had been patented to Samuel Harris; 200 acres of "PoplarNeck" which had been patented for William Brough on 11/25/1642, who diedin 1651 leaving his total estate to his wife Sarah (w 1:37). By 1707 thesons of John Cissell owned this acreage. John Cissell purchased 100 acresof "Cadloe" as did his brother William, which was patented on 11/4/1650for Joseph Cadloe, who died in 1652. John Cissell also obtained 100 acresof "Long Neck" which on 6/10/1681 had been surveyed for John Addison whomoved to Prince George's County.
John Cissell, a gunsmith, wrote his will on 4/28/1698 and it was probatedon 6/6/1698. To his sons John, William and Thomas, he left 150 acres of"White Acre." To his sons Richard and Robert he left 100 acres of "LongNeck". His son Edward was to receive the home plantation "Poplar Neck"after the death of his wife. If Edward died without heirs it was to passto his youngest son James. On 7/26/1698 the estate of John Cissell wasappraised and valued at L75.11.oo (inv 16;200)
Elise Greenup Jourdan, in "Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume 1"1992, states that "the Cecils and Cissells were prolific families whosettled in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania in the 17th century. Theirdescendants pioneered lands in Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois andmany other states. " Generally, Cecil is used for the Protestant linesand Cissell for the Catholic, but there are many spellings used in anassortment of records that are not consistent.
From Paul Tobler's research
John and family had a sailing vessel called the "Martha Constant" thatplyed between Barbados Colony and the Maryland Colony, plus visits toNevis, Virgin Islands. Some of these sailings could have been made forthe transport of indentured servants. Barbados dated from 1627 with theBritish, Maryland dated 1632 and Nevis dated from 1627-28 with theBritish.
from Karen Salisbury: In Colonial Settlers of St. Clement's Bay1734-1780, St. Mary's County, Md, by Mary Louise Donnelly, Will: Probated16 June 1698, Appraised 26 July 1698, ...Ship Martha Constant...
Whis the James Cissell who is litsted in Hottens "Lists of Emigrants toAmerica 1600-1700" on p 452, has a James Cissel, with 22 acres of Land inSt. Michael's Parish, Barbadoes with 1 hired servant, 0 bought servants,16 negroes?
from Paul Tobler:
Property that John B. Cecil owned was called "Cadloe", "Longneck"
"White Acres", "Poplar Neck"
3)a. Cadloe he had originally obtained 100 acres upon arrival.
3)b. Longneck of 100 acres was added.
3)c. White Acres of 150 acres was added.
3)d. Poplar Neck of 200 acres was added.
Therefore he had a minimum of 550 acres of property.
The home place was on "Poplar Neck" where they lived with the residence
there.
Where Mary Shircliff supposedly died at St. Clement's Bay, MD is maybe
5 miles due west of White Point Beach on the north shore of the Potomac
River in present day St. Mary's Co., MD. It is on my Rand Mcnallyroadmap.
Is this the same John Cincill? who witnessed a will in Barbados
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cites "Colonial Settlers, St. Clement's Bay, 1734-1780, St. Mary's Co, MD," by Mary Louise Donnelly, claims he came from Wales, England and cites patent 4:29.
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Entered into hostilities with Emperor Otho II and aquired from that monarch Valenciennes and the Isles of Zealand. He subseqently further increased his territories by another rich accession, that of the citadel of Ghent.
Also Known As: Baldwin V de /Lille/, Countof Flanders
Sibyl of Anjou, who in 1135 became the second wife of Theodore, Count of Flanders, born 1100, died 1168. They had Margaret of Flanders, died 1194,married to Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, born 1150, died 1195. They had Yolande of Hainault, died 1219, married Pierre (Peter) de Courtenay, son of Pierre and grandson of Louis VI., King of France.
Their daughter, Yolande Courtenay, married Andrew(Andreas) II of Hungary. Their daughter,Jolante (Violante), died 1251. In 1235 she married Jaime (James I), King of Aragon, who was born in 1208,and died in 1276, son of PedroII and grandson of Afonso II and Sancha. Jolante and Jaime had Isabella of Aragon, who married Philip III the Bold,King of France.Philip and Isabella were parents of Philip IV, the Fair, King of France. He married Jeanne, daughter of Henry I, King of France.They had Isabella of France, who married Edward II, King of England.
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[18347] U.S. President Richard M. Nixon is a descendant.
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Edmund was King of England for only a few months. After the death of his father, Æthelred II, in April 1016, Edmund led the defense of the city ofLondon against the invading Knut Sveinsson (Canute), and was proclaimedking by the Londoners. Meanwhile, the Witan (Council), meeting at Southampton, chose Canute as King. After a series of inconclusive military engagements, in which Edmund performed brilliantly and earned the nickname "Ironside", he defeated the Danish forces at Oxford, Kent,but was routed by Canute's forces at Ashingdon,Essex. A subsequent peace agreement was made, with Edmund controlling Wessex and Canute controlling Mercia and Northumbria. It was also agreed that whoever survived the other would take control of the whole realm. Unfortunately for Edmund, he died in November 1016, transferring the Kingship of All England completely to Canut
!Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2 SaxonKing of the English (1016). In 1015 Eadmund desired to marry Ealdgyth,the widow of a Danish Earl named Sigeferth. His father did not want him to make this marriage with a Danish woman, but Eadmund married Ealdgyth none-the-less.This angered Cnut, a Danishl eader, and he made war on Eadmund. This war between Cnut and Eadmund lasted over a year until the latter's death. Some authorities state that Eadmund was slain by Cnut's men, while others claim that he died a natural death. Edmund was chosen king by the people of London, but Canute II, King of Denmark, who was leading an invasion of England, secured the support of the council (witenagemot) at Southampton and of Edric (d. 1017), Ethelred's son-in-law. Edmund met the Danes in battle, winning several engagements and relieving Canute's siege of London. He was defeated at Assandun (now Ashington), however, through the treachery of Edric, who had pretended to desert Canute. A truce was arranged between Canute and Edmund; Edmund was permitted to rule the south of England until his death later in the year, when it reverted to Canute.
This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File:
II /KING OF ENGLAND/ (AFN:GS4H-LP) and Alfgifu Or A // (AFN:GS4H-MV)
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Rogers, John (c.1500-55), first Protestant martyr in the Marianpersecution, was the son of John Rogers of Deritend, in the parish ofAston, near Birmingham. He was educated at PembrokeHall, Cambridge, wherehe took his BA in 1525, and in 1532 was appointed Rector of Holy Trinityin theCity of London. He resigned this living in 1534 and became chaplainto the Company of the Merchant Adventurers in Antwerp. At that time hewas an orthodox Catholic priest, but he now fell in with Tyndale andwassoon converted to Protestantism. Before he was arrested in 1535,Tyndale handed over to Rogers his incompleted translation of the OldTestament. Tyndale was burned in October 1535; during 1536 Rogers devotedhimself to completing the Old Testament by adding to it Miles Coverdale'srenderings (published in 1535) of the untranslated books and of theApocrypha, and Tyndale's own translation of the New Testament (published1526). Rogers's only original contribution was the Song of Manasses in the Apocrypha which he found ina French Bible printed in1535. Rogers was also responsible for thepreface, the marginal notes (the first English commentary on the Bible),and a calendar and almanack and other additional matter. Rogers signedthe title-page with the name 'Thomas Matthew' and the book came to beknown as Matthew's Bible. This was the book largely drawn upon for theGreat Bible of 1539.
When Edward VI came to the throne, Rogers returned to England (1548). Hewas given three livings in London and in 1551 he was appointed to aprebend of St Paul's by Nicholas Ridley and shortly afterwards becamedivinity lecturer at St Paul's. With his Protestant views Rogersnaturally sympathized with Lady Jane Grey rather than with Mary Tudor. Hepreached two sermons for which he was had up before the Council, and in1554 he was sent to Newgate. Here, inconjunction with Hooper, Bradfordand others, he drew upa confession of faith of the most extremeProtestant type. He was again examined by Gardiner with much rudeness andeven brutality and was condemned to death as a heretic. When he asked tobe allowed to see his wife, he was refused, and it is said that he mether and his eleven children on the way to the stake. At the stake he wasoffered a pardon, if he would recant, but he refused and he was burnedjust outside the entrance to the church of St Bartholomew in Smithfield.He was the first of the Protestant martyrs, and his example had awidespread effect in encouraging others. Ridley confessed that the newsof Rogers's death had destroyed 'a lumpish heaviness' in his heart.
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Capt. William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition and Gen. GeorgeRogers Clark are descendants. He was Vicar of Trinity the Less, London and Leader of the AngelicanReformation.
John Rogers contributed to the first full English translation of theBible, known as "The Coverdale Bible" printed on October 4, 1535. He wasburned at the stake in 1555 during the reign of "Bloody Mary" for the"crime" of being a Protestant.
Given the chance to repent, Rogers replied, "That which I have preachedwith my lips will I seal with my blood."
"Everything was now ready for the lighting of the terrible bonfires. Thequeen having declared to the council, in writing, that she would wishnone of her subjects to be burnt without some of the council beingpresent, and that she would particularly wish there to be good sermons atall burnings, the council knew pretty well what was to be done next. Soafter the cardinal had blessed all the bishops as a preface to theburnings, the Chancellor Gardiner opened a high court at St.Mary Overy,on the Southwark side of London Bridge, for the trial of heretics.
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Educated Cambridge, Class of 1525 Martyred, burned at the stake during Queen Mary's Reign
Wrote under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthews and wrote the first EnglishProtestant translation of the Bible, Matthews Bible, for which he wasburned at the stake in Smithfield, England in 1555, with his elevenchildren watching. Took Roman Catholic Orders 1526 after leavingCambridge - before becoming involved in the Protestant Reformation.
In the genealogical part of the address the point of departure for thefamily was John Rogers the martyr who was burned at the stake, in thereign of Queen Mary, Feb. 4, 1555.-Three hundred and nine years haveelapsed since then, but the memory of that epoch is yet frag rant in thehistory of freedom and truth. The martyr, was born in Lancashire,England, and was educated in Cambridge where he attained greatProficiency in Classical and Hebrew literature. He soon became widelyknown as a thorough biblical student and a powerful preacher of theGospel. He was an ardent friend of the devoted scholar and martyr,William Tyndale, and it is affirmed that in connection with him and MilesCoverdale, he entered upon a critical examination of the Scriptures, andassisted in translating them into the English language. This led to theprinting, publishing and introduction into England of the folio Bible in1537. The Bible was the first complete edition of the old and newTestaments in English, and it was afterwards revised and published byJohn Rogers alone, under the assumed name of Thomas Mathews.
His knowledge of language, theology, society and men, eminently fittedhim for this work. He had traveled much, and had gathered an abundance ofinformation for his task. On leaving Camb ridge he went to Antwerp, andfrom Antwerp to Wittenburg, at which place his mastery of the Dutchlanguage enabled him to officiate as a Pastor. In the reign of Edward6th, he was called home by Bishop Ridley and made Divinity lecturer at St. Paul's, and the duties of this office he discharged with zeal andefficiency. But on the accession of Queen Mary to the throne, he becameobnoxious to the government through his eloquence in behalf ofProtestantism-was confined for six months in his own house-then during along period in Newgate-passing through three examinations in which hedefended himself manfully, but was finally condemned and burned at thestake in Smithfield. Soon after his death, one of his friends found adark, dirty looking scroll, rolled up in a corner of his prison cell.That scroll contained a memorandum of his experiences in prison, of his attempts to obtain a visit from his wife, of his conversations with hisjailer, and of the calm, beautiful Christian hope and fortitude that sustained him under every hardship and trial.