I79505: Elijah ABNEY (____

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Frances was the daughter of a planter and a slave holder. Related to the Harpers and Fishers of Virginia and evidently of French origin. She was a dosmestic woman, and during her husband's absence in the wars ahe managed the plantaion to great advantage. She was proverbial for her kindness to the sick and for being a peacemaker in her neighborhood. She died in Ellis County, Texas at the house of her son, John S. McCulloch. Her only brother, John Peterson Lenoir, died of a wound received in a skirmish the night of December 21, 1814, before the battle of January 8, 1815.

Frances Lenoir McColluch was a widow for 20 years amd lived with her son James. She was originally buried in the family cemetery known as the McCulloch-Witten Cemetery located in Maypearl, Ellis Co., Tx. Also buried with her were her son James, his wife Jane, their children Martha and Elizabeth, and lastly her great-granddaughter Alice Van Lear, a child of two. In 1938 her remains were removed from this cemetery and reenterred in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Tx. next to her son Benjamin.

Benjamin and Harry McCulloch were famous as Texas Rangers, Captains in the US-Mexican War, and Brig. Gens. in the Civil War. At the beginning of the Civil War, volunteers raised by Ben, Henry, and other Texas veterans, gathered at Henry's home, "Ranger's Home", to march on San Antonio and forced General Twiggs ot surrender all Union Forts and arms in Texas. Frances Lenoir McCulloch was honored by being reenterred in the Texas State Cemetery because she was the only mother in American history to have two sons attain the rank of General. Ben McCulloch County, whose seat is Brady, named for her son. The picture of Frances that hung over the fireplace of her daughter now hangs in the San Jacinto Memoral near Houston. FROM HG HENDERSON WHO WROTE A BOOKLET ABOUT HER AND HER DESCENDENTS IN A EFFORT TO RAISE MONEY TO RESTORE THE MCCULLOCH-WITTEN CEMETERY.

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He became King after his brother "RICHARD THE LION HEARTED" died in 1199. He is remembered as probably the worst king in English history. His barons revolted against him and he was forced to sign the Magna Charta on June 15, 1215 at Runnymeade.

This document and its ramifications was not understood by the best minds of the time; it received a papal condemnation from Innocent III and on Dec 16, 1215 the barons were excommunicated.

The Maga Charta begins: "John, by the grace of God, King of England, the Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to the archbishops, abbots, earls, barons, justiciars, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants and to all his bailiffs and liege subjects, greetings."

This famous document laid down many of the rights we enjoy today, such as no taxation without representation, right of a trial before imprisonment, that justice should not be sold or denied to freemen, provided for writ of habeas corpus.
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John I Lackland, King of England
Born: 24 DEC 1167, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England
Acceded: 27 MAY 1199, Westminster Abbey, London,England
Died: 19 OCT 1216, Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, Eng
Interred: Worcester Cathedral

Notes: Reigned 1199-1216. Signed Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede.
His reign saw renewal of war with Phillip II Augustus of France to whom he has lost several continental possesions including Normandy by 1205. He came into conflict with his Barons and was forced to Sign the Magna Carta. His later repudiation of the charter led to the first barons war 1215-17 during which John died. Burke says he was born in 1160.
King of Ireland 1177, Count of Mortain 1189, Earl of Gloucester.

Father: FitzEmpress, Henry II Curtmantle, King of England, b. 25 MAR 1133
Mother: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine, b. ABT 1122

Married 29 AUG 1189, Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire 1199 to de Clare, Isabella, of Gloucester, Countess, His second cousin..

Married 24 AUG 1200, Bordeaux to Taillefer, Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England
Child 1: Henry III, King of England, b. 1 OCT 1207
Child 2: Richard of Cornwall, Earl of Cornwall, b. 5 JAN 1209
Child 3: Joan, b. 22 JUL 1210
Child 4: Isabella (Elizabeth), Empress of Germany, b. 1214
Child 5: Eleanor, b. 1215 m. Simon the Earl of Leicester last name is Montford. He led the rebellion against King Henry III resulting in King Henry being removed from the throne. Eleanor was the youngest child of king John. She was married to William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke as a young child he died whilst she was in her teen's. She married against her brother King Henry III objections.

Associated with Ferrers, Agatha
Child 6: Joan of England b bef 1200 d. 30 Mar 1236 m. Prince Llewelyn ap forwerth ada: "Llewellyn the Great b abt 1164 d. 1240.
It is known that Agatha was a mistress of John, but it is only supposition that she is the mother of his child

Associated with de Warenne, Suzanne
Child 7: FitzJohn, Richard of Dover, Baron of Chilham
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John Plantagenet I, born December 24, 1166 in Oxford, Eng; died October 19, 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, Eng. He was the son of Henry Plantagenet II and Eleanor Of Aquitaine. He married dau de Warenne. dau de Warenne. She was the daughter of Earl of Warenne.

Child of John Plantagenet and dau de Warenne is:
i Richard FitzRoy, married Rohese. Child of Fulbert Dover is: i. Rohese, died 1265; married Richard FitzRoy.

Associated with de Tracy, Hawise
Child 8: Oliver
Child 9: Gifford, Osbert
Child 10: FitzRoy, Geoffrey
Child 11: Courcy, John FitzJohn, Knight or Clerk of Lincoln
Child 12: FitzRoy, Odo (Eudo)
Child 13: Ivo
Child 14: Henry
Child 15: Richard, Constable Wallingford Csl
Child 16: Matilda, Abbess of Barking
Child 17: Blanche, Isabella la
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Family 1: Avisa (Hawise) Isabella GLOUCESTER DIVORCE: Y
MARRIAGE: 29 AUG 1189, Marlebridge, England

Family 2: Isabella Angouleme TAILLEFER MARRIAGE: 24 AUG 1200, Bordeaux, Bourdeaux, France
1.Henry III (Longshanks) PLANTAGENET
2.Richard PLANTAGENET
3.Joanna PLANTAGENET
4.Isabella Yolanda II PLANTAGENET
5.Eleanor PLANTAGENET

Family 3: Clementia MARRIAGE: NOT MARRIED, England
1.Joan PLANTAGENET
Notes: King of England 1199-1216; forced to grant the Magna Carta in 1215 Accension to throne: 6 Apr 1199.
Divorced 1200; annulled on grounds of consanguinity.
King John's conflicts with the barons resulted in the writing of the Magna Carta and in his signing the document on June 15, 1215, at Runnymede. The rebellion of the barons and their followers stemmed from John demand for overseas service that they felt was not owed.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists..., p 3; Royal.zip (Compuserve); Bryananc.Aht
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the "wicked king" nicknamed Lackland because his brothers were given territory by their father when he received none.
He was the fourth son of Henry II.He was the Father of Henry III. He first married Isabel of Gloucester and then Isabella of Angouleme.2 sons and 3 daughters by 2nd wife.
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John was on the list of those who had plotted against his father, Henry I, but was not successful in plotting against his brother, Richard. Richard gave him lands in Normandy and England, but these were not enough. While Richard was imprisoned, John unsuccessfully rebelled several times. Upon Richard's return, he was reprimanded and kept out of trouble for the last five years of his brother's reign and earned the succession to the throne.

John was respected as successor in England, but in Anjou, Maine, and Touraine Arthur, son of Geoffrey of Brittany, was recognized as sovereign. John persuaded Philip II to oust the twelve-year-old Arthur and became Lord of the Angevin Empire. He then annulled his marriage to Isabella of Gloucester, whom Richard had betrothed to him, and, in an effort to unite the two halves of his empire, married Isabella of Angouleme. Unfortunately, John's bride's former fiance appealed to Philip II, and Philip declared all of John's recent acquisitions forfeit.

John captured Arthur shortly after his possessions were forfeited. Arthur disappeared and the murder has never been proven.

Determined to get his territory back, John levied high taxes on his nobles. This also came at the time of a conflict with Pope Innocent III. John refused to accept the papal appointment to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury. The pope punished John by placing England and Wales under an interdict and excommunicating John a year later. John, however, needed papal support to win his invasion of France. John made England a papal fief and invaded. In 1214, John lost the Battle of Bovines and the English barons had enough.

In 1215, the barons seized London and forced John to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymead. John had no intention of living up to the document, and the barons looked to Louis of France, Philip's son, for aid. Louis invaded England in 1216. John died that year in October with a nine-year old son as his successor.

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My Southern Family

Elijah ABNEY

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ID Number: I79505

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Margaret AMOS

ABT 1660 - ____

ID Number: I51363

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Roy COLSON

Elizabeth FISHER

24 Aug 1737 - 1803

ID Number: I66901

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Frances Fisher LENOIR

11 Apr 1780 - 10 May 1866

ID Number: I97796

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Charles MALLOTT

King JOHN I Lackland Anjou PLANTAGENET of England

24 Dec 1166 - 19 Oct 1216

ID Number: I3003

Notes

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James WARE Jr.

9 Dec 1779 - 29 Jan 1843

ID Number: I5373

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My Southern Family

Elijah ABNEY

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ID Number: I79505

Sources

Margaret AMOS

ABT 1660 - ____

ID Number: I51363

Sources

Roy COLSON

Elizabeth FISHER

24 Aug 1737 - 1803

ID Number: I66901

Sources

Frances Fisher LENOIR

11 Apr 1780 - 10 May 1866

ID Number: I97796

Notes

Sources

Charles MALLOTT

King JOHN I Lackland Anjou PLANTAGENET of England

24 Dec 1166 - 19 Oct 1216

ID Number: I3003

Notes

Sources

James WARE Jr.

9 Dec 1779 - 29 Jan 1843

ID Number: I5373

Sources

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