My Paternal Grandmother was a STAPLETON her side of my family (OVER 2000 YEARS AGO) were VIKINGS originally from the SCANDINAVIAN/NORDIC Country’s of NORWAY, DENMARK, SWEDEN and FINLAND.
Starting with FORNJOT he was the first VIKING KING of FINLAND 150ad-260ad My 43rd Great Great Grandfather.
The VIKINGS became NORMANS (meaning MEN from the NORTH) after being given substantial land in Northern France in 911 when a treaty was signed by French King Charles 111 and Rollo the Viking (my 31st Great Great Grandfather) to enable peace between the French and the Vikings.
LATER MANY OF THE STAPLETON MEN BECAME CRUSADER’S (KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER) WARRIORS FIGHTING IN BATTLES FOR THE BRITISH CROWN.
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FIRSTLY IT IS TO BE REMEMBERED THAT FAMILY TREES IN DAY'S GONE BY, PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE SURNAMES, BUT INSTEAD THEIR LAST NAME WAS FROM THE TOWN or VILLAGE THAT THEY CAME FROM OR WHAT THEIR OCCUPATION WAS. IE:- FRANKS = AXE THROWING (MILITARY RULERS).
On our (Protestant Side) My 14th Great Great Grandfather JOHANNES FRAYLING (WE ONLY GUESS) was a (PROTESTANT) Huguenot refugee from Catholic France fleeing religious persecution, he arrived in Wiltshire, England in the 1400’s from Holland?
On our (Catholic Side) My 26th Great Great Grandfather GALFRIDUS STAPLETON was a French Norman arriving in Yorkshire, England around 980..
THAT IS WHY IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE YOUR ANCESTOR'S NAMES ARE FROM THE SAME FAMILY.
see below.
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Early Spellings for Stapleton have:- “de” in front.
The Earliest Recording of Stapletone was in the Doomsday Book in 1086.
1166 was the Oldest. Randolph de Stapeltuna recorded in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire.
Other spelling's are:, Stapletun, Stapletone, Staplton, Stapleton, Stapelten, Stapletown, Stapleten,
They were from English Counties of :- Cumberland, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Somerset and mostly Yorkshire as well as Ireland and Scotland.
The Irish Branch of the Stapleton's were from Normandy who entered the country with the Army of King Henry 11 of England in 1170, and later gaelicized their name to Mac an Ghaill meaning son of a foreigner. (also known as Henry Plantagenet & Henry Curtmantel he was born in France.
de BRIENNE & de BEAUMONT WERE TOWNS in FRANCE.
(de FRANKS FROM THE THIRD CENTURY) THEY WERE FROM GERMANY, BELGIUM and THE NETHERLANDS.
'Van' means FROM the HOUSE of in Dutch. The German word HAUSEN on the end of a name means house/live/reside or dwell.
In GERMAN, VON means FROM at the start of name. 'de' means' from in French. BEN in Hebrew means son of and
d’ in Italian means from the family or town of.
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The OLDEST DIRECT FAMILY MEMBER on my GRANDMOTHER'S side was Galfridus de Stapylton from Normandy b 954, who was my 26th Great Great Grandfather. He came to Britain before the Battle of Hastings the Norman Invasion of 1066 and changed his name from de Beaumont. (i.e:- From one town's name to an other).
The Stapleton Motto's were:- "Mieux Sera" / Better times are coming / "Ne vile fano" / Disgrace not the Altar.
The Irish Stapleton's were descended from Heryon de Stapleton b 1025, Their GAELIC NAME was Mac An Ghaill Dhuibh (translation is Mac the Black Gaul or Son of a foreigner) Their War Cry was:- "Fide sed cui vide" / Trust, but in whom take care. Their Motto was" Mieux Je Serai" / Better I will be.
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THE OLDEST FRAYLING FAMILY MEMBER was my 14th Great Great Grandfather Johannes Frayling (Fraylyng) 1496 -1538 may be from Holland???? Died in Wiltshire, England.The family we think were either Walloons or Huguenot's from France, Holland and Belgium.They were chased out of their homes by the Roman Catholic's during the persecution of Protestants. The Frayling name is spelt in many different ways depending what country they came from. FRAYLINS, FRAWLINS, FRAYLIN, FRALING, FRAILLING, FRIJLING, FREYLINGHAUSEN, FREELING, FRELAN, FREILINGE, VRIJLING, to name but a few.
The Frayling's were mostly Cattle Dealers and Butchers untill my Grandfather, Rev Edwin John Frayling became an Anglican Vicar and in 1891 married a Roman Catholic girl Georgiana Maria Stapleton, which was very uncommon in those days to have mixed religion marriages. It is from her side that our Blue Blood and all the Crowns & Titles came from.
The Frayling Motto is French. Avant toute la verite (Before all the Truth).
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ANCESTORS on my Grandmother, Georgiana María Stapleton side are.
Fornjot 1st Viking King of Finland 160AD-250AD. Was my 43rd Great Great Grandfather.
Francis, King of the Franks 49BC- 07BC was my 69th Great Great Grandfather.
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The Lincolnshire Beaumont's - (The Carlton Towers Family) Motto was:- "Erectus Non Elatus" / Proud but not Arrogant. (Extract from PDF Vi Beaumont family.com/downloads, page 73). Chapter V1. Arms, Quarterly first and fourth, arg, a lion, rampant, sa.
For Stapleton second and third, arg two bars, and in chief, three escallops az for Errington
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Below shows the connection of the family on our female side with the Royal Houses of England, Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.
The son of Edward 111, King of England (my 22nd Great Great Grandfather), was John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, his daughter (1360-1414) was Phillipa of Lancaster she married King John 1 (Joao) of Portugal. PHILLIPA'S GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS LOUIS de BRIENNE.
Louis de Brienne married Agnes Viscountess de Beaumont. Louis was the Son of my 21st Great Great Grandfather Jean de Brienne, last King of Jerusalem and Berengular de Leon, she was the daughter of Alfonso 1X King of Spain & Portugal.
Raymond Berenguer My 22nd Great Great Grandfather (from Spain), Count of Provence, married Beatrice daughter of Thomas of Savoy. They had four Daughters.
Beatrice married Charles 1, King of Jerusalem and Italy, he was the son Louis V111 King of France. Their son was Charles 11, King of Jerusalem and Italy.
Sanchier married Richard Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans son of King John Lackland of England.
Eleanor, married King Henry 111 of England, they had 8 children. One son was, King Edward 1, his son was King Edward 11, and his grandson was King Edward 111.
Margurite, married Louis 1X, King of France. Their son was Philip 111 King of France.
E&OE
19th November 2015.
NEED TO FIND SOME MORE FRAYLING RELATIVES I HAVE FOUND YOU 50,955 MORE on ancestry plus another 70,200 on the free LDS website 'Family search"!!!!!!!!!!
I have just researched the LDS site Family Search and found our family listed in 23 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD. 1500-2015.
ENG 2315, IRE 145, SCOT 76, WALES 822, Ch Is 13, FR 131, GER 1706, BEL 1415, NOR 64, FIN 90, SWE 135, DEN 79, RUSS 94, POL 19, CAN 211, USA 42,414, SA 489, AUS 100, NZ 84, JEWISH 1, Spain 12, India 34, Switz 6,
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ARE WE FROM VIKING STOCK?
I am told that if there is no written records the information is a myth. However this is my research Rightly or wrongly. ROLLO the Viking and his Ancestors appear to be my ancestors!