Genealogy of the Munsell Family (Munsill, Monsell, Maunsell) in America

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J. Munsell, 1884 - 328 pages
 

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Page 7 - Maunsell, who came from Normandy, one of the companions of William the Conqueror, and on whom was bestowed the manor of Oxwiche in Glamorganshire. His grandson, Sir John Maunsell, was constituted lord chief justice of England in the time of Henry III ; his eldest son, Sir Thomas, knight banneret, fell in the Barons' wars, at Northampton, in the 48th Henry III, and was succeeded by his son Henry, who was the ancestor of the extinct Lords Mansel, and baronets of Margram. This family omitted the u in...
Page 7 - ... personal history is only to be gathered from town records and tombstones. Early in the last century, Jacob Monsell, one of their descendants, came to East Windsor, and is the progenitor of the families which have ever since been known in the towns and parishes embraced in ancient Windsor ; and his posterity is now widely scattered over the United States. The orthography of the name is various upon the records and monuments, but is now written Munsell by ¡ill the families in America.
Page 7 - Thomas, knight bauncret, fell in the Barons' wars, at Northampton, in the 48th Henry III., and was succeeded by his son Henry, who was the ancestor of the extinct Lords Mansell and baronets of Margram. This family omitted the u in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and in 1711 dropped the second I. A branch of the family emigrated from the neighborhood of Frome, in England, and settled in Ireland early in the reign of Charles I., and is now known as Monsell of Tervor. The name is written Maunsell, Mansell,...
Page 7 - Connecticut, but the time of their coming from England is not well settled. They soon separated, and no communication having been kept up between them, their personal history is only to be gathered from town records and tombstones. Early in the last century, Jacob Monsell, one of their descendants, came to East Windsor, and is the progenitor of the families which have ever since been known in the towns and parishes embraced in ancient Windsor ; and his posterity is now widely scattered over the United...
Page 6 - Monsell, Munsell, Mansel, Moncil, Munsel, Muncil. Descendants of other branches than this of Windsor are frequently met with. We give the device of one of the English families, by way of illustration, which will probably be a novelty to the descendants here ; and the technical description below exhibits all the difference that exists in the arms of the branches, so far as we have been able to discover. Arms. — Arg., a chevron between three maunches, sable. Crests. — 1st, On a chapeau, </«.,...

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