My journey of discovery began when I acquired the book 700 Years of the Beville Family a genealogical account based in the medieval period of Britain from the 11th century and continues until the 17th century. Written by my cousin, Asselia Strobar Lichliter its contents are so well-researched professional genealogists often refer to it as an important source in their work. Ms. Lichliter’s 2nd volume entitled Pioneering with the Beville Family and related Families in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida is an equally valuable publication which begins with the Beville family in colonial Virginia in 1670 with the book ending in the 20th century. [The name Is variously spelled Bieville, Boville, Beville. Bevill, Buell.]
Researching the Beville family and their interrelated relationships was aided by the fact that as knights involved in William the Conqueror's invasion of England in 1066, they were able to attain the social status that mandated documents such as land grants, charters, and wills be recorded and maintained in the cartulary or an official manuscript written in the medieval age and stored in the archives of the church. In colonial America, the clerk of courts recorded all legal documents, most of which pertained to land ownership and wills.
With my family roots in place, I turned my attention to those families that were connected to the Bevilles in medieval Britain and in colonial America.
As a historian my focus was to research their place in time and connect them either geographically or as individuals to historical events starting with their links to the invasion.
I consulted with the renowned genealogist, Douglas Richardson of Salt Lake City, Utah regarding sources and through his publication Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families discovered that the families I was researching were interrelated as descendants of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and King William I of England.
My research led to a two-volume work entitled The Kinsman I, Some Interrelated Families of Medieval Britain and The Kinsman II, Some interrelated Families of Colonial Tidewater Virginia. It is my pleasure to share some portions from my writings in the venue of the Age of Communication of the history that these kinsmen lived.
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Compiled by Sandi B. Johnson, Historian
This document has been compiled by Sandra B. Johnson as an example of the interrelationships that merged the Anglo-Saxon and the Franco Norman Families. The Anglo Norman of England ARE the English of the present time.
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