Adam and Eve Family Tales
For those who are new to family research, sooner or later you will come across the term natural daughter or son. A natural child is one born of parents not married to each other. In some cases, a natural child was heir to the throne, or received or lost inheritances which still affect people today.
The following Adam and Eve generation was given to me by a cousin. I join her line at generation #141. Many tales, legends and myths came to light but length prevents their inclusion at this time.
#141 - Amy Popham, who married Thomas Horner of Mells, member of Parliament and Sheriff of Somersetshire. His son, Sir John Horner was knighted and was the "Little Jack Horner" of nursery rhymes, with sarcastic reference to the family having obtained lands formerly held by the Abbot of Glastonbury, alluded to by the plumb. This is a wonderful tale from the pages of Mother Goose, written as a spoof to make good natured fun of the situation:
Sat in a corner
Eating his Christmas pie.
He stuck in a thumb
And pulled out a plumb
And said, "What a good boy, am I."
140. Sir John Popham, 1531-1607 m. Amy Games. Her father assisted in procuring the 1606 patents for the London and Plymouth Companies for the colonization of Virginia.
And there are many tales surrounding Alexander Popham, the judge who presided over the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh...
139. Alexander Popham married Jane Stradling.
138. Sir Edward Stradling, Knight died 1535, knighted by Henry VII married Elizabeth Arundel, daughter of Sir Thomas Arundel, Knight of Bath and his wife Catherine Dynham.
137. Thomas Stradling who died 9/8/1480 of St. Donat's Castle married Jenet Matthew who died in 1485. She was the daughter of Thomas Matthew of Radyr, son of Sir David Matthew of Ilandaff.
136. Sir Henry Stradling, Knight of St. Donat's Castle, knighted at Jerusalem by King Henry IV, married Elizabeth Herbert, dau. of Sir William Herbert of Thomas (see Collins Peerage vol. vii p.506).
135. Joan, natural daughter, married Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donat's Castle, Wales, son of Sir William Stradling and his wife Isabel St. Barbe.
134. Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln, Cardinal of St. Eusebius
133. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Knight of the Garter married the third time to Katherine Roet, daughter of Sir Payne Roet of Guienne and widow of Sir Hugh Swynford.
132. Edward III, King of England, married Philippa, daughter of William, Count
Latest Articles