Hanson - Allen Family
Hanson Family Tree
Lineages of Elizabeth Browne (1766-1814) & John Hanson (VIII) (1761-1841)
Parents of George Loudon Hanson (1799-1879) & others
Please Note: This family tree is still subject to correction. Most of it was prepared in the early 1900s and should be treated as suspect unless any given point is verified in the original archival records or in some reputable genealogical or historical publication. Meanwhile, though - enjoy!
Lineage from early Kings of
England
1.
Alfred the Great, (King of Wessex 871-899,
a Saxon kingdom in south-western England, King of England, 871 - 899) born 849
and died 899, who married Ealswyth, a descendant through her mother of the
Mercian kings (from the London area), and had issue:
2.
Edward the Elder, (King of England, 899 -
925) who married Eadgifu and had issue:
3.
Edmund I, (King of England, 940 - 946) who
married Aelfgifu and had issue:
4.
Edgar (King of England, 959 - 975) who
married Aelfthryth and had issue:
5. Ethelred the Unready, (King of England, 978 - 1016) who married Aelfgifu and had issue::
6.
Edmund Ironside, (King of England 1016)
who married Ealdgyth and had issue:
7. Edward of Hungary, Exiled to Hungary with his brother Edmund by the next king, Cnut, who was suspected of involvement with his 26-year-old father’s death. Married Agatha and had issue:
8.
Saint Margaret, who married Malcolm III,
King of Scotland and had issue:
9. Matilda (Eadgitha) who married Henry I, King of England
Lineage from the Dukes of Normandy
1.
Rögnvald, the Norwegian earl of Möre, and father of:
2. Rollo - also called Rolf or Rou. (First
Duke of Normandy 911 - 927) Born about 860, and died about 932. A Viking
rover who made himself independent of King Harold I of Norway. He raided
Scotland, England, Flanders and France. He was given an area to be called
Normandy, by Charles III of France, under the Treaty of St. Clair-sur-Epte, in
return for giving up his raiding. He was baptized a Christian in 912, but is
said to have died a pagan. He handed over governance of the duchy to his son
before his death:
3.
William I Longsword, who received
governance of the duchy of Normandy from his still-living father, Rollo, in 927.
He was assassinated on 17 December 942, in Picardy, France, on the orders of the
Count of Flanders. His son was:
4.
Richard I (third duke of Normandy,
942-996), who was born about 932 and died in 996. He was taken into protective
custody (aged about ten) by Louis IV of France, following his father’s death.
The Normans captured Louis in 945 and Richard was returned to his people. His
son was:
5.
Richard II (fourth duke of Normandy, 996
– 1026/7). He left six children (three daughters and three sons) by his Breton
wife, Judith. The eldest was Richard III, the fifth duke of Normandy, who died
suddenly, perhaps through poison, in 1027. Richard III was succeeded by his
brother, Richard II’s second son:
6.
Robert (sixth duke of Normandy, 1027 –
1035), and a strong ruler who died when returning from a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem. His only son, and heir, a bastard by Herleve, a girl of Falaise
(whose father Fulbert is thought to have been a tanner), grew up to become:
7.
William I, the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy,
and King of England. (see below) born about 1028 and died
in 1087.
Descent
of Elizabeth Browne from William the Conqueror.
Elizabeth Browne married John Hanson and was the
paternal grandmother of Caroline Frances Hanson, wife of George Frederic Allen,
of New Zealand and Dr William Hanson, husband of Julia Allen, of Fort Myers,
Florida, USA, Thomas Hanson and Maude Hanson, wife of Arundel Colliver.
1. William I, Duke of Normandy / the Conqueror (King of England, 1066-1087). Married Matilda of Flanders, daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and a descendant of King Alfred, through his daughter Elfrida. Their fourth son was:
2. Henry I
(King of England, 1100-1135).
Married Matilda (Eadgyth), daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland, and St.
Margaret, and niece of Edgar the Atheling. (Norman-Saxon lines were thereby
united). Their daughter was:
3.
(‘The Empress’) Matilda (Maud), born
1102 and died 1167, who secondly married Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
(The Angevin, nicknamed Plantagenet). Matilda’s only legitimate brother died
young in 1120. Their son was:
4.
Henry II, (King of England, 1154-1189).
Married Eleanor of Poitou. Their son was:
5.
John Lackland (King of England, 1199-1216).
Married Isabella of Angoulene. Their son was:
6.
Henry III (King of England, 1216-1272),
born 1 October 1206, died 16 November 1272. Married Eleanor of Provence. Their
second daughter was the co-heiress of Raymond Berenger IV, Count of Provence.
After the King's death, she took the veil of Amesbury County Wilts. Their second
son was:
7.
Edmond Plantagenet surnamed
‘Crouchback’, Earl of Lancaster and also of Chester. Born 16 January 1245 in
London, and died 1295. He married secondly, Blanche of Artois, Queen Dowager of
Navarre, widow of King Henry of Navarre and daughter of Robert, Earl of Artois,
third son of Louis VIII, King of France. Their second son:
8.
Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and
Leicester, Captain General of the King's forces in Scotland. Died 1345. Married
Maud, daughter and heiress of Sir Patrick Chavorth, Knight. Their third
daughter:
9.
The Lady Eleanor Plantagenet. Married
Richard Fitzalan K.G., ninth Earl of Arundel, Governor of Chich, Porchester and
Carnarvon Castles and Admiral of the Western seas. He died 1375. Their second
son:
10. John, Baron
Maltravers - in the right of his wife. Married
Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Maltravers and granddaughter and heiress of John,
the first Baron Maltravers. Their second son:
11.
John, twelfth Earl of Arundel, of
4th Baron Maltravers. Died 1421. Married Alianore, daughter of Sir John
Berkley, Knight, Beverstone, County of Gloucester. He was a great man in his
day. Their third son:
12.
Sir Thomas Fitzalan, Knight of Belchworth
Castle, County Surrey. It is not known whom he married. Their only daughter and
heiress:
13.
Eleanor Fitzalan. Married Sir Thomas
Browne, Knight, Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI, High Sheriff of
Kent in 1444 and 1460. Their third son:
14. Sir Anthony Browne I, Knight, Standard
Bearer of England, Esquire of the King's body, Governor of Queensboro Castle
Kent, Constable of the Castle of Calais. Died 1506. Married Lucy, daughter and
co-heiress of John Neville, 1st Marquis of Montacute - (Lucy Neville was again
descended from Edward III of England - see her pedigree annexed
hereto). Their
only son:
15.
Sir Anthony Browne II, Knight, Lord High
Admiral under Queen Mary. Died 1548. Married Alice, daughter of Sir John Gage
K.G. Their eldest son:
16.
Sir Anthony Browne III, Knight, High
Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex 1547. Created Viscount Montague 2nd Sept 1534 (54?)
and K.G.1556. He sat on the trial of Mary Queen of Scots and died 19 October
1592. Married Jane, daughter of Robert Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex. Their eldest
son:
17.
The Right Hon. Anthony Browne (IV) Married
Mary, daughter of Sir William Dormer Knight of Elthorp County, Bucks. He died on
29 June 1592, just before his father. Their second son:
18.
The Hon. John Browne, who married Anne,
daughter of Giffard Esq. They were the great
grandparents of Mark Anthony, the ninth and last Viscount Montague who was
drowned while trying to swim down the falls of Schaffhausen, River Rhine.
Their second son was:
19.
George Browne Esq., died 1668, who married
Anne, daughter of Wheeler Esq., of Sussex. Their only son was:
20.
Charles Browne Esq., of Weston Sussex, died
1704. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Chatfried Esq. She was his second wife.
Their only son was:
21.
John Browne Esq., of Steyning, County
Sussex, died 1773. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Langford Esq., of Sussex.
Their only son was:
22.
Charles Browne Esq., of Sterrington, County
Sussex. He was born in 1726 and died on 13 March 1794 aged 68. Married December
10 1733 at Chillington, Sussex, to Mary, daughter of William Dennet Esq., M.D.
of Sterrington, and by his wife Bridget, daughter and heiress of George Airey,
of Penrith Co. Cumberland. The couple produced a son, John, who was to become
the tenth Viscount Montague, but he declined to assume the title. He died
unmarried. They also produced a daughter:
23.
Elizabeth Browne born at Sterrington,
Sussex, May 31, 1766, died 2 April 1814, aged 47. She is buried in the Hanson
family vault of in St George's Church, Bloomsbury Square, London, where her
husband is also buried. She was married on 10 April 1787 at Sterrington to John
Hanson Esq., of Bloomsbury Square, London, Gilstead Hall, Essex and Farleigh
House, Hants. He died on 21 September 1841 and is buried with his wife. Born at
Newcastle on Tyne 11 December 1761. Their third son:
24. George Loudon Hanson,
M.A., Queens College
Oxford. Born 5 February 1799, and died 22 September 1879. He was Vicar of Great
Burstead, Essex, and is buried there with his wife. He married Fanny Jane, only
daughter of the Rev. Thomas Surridge, D.D., of Trinity College, Dublin, of
Felstead, Essex. She died 7 April 1879 and is buried at Great Binstead, Essex.
Their children were:
25.
Caroline Frances Hanson (Allen), William Hanson, Thomas Hanson and Maude
Hansen (Colliver), all born at Felstead in Essex,
in the 1840s.
Descent of Lucy Neville from King
Edward I
1.
Edward I
(King of England 1272 - 1307) married Eleanor of Castile (the daughter of
King of Castile) and had issue: see page 5 number 9
2.
Joan (of Acre) (1271-1307), who married Sir
Ralph de Monthermer and had issue:
3.
Daughter and heiress, who married Thomas de
Montacute (d. 1428), Earl of Salisbury and had issue:
4.
Alice Montacute, heiress, who married
Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury in the right of his wife, and had issue:
5.
Sir John Neville, Marquess of Montacute by
creation. Married Isabel, daughter of Sir Edward Ingoldsthorpe, Knight. Their
fourth daughter:
6.
Lucy Neville, who married Sir Anthony
Browne, Knight. (See No 14 in the other pedigree above)
Descent of Lucy Neville from King Edward
III
1.
Edward III, (King of England 1327-1377),
born 1312. Married Phillipa, daughter of William, Count of Holland and Hainault. Their fourth son:
2.
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of
Richmond, etc, died on 3 February 1399. His elder brother was Edward the Black
Prince. Married Catherine Swynford, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Payne Roelt,
Knight of Hainault & Genenee (Guienne)?, King of Arms. Their daughter was:
3.
Joan de Beaufort.
Secondly married Ralph de Neville of Raby Castle, Yorks, Earl of
Westmoreland, Earl Marshall of England. Their eldest son:
4.
Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, in
right of his wife, and Earl of Westmoreland by inheritance. Married the Lady
Alice Montacute, daughter and heiress of Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury.
Their eldest son was Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as ‘the
King Maker’, the last of the Barons of Bulwer Lytton. Their third son was:
5.
Sir John Neville, Marquess of Montacute by
creation. Married Isabel, daughter of Sir Edward Ingoldsthorpe,
Knight. Their fourth daughter:
6.
Lucy Neville, who married Sir Anthony
Browne, Knight. (See No 14 in the other pedigree
above)
The Nevilles were perhaps the
most distinguished family in England in their time. Raby Castle, in Yorkshire,
was built by John de Neville (father of Ralph, No 3) in 1379. It is (as
at about 1910 at least) still in good preservation and is inhabited. It is
one of the show places of England.
Elizabeth Browne thus came down through:
The Plantagenets
The Fitzalans
The Brownes
Normandy - 3 generations
Plantagenets - 6 generations
Fitzalans - 4 generations
Brownes - 10 generations
Hansons - 2 generations
Totalling - 25 Generations
The Fitzalans are now Dukes of Norfolk & Earls of Arundel. Henry Fitzalan Howard is the present Duke. (i.e. When this family tree was originally prepared) The Scottish Royal House of Stewart was descended from a Fitzalan, who migrated to Scotland and became Steward to the King. The present man, King Edward VII (1901-1910) traces his descent from William I (the Conqueror) in much the same way that this shows. He must be some very remote cousin of ours, I suppose through the Stewarts. (signed) W Hanson
(This 'old' family tree was undated, but clearly dates from between 1901 and 1910, when King Edward VII was alive. - V.A. Burr, 18/4/2003)
Hanson of Halifax, County York,
England
From
the Harleian manuscripts in British Museum
(No.4630)
1.
Roger de Rastrick of Rastrick by Eland in
the Parish of Halifax. His name is found in ancient evidences AD 1251 among the
chief persons in the Wapentake of Agtrig (?) and Morley. He held lands in
Rastrick, Skircoat (?) and Clayton in Bradford - dale. His son was:
2.
Hugh de Rastrick, in turn the father of:
3.
John de Rastrick (I), who was father of:
4.
John de Rastrick (II), who was father of:
5. Henry de Rastrick, (Henry was also called Hans by the Country folks) whose son and heir was:
6.
John de Rastrick (III) / John Hanson (I), who assumed the
name of Hanson (presumably to distinguish himself from his grandfather). He
married Alice (or Alicia), daughter and heiress of Henry de Woodhouse of
Woodhouse in Eland. The earliest of Alicia's forebears are recorded in the
Doomsday Book as Guy de Picquiny of the Court of William the Conqueror and
Seward (?) descendant of Gaurel (?), the Thane. A later ancestor in 1193, was a
crusader with King Richard I and was seated at Stafford in the reign of King
John. Their eldest son was:
7.
John Hanson (II) of Woodhouse, married
Cicely Windebank and their eldest son:
8.
John Hanson (III) of Woodhouse, married
Cecilia, daughter of Sir John de Ravenshome, Knight. Their eldest son:
9.
John Hanson (IV) of Woodhouse, married
Katherine, daughter of William Brooke Esq. Katherine Brooke was great
grand-daughter of Agnes de Beaumont, heiress of her brother, the last Viscount
of Beaumont sur Sarthe, France. She married a son of Jean de Brienne, King of
Sicily and Emperor of Constantinople, by his second wife and their four sons
thus descended from the Kings of Castile, England (Tudor) etc. The fourth son of
Agnes de Beaumont and her husband Louis de Brienne came to England with Eleonore
of Castile, his relative and in the chronicles, he is mentioned also as
consanguineous regis. (meaning of the same ancestry as the regent) Their eldest
son was:
10.
John Hanson (V) of Woodhouse. He married
Agnes, daughter of John Saville Esq, of Saville Hall in Dodsworth and New Hall,
Bingley, Yorks. Agnes Saville descended from the ancient house of Eland in
England and the equally ancient one of Umfraville of Normandy and England. The
Knights of Tankerley were of her ancestry and the title of Earl of Mexborough is
existing today (i.e. when the genealogy was drawn up around 1910). The
Savilles came from Saville in Anjou with Geoffrey Plantagenet and their pedigree
is No.4630 of the Harleian manuscripts in the British Museum. (Saville arms
quartered with those of the Hansons)
(The following are
from the records of the Hanson's)
11.
William Hanson born 1610 was a younger son
of John Hanson (IV) and Agnes Saville. (The original researcher thought he
was called Edward). He married a Miss Emmott of Emmott Hall, Calne Co.
Lencaster, and built by Robert de Emot in 1310 and still inhabited by the Emmott
family. The Emmotts descended from Duc d'Emot, who followed the Conqueror to
England. Their son was:
12.
John Hanson (VI) who married Susan
Hargreaves, heiress of Highroyd in the Parish of Calne, Co. Lencaster. They had
issue, a son William, who died without issue - and also John, their heir:
13.
John Hanson (VII) married Ellen Sayer of
Cutley Hall and had issue, a son and heir:
14.
Hargreaves Hanson, was born 1730 and in
1758 (or 1 May 1759) married Lettice Skirrow of Gilstead Hall in the
Parish of Bingley, Yorks. He died at Newcastle on Tyne in 1770. His son and heir:
15.
John Hanson (VIII) born in Newcastle on Tyne,
11 December 1761, married 10 April 1787 at Sterrington, Sussex to Elizabeth
Browne. (See further details with entry of his wife above) Their third son was:
16. George Louden Hanson M.A., Queen's College,
Oxford, Vicar of Great Burstead Co. of Essex. He married Fanny Jane, daughter of
the Reverend Thomas Surridge D.D., Trinity College, Dublin, Felstead, Essex.
Their children were:
17. Caroline Frances Hanson (Allen), William Hanson, Thomas Hanson and Maude Hansen (Colliver), all born at Felstead in Essex, in the 1840s.
The original Hanson family tree
document, dating to about 1910, with verifications, clarifications and additions
(especially the inclusion of William the Conqueror’s Norwegian-Norman
ancestry) from:
Various entries in the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
David C. Douglas’ William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact upon England (Methuen, London, 1989 reprint)
