THE ANCESTRY OF VERN ELIJAH ROGERS

ANGLO-SAXON FORK: HENRY I OF HUNTINGTON (GEN. 26) TO CERDIC OF WESSEX (GEN. 49)

 

Gen. 49: Cerdic of Wessex, d. 534 (Great Britain). Cerdic is the first person regarded as a historical figure in mythologized genealogies of the House of Wessex. This genealogies trace as far back as the biblical Noah and Adam, and in an effort to integrate pre-Christian culture include the Norse God Wodin. Cerdic arrived near modern-day Southampton in 495 with a fleet of five ships as part of the Saxon migration to the British Isles, and he was king of the West Saxons (Wessex) from 516 to 534. The deeds of Cerdic and his descendants are recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. The House of Wessex runs from Gen. 35 (St. Margaret of Scotland) to Gen. 49 (Cerdic of Wessex). In presenting this line, Barbara Yorke’s discrepancies in the family line of the House of Wessex for Gen. 35 to Gen. 48 are used.

 

Gen. 48: Creoda of Wessex.

 

Gen. 47: Cynric of Wessex, d. 560. King of Wessex from 534 to 560.

 

Gen. 46: Cealwin of Wessex, d. 593. King of Wessex from 560 to 591.

 

Gen. 45: Cuthwine of Wessex, d. 584.

 

Gen. 44: Cuthwulf of Wessex.

 

Gen. 43: Ceowald of Wessex; m., Fafertach Mumhan, b. 603, d. 644.

 

Gen. 42: Cenred of Wessex. Underking of Wessex.

 

Gen. 41: Ingild of Wessex, d. 718.

 

Gen. 40: Eoppa of Wessex.

 

Gen. 39: Eafa of Wessex.

 

Gen. 38: Eahlmund of Kent. Subking of Kent in 784.

 

Gen. 37: Egbert of Wessex, b. about 775, d. 836; m., Raedburga of Wessex. Egbert was the king of Wessex from 802 to 827 and the first king of all England from 827 to 836.

 

Gen. 36: Aethelwulf of Wessex, b. between 795 and 800, d. 858; m., Osburh of Wessex, d. after 876.

 

Gen. 35: Alfred the Great, b. 849 (Wantage, Berkshire), d. 899; m. between 868 and 869, Eahlswith of the Gaini, d. 904. Alfred succeeded his brother Aethelred as king of England from 871 to 899.

 

Gen. 34: Edward I the Elder, b. between 871 and 875, d. 924/5, bur. Winchester Cathedral; m3. Between 919 and 920, Eadgifu of Kent, d. 968. Edward reigned as King of England from 899 to 924.

 

Gen. 33: Edmund I the Magnificent, b. between 920 and 921, d. 946; m., Aelfgifu of Shaftsbury, d. 944. Edmund reigned as King of England from 939 to 946. Aelfgifu is also known at St. Elgiva.

 

Gen. 32: Edgar the Peaceful, b. 944, d. 975, bur. Glastonbury Abbey (Glastonbury, Somersetshire); m2. 965, Elfthryth of Devon, b. 945, d. 1000. Edgar reigned as King of England from 959 to 975.

 

Gen. 31: Aethelred II the Unready, b. between 966 and 968, d. 1016, bur. Old St. Paul’s Cathedral (London, England); m. between 980 and 985, Elfreda of Northumbria, d. 1002. Aethelred reigned as King of England from 979 to 1016.

 

Gen. 30: Edmund II Ironside, b. about 989, d. 1016; m. 1015 (Malmesbury, Wiltshire), Ealdgyth of England. Edmund reigned as King of England in 1016.

 

Gen. 29: Edward Aetheling, b. 1017 (born after father’s death), d. 1057 (London, England); m., Agatha of Hungary, d. 1069.

 

Gen. 28: St. Margaret of Scotland, b. between 1045 and 1053 (Hungary), d. 1093 (Edinburgh Castle, Scotland); m2., Malcolm III Canmore, b. 1031, d. 1093 (Alnwick, Northumberland). Malcolm is a member of the House of Dunkeld and a descendant of Kenneth MacAlpin (Gen 36), regarded as the first King of Scotland. Malcolm reigned as King of Scotland from 1057/8 to 1093. Margaret was Queen Consort.

 

Gen. 27: David I the Saint of Scotland, b. 1001, d., 1153 (Carlisle, Cumbria), bur. Dunfermline Abbey (Fife Co., Scotland); m. between 1113 and 1114, Matilda of Huntingdon, d. 1030. David I reign as King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. Matilda was Countess of Huntingdon.

 

Gen. 26: Henry I of Huntingdon, b. 1114, d. 1152, bur. Kelso Abbey (Kelso, Scotland); m. 1139, Ada de Warenne, d. 1178. Henry was the Earl of Huntingdon and is the end of the Anglo-Saxon fork. Ada is the end of the Frankish fork. The lineage through each fork is reported separately.

 

Principal Sources

Gen. 39 to Gen. 49: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 1; Searle, Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles: The Succession of the Bishops and the Pedigrees of the Kings and Nobles, pp. 329-351; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Yorke, Wessex in the Early Middle Ages (1995), pp. 79-84.

 

Gen. 35 to Gen. 38: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 1; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Yorke, Wessex in the Early Middle Ages (1995), pp. 79-84; “England, Anglo-Saxon & Danish Kings; Chapter 8. Early Kings of Wessex 534-944, Kings of England 944-1066; H. Kings of Wessex 802-944, Kings of England 944-1066,” Medieval Lands.

 

Gen. 28 to Gen. 34: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 1; “England, Anglo-Saxon & Danish Kings; Chapter 8. Early Kings of Wessex 534-944, Kings of England 944-1066; H. Kings of Wessex 802-944, Kings of England 944-1066,” Medieval Lands.

 

Gen. 26 to Gen. 27: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 170; “Scotland, Kings; Chapter 3. Kings of Scotland (Dunkeld); B. Kings of Scotland 1034-1290,” Medieval Lands.