> David, Philip, Nevilla, et al: > > I found a 190-page document entitled "Descendants of Bernard "The > Dane," and on page 132, it had this to say: > > 230. JOHN28 HARCOURT (PHILIPI I28, SIR PHILIP27, SIR SIMON III26, > SIR ROBERT V25, SIR WALTER I24, SIR SIMON > II23, SIR JOHN IV22, SIR SIMON I21, SIR CHRISTOPHER20, SIR RICHARD > IV19, SIRTHOMAS II18, SIR THOMAS I17 DE > HARCOURT, SIR WILLIAM III16, SIR JOHN15, SIR RICHARD II14, SIR > WILLIAM II13, SIR RICHARD I12, SIR WILLIAM11, > ROBERT I10, IVO9, RICHARD8, JEAN7, ANCHETIL6, TURCHETIL5 DE > NEUFMARCHE, TORF "THE RICH" BARON4 DE > TOURVILLE, TORF3I, SEIGNEUR DE TOURVILLE, BERNARD "THE2 DANE", DUKE > OF THE ANGRIAN SAXONS1 BRUNO) > was born Abt. 1708 in Ankerwycke Priory , Bucks , England, and died > September 30, 1785 in Ankerwycke Priory > , Bucks , England. He married (1) ANNE PARKER August 07, 1771. She > was born in Brentwood Co. , Essex , > England. He married (2) MARGARET IRENE SARNEY October 05, 1772. She > was born in Somerset House , > London , England, and died in Murdered by brigands on her way to > see her son #3. > Children of JOHN HARCOURT and MARGARET SARNEY are: > 248. i. JOHN SIMON29 HARCOURT, b. 1772, Ankerwycke Priory , Bucks , > England; d. Abt. 1810, Ankerwycke > Priory , Bucks , England. > ii. PHILIP HARCOURT. > iii. GEORGE WILLIAM RICHARD HARCOURT. > Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM RICHARD HARCOURT: > Was a Brigadier General, Governor of St. Croix in the West Indies > > Sounds like pirates! Does anyone have a history/newspaper of the > era that would mention this event or her death? > > No mention of Gray in this file. There is a Harcourt who dies in > Australia 1915 there. > > Unfortunately, I have no idea where/when I got this very complete > FamilyTreeMaker file. > > There's more, connecting Anquetil to Harcourt. They came from > Normandy (directly descended from Charlamagne, so the file claims) > with William the Conquerer. Anyone who would like this PDF, please > email me directly @ [email protected] > > Cheers, > Laura >