This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nBZ.2ACEB/49.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Dave, This information from your Aunt is accurate.Our connections are to William the Conqueror...I am getting the same story from my family. I don't know if Glanvilles were born in Abingdon,not sure yet,however,it was customary for "aristocrats" to name streets,towns in various locales after themselves. marilyn