Adam Fauntleroy

Biography

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Fauntleroy-70 created 25 Apr 2015 | Last modified 18 Jul 2017

Adam was the son of Walter Fauntleroy who married Juliana Thornhull, per his son's 1473 lawsuit.[1] The earlier Fauntleroy genealogies (see sources below) garble the earlier generations, and the faulty lineage has spread widely on the internet.

There is a persistent claim, supported by the family's surname, coat of arms and motto, and by the lack of any earlier record of the family, that the Fauntleroys descend from King John II of France.[2] If true, then King John would have been the father of Adam's's father Walter Fauntleroy.

Adam's son John "was 24 years old when his father [Adam] died in May 1449 (Inq. p.m.)."[3]

THE FAUNTLEROY FAMILY By Robert H. Fauntleroy < link >

Adam Fauntleroy Born about 1385 in Fauntleroys Marsh, Alveston, Dorset, England [same person, but the date is way off... will resolve]

• Son of Walter Fauntleroy and Juliana (Thornhill) Fauntleroy
• Father of John Fauntleroy and John Fauntleroy
• Died 1449 in Fauntleroys Marsh, Alveston, Dorset, England

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References

1. Major General The Hon. George Wrottesley. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A. D. 1200 to 1500. From the Original Rolls in the Public Record office. Accessed July 17, 2017. jhd The date of this suit would be Trinity season in the 47th year of the reign of Edward III, which according to the regnal calendars Regnal Calendar would be between 25 Jan 1373 and 24 Jan 1374.
2. Essex Review: An Illustrated Quarterly Record of Everything of Permanent Interest in the County, Volume 8 (1899), p. 140. < GoogleBooks >
3. Colonial Chesapeake Families (2014), p. 190. < GoogleBooks >
4. The Fauntleroy Family, by Mary Emily Fauntleroy (without sources, and garbles the earliest generations)
5. Robert H. Fauntleroy, The Fauntleroy Family (1952) (inadequately sourced, and garbles the earliest generations) < link to book >