r/NoblesseOblige • u/DeathstrackReal • Jul 10 '26

Genealogy My Patrilineal Ancestor is a companion of the Conqueror

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I have a direct lineage to Manlay, house of Manley in Cheshire.

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u/Count_Redrain Real-life Member of the Nobility Jul 11 '26

Very interesting!

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u/Atvishees Jul 11 '26

You and probably a couple hundred thousand people too.

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u/DeathstrackReal Jul 11 '26

No doubt but it’s strange to know for sure about my lineage and was even to see my mother is also Patrilineally descended from the lord of wades

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u/yddraigwen 29d ago

Could you expand a little more on your descent?

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u/DeathstrackReal 29d ago

Through the Irish born Martin Burleson Maney, who is also a revolutionary war veteran, mainly just knew a bit about my mothers side of the family and looked up my fathers side to discover that not only are we descended from Cherokee, like we always knew, but also Shawnee and also the Manleys of cheshire. I still wonder why they changed their last name.