"LOOKING UP ANCESTRIES"       There was many of early settlers in America but I will only write about the line of ancestries from JoAnn Ezell's lineage, including her brothers and sisters some will be only part of information of stores given to a possibility of English on the family of Styring's and a possibility of Viking Origins also. This information on Styring can be found in a book located at the Mobile Library called THE STYRON (STYRING) FAMILY IN AMERICA by Dora Adele Padgett, copy right 1966, and more Styring information in an other book called "NELSON ROOTS" VOL. I. and II., and if you care looking up the book called THE HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI you will find the Bangs and Clark Family, also going a little futher at the Library the book called THE BOSARGE FAMILY, there is the Dickens and Clarks Families. Death Certificates were much help along with what information I have gotten from my family and other Source"s such as Betty Clark Rodgers and Ruth Bang of Mosspoint Mississippi, who I had the pleasure to meet good old Mr. Leon Raley who would talk about the BAUDRAU and JULLIET, BARBARINE, COULAR, QUAVE, CHOVIN all of France Origins and BANG also found HINGLE, coming from the German -Coast. As not to get ahead of my self let's start with the Viking Origins. The Vikings, hardy rovers of the sea, in their brief heyday (800 to 1050 A.D.) penetrated the heart of Russia, conquered England and traveled to America. These Norsemen left a permanent mark on Europe. Across the plains of Russia as far south as Turkey went the Swedish warriors and traders. Danes and Norwegians crossed the North Sea to northern France, England, Iceland and American continent. They came to England first as pirates, than as warlike traders and finally as settlers. This Chapter will dwell only briefly on the Viking beginnings of the Styring family, as the subject is covered in a study of this family by Harold K. Styring of Sheffield, England, entitled "Earls Without Coronets" (The Styr Dynasty), published in 1965 by the author, who has specialized in the history of this family. In his book, he traces the history of the Vikings of the Styr dynasty in Scandinavia, the Danes in Britain, their dispossession by the Normans, and the growth of the family by intermarriage with Norman families, resulting in the establishment of the Styring family in England. Drawing on the ancient Norse sagas for his source, Mr. Styring states that Styr is not a family name, inasmuch as family names as such did not exist in early times, but was originally the name of a Scandinavian dynasty which is identtified, through various explorations, with geographical place names all over Europe. Many European place names reflect the Styr influence, such as Styria, a province in Austria, Stiring-Wendel in Germany, the town of Styra in the Ukraine, the Styr River in Poland, not to mention many places in Norway and Sweden. Styr history begins with Styr the Strong, of Uppsala, Sweden, (ca. 700 A.D.), from whom was descended Styrbjorn of Uppsala, the most feared Viking of his day, (ca. 900 A.D.). This Styrbjorn married Thrya, daughter of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark. Thyra's brother was Sweyn Forkbeard, father of Canute, who was King of England 1016 to 1035. Styrbjorn and Thyra had a son Thorkel, or Thorgils, who came to England at the time of the Danish invasions and became a powerful Earl. Thorkel's son Ulf was a strong supporter of King Canute, who grouped the various shires in England into blocks and set over them as rulers Earls chosen from among his supporters and relatives. The family of Styr participated prominently in this period of England history when the Danes ruled. Yorkshire was the center of early Styr settlements and the younger lines eventually became the Styring family. Many place names in Yorkshire are indicated with Styr as a base, such as Stirestorp, Stearsby, Styrrup or Estirape, and the lost village of Styringham, near Woller in Northumberland where a later Styrbjorn was Earl of Deira, one of the tiny Kimgdoms which comprised early England. Complicated as ancient genealogy is, references in important historical studies by experts which deal with this early period mention the prominence of many who were named Styr. Authorities of profound scholarship in historic research may be cited. Sir William Dugdale in his "Baronage of England" refers to a certain Sigen, "daughter of a rich citizen, named Styr, son of Ulf." George Poulson, author of "The History of the Seigniory of Holderness in the East Riding of the County of York," makes reference to Ulf, Danish possessor of Aldburgh, "who is supposed to have lived in the time of King Canute, as well as of Edward the Confessor." Poulson quotes an extract from an ancient manuscript where Ulf is styled "Consul et Insignis Comes."This is evidence that Ulf possessed a great estate in Deira, the ancient kingdom, now modern Yorkshire, probably granted to him by King Canute for assisting him in these northern parts. Today there are many people in Norway, Sweden and Denmark who bear some form of the Styr name, such as Styren, Steren, Styris - and even a few Styrings. A prominent citizen of Oslo, Norway, of Swedish birth, is Ulf Styren, Managing Director of the Mo-I-Rane Steel Works. It is of interest to note that Prince Philip's official lineage published in the Illustrated London News at the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II traces one line of his descent from King Harald Bluetooth.  Again I refer you back to the book called "THE STYRON (STYRING) FAMILY IN AMERICA" By Dora Adele Padgett, which was a gift to the Mobile Library by Mr. William Chaddick, in this book it explains the Styring Family in England as quoting as saying, In modern England the name Styring is comparatively rare, found mostly in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the vicinity of Sheffield and Leeds.  "Family Names" by Thomas G. Gentry, published in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1892, states: "The name Styring is of Anglo-Saxon derivation, a good old English name based on the name Styer which means ruling, government, discipline. The suffix ing denotes offspring of, hence Styer is the family name of descendants of an early Styr." Harold K. Styring, referred to in the previous chapter as a compiler of Styring family history, agrees that Mr. Gentry is on the right track, but not quite accurate as the basic name is Styr of Viking origin and the suffixing should be interpreted as "of Styr" meaning in the Danish or Swedish, "young" or "son of". "English Surnames in 1601" by F.K. and S. Hitching, published in 1910, lists only one reference to the name, Styringe of Colne" in Lancashire, not far from the West Riding of Yorkshire. A sampling of parish records from all parts of England leads to the conclusion that the name has been confined mainly to Yorkshire. Here the family was numerous in the middle 1500s, and for some time thereafter, and was evidently a family of worth and dignity. The wills on file in the 1500s and 1600s indicate that the Styrings owned property and were concerned with the proper distribution of it. Many of them were yeomen (freeholders next below the rank of Gentleman) and others were entitled to use the designation"Gentleman" after their names.   The Generation of George Styring who was married to Mary Cason is part of the lineage that is pertain to me, which is as followed: George Styring sons were first John Styring I., Henry Styring, George Styring who married Mary Salter. John Styring I. Married Abigail last name unknow, they had three sons, first John Styring II., George Styring, than finally my connection,Samuel Styring who married Hannah Hill, daughter of Wise Hill.   Hannah and Samuel Styring had two sons John H. Styring and Littleton Styring, also six daughters Miriam, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Varity, Hannah and finally my connection Abigail Styring born 1778 North Carolina later married Joseph Nelson, there child Lovey S. Nelson finally married Metzger Asa Litchfield born 1797, Lovey and Metzger Asa, had a child Nancy Litchfield born Ala. she is the one who married Silas Lawrence, this is were all my presence Lawrence family came from. These family lines are particularly interesting because of the intermarriages with neighboring families in Carteret County, whose surnames are identified with geographical local place names. The Nelson family into which John Styron II. married is a disting- uished family in the Carteret County area. The first ancestor may have been John Nelson, who in 1708 patented 260 acres on Core Sound on the north side of the North River. (Land Grants, 1-257).