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This is from an old genealogy which I inherited. I've tried to type it
exactly as done, warts and all! Some of it is obviously wrong, but folks may
find it useful!
Penny
This information is typed from an old, crumbling document originally written
by:
The Colonial Research Bureau
503 F Street
Washington,D.C.
Date: Unknown...probably 1920s or 1930s.
This document came into the possession of Penny Cecil Bloodhart after the
death in 1992 of her aunt, Maude Cecil Estes. This document will be typed
exactly as written in the monograph. Caution should be exercised is using
information from this document. Some of the data relating to Samuel W. Cecil
is wrong, and many of the historical facts appear dubious.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH
of the
CECIL FAMILY
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ORIGIN
The family of Cecil is of illustrious origin and great antiquity. The name
has undergone various alterations in its orthography: at an early period it
was Sytsyle, or Sitsilt, afterwards Sicell, Seycil, Cicil and now Cecil. In
the year 1015, Llewelyn ap Sytsylt raised a great army against Aedan who had
usurped the principality of North Wales and slew him in battle. This Llewelyn
was descended from the Kings of Wales by his mother's side, whose name was
Trawst. She was a daughter of Elise, second son of Anarawd, who was eldest
son of Roderick the Great, who reigned over all Wales from 846 to 876. In the
following year he was himself slain, and left one son, Griffith, who governed
Wales to 1054, when he was beheaded by his subjects, and his head carried to
Harold. In 1079, Urgeny ap Sytslt was slain by some Englishman. In
consequence of these disputes amongst the Princes of Wales, application for
assistance was made to Robert Fitz-Hamon. Robert de Sytsylt was cut off from
all hope of succeeding to the throne of his ancestors, and having assisted
Fitz-Hamon in the enterprise which took place in 1092, he was rewarded with
the lands of Alterennes, which continued in the possession of his descendants
until the year 1590.
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Sysylt married Trawst.
Llewelyn ap Sytsylt was slain in 877.
Griffith, beheaded by his subjects.
Urgeny ap Sytsylt.
Robert ap Sytsylt.
James Sytsyl or Seisel, Baron of Beauport in Glamorganshire, having joined
Empress Maude against her husband, was killed at the seige of Wallingford
Castle in 1139.
John, son of James. In 1141 he married Maude de Frene of Moccas.
They had: Eustace Seisel, married Eleanor Pembridge.
Sir Baldwin Cyssell, knighted by Henry the Second, killed at Cardiff. He
married Maude de Brampton.
Gerald Cyssell, son of Baldwin, married Mabel Moigne.
Robert Cyssell, son of Gerald, married Alice de Tregois.
James Cyssell, next in line, married Isasbell Knell. They had:
Gerald Sycill, was buried in the Abbey Church of Dore in Herefordshire, under
a tomb on which was engraved the arms of his ancestors. He married Margaret
de la Bere.
John Sycill, son of Gerald, married Sybil de Ewyas. They had Sir John, who
married Alice Baskervill in 1339.
John Cycill, married Joan Monnington.
Sir Thomas, of Alterymnes, married Margaret de Winston. They had a son,
Philip, who married Margaret Phillips and they had Richard Sicelt. Richard
married Maud Vaughn.
David Cyssell, of Stamford, son of Richard, married Alich Dichons. They had a
son, Richard, who married Anne Heckington.
Sir William, son of Richard, was born at Bourne, A.D. 1520. He studied law in
1541. He married Mary Cheek in 1541.
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Sir Thomas Cecil, son of William, was born in 1542. He was three times member
for Stamford in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He died in 1622. l He married
Dorothea Nevil.
Sir Richard, was knighted by James the First. He married Elizabeth Cope.
They had a son, David, who married Elizabeth Haren.
EARLY AMERICAN SETTLERS AND PROMINENT DESCENDANTS
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The Cecil Family in American is said to be of the Lord Baltimore stock,
descendants of Sir William Cecil of England.
Samuel W. Cecil and two brothers came to America in 1700 and settled in
Maryland. Samuel W. married Rebecca White in Maryland about 1750 and removed
to the New River Valley in what is now Pulaski County, Virginia, in about
1760. He died in 1785 and his wife in 1815. They left a family of seven sons
and three daughters: (1) William, born in 1752, married Nancy Witten and
settled in Tazewell, Virginia; (2) Thomas, born in 1755, married Nancy Grayson
and went to Ohio; (3) James, married a Miss Wysor: (4) Benjamin, married
Priscilla Baylor and went to Kentucky: (5) Zechariah, married Miss Mitchell
and migrated to Kentucky; (6) Samuel, married Mary Ingram and went to
Missouri; (7) Rebecca, married James Witten of Tazewell; (8) Malinda, married
Samuel Mitchell; (9) Eleanor, married Thomas Witten of Tazewell.
Zechariah Cecil, son of Samuel W., married Julia Howe, daughter of Major
Daniel Howe, from whom Daniel R. Cecil of Giles County, Virginia, descends,
and who married Ardelia Pearis, granddaughter of Colonel George Pearis, a
soldier of the American Revolution.
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A.J. Cecil was born in Kentucky, July 1844, a son of James and Polly (Hatcher)
Cecil. The parents were both born in Kentucky and spent their lives in that
State. A.J. Cecil removed to Muscatine County, Iowa. In 1869, he was united
in marriage to Miss Eliza M. Fullmer, who was born in Muscatine County in
1847. They had issue; (1) J. Burt, resided in Wapello, Iowa; (2) Mary K; (3)
Fred D. of Kimball County, Nebraska; (r) Effie, of Louisa County, Iowa.
Russell Howe Cecil, farmer and merchant, died in Kentucky in 1890. He married
Lucy Phillips (1828-1913) and had issue; (1) Micajah, died in 1915, married
Annie Overstreet; (2) John, born in 1855, died in 1913, married Elziabeth
Robinson; (3) Julia, married J. M. Dalton; (4) Sue; (5) Russell, Jr.
Russell Cecil, son of Russell Howe and Lucy (Phillips) Cecil, was born in
Monticello, Kentucky, October 1, 1853. He married on January 19, 1881, Adam
Miller, born in 1858 (sic?). They had issue: (1) Russell Lafayette, born in
Nicholasville, Kentucky, October 13, 1881, a soldier in the World War; he
married on September 26, 1923, Eileen Cumming; (2) John Howe, born May 2,
1883, in Nicholasville, Kentucky, married on October 11, 1921, Martha Abert
Cary; (3) James McCoch Cecil, born in Selma, Alabama, June 2, 1891, married
Alston Drake, April 13, 1914, of Richmond Virginia; they had a son, James
McCosh Cecil, Jr., born October 30, 1916, and a daughter, Amanda, born March
30, 1920. They resided in Richmond Virginia.
Charles Perry Cecil, son of James Granville and Sarah Ann (Buster) Cecil, was
born near Danville Kentucky, July 3, 1852. He married Lillie Whitthorne,
October 5, 1875. They had issue: (1) Charles, Jr., born August 9, 1876,
married Virginia Bowman, January 6, 1901; (2) Curran, born September 12, 1886,
died in 1891; (3) Granville, born
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March 9, 1899, died October 9, 1913.
Beatty Cecil, born on a farm near Helenwood, Tennessee, September 13, 1849,
son of Samuel and Priscilla (Thomas)Cecil. Beatty married Polly Elmira
Buttram, November 4, 1874. They had issue: (1) John, born August 28, 1875,
married Mary Foster, December 25, 1901; they had: (a) Carl, born in 1902, (b)
George, born 1904; (2) Joseph Samuel, born January 11, 1878, an officer in
the Spanish-American War and World War; he married Emma Schenck; (3) Thomas,
born January 10, 1885, officer in the United States Army, married on August
18, 1920, Lillie Cecil; (4) Alexander, born October 4, 1886; (5) Henry, born
February 17, 1888; (6) James Jay, born March 6, 1893, married Edith Frost.
Arthur Bond Cecil, surgeon, urologist, was born in Millersville, Maryland, May
8, 1885, a son of Leonidas and Helen Sinclair (Owens) Cecil. He married Mary
Wrightson Caulk of Talbot County, Maryland, on July 24, 1913. They had issue:
(1) Arthur; (2) Duncan Cameron Cecil.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
DUNCOMB'S HEREFORDSHSIRE
COLLINS PEERAGE
BRIDGE'S NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NOBLE BRITISH FAMILIES--Drummond
THE GREAT GOVERNING FAMILIES OF ENGLAND--Volume 2
THE HOUSE OF CECIL--G.R. Dennis
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE NEW RIVER SETTLEMENT--Johnston
HISTORY OF MESCATINE COUNTY, IOWA
PATRONYMICA BRITTANICA--Lower
COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY
WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA--Volume 19
BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY
SYMBOLISMS OF HERALDRY--Wade
DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY--Elvin
Two more pages of this document discuss heraldry and are not copied here.