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History and Genealogy
of the Pearsall Family in England
and America:
Volume I
Front Cover
Inside Front Cover
The Motive
Thanks
Illustrations
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Appendix I
Volume II
Volume III
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to him the islands
as is told in his saga. [Noble British Families by Drumond,
London,
1844. The Viking Age, by Paul Du Challeau.]
Another account
says: Then said Einar, "I have enjoyed but
little honor among you, and have little affection here to lose; now if
you will give me force enough I will go west to the islands, and promise
you what at any rate will please you-that you shall never see me
again." Earl Rognvald replied that he
would be glad if he never came back; "For there is little
hope," said he, "that thou will ever be an honor to thy
friends, as all thy kin on thy mother's side are born slaves." Earl Rognvald gave Einar a
vessel completely equipped, and he sailed into the West sea in harvest.
When he came to the Orkney Isles, two Vikings, Thorer
Treskeg and Kalf Skurfa, were in his way with two vessels. He attacked
them instantly, gained the battle, and slew the two Vikings. Then this was
sung:-
Then
gave he Treskeg to the trolls,
Torfeinar slew Skirfa.
Einer afterwards was earl
over the islands, and was a mighty man. He was ugly, and blind of an eye,
yet very sharp-sighted withal. It was long after this conquest before the
descendants of this son of Rognvald ceased to
occupy a commanding position in Scottish and English History. [Heimskringla, or Chronicles of the Kings of Norway,
by Snowe Sturlason.]
After
this Hrollaug betook himself to King Harold and
stayed with him for a while, because father and son could not agree
together.
Hrollaug went to Iceland
by the advice of King Harold, and had with him his wife and sons. He came
up in the east at Horn and there cast overboard his High Seat Pillars,
which were borne to land in Horn-firth, but he himself was driven away
beyond the land to the westward and fell in with a rough tossing about
with scarcity of water. They landed in Miry Creek, in the Nesses; there
he was the first winter. Then he had news of his High Seat Pillars, and
from thence he went to the east; he was for another winter under Ingolf's fell. Thence he went eastward to Hornfirth and took land eastward of Horn in westward
to Folds' river, and resided first under Skard-brink
in Hornfirth, but afterwards he abode at Breidabols-stead in Fellshverfi.
By then he had parted with those lands which were north from Borgarhofn, but he retained until the day of his
death the lands which were south from Hreggsgerdismuli.
Hrollaug was a great lord and kept up
friendship with King Harold, but never went abroad. King Harold sent to Hrollaug a sword, an alehorn
and a gold ring which weighed five ounces.
Afterwards
Kol, son of Side Hall, owned the sword, and Kolskegg Deep-in¬lore had
seen the horn. Hrollaug was father of Ozur Keiliselk, who married
Gro, the daughter of Thord
Evilmind; their daughter was Thordis, the mother of Hall o'Side.
Another son of Hrollaug was Hroald,
father of Ottar Hvalro,
the father of Gudlaug, the mother of Valgerd, the mother of Bodvar,
the father of Gudny, the mother of the Sturlungs. Onund was the
third son of Hrollaug. Hallo'Side
had for wife Joreid, the daughter of Thidrandi; their son was Thorstein,
the father of Magnus, the father of Einar, the
father of Magnus the Bishop. Another son of Hall was Egil,
father of Thorgerd, the mother of Bishop John
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