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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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the Holy. Thorvard, the son of Hall, was the father of Thordis, the mother of Jorun,
the mother of Hall the Priest, the father of Gizur,
the father of Bishop Magnus, and of Thorvald,
the father of Earl Gizur. Yngvild,
the daughter of Hall, was the mother of Thorey,
the mother of Saemund the Priest Deep-in-lore. Thorstein, the son of Hall, was father of Gudrid, the mother of Joreid,
the mother of Ari the Priest Deep-in-lore. Thorgerd, the daughter of Hall, was the mother of Yngvild, the mother of Ljot,
the father of Jarngerd, the mother of Valgerd, the mother of Bodvar,
the father of Gudnay, the mother of the sons of
Sturla. [The Book of the Settlement of Iceland,
by T. Ellwood, 1908.]
According to the
Normans the third son, Onund
was called Rolf Thorstein, and he accompanied
Rollo to France,
where he became the ancestor of Hugh Lupus, de Goz,
de Avranches, whom the Conqueror made Earl of
Chester and of Isabella his sister who married our ancestor Gilbert de Corbeil. The name Thorstein
so common to the descendants of Hrollaug would
seem to confirm the Norman account.
It is quite
possible that Rolf Thurstein did accompany
Rollo, his uncle, to Normandy as the Sagas say that the sons of Earl Rognvald, born of his concubines, were all grown men,
when their brothers born of the queen, were still children. The Norse
kings and noblemen followed the old Asiatic marriage customs of polygamy.
They carried this custom with them into Normandy and it was several
generations before it ceased. They never gave up their right to marry
according to the rites of the religion of Odin until after they came to England from Normandy, at the time of the conquest.
Of the children
of Rognvald by the queen we are told that Ivar was slain at the battle of Hebrides,
and Rolf or Rollo, became a great viking. He
was of so stout a growth that no horse could carry him, and wheresoever he went he must go on foot; and therefore
he was called Rolf Ganger. He plundered much in the East sea. One summer,
as he was coming from the eastward on a viking's
expedition to the coast of Viken,
he landed there and made a cattle foray. As King Harold happened, just at
that time, to be in Viken, he heard of it, and
was in a great rage; for he had forbid by the greatest punishment, the
plundering within the bounds of the country. The king assembled a Thing,
and had Rollo declared an outlaw over all Norway. When Rollo's mother, Hild, heard of it, she hastened to the king, and
entreated peace for Rollo; but the king was so enraged that her entreaty
was of no avail. Then Hild spake
these lines:
Think'st thou, King
Harold, in thy anger,
To drive away my
brave Rolf Ganger,
Like a mad wolf,
from out the land?
Why, Harold,
raise thy mighty hand?
Why banish Nefia's gallant name-son,
The brother of
brave udal-men?
Why is thy
cruelty so fell?
Bethink thee,
monarch, it is ill
With such a wolf
at wolf to play
Who, driven to
the wild woods away,
May make the
king's best deer his prey.
[Harold Harfager's Saga.]
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