Volume 13 , Issue 18

From Dublin, Ireland to Virginia

When we were searching for the surnames of LUTTRELL, we found this Free Google book, titled West Virginia and Its People, by Thomas Condit Miller and Hu Maxwell, Volume II, copyrighted by Lewis Historical Publishing Company around 1913.

On page 379 we found the first mention of LUTTRELL when we read that Joshua Decatur Lewis, son of Asa Lewis, was born in Hancock, Washington county, Maryland, 25 November 1841. Mr. Lewis went to pay school as a boy at Great Cacapon, West Virginia, and on finishing there commenced his career in the railroad line with the Baltimore & Ohio. He was with that company forty-two years, and retired with a pension for faithful service. He also conducted a store in Paw Paw. . . . .

Mr. Lewis married, 7 November 1872, Ann Elizabeth LUTTRELL, born March 1, 1851, in Canady, Morgan county, West Virginia, daughter of Leonard Luttrell, a cooper, formerly of Timber Ridge, Frederick county, Virginia, who was killed by a train in Paw Paw at the age of eighty-four years. Leonard LUTTRELL's wife was Elizabeth Youngblood, born near Berkeley Springs.

Joshua Decatur & Ann Eliza (Luttrell) Lewis were the parents of eight children:

• 1. Rose Ann, married John Thomas; lived at Davis, West Virginia; no children;
• 2. James Harrison, deceased;
• 3. Martha Elizabeth, deceased; married Robert Kidwell, who lived in Paw Paw; eight children;
• 4. Joshua Bayson;
• 5. John Oliver;
• 6. Floyd Sylvester, after various experiences in the railroad and manufacturing lines, was a barber in New York in 1913;
• 7. Lizzie Orrena, resided at home in 1913;
• 8. Maude Malinda, reside at home in 1913.

Luttrell Family Info

Then we jump to page 467 of the same book, which gives a history of the LUTTRELL's who settled in West Virginia. We find that of the LUTTRELL progenitors, one by the name of Robert Luttrell, and another Osbert Luttrell, as mentioned earlier, were living in Normandy previous to the Conquest of England, 1066, with extensive landowners, and families of the name were found in different parts of France.

It says that the Luttrell name was not mentioned in the Doomsday Book, but it was mentioned in the Roll of Battle Abbey.

There have been many variations, appearing as Loutrel, Loutrell, Lotrell, Lotrel, Lutterell and Luttrell. If they did not come to England with the Conqueror, they came at some time during his reign, near the beginning. It shows that they played an important part in affairs at that time.

Sir John Luttrell, Knight, held in capite the manor of Hooten-Paynel in Yorkshire, in the reigns of Henry the First and of Stephen, by service of 4-1/2 Knights Fees, as did his posterity in the male line, until the reign of Henry the Fifth. Sir John had a daughter who married John Scott, Lord of Calverlay, and Steward of the Household to Maud the Empress.

Sir Andrew Luttrell, Knight, in the time of Henry the Second founded the Abbey of Croxton-Kyriel, in Leicestershire, and in this abbey were deposited the ashes of King John who died in the vicinity.

Sir Geoffrey Luttrell was stationed in Ireland in 1204, and in 1215, when he possessed large administrative powers. In 1215 King John appointed him to be his sole agent in the negotiations concerning the dower of Queen Berengaria. As a reward for his services he was granted lands in Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, and at Coxton, in Leicestershire. He was also rewarded with a large estate, known as Luttrellstown to the present day, and situated on the banks of the Liffey, about eight miles out from Dublin, Ireland.

The American line is descended from this Irish branch of the family. It is not certain whether the head of the Irish branch was a son or a brother of this Sir Geoffrey Luttrell branch, but it is reasonable to think that he bore either the one or the other relation, for the reason that the lands of Luttrellstown, secured by royal grant by Sir Geoffrey, were from this time owned by Sir Robert Luttrell, head of the Irish branch, who lived in Lucan, near Dublin, and remained in the family until the early part of the nineteenth century.

-- I. Sir Geoffrey Luttrell married Frethesant Pagnel, daughter of and co-heiress with William Pagnel, a scion of a great family in Normandy, and through this marriage was also heir to certain lands of Maurice de Gaunt, and his descendants, in direct line from William the conqueror's brother, Robert. (If Sir Robert was a son of Sir Geoffrey this same connection would apply as well to the Irish branch). The eldest son of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, Andrew, received the portion of the lands known as the Manor of East Quantockshead in Somerset with it remaining in the family name 1913.

Dunster Castle in Somerset has belonged to two families since the Conquest, The Mohuns and the Luttrells, and the present owner in 1913, Captain Alexander Luttrell, a direct descendant of both families.

The Luttrells of East Quantockshead and Dunster Castle, and their collateral branches, quartered the arms of the ancient English Barons, Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, Duke of Norfolk, Lords Hussie, Wake D'Ein Court and Tateshall. The following is the direct line of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, mentioning only the oldest son or heir.

-- II. Sir Andrew Luttrell, son of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, mentioned above, and of his wife, Frethesant Pagnel, married a daughter of Philip la Mare, a rich and powerful baron, and they had a son, Alexander.

-- III. Alexander, son of Sir Andrew Luttrell, during the reign of Henry the 3rd was among the first to assume the cross of the Crusaders, in company with the king's eldest son and many others of the chief nobility. He died about the year 1273, and left a son, Andrew.

-- IV. Andrew (2), son of Alexander Luttrell, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Warin de Raleigh, and had a son, John.

-- V. Sir John Luttrell, son of Andrew (2) Luttrell, was knighted in March, 1337, when Edward the 3rd conferred the title of Duke of Cornwall upon his own eldest son, Edward. This Sir John married Joan, daughter of Lord Mohun, and there was another Sir John Luttrell at this period who was Chancellor of Oxford University. The former Sir John Luttrell had a son, Andrew.

-- VI. Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell, son of Sir John Luttrell, married Elizabeth, relict of Sir John de Vere, son of the Earl of Osford. Her father, Hugh, Earl of Devon, one of the companions in arms of Edward the 3rd, and one of the original Knights of the Garter, was the head of the noble house of Courtenay. Her mother Margaret was daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England, "the flower of knighthood, and the most Christian knight of the knights of the world," by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward the 3rd. her eldest brother, like her father was one of the original Knights of the Garter, a second became Archbishop of Canterbury, a third Lord Lieutenant of ireland, and a fourth Governor of Calais. It was through this Lady Luttrell that Dunster Castle came into the possession of the Luttrell family by a purchase from the widow of Lord Mohun. She was also for a time in the retinue of her cousins, Edward the Black Prince, and his wife, who had been known as the Fair Maid of Kent. This Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell had by his wife Elizabeth a son, Sir Hugh.

-- VII. Sir Hugh Luttrell, son of Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell and his wife Elizabeth, became Grand Seneschal of Normandy. His wife was Catherine, daughter of Sir John Beaumont, and they had a son, John.

-- VIII. John, son of Sir Hugh Luttrell and his wife Catherine (Beaumont) Luttrell, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Tuchet, of Audley, owner of Nether Stowey Castle, and they had one son, James.

-- IX. Sir James Luttrell, son of John Luttrell and his wife, Margaret (Tuchet) Luttrell married his cousin, Elizabeth Courtenay, and on account of his taking sides with the House of Lancaster, forfeited all his lands by order of Edward the 4th, along with the Earls Shrewsbury and Pembroke, his lands being given to Sir William Herbert, and afterwards to the King's son, and so remained until the success of the Lancasterian party on the field of Bosworth in August 1485.

-- X. Sir Hugh (2) Luttrell, son of Sir James Luttrell, who was mortally wounded at the battle of St. Albans, went before King Henry the Seventh and presented a petition setting forth that his father had been attainted for the true faith and allegiance which he owed unto the right famous Prince of most blessed memory,then his sovereign Lord, Henry the Sixth, the late king of England, and praying that the Act of Attainder be repealed, and this petition was granted. He was also created a Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry the Seventh, in 1487. When Catherine of Arragon came to England to marry the then Prince of Wales, Sir Hugh Luttrell was one of the seven knights who were selected to accompany her. He married Margaret Hill, and had a son, Andrew.

-- XI. Andrew (4), son of Sir Hugh (2) and Margaret (Hill) Luttrell, married a daughter of Sir Thomas, also a daughter, Margaret, who married an ancestor of the present Earl of Mounty Edgecomb, to whom was given the family carpet, a magnificent example of heraldic embroidery, which now hangs at Cothele, the home of the Earl during 1913. There is also in existence in England the Luttrell Psalter, which shows the manners and customs of the period of about 1340. A number of illustrations from this Psalter are given in "Green's Short History of the English People."

-- XII. Thomas, son of Andrew (4) Luttrell, married a cousin, Margaret Hadley, and had a son, George.

-- XIII. George, son of Thomas and Margaret (Hadley) Luttrell, married Joan Stewkley, daughter of his guardian, although his marriage had been arranged by his mother with a niece of Sir James Fitzjames, of the ancient family of that name in Wales. He had a son, Thomas.

-- XIV. Thomas (2), son of George and Joan (Stewkley) Luttrell, married Jane, daughter of Sir Francis Popham. He espoused the parliamentary cause in the reign of Charles the First. His son and heir, George, by royal order was commanded by King Charles the First to have as his guest at Dunster Castle the Price of Wales, afterwards Charles the Second. Dying without issue, he was succeeded by his brother Francis

-- XV. Francis, son of Thomas (2) Luttrell, married Lucy Symonds, granddaughter of John Pym, the great parliamentary leader, and had a son, Alexander.

-- XVI. Alexander (2), son of Francis and Lucy (Symonds) Luttrell, married Dorothy Yard, and had a son, Alexander.

-- XVII. Alexander (3), son of Alexander (2) and Dorothy (Yard) Luttrell, married Margaret, daughter, of Sir John Trevelyan, of Nettlecombe, and had only a daughter, Margaret.

-- XVIII. Margaret, daughter of Alexander (3) and Margaret (Trevelyan) Luttrell, married her cousin, Henry Fownes, who took the name of Luttrell, and they had a son, john Fownes.

-- XIX. John Fownes, son of Henry Fownes and Margaret Luttrell, married Mary Drew, and had a son John, who was succeeded by his brother Henry.

-- XX. Henry, son of John Fownes and Mary (Drew) Luttrell, was succeeded by his nephew, George (2), son of a younger brother, Francis.

-- XXI. George (2), son of Francis Luttrell and nephew of Henry Luttrell, married Anne Elizabeth Periam, daughter of Sir Alexander Hood. George (2) Luttrell entertained in 1879 the Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Seventh. He died in 1910, and was succeeded by the present owner of Dunster Castle and of the Manor of East Quantockshead, Captain Alexander Luttrell. He married Alice Edwina, daughter of Colonel Munro Ferguson, of Raith and Novar, in Scotland, and sister of Colonel Ferguson who was one of the Rough Riders under Colonel Roosevelt.

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