Just have to share this with you. A fellow researcher helping with my Redman line found a rather interesting tree, however the finds should be taken with a kilo of salt! The owner is same generation as me , he/she descends from the brother of my Gt x 1 Grandfather. Whereas I can only go back with proof to our Gt x 4 Grandfather he/she goes back to 1100's, and no proof.
We have Knights of the Realm, Lords and Ladies, Members of Parliament, a Speaker of the House of Commons and more. Most of these can be found by googling. Apparently we come from France. After the Battle of Hastings one Adam d'Avranches was given land, the spoils of victory from the battle and became Lord of Yealand and Silverdale in Cumbria he also had land a few miles away called Redman . His son called himself de Redman (Redmayne) which means of Redman. The de was eventually dropped in 1500. After 400 years they are in Sussex no titles, no wealth, mainly labourers or farmers. .
For fun I looked into the tree and finds more closely and can not find a shred of evidence to connect my poor Sussex Redmans to the Yorkshire nobles. To add insult to injury he/she got the death of our Gt x 2 Grandfather completely wrong and mentioned a death of his mother which can not be found, believe me I have tried.
So I just don't believe it. Maybe Tree Owner will see this post and prove me wrong?
This is what the second lockdown had driven me too, lol. But its been fun.
Stay safe everyone
