"Ancestrees"

Gilbert CRISPIN I ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Gilbert took on the surname Crispin. He is believed to be the descendant of Rongwald, the Norwegian Viking. His grandparents would have been Hrolf Turstan and Gerlotte. She was the daughter of Thibaud le Trichuere, Count of Blois, Chartres and Tours. About 1030 he received custodianship of the Castle of Tillieres by Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy. The castle was built around 1014 by Richard II, Duke of Normandy. It overlooked the valley of Avre in arrondissment of Evereux and canton of Verneuil.
The Crispins were an important family in Normandy before and during William the Conqueror's reign. One of it's famous progeny was William Crispin (1626-1681), Captain and Rear Admiral in the English Navy. He was a first cousin (by marriage to Rachel Penn) of William Penn. He was one of the first appointed commissioners to Pennsylvania, but died enroute in 1681. (C-437, p. 581)

Gilbert married Gonner D'AUNON, daughter of Baldric THE TENTON and Unknown.