The Lacy family originated in Normandy and immigrated to England about 1066 A.D. Some descendants immigrated later to Ulster, Ireland, or to Australia. Relatives also scattered (probably originally from Normandy) through France, Austria, Russia and elsewhere.
Ancestors and descendants of William "Arthur" George (1883-1950), the second son of "Jim" George and Lovina Stillings. He married Amanda Margaret Jones (1885-1917), daughter of Isaac Jones and Caroline Roach, in 1902. She was born in Laurel Co., Ky. Isaac George (1635-1689) was born in Charles City, Warwick Co., Va. to the immigrant parents, John George and Jane Cole. John George was born ca. 1604 in Writtle, Essex Co., England, and married 1623 in Tillingham, Essex Co. Jane Cole, who was born ca. 1606 in Tilling- ham. Isaac George married Heston Fawdon ca. 1654 in Virginia. Descendants live in Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio and elsewhere
Walter de Lasci is one of the earliest known progenitors of the De Lacy family. He accompanied William the Conquerer to England. One of his descendants, Gilbert de Lacy, helped with the Norman invasion of Ireland. The De Lacy family was a powerful family in Anglo-Irish politics. One of the numerous De Lacy descendants, James Lacy (b. 1828) immigrated to America in 1847. His descendants live in the United States. There are descendants of the original De Lasci who live throughout the world.
George related families, Jones, Stillings, Roach, Reams, Sasser, Kilgore, Freeman, Jackson, Weaver, Chesnut, and Cottingim of North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and elsewhere. Ancestors of William Arthur George (1883-1950) and Amanda Margaret Jones (1885-1917) of Laurel County, Kentucky and later of Ohio.
James Lasie/Lacy/Lacey immigrated to Virginia from England in 1587 and settled on Roanoke Island (now in N.C.). John Lasey arrived in 1624 and William Lasey with his wife, Susan, immigrated to South- hampton, Va. in 1624. Many others followed. They settled chiefly in the South, but later scattered throughout the country.
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