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[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]

"TORF, SEIGNEUR DE TORVILLE, a great Norman feudal baron, born
about A. D. 920, is the earliest historical progenitor of the
Newburgh or Newberry family from whom a certain and unbroken
male line has been traced. Probably he was a grandson of one of
the viking chiefs of Scandinavia who accompanied Rollo about
900 A.D. in the Norse invasion of northern France where they
permanently settled and gave to the country its name
"Normandy". Torf possessed numerous lordships in Normandy,
being Seigneur de Torville, Torcy, Torny, Torly, du
Ponteautord, etc. (P) He married about 950, ERTEMBERGE DE
BRIQUEBEC. Children: i. TOUROUDE, SIRE DU
PONTEAUDEMER, b. about 950. ii. TURCHETIL, SEIGNEUR DE
TURQUEVILLE, ancestor of the celebrated Harcourt family of
Normandy and England. iii. WILLIAM DE TORVILLE."
--- J. Gardner Bartlett, *Newberry Genealogy: The Ancestors
& Descendants of Thomas Newberry of Dorchester, Mass., 1624,
920-1914*, Boston, 1914, p 3.
There is a footnote on p. 3 to this entry: "It has been
suggested that he was a son of Bernard the Dane, the most
powerful of the feudal nobles of Normandy during the reign of
Duke William I. (927-943) and Regent during the minority of
Duke Richard I. (943-955); but this claim has not been proved."

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I1420:

Line ignored as not understood Line 30470: 2 SOUR @S085410@
Skipped subordinate line Line 30471: 3 DATA
Skipped subordinate line Line 30472: 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 7, 2000