Robert (ap John) Keere (abt. 1270)

Born about 1270 in Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

According to Owen, 'the earliest definite trace of the family name in Gloucestershire occurs in 1306 when ROBERT KEERE was a free tenant, holding 7 and half acres of land in the manor of Tudenham ( now Tidenham ) for which he paid 2s.6d per annum to the Lord of the manor, Roger le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk...................the size of his holding suggests that this Robert was engaged in some kind of husbandry'.( Owen 1989 ). David Kear says, 'Certainly, following the decline of Caerleon, some of ( that ) ADAM GWENT's sons and grandsons moved into the area along the northern bank of the Seven estuary around Tidenham and Lydney – the area which is broadly topographically below the Staunton Bailiwick.' ( 2005 ). ROBERT KEERE ( c.1260/70 ) had an unknown son born c.1305. That unknown son was father to WILLIAM KEERE ( c.1335 ),who married JOHANNE and established the CHURCHEND, 'EDWARD' and BREAM TREES. WILLIAM KEERE and JOHANNE, 'who lived near NEWLAND, had a son JOHN, who became the first of a succession of six eldest sons named JOHN KEAR ( with various spellings of the surname ).

WILLIAM KEAR grandson of ROBERT KEERE of TIDENHAM is a timeline to ADAM GWENT of CAERLEON can be presented thus:

ADAM GWENT of CAERLEON ( c. 1185-90 AD ) ( the father of ) ADAM FYCHAN aka ADAM DE KEYRLUN ( c. 1220 AD ) ( the father of two sons ) SIR JOHN AP ADAM FYCHAN ( c.1255 – 1310 AD ) ROBERT KEERE of TIDENHAM ( c. 1260/70 )

Sources

HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PA, VOL 3 'THE ADAMS FAMILY' by William H.Davis. The account offered by Davis is totally inaccurate and lacks any kind of academic research. How he links the family of Lord John ap Adam to the American family of 'Adams' is nowhere explained. As far as my research shows, no descendant of Lord John ap Adam, bearing the surname Adam, ever entered America.

Doctor David Kear and Averil Kear of Gloucester Archves (UK), have researched the family of Lord John ap Adam and are descendants