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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.
"A complement to genealogies in the Library of Congress" -t.p. of fifth v.
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.
Hiram Lacey was born probably in Ohio in 1814. He married Sophia Sell and they had 13 children. They moved from Ohio to Illinois where the majority of their family settled and stayed. One son moved to Nebraska. Information on their ancestral lines and additional material on their descendants is given in this volume. Presently descendants live throughout the United States.
"You would be surprised to see what men we have in the ranks," Virginia cavalryman Thomas Rowland informed his mother in May 1861, just after joining the Army of Northern Virginia. His army -- General Robert E. Lee's army -- was a surprise to almost everyone: With daring early victories and an invasion into the North, they nearly managed to convince the North to give up the fight. Even in 1865, facing certain defeat after the loss of 30,000 men, a Louisiana private fighting in Lee's army still had hope. "I must not despair," he scribbled in his diary. "Lee will bring order out of chaos, and with the help of our Heavenly Father, all will be well." Astonishingly, after 150 years of scholarship...
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