Lambert Family Genealogy

Lambert

   The name Lambert is English, French, Dutch, and German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements land (‘land’, ‘territory’—duh!) + berht (‘bright’, ‘famous’). In England, the native Old English form Landbeorht was replaced by Lambert, the Continental form of the name that was taken to England by the Normans from France. The name gained wider currency in Britain in the Middle Ages with the immigration of weavers from Flanders, among whom St. Lambert or Lamprecht, bishop of Maastricht in around 700, was a popular cult figure. In Italy the name was popularized in the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of Lambert I and II, Dukes of Spoleto and Holy Roman Emperors. The Coat of Arms: Red with a chevron between three silver lambs. The Crest features another lamb, which stands for service in the Holy Land for the Christian Cause, and/or piety.
   Our family was first found in Surrey where they were descended from the ancient Count of Mons and Louvain, born 940 A.D.
   Our genealogy traces back to MARY LAMBERT, who married HENRY JOSLIN and had a son, ISRAEL.

GENEALOGY MARY LAMBERT married HENRY JOSLIN and begat... ISRAEL JOSLIN (1693 - 1761), who married SARAH BAILEY and begat... SARAH JOSLIN (b. 1722), who married JOSEPH MUNYAN (1712 - 1797) and begat... JOSEPH MUNYAN (d. 1831), who married MARY MARSH (1750 - 1820) and begat... AMASA MUNYAN (b. 1800), who married SUSANNA HENNING (1802 - 1821) and begat... MARY ANN MUNYAN (1823 - 1899) married WILLIAM POTTER (1819 - 1894) and begat... LOUISA EDITH POTTER (1856 - 1891) who married ABRAHAM CANE WINTERS (1829 - 1893) and begat... NELLE WINTERS (1885 - 1974) who married WILLIAM PRITCHARD (1880 - 1958) and begat... DOROTHY PRITCHARD (b. 1918) who married ERWIN WENK (1910 - 1982) and begat... MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) who married CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) and begat... JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).

SOURCES

Marriage Records of Lynn, Essex, MA; FHL film #0547549 1635-1885 "Thompsons First Families" compiled by E. D. Larned; Munyan Families;
FHL film #2972 and "Commemorative Biographical Record of Windham and Tolland Counties; pg 122 8; FHL film #982,349; Also Ancestral File; Family History Library, LDS Church