Bryant/Smith/Bernard Genealogy: From Thomas FitzBernard to Anne Bernard

25th Generation: Godfrey FitzBernard

  • Godfrey was born in 1235 in Wansford, Yorkshire.
  • He married Eugenia Riot and they had one son together, William.
  • Godfrey became the first of his family to be knighted.
  • Godfrey died in 1278 (43 years old) in Isleham, Cambridgeshire. He is buried at St. Andrew Church, Isleham, in the North transept. There is an effigy of a knight that is defaced.

25th Generation: Eugenia Riot

  • Eugenia was born in 1239 in Wansford, Yorkshire.
  • She married Godfrey, and they had one son together:
    • William (who we are descended from) (1274-1340) (66 years old)
  • Eugenia died in an unknown year in Isleham, Cambridgeshire.