Most of the following information was taken from Verner Families by A. L. Verner of Monte Claire, N.J. printed November 1, 1924.

Rollo and the succeeding Dukes and Barons were enthusiastic huntsmen of deer and wild boar. Large forest were preserved for this purpose. The hereditary office of Master Huntsmen was confered by Rollo upon one of his Barons, the father of Gaultier and to him was granted the estate or barony named Venable located near Rowns, the seat of Norman Dukes. During this period the Normans laid the foundation for hereditary family names which they introduced in England during the Conquest a century later. The tribal names had fallen into disguise and the Normans adopted a basis for surnames using descriptive terms refering to occupation or place of residence. The surname Gaultier was the French word Veneur, and later the terms of huntsmen Venator and Grosvenor. Walter Le Veneur was eminently distinguished in 960 A.D. at The Battle of Fords, between Lethaire, King of France and the Normans, where he was rescued by Duke Richard I, son of Rollo, mounted on his best steed. In the year 960 the Verneurs were living in their barony of Venables, near Eoreux, a town still known by that name near Paris. Baron Walter Le Verneur is first mentioned under that date, but since the office was hereditary the influence seems clear that his father arrived with the first Norman's force which located in France about fifty years earlier. Rollo and his Vikings from the Island of Vizers, Norway, finally settled in Rowns in 912. He turned from paganism and embraced the Roman faith, and the married the daughter of the King of France. A few years later he became the first Duke of Normandy. His descendents in the fifth generation was William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and later King of England. Attempting to trace directly the anscestors of Norman descendents, Thomas Le Veneur, Berwick 1291 leaves us in a quandry. Efforts will be made through channels abroad to fill in the gaps with prospects of continuing the line back. We must depend upon published data of the gentry of the times for lists of evidence to help in forming ideas of the source from whence the Verner ancestry sprang. Hereditary surnames did not become generally used among the middle classes until the 15th century. The Venables and Vernons were neighboring estates of Normandy. Members of the family first settled in England in the time of Edward the Confessor, others were chieftains in the army of William the Conqueror who succeeded Edward. The English went forth in great hordes and settled in Northern Ireland, Wster. Thus it comes to pass that the Wster Society is Scottish as they left Scotland at a time when it was being moved by the great Puritan Revival and carrying with them their Scottish Palvinism. The end of the 17th Century saw the last of the movement. In the years to follow they left Wster by the thousands to come to America. In the early years the protestants were persecuted and left for religious freedom. The fact that the estate of John Knox who died in Edinburgh in 1572 was within a few miles of the Vernors and Achesons throws light on the prominence of the names in early records of the Presbyterian Church. It is interesting to note that these families used Christian names which at that time began to appear in lineages among the Normans, such as William, Henry, Robert, and John. Thomas Veneur one of the property owners swore realty to King Edward of England and Lord Paramount of Scotland in 1291. A few years later Wallace and Bruce waged war in that vacinity. The former estate of the Vernors "Auchindinny" near Edinburgh is now a village of that name. According to Burke and others on peerage, Henry Verner of Armough Country Wster made his will 1683 and was founder of the line. His great nephew Sir William Verner was first Bart. Henrys father, whose name we have not secured settled in Armough about 1650 which practically confirms O'Harts record that the Verners were with Cromwell and from O'Harts Irish Pedigree under the "Modern Irish Sentry" The Verners came into Ireland with the Cromwallian settlement. The presbytery records in "Scotch Irish Pioneers in Uster and America" by Charles Knowles Bolton, the chapter "Home Towns of Uster Families" 1691-1718 gives; Robert Verner, Ruling Elder 1706. This Ruling Elder John Verner 1617 could have been the first Verner to settle in Ireland in 1650 and the others were sons or brothers. These records are conclusive evidence that they were all from Scotland. Possibly due to the transplantation there no records to be found between 1650 and 1691. Stodarts "Gentlemen's Arms of Scotland" Vol II collected during the reign of Charles I gives the following: "In 1291 Thomas Le Venour, burgess of Berwick swore realty to Edward I. In 1450 William Vernour and other merchants obtained an English safe conduct. In 1456 William Vernour was Bailee of Edinburgh. In 1478 William Vernour claimed land in Edinburgh as heir of his brothers John.

In the Dublin Registery of deeds are over two million documents. The Morman Society of America has commissioned micro-filming the entire collection to the time of Queen Victoria. These include leases, settlements, abstracts and deed and wills. A collection of great importance found recently contains tithe applotments returns from almost every Irish Parish before 1823. There is also much information found in the boxes of land tenue deposited at the Land Commission by proprietors following the Incumbered Estates Court Act and land legislation passed. From Stodart II p. 376 Thomas Verner of Arichindinny was charged with engaging in a feud in 1529. Thomas Verner of Arichendinny died 1618 and Garvin Verner died in 1647 are both are enterred in Glencorse Church Yard. "Call of the Penlands" by Grant p. 108 David Verner is recorded in parish of Carmichael 1865, Andrew Verner is a merchant in Edinburgh and John Verner a merchant in Galsco in 1690.

The compiler of this book has recorded all the information she could gather in hopes that it will inspire someone in the guture to search futher and find the connection of our American families and those mentioned above. She is including in this book a chart of Henry Verner family Armaugh hoping it may be of help. She is enclined to believe that our ancestors was a brother of Henry. In this book I have included only a small portion of the Southern branch of the family. Others may use this information to make their connections. On page 14 of A. L. Verners book is the statement, "Samuel Verner came to America before 1725, his son David inherited his land grant and Davids only son was John Verner Sr." A record in the Penn Archives, 2nd Series XIX 734 by A. C. Myers states that men from Wster settled in the Phila region between 1682 and 1750. It states that Samuel Verner settled along Nequea Creek, Lancaster Co. some years prior to 1725 and was granted land.