Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameOdard , Lord of Dutton I 
Birth1046, Normandie, France
Death1091
FatherIvo (Yvron) Saveur , Viscount de Cotentin (~1025-1044)
MotherEmme (Lupus) , Countess of Bretange (~1026-1062)
Notes for Odard , Lord of Dutton I
ODARD, the progenitor of the family in England, came over from Normandy with William the Conqueror. In the distribution of the conquered lands he received a good part of the town of Dutton, in Cheshire, and settled there. This grant came from Hugh Lupus, formerly earl of Avranches, later earl of Chester, England. The sister of Hugh Lupus married William of Normandy; one authority makes Odard a nephew of Hugh Lupus, and therefore a nephew by marriage of the king. The records show that Odard had five brothers: Edard, Wolmere, Horswyne, Wolfarth and Nigell. Odard held Aston under William Fitz-Nigell, baron of Halton. Odard was lord of Dutton. 114
114THE NAME "DUTTON" MEANS A CITY ON A HILL (or DOWN)
The family of Dutton, or Dunton, takes its name from the ancient town of Dutton, England, thrice mentioned in the Domesday Book, 1080. One part of this town was held by Odard or Udard, also spelled Hodard and Hudard. After Odard received his grant from the Earl of Chester, his descendants added the name of the town to their Christian names, and some two centuries later the place name became the surname of the family, first as de Dutton and later as Dutton. Odard came from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066 and was the first Lord of Dutton and the line of his descendants has been traced through land titles and visitations, parish records, etc., down to the present time.
His sword was preserved, according to family record in 1665, then in the custody of his lineal descendant, Lady Elinor, Vicomtess Kilmorey, daughter of Thomas Dutton. late of Dutton, deceased, and the sword had been treasured then for some six centuries, in possession of the direct heirs of Dutton.
Notes:
Extracted from "Genealogy of the Dutton family of Pennsylvania" compiled by Gilbert Cope, printed in 1871 (pp. 12-13):
Odard or Udard, sometimes also written Hodard and Hudard, came into England with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, and seated himself at Dutton, a good part of wherof Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester [Hugh of Avranches, Earl of Chester (RIN 3101)], gave unto him as you have heard out of Doomsday-book. According to "Burke's Landed Gentry", p.1508: "These six brothers [including Odard] accompanied their uncle, Hugh Lupus into England, in the train of WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, their great-uncle; and on the establishment of the Norman power, had various estates and honors conferred upon them. "The ancient Roll of the Barons of Halton saith that with Hugh, Earl of Chester, came one Nigeil, a nobleman; and with Nigeil came five bretheren to wit: Hudard, Edard, Wolmere, Horswyne, and Wolfaith . . . and unto Hudard the same Nigeil gave Weston and Great Aston . . . and from this Hudard came all the Duttons. [Cope goes on to expess doubt as to whether the five brothers listed above were actually Nigeil's brothers.] Cope mentions that in 1665 an heirloom called "Hudard's sword" was then in the custody of Lady Elinour Viscountess Kilmorey, sole dau. and heir of Thomas Dutton of Dutton. Regarding Odard's parentage, Cope says that "Burke's Landed Gentry", p.1508, cited above, calls him the son of WILLIAM, COUNT OF EU (RIN 3830) and his second wife Jeanne, niece of Hugh of Avranches, Earl of Chester. This would give him a descent from RICHARD I, DUKE OF NORMANDY (RIN 1308). Cope states that another source, "Lyson's Magna Britannia", calls Odard the son of Yvron, Viscount of Constantine.
114THE NAME "DUTTON" MEANS A CITY ON A HILL (or DOWN)
The family of Dutton, or Dunton, takes its name from the ancient town of Dutton, England, thrice mentioned in the Domesday Book, 1080. One part of this town was held by Odard or Udard, also spelled Hodard and Hudard. After Odard received his grant from the Earl of Chester, his descendants added the name of the town to their Christian names, and some two centuries later the place name became the surname of the family, first as de Dutton and later as Dutton. Odard came from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066 and was the first Lord of Dutton and the line of his descendants has been traced through land titles and visitations, parish records, etc., down to the present time.
His sword was preserved, according to family record in 1665, then in the custody of his lineal descendant, Lady Elinor, Vicomtess Kilmorey, daughter of Thomas Dutton. late of Dutton, deceased, and the sword had been treasured then for some six centuries, in possession of the direct heirs of Dutton.
Notes:
Extracted from "Genealogy of the Dutton family of Pennsylvania" compiled by Gilbert Cope, printed in 1871 (pp. 12-13):
Odard or Udard, sometimes also written Hodard and Hudard, came into England with WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, and seated himself at Dutton, a good part of wherof Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester [Hugh of Avranches, Earl of Chester (RIN 3101)], gave unto him as you have heard out of Doomsday-book. According to "Burke's Landed Gentry", p.1508: "These six brothers [including Odard] accompanied their uncle, Hugh Lupus into England, in the train of WILLIAM THE CONQUERER, their great-uncle; and on the establishment of the Norman power, had various estates and honors conferred upon them. "The ancient Roll of the Barons of Halton saith that with Hugh, Earl of Chester, came one Nigeil, a nobleman; and with Nigeil came five bretheren to wit: Hudard, Edard, Wolmere, Horswyne, and Wolfaith . . . and unto Hudard the same Nigeil gave Weston and Great Aston . . . and from this Hudard came all the Duttons. [Cope goes on to expess doubt as to whether the five brothers listed above were actually Nigeil's brothers.] Cope mentions that in 1665 an heirloom called "Hudard's sword" was then in the custody of Lady Elinour Viscountess Kilmorey, sole dau. and heir of Thomas Dutton of Dutton. Regarding Odard's parentage, Cope says that "Burke's Landed Gentry", p.1508, cited above, calls him the son of WILLIAM, COUNT OF EU (RIN 3830) and his second wife Jeanne, niece of Hugh of Avranches, Earl of Chester. This would give him a descent from RICHARD I, DUKE OF NORMANDY (RIN 1308). Cope states that another source, "Lyson's Magna Britannia", calls Odard the son of Yvron, Viscount of Constantine.