GERNON. Robert dc Gernon came into England with the Conqueror, and his descendant, Ralph de Gernon, temp. Hen. II., had two sons: 1.— Ralph, ancestor of the Gernons and Cavendishes of England ; and 2. — Roger, who accompanied Strongl>ow into Ireland, and became progenitor of the Irish Gernons still subsisting at Athcarne Castle, co. Meath. Of the locality of Gernon, whence at the Conquest the family came, I am ignorant ; but it appears not to be in Normandy. Gernun, Gernoun. H.R.

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