Jesenic forefathers

In the vocabulary of Jesenic history, the Jesenic forefathers (Jesenic: Jásch forfádirn) comprise several important related figures whose lineage is traced to Thomas Flowers (17th century), considered to be among the first major known Jesenic historical figures. A person who is considered a forefather is designated with the title of Hárrman (meaning lord/sir), abbreviated "Hr." Uncoincidentally, the line of forefathers also corresponds with the line of those who were the last in history to speak the original Jesenic dialect.

List of historical Jesenic forefathers
''Little is known about specific figures prior to the 17th century. All figures below are understood to have the Jesenic-language last name Flórsling, but in this context, it is omitted due to the use of the title.''
 * Hárrman Tomas / Thomas Flowers
 * unknown, 17th century; first known Jesenic forefather figure
 * Hárrman Wilhalm I / William Richard Flowers
 * 1705-1743; first forefather of whom more information exists
 * Hárrman Ignatius / Ignatius (Ignatious) Flowers
 * 1740-1793; common ancestor of most of the modern Jesenic diaspora
 * Hárrman Richard / Richard Flowers
 * 1784-1868; father of William II
 * Hárrman Wilhalm II / William Strong Flowers
 * 1817-1876; kept language education alive with wealth, father of Joseph
 * Hárrman Jósif / Joseph Bunberry Flowers
 * 1850-1904; last major speaker of the "Jesenic" English dialect
 * Hárrman Karól / Charles Newman Flowers
 * 1877-1922; last major person to have some knowledge of the dialect

Hárrman title
The honorary title of Hárrman is specifically only applied to Jesenic forefathers. The appropriate common title for someone who is not a forefather (the word equivalent to "Mister/Mr.") is Hárr. Both terms have a similar general meaning, being equivalent to the English titles Sir and Mister respectively, and derive from a reconstructed Proto-Germanic adjective, *hairaz (grey). Equivalents in related languages include English hoar (a white to greyish-white color) and hare (grey-haired, venerable), German hehr (noble, holy) and Herr (sir), Dutch heerlijk (great, magnificent), and Old Norse hárr (grey-haired). In addition to its use as a title, the lowercase word hárr unsurprisingly refers to a greyish color.