Let me state, first of all, that if you have many English or Welsh immigrant ancestors from the 1600s in New England, Pennsylvania, or Virginia, such as are found in my own family trees, then it is not at all uncommon to find connections to many of the US Presidents.
Likewise, if you have a huge number of very early ancestors from England, Scotland and Wales, such as are found in my own family trees, then it is somewhat likely that one of them will connect with one or more of the Royal families of Great Britain.
While the pastime of finding famous or royal persons in one's family tree has no real import in our modern world, it is wonderful for stirring up new interest in genealogy. And it's fun & fascinating!
The attraction, for me, as a history buff, is finding real connections to the distant past. It gives me great pleasure to recognize the multitudes that have come before me.
I hope you enjoy this little sidetrip into the nether regions of my family trees! Most of these lineages have been well-researched and proven, but if you see an error, please let me know by emailing lastlaugh48@yahoo.com
See bottom of each section for sources used. This is a work in progress, so please check back frequently.
PS.--- I'll let you decide for yourself which of these persons are saints and which are scoundrels :-)
Betty Tartas June 2008
Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine
For detailed family trees, see my Rootsweb Worldconnect online family trees:
martinescofield2 Colonial Connecticut, Massachusetts & New York families
moseleymiller2 Colonial Virginia families
ROLLA IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF :
WILLIAM
I, "The Conqueror", Duke of Normandy, King of England
b 1025 Falaise, Normandy, France, d 1087 England; married Matilda
of Flanders,.
HENRY
I, Beauclerc, King of England b 1068 & Matilda
MATILDA,
Empress of England b 1102 England & Geoffrey Plantagenet,
Count of Anjou
HENRY
II, King of England b 1133 m Eleanor of Aquitaine
JOHN
"Lackland" King of England b 1167 married Isabelle de
Clare & 2nd) Isabelle de Angouleme
HENRY
III, King of England b 1207 & Eleanor of Provence
EDWARD
I, "Longshanks" KING of ENGLAND (Plantagenet) b
1272 Westminster, England; d 1307 England; & Margaret of France; also married Eleanor of Castille;
my VA lineage descends through Col Thomas
Lygon/Ligon III
b 1623 Walgrave-on-Sowe, England, immigrant to VA, who married
Mary Harris in
VA. Col Thomas Lygon/Ligon
III is also a descendant
of Charlemagne. Line of descent:
Thomas of Brotherton (Plantagenet), Earl of Norfolk b 1300 d 1338 Norfolk, England; & Alice de Hales b abt 1300 Harwich, Essex England.
Margaret Plantagenet, Duchess of Norfolk, b abt 1325 Norfolk, England, & John de Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave (Seagrave?) b Norfolk, England.
Elizabeth de Segrave b abt 1338 Croxton, Leicestershire, England & John Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray, of Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England.
Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke Norfolk b abt 1380s Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England & Elizabeth FitzAlan. Elizabeth married 2nd) to Sir Robert Goushill?
Isabel Mowbray b abt 1410 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England & James Berkeley, 6th Baron Berkeley, b abt 1410 Raglan, Monmonthshire, Wales; d 1463 Castle Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Isabel Mowbray married 2nd) to Sir Henry Ferrers of Groby? see below
Sir Maurice de Berkeley b abt 1440 Castle Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England & Isabel Mead
Anne Berkeley b abt 1480 Castle Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, & Sir William Dennis
Eleanor Dennis b abt 1508 England, & William Lygon of Madresfield, Worcestershire, England
Thomas Lygon I b abt 1550 Madresfield, Worcestershire, England & Frances Dennis (cousins?)
Thomas Lygon II b abt 1577 Madresfield, Worcestershire, England, & Elizabeth Pratt
Col Thomas Lygon/Ligon III b 1623 Walgrave-on-Sowe, England, d Henrico Co VA; immigrant to VA, & Mary Harris (see below for her unverified Royal descent)
Joan/Johan Lygon/Ligon b 1640s VA & Robert Hancock b 1630s VA? son of Simon Hancock b abt 1612 Devonshire England, of Lyn Haven Parish, Lower Norfolk Co, VA
Sarah Hancock b abt 1660 & Arthur Moseley II of Redwater Lake Plantation, Lower Norfolk Co VA
Robert Ligon Moseley b abt 1700 Bristol Parish, Henrico Co VA m Sarah Rachel Taylor
Lt. Robert Peter Moseley b Feb 14, 1731 Henrico Co VA & Mary Magdalene Guerrant; of Willow Lake Plantation, Buckingham Co VA
William Francis Moseley b May 10, 1774 Chesterfield Co VA d Jan 11, 1852 Buckingham Co VA & Mary Polly Saunders; married 2nd) to Sarah "Sallie" Brown Wilson; of Hickory Shade Plantation, Buckingham Co VA
Elizabeth Trabue Moseley b abt 1818 Buckingham Co VA d Jan 1900 Chillicothe, Livingston Co MO & William Frederick Miller
Alice Miller b 1856 Springhill, Livingston Co MO; d July 27, 1921 Seattle WA; & Charles Albert Martine
Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine b Dec 24, 1888 Kansas City, MO & Ruby Bolton Brown
EDWARD
I KING of ENGLAND 2nd line of descent, through his wife Eleanor
or Castile (St John/Whiting of MA & CT)
Joan Plantagenet & Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl Gloucester, 7th Earl Hertford
Margaret de Clare & Piers de Gaveston, 1st Earl Cornwall ("favorite" of Edward II, King of England)
Amy de Gaveston & John de Driby
Alice de Driby & Sir Anketil Malory
Sir William Malory & Unknown
Margaret Malory & Robert Corbet
Mary Corbet & Robert Charlton
Richard Charlton & Anne Mainwaring
Anne Charlton & Randall Grosvenor
Elizabeth Grosvenor & Thomas Bulkeley
Edward Bulkeley & Olive Irby
Sarah Bulkeley & Sir Oliver St John
Elizabeth St John b abt 1597 England & Samuel Whiting, immigrants to MA
EDWARD
I, KING of ENGLAND 3rd line of descent, through his wife Eleanor
of Castile (Harris of VA , unverified)
Joan Plantagenet & Gilbert de Clare
Elizabeth de Clare & Roger Damory, 1st Baron Damory
Elizabeth Damory & John Bardolf, 3rd Baron Bardolf
William Bardolf, 4th Baron Bardolf & Agnes Poynings
Cecily Bardolf & Sir Brian Stapleton
Sir Miles Stapleton & Catherine de la Pole
Elizabeth Stapelton & Sir William Calthorpe
Anne Calthorpe & Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of House of Commons
Anne Drury b abt 1470 England & George Waldegrave b abt 1470 Suffolk, England (the Waldegrave line has royal descent back to Henry I, King of France b d 1060 and Anne of Kiev)
Sir Knight William Waldegrave b abt 1490 Suffolk, England & Juliana Raynsford
Dorothy Waldegrave b abt 1510 England & Arthur Harris b abt 1510 Essex Co England
Sir Knight William Harris b abt 1556 Crixsea, Essex Co England & Alice Smith/Smythe (Note: some researchers have indicated that Capt Thomas Harris of VA was not the same person as Thomas Harris, son of Sir Knight William Harris. More research to come)
Capt Thomas Harris abt 1586 Crixsea, Essex Co England& Adria Gurganey, daughter of Edward Gurganey & Ann Chapman, all immigrants to VA. (Note: Some researchers indicate her maiden name was "Hoare", and that she was not the daughter of Edward Gurganey. More research to come)
Mary Harris b abt 1630 & Capt Thomas Ligon/Lygon III of Henrico Co VA (see above for Lygon/Ligon royal descent)
WILLIAM
I, "The Lion" KING of SCOTLAND b 1142 d 1214 Scotland; m Ermengarde de Beaumont; Isabel
de Avenal (not married)
Isabel of Scotland, illegitimate daughter of King William I by Isabel de Avenal (daughter of Richard de Avenal), & Sir Robert de Ros, Magna Carta Surety
Sir William de Ros & Lucy FitzPiers
Sir Robert de Ros & Isabel d'Aubigny
Sir William de Ros, 1st Baron Ros of Helmsley & Maud Vaux
Agnes de Ros b & Pain de Tibetot, 1st Baron Tibetot
John de Tibetot, 2nd Baron Tibetot & Margaret Badlemere
Robert de Tibetot, 3rd Baron Tibetot & Margaret Deincourt
Elizabeth de Tibetot & Sir Philip Despencer
Margery Despenser b England & Sir Roger Wentworth
Agnes Wentworth & Sir Robert of Flamborough Constable b April 4, 1423 Yorkshire England
Marmaduke of Flamborough Constable b abt 1457 Yorkshire, England & Joyce Stafford
Marmaduke II of Everingham, Constable b abt 1475 Everingham, Yorkshire, England, & Babara Sothill
Robert of Everingham Constable b abt 1501 England & Catherine Manners
Marmaduke Constable b abt 1530 England & Jane Conyers
Robert Constable I b abt 1545 England & Unknown
Robert Constable II b abt 1570 Norfolk, England, & Margery Barker
Francis Constable b abt 1592 England, printer & bookseller, & Alice Unknown
Anne Owne Constable b abt 1615 England, & Col Richard Lee, of Northumberland Co VA, immigrants to VA
William C Lee b abt 1640 Northumberland Co VA & Alice Felton, possibly daughter of Thomas Felton, immigrant to VA
Mary Lee b abt 1660 Northumberland Co VA & Thomas Heath Sr ; she married 2nd to Bartholomew Schreever. There is some controversy indicating that Mary was not the daughter of William C Lee, or in fact related at all to him, even though she was the primary recipient of his estate. I tend to believe that she was his daughter, as Henry Watkins Miller, my gg grandfather's brother (see below), read the eulogy at President Zachary Taylor's funeral in Raleigh, NC, and in the 1850 Raleigh NC newspaper account of the funeral there was indication that Henry Watkins Miller & President Zachary Taylor were somehow related. According to my genealogy study, the only family they seem to have in common is the family of Col Richard Lee & his descendants. Comments appreciated.
Thomas Heath Jr b abt 1683 Northumberland Co VA & Winifred Jones
Mary Heath b abt 1720s Northumberland Co VA& William Miller of Goochland Co VA
Thomas Miller b 1754 Goochland Co VA & Constance Massie of Goochland Co VA
William Miller b 1788 Goochland Co VA & Lucy Ann Woodson
William Frederick Miller b abt 1821 Buckingham Co VA d abt 1880 Chillicothe, Livingston Co MO & Elizabeth Trabue Moseley
Alice Miller b 1856 Springhill, Livingston Co MO & Charles Albert Martine
Randolph Benjamin "Rolla" Martine b Dec 24, 1888 Kansas City, MO & Ruby Bolton Brown.
ROLLA RELATED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH SHARED ANCESTORS :
Sir
William Berkeley, Governor of VA b 1605
England; m Frances Culpepper in VA. 2nd cousin of Col Thomas LYGON / LIGON III, above. Shared ancestors: Sir Walter DENNIS & Agnes DANVERS
of England; also Berkeley family, see above.
Martha
Dandridge Custis, wife of 1st US President George Washington b1731 Shared ancestors, Gideon MACON b 1654 France &
Martha WOODWARD, immigrants
to VA, my lineage through their daughter Ann MACON
b 1690 New Kent Co VA who married Charles MASSIE
b 1686 of New Kent Co VA. Gideon
Macon was Martha Washington's
grandfather who immigrated from France and settled in New Kent
Co VA
Gen
Robert E. Lee, Civil War General shared ancestor:
Col Richard LEE b abt 1617 Worcestershire, England & Anne
Owen CONSTABLE, immigrant
ancestors to VA, and all preceding generations in the Lee family;
Francis CONSTABLE b
1592 England, printer & bookseller, & wife
Alice, and all preceding
generations of the Constable & related families, back to King
William I "The Lion" of Scotland, see above.
President
Zachary Taylor b
1784 Orange Co VA, d 1850; shared ancestors: Col Richard LEE & Anne Owen CONSTABLE, and all preceding generations of
the Lee & Constable families, as above, and below. There may
be more connections through other VA families.
Henry
Watkins Miller b 1814 Rosebank
Plantation, Cumberland Co VA? other sources say Buckingham Co
VA? Henry was a well-respected lawyer, orator & NC state legislator.
He graduated from University of North Carolina with a B.A in 1834,
M A. in 1837; member of the Dialectic Club at U of NC from 1830
onward, as per early U of NC records. Henry is mentioned in the
biography of Hon. William Woods Holden (1818-1892), who became
governor of NC; apparently Henry taught WW Holden law, or at very
least provided him with materials so he could study on his own,
allowing WW Holden to receive his license Jan 1, 1841. In 1850
Henry delivered the eulogy at President Zachary Taylor's
funeral in Raleigh (the
Millers were related to President Zachary Taylor through the Lee
family ). The eulogy was given before
one of the largest audiences ever gathered in that town, according
to newspaper Raleigh Register of July 24, 1850. In 1857 Henry
was guest speaker at Commencement exercises at U of NC. He was
elected to the NC State Legislature in 1861, and shortly thereafter
fell down a flight of stairs in his home, landed on his head,
and died while in public office. Henry married Francis "Fanny"
Devereaux, June 14, 1837 in Raleigh, Wake Co NC, according to
their NC marriage bond. Henry & family are listed in 1850
& 1860 census; wife alone with children in 1870 census. Apparently
Fanny ran a boarding house on Newbern St in Raleigh in 1867 &
1868, possibly longer. Children: Henry Watkins Miller Jr b 1840,
Catherine Kate Miller b 1842 and George Miller b 1846. Henry Watkins Miller was brother of my gg grandfather, William Frederick MILLER, of Springhill, Livingston Co MO, who was also a lawyer.
Romulus
Mitchell Saunders b March 3, 1791
Orange/Caswell Co NC. Shared ancestors: James SAUNDERS Sr b abt 1700 VA died bef May 1776
Orange Co NC who married 2nd) to Cassandra
Haden/Haiden; name of first wife unknown.
ROMULUS MITCHELL SAUNDERS was a "statesman, was born in Caswell (then Orange) county, N.C., March 3, 1791; son of CAPT WILLIAM SAUNDERS (an officer in the 6th regiment, N.C. troops during the Revolutionary war, 1777-83, and an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati) and HANNAH (MITCHELL) SAUNDERS, his wife...... and a descendant of the Saunders family of Lancaster county, Virginia, who settled on the great Wiscomico river in 1660. His father removed to Somerset county, Tenn., in 1791, on the death of his wife, and died there in 1803. ROMULUS was adopted by his uncle, COL JAMES SAUNDERS, a member of the Halifax congresses. He attended the University of North Carolina, 1809--1811; read law with Judge Hugh Lawson White of Tennessee; and was married Dec. 22, 1812, to REBECCA PAINE CARTER of Caswell county, N.C.He practised law at Milton on the Dan River, N.C., 1812-15; and was a member of the state house of commons, 1815-20, being speaker of the house, 1819. His wife died, Oct. 9, 1821, and he was married secondly, May 26, 1823, to ANNA HAYS JOHNSON, daughter of Justice William Johnson (q.v.). He was a Democratic representative in the 17th, 18th and 19th congresses, 1821-27; attorney-general of North Carolina in 1828-31, and a commissioner with George W. Campbell and John K. Kane, to distribute 25,000,000 francs secured by the treaty with France, 1831.He was judge of the Superior court of North Carolina, 1835-40; was defeated for governor of the state by John M. Morehead in 1840; was a representative in the 27th and 28th congresses, 1841-45; U.S. minister to Spain, 1846-49, and he conducted the confidential negotiations made by the government for the purchase of Cuba for $100,000,000, which were frustrated by Reynolds, U.S. secretary of legation, who accepted a bribe for publishing the negotiations and was dismissed by the U.S. government. Mr. Saunders was recalled at his own request in 1849; was again a member of the house of commons, 1850-52; was judge of the superior court, 1852-65, and was a member of the board of commissioners to revise the laws of the state. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, 1819-64. He died in Raleigh, N.C., April 21, 1867."Source: "Biographies of Notable Americans:, publ 1904. NOTE*****This bio indicates ROMULUS MITCHELL SAUNDERS was the grandson of William Saunders & Agnes Adams, but that is NOT CORRECT, see below
The book "Biographical History of NC from Colonial Times to the Present" edited by Ashe, Weeks & Van Noppen pub 1906 on page 386 has a biography of Hon Romulus Mitchell Saunders which clearly states that ROMULUS MITCHELL SAUNDERS WAS THE GRANDSON of JAMES SAUNDERS who died before May 1776 Orange Co NC----NOT WILLIAM SAUNDERS & AGNES ADAMS, as had been erroneously noted in several books, including "Early Settlers of Alabama".
" ...his (Romulus Mitchell Saunder's) grandfather was JAMES SAUNDERS of Orange County, who had four sons, among them COL. JAMES SAUNDERS , a patriot in Revolutionary times, who represented Orange County in the Provinical Congress of 1776.... and Capt William Saunders." (p 386)
The four sons of JAMES SAUNDERS who died bf May 1776 in Orange Co NC were: CAPT WILLIAM SAUNDERS, father of Romulus Mitchell Saunders, COL JAMES SAUNDERS who never married, THOMAS SAUNDERS who married Mary Mitchell, and RICHARD SAUNDERS.
This information can be easily verified through studying the 1825 Caswell Co NC will of COL JAMES SAUNDERS, Rev War patriot, & representative for Orange Co NC in 1776 Provinicial Congress. COL JAMES SAUNDERS never married or had children, but left his entire estate to siblings, nephews & nieces, including ROMULUS MITCHELL SAUNDERS and the children of my ancestor THOMAS SAUNDERS/Sanders who married MARY MITCHELL, see below.
ROMULUS MITCHELL SAUNDERS was first cousin to my ggg grandmother Mary "Polly" SAUNDERS b abt 1790 prob VA, daughter of THOMAS SAUNDERS/Sanders & MARY MITCHELL who migrated from VA to NC to Sumner/Davidson Co TN, as per Thomas Saunders/Sanders' 1812 Davidson Co TN will.
Mary Polly SAUNDERS married William Francis MOSELEY of Buckingham Co VA, and their daughter Elizabeth Trabue MOSELEY b 1818 Hickory Shade Plantation, Buckingham Co VA was my gg grandmother.
Letitia
Christian, wife of President John Tyler b 1790 shared ancestors: Thomas CHRISTIAN b 1630 Isle of Man; died
March 15, 1716 Charles City Co VA; & Elizabeth KEWLEY;
immigrants to Virginia. Gideon MACON b 1654 France, &
Martha WOODWARD immigrants to VA; lived New Kent Co
VA. Letitia's sister Minerva Christian married Heath Jones Miller
b 1805, and another sister Mary Christian married Dr Nathaniel
Massie Miller b 1790s, both sons of my gggg grandfather Thomas
Miller, of Goochland Co VA, who married Constance Massie. Another
of Letitia's sisters, Janetta Christian b abt 1798, married John
Guerrant Miller b 1798, son of Heath Jones Miller b 1761 &
Elizabeth Porter. John Guerrant Miller b 1798 was a nephew of
Thomas Miller, my gggg grandfather.
Nathaniel
Massie Jr b Dec 28, 1763 Goochland Co VA; d Nov 3, 1813, Ross
Co OH shared ancestors: Nathaniel MASSIE Sr b Aug 2, 1727
New Kent Co VA & Elizabeth "Betsy" WATKINS and all preceding generations in the
Massie & Watkins family back to the immigrants, Peter MASSIE b 1629, Coddington, Cheshire,
England; d 1719 New Kent Co VA & Penelope ASHLEY COOPER. and Henry WATKINS b 1590 Talgarth,
Breconshire, Wales; d 1637 Henrico VA; & Alice MOSLIN. Nathaniel Massie
Jr went to KY abt 1802 after his father died and willed him land,
then went to Ohio and founded the settlement of Chillicothe, Ross
Co OH. Land tax records that I have found so far show he owned
lands 1801, 1805, 1806. He married Susan Everard Meade. Numerous
biographies available online!
Florence
Kling, wife of President Warren G Harding b 1860
shared ancestors: John
BOUTON I b 1605 England & Alice KELLOGG immigrants to Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT; John BOUTON II & Abigail MARVIN;
John BOUTON III& Mary HAYES; Matthew MARVIN & Elizabeth
GREGORY immigrants
to CT.
Samuel
Huntington of CT, signer of the Declaration of Independence 1731-1796; shared ancestors: Matthew MARVIN & Elizabeth GREGORY
, immigrants, of Fairfield,
Stamford Co CT.
William
Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War General 1820-1891; shared ancestors, most of Stamford, Fairfield
Co CT: John RAYMOND
Jr & Elizabeth ST JOHN; John RAYMOND Sr & Mary BETTS;
Samuel ST JOHN b 1684 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT & Elizabeth
HOYT; Thomas BETTS b 1615 Kent, England, & Mary RAYMOND, immigrants to CT; Walter HOYT b June 9, 1616, Dorset, England &
Rhoda Unknown, immigrants
to CT; Matthew MARVIN
b March 26, 1600 Essex, England & Elizabeth GREGORY immigrants to CT; Matthias ST JOHN b abt 1604 England & Mary TINKER,
immigrants to MA &
CT.
President
Calvin Coolidge b1
872-1933 shared ancestors: Samuel
WHITING b Nov 20, 1597 Lincolnshire England & Elizabeth ST
JOHN, immigrants to
MA; Sir Oliver ST JOHN
& Sarah BULKELEY ,
and all preceeding generations back to Edward I, King of England,
see above.
Helen
Herron, wife of President William Howard Taft b 1861 shared ancestors:
George HUBBARD b 1610
England, died 1683 Guilford, New Haven Co CT & Mary BISHOP
Cole
Porter, composer, b 1891 d 1964 shared ancestors: Matthias ST JOHN b 1604 England, died 1699 Norwalk,
Fairfield Co CT & MARY TINKER; his line through Matthias' son Mark St John
who married Elizabeth
Stanley; my line through
Matthias' son Samuel
St John b 1641 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT who married
Elizabeth Hoyt.
Mary
Geneva "Mamie" Doud, wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
b 1896 Iowa, d 1979
shared ancestors: Richard
LAW b 1590s England, d 1687 Stamford, Fairfield Co CT & Margaret
KILBOURN
Jesse
Woodson James b 1847 and his brother Alexander Franklin "Frank"
James, outlaws shared ancestors:
Benjamin WOODSON b abt
1666 Henrico Co VA & Sarah PORTER, Quakers of Henrico Co VA; Robert WOODSON b
1634 Curles Plantation, Henrico Co VA, & Elizabeth FERRIS; Dr John WOODSON b 1586 Bristol, Devonshire, England,
& Sarah WINSTON,
immigrants to VA; Richard FERRIS b 1596 Leichestershire, England & Sarah HAMBLETON, immigrants to VA;
Isaac WINSTON & Mary DABNEY
b 1570s Devonshire
England. William
PORTER Jr b 1650s Henrico Co VA & Mary Margaret AMOS Quakers of Henrico Co VA; Nicholas AMOS & Sarah unknown, b 1630s England, Quaker immigrants
to VA.
President
Martin Van Buren b 1782 d 1862 shared ancestors: Cornelis
Hendrickse VAN NESS b
abt 1600 Nes, Friesland, Netherlands, d abt 1684 Rensselaerywck,
New Netherlands (Albany, NY) & Maritje VAN Der BURCHGRAEFF (dau. of Hendrick Adriense van der Burchgraeff
& Annetje Jans); Cornelis came
to America possibly on the ship "den Eychenboon"; occupation
was farmer, brewer, councillor of the colony of Rensselaerywck
(Albany, NY) , and magistrate of the court of Fort Orange and
Beverwyck. Dutch immigrants
to Rensselaerywck, aka Albany, New York
Hannah
Hoes, wife of President Martin Van Buren b 1783 shared ancestors: Cornelis Hendrickse VAN NESS b abt 1600 Nes, Friesland,
Netherlands, d abt 1684 Rensselaerywck, New Netherlands (Albany,
NY) & Maycke VAN
Der BURCHGRAEFF (dau. of Hendrick
Adriense van der Burchgraeff & Annetje Jans), same as above
President
Thomas Jefferson b 1743 shared
ancestors: Sir Roger
WENTWORTH & Margery DESPENCER, and all preceding generations up to WillIam I "The
Lion" King of Scotland in the descendency list above. Likely
to be more connections in VA & England; I just haven't found
them yet!
Dolley
Payne Todd Madison, wife of President James Madison b May 20, 1772 Hanover Co VA; died
July 8, 1849 Washington DC. Shared ancestors: Robert WOODSON b 1634 Curles Plantation, Henrico Co VA, & Elizabeth FERRIS; Dr John WOODSON
b 1586 Bristol, Devonshire,
England, & Sarah
WINSTON, immigrants
to VA; Richard FERRIS
b 1596 Leichestershire,
England & Sarah
HAMBLETON, immigrants
to VA; Isaac WINSTON
& Mary DABNEY b 1570s Devonshire England; Nicholas FERRIS b 1560 Yorkshire, England and Mary WOODENOTH, and preceeding generations of the Ferris/ Ferriers/de
Ferrer & Woodenoth/Woodnett family back to Norman invasion
of England.
President
George Herbert Walker Bush b 1924 & President George Walker
Bush Shared ancestors: Matthias ST JOHN b 1604 England, died
1699 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT & MARY TINKER; his line through Matthias' son Mark St John who married Elizabeth
Stanley; my line through
Matthias' son Samuel
St John b 1641 Norwalk, Fairfield Co CT who married
Elizabeth Hoyt.; Edward BULKELEY b abt 1590 Bedfordshire,
England & Olive IRBY, and
all preceeding generations back to Edward I, King of England,
see above; possibly others in MA or England?
Laura
Lane (Welch) Bush, 1st Lady, wife of President George W Bush b 1946; shared ancestors: Peter MASSIE b 1640 Coddington, Cheshire,
England, d 1719 New Kent Co VA, & Penelope ASHLEY-COOPER, immigrants to VA, and all preceding
generations in the Massie/Massey family; William ALLEN b
1692 New Kent Co VA
& Mary HUNG b 1695
VA (This Allen connection not completely verified in my own family
tree); William HUNT b 1599 France who married Judith Burton,
Sarah Ann Harris, and possibly Ann Tyler; immigrant to VA.
SOURCES USED:
"The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States," by Gary Boyd Roberts, publ 1993
"Ancestors of American Presidents" by Gary Boyd Roberts, publ 1989
"A Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents and Their First Two Generations of Descent," by Craig Hart, publ 2004
"The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England," by Antonia Fraser, publ 1999 (paperback version)
"Kings & Queens of Great Britain" by Charles Phillips publ
"Pedigrees of Some of Charlemagne's Descendents, Vol II, Chapter XXXIII Harris--Ligon--Coleman--Bedford--Harrison"
"Notable Kin Volumes I & II" by Gary Boyd Roberts, publ 1999
"History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (CT) Vol I & II" by Donald Lines Jacobus
Ruby Bolton Brown
For a detailed family tree, see my Rootsweb Worldconnect Online Family Tree
RubyBoltonBrown The New England Ancestors of Ruby Bolton Brown
RUBY IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF:
JOHN HOWLAND b 1592 Fenstanton, Huntingdon,
England d 1672 Plymouth, MA & Elizabeth Tilley, Mayflower passengers . Elizabeth
Tilley's parents, John Tilley b & Joan Hurst, were also Mayflower passengers, but
they did not survive long after reaching the new world.
THOMAS DUDLEY, colonial Governor of
Massachusetts b 1576 Tisbury, Wiltshire, England d 1653 MA & Dorothy YORKE; he married 2nd
to Katherine Deighton in MA; Gary Boyd Roberts in his book Notable
Kin, Volume II writes "Gov Thomas Dudley left probably
more notable descendants than any other immigrant with royal forebears."
( Roberts, p 182) See below for his royal descent from his mother's
side of the family; father's royal lineage has not yet been proven.
SIMON BRADSTREET, colonial Governor
of Massachusetts b March 18, 1603 Horbling, Lincolnshire, England,
d March 27, 1697 Salem, Essex Co MA; & Anne DUDLEY, see below; Came
to Massachusetts with Rev John Winthrop on the ship "Arbella";
was one of the original settlers of Cambridge, MA; became a Magistrate,
and eventually Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1669-1686
and from 1689-1692. His daughter Hannah Bradstreet married Andrew
Wiggin, son of Thomas Wiggin 1st Gov of New Hampshire, see below.
ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET, 1st published
woman poet in the American Colonies, b 1612 Northampton, England, d 1672 Plymouth MA. Click here for a
link to her poetry
and here for Biography
of Anne Dudley Bradstreet
THOMAS MAYHEW, colonial Governor of
Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket b
abt 1593 Tisbury, England; d March 1682 Martha's Vineyard; made
Governor of Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket; m 1st ) Martha
PARKHURST 2nd) Jane GALLION (maiden name not verified by me);
Published bio available here "History
of Martha's Vineyard Vol III" by Dr Charles Banks
THOMAS WIGGIN, 1st Governor of the
Plantation of New Hampshire b abt
1592 Shrewsbury, England, d aft 1664 Stratham,Rockingham,
NH; m Catherine WHITING; was a Puritan;
emigrated to America in 1630 with John Winthrop; was the first
Governor of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire, which became
the Royal Province of New Hampshire in 1741. My ggg grandmother
Phebe Gale (who married Benjmain Butler Brown) descended through
two of his children, Thomas Wiggin Jr b 1630s NH who married Sarah
Barefoot; and Andrew Wiggin b 1635 Stratham, Rockinham Co NH who
married Hannah Bradstreet, daughter of Simon Bradstreet &
Anne Dudley, poet, listed above
REBECCA (Towne) NURSE b abt 1630 Salem, Essex Co MA; wife of Francis NURSE,
daughter of William TOWNE & Joanna BLESSING; was a defendent
in the Salem Witch Trials and was executed at age 71 for practicing
witchcraft in 1662.
REV BENJAMIN BUTLER b 1729 Great Neck, Bristol Co MA, d
1804 Rockingham Co NH & Dorcas ABBOTT; Graduated
from Harvard University 1752; ordained as minister 1758; moved
from MA to Nottingham, NH. Was dismissed as a clergyman Aug 1,
1770, and became a civil magistrate. According to DAR records,
Rev Benjamin Butler served on committee for recruiting soldiers
during Rev War in NH; He signed the Association Test Petition
along with his son Henry Butler just before the Revolutionary
War, as per "History of Rockingham & Strafford Co NH"
chapter on Nottingham NH
WILLIAM I, "The Conqueror",
Duke of Normandy, King of England b 1025 Falaise, Normandy, France,
d 1087 England; married Matilda of Flanders,.
HENRY I, Beauclerc, King of England
b 1068 & Matilda
MATILDA, Empress of England b 1102
England & Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou
HENRY II, King of England b 1133 m
Eleanor of Aquitaine
JOHN "Lackland", KING OF
ENGLAND (Plantagenet) b 1167 Oxford, England; d 1216, (son of
Henry II, King of England, & Eleanor of Aquitaine,), &
Isabel de Angouleme; unknown de Warenne (not married)
Richard FitzRoy, b abt 1200 England (illegitimate son of John "Lackland" King of England & unknown de Warenne) & Rohese of Dover
Lorette de Dover b & Sir William Marmion
John Marmion, 1st Baron Marmion & Isabel unknown
John Marmion, 2nd Baron Marmion & Maud Furnival
Avice Marmion & John Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Rotherfield
Maud Grey & Sir Thomas Harcourt
Sir Thomas Harcourt II & Jane Franceys
Sir Richard Harcourt & Edith St Clair
Alice Harcourt & William Bessiles
Elizabeth Bessiles & Richard Fettiplace
Anne Fettiplace & Edward Purefoy
Mary Purefoy & Thomas Thorne
Susanna Thorne & Roger Dudley
Thomas Dudley b 1576 d 1653 colonial Governor of Massachusetts & Dorothy Yorke. There may be royal lineage on Thomas Dudley's father's side, but it has not yet been proven.
WILLIAM I,
"The Lion" KING of SCOTLAND b 1142 d 1214 Scotland;
m Ermengarde de Beaumont; Isabel de Avenal (not married)
Isabel of Scotland, illegitimate daughter of King William I by Isabel de Avenal (daughter of Richard de Avenal), & Sir Robert de Ros, Magna Carta Surety b
Sir William de Ros b & Lucy FitzPiers
Sir Robert de Ros b & Isabel d'Aubigny
Mary de Ros b & William de Braose
William II de Braose & Eleanor de Bavant
Sir Peter de Braose & Joan de Percey
Beatrix de Braose & Sir Hugh Shirley
Sir Ralph Shirley & Joan Basset
Ralph II Shirley & Margaret Staunton
Beatrix Shirley & John Brome
Nicholas Brome & Katherine Lampeck
Elizabeth Brome & Thomas Hawes
William Hawes & Ursula Colles
Edmond Hawes I & Jane Porter
Edmond Hawes II b 1612 Solihull, Warwickshire, England d 1693 Yarmouth, Barnstable Co MA & wife unknown, immigrant to Plymouth MA
John Hawes, only child of Edmond Hawes immigrant to Plymouth, MA. John Hawes married Desire Gorham, daughter of John Gorham & Desire Howland. Desire Howland was a daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley.
RUBY RELATED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH SHARED ANCESTORS :
President Thomas Jefferson b 1743 shared ancestors: Sir Roger WENTWORTH & Margery DESPENCER, and all preceding generations up to
WillIam I "The Lion" King of Scotland in the descendency
list above. Likely to be more connections in England; I just haven't
found them yet!
President Millard Fillmore b 1800 d
1874 John PERKINS b
1585 Warwickshire, England d 1654 Essex Co Ma & Judith GATER, immigrants to MA.
President Rutherford B Hayes b 1822
d 1893 William CHANDLER
b 1595 Hertsfordshire, England d 1642 Andover, Essex Co MA &
Annis BAYFORD immigrants
to MA.
President Chester Alan Arthur b 1830
d 1886 John COLBY b
1630s Essex Co MA & Frances HOYT; Anthony COLBY b abt 1615?
England d abt 1660 Essex Co MA & Susannah HADDON, immigrants to MA; Garrett/Jarrett HADDON & Margaret Unknown, immigrants to MA; Francis PARRAT b abt 1610 England d 1656 Rowley,
Essex Co MA & Elizabeth NORTHEND immigrants to MA; John
NORTHEND b abt 1582 Rowley Yorkshire, England & Elizabeth
COLEb abt 1584 Hull, Yorkshire England.
President Calvin Coolidge b 1872 d
1933 John PERKINS b
1585 Warwickshire, England d 1654 Essex Co MA & Judith GATER, immigrants to MA; Peter COFFIN b abt 1580 of Brixton, Devon England &
Joan KEMBER.
President Herbert Clark Hoover b 1874
d 1964 shared ancestors:
Simon BRADSTREET, Gov
of MA b March 16, 1603 Horbling, Lincolnshire, England, &
Anne DUDLEY BRADSTREET, poet; Thomas DUDLEY, Gov of MA b 1576 England d 1653
MA, & Dorothy YORKE; Deacon Maximillian JOWETT / JEWETT
b Oct 4, 1607 Bradford, West Riding Yorkshire, England, d 1684
Rowley Essex Co MA & Anne unknown, immigrants to MA and
founder of town of Rowley
MA; Edward JOWETT clothier,
b 1580s Yorkshire, England & Mary TAYLOR d/o William TAYLOR,
of Bradford, West Riding Yorkshire, England; Roger DUDLEY b England
& Susanna THORNE; and all preceding generations up to
John "Lackland" King of England, see above.
President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt b 1882 d 1962 Shared ancestors:
John HOWLAND & Elizabeth
TILLEY; John TILLEY & Joan HURST,
all Mayflower Passengers; John
PERKINS b 1585 Warwickshire, England d 1654 Essex Co MA &
Judith GATER, immigrants to MA; William CHANDLER b 1595 Hertsfordshire,
England d 1642 Andover, Essex Co MA & Annis BAYFORD immigrants to MA;
President Richard Milhouse Nixon b
1913 shared ancestors:
Henry HOWLAND brother of John HOWLAND
who came on the Mayflower. Henry m Mary Unknown, and settled in Duxbury,
MA.
President
Gerald Ford b 1913 Omaha, NB; d 2006; shared ancestors: Henry
HOWLAND, brother of
John HOWLAND who came on the Mayflower. Henry m
Mary unknown, and settled in Duxbury, MA; Tristam COFFIN Jr Feb 1, 1632 Devon, England &
Judith GREENLEAF, immigrants
to MA; Tristam COFFIN
b March 18, 1609 Devon, England, of Haverhill Essex Co MA &
Nantucket, MA & Dionis STEVENS, immigrants to MA; Edmond
GREENLEAF Jan 2, 1573 Ipswich, Suffolk Co England & Sarah
MOORE, immigrants to
MA; Deacon Maximillian JOWETT / JEWETT b Oct
4, 1607 Bradford, West Riding Yorkshire, England, d 1684 Rowley
Essex Co MA & Anne unknown, immigrants to MA and
founder of town of Rowley
MA; Peter COFFIN
b abt 1580 of Brixton, Devon England & Joan KEMBER; Edward
JOWETT clothier, b 1580s Yorkshire, England & Mary TAYLOR
d/o William TAYLOR, of Bradford, West Riding Yorkshire, England.
President George Herbert Walker Bush
b 1924 & President George Walker Bush Shared ancestors: John
HOWLAND & Elizabeth TILLEY; John TILLEY & Joan HURST, all Mayflower Passengers; possibly others in MA or
England?
Nathaniel Gorham Jr, signer of the
US Constitution
1738-1796 shared ancestors: John
GORHAM & Desire HOWLAND; John HOWLAND & Elizabeth TILLEY, Mayflower passengers; John TILLEY & Joan HURST, Mayflower passengers; Tristam COFFIN b March 18, 1609 Devon,
England & Dionis STEVENS, immigrants to MA; Peter COFFIN b abt 1580 Brixton, Devon, England &
Joan Kember.
Robert Lee Frost, poet 1874-1963 shared ancestors: George BROWN I b April 12, 1566 &
Jone THREEDER of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; George BROWN II
b May 19, 1592 d 1633 Salisbury Wiltshire, England & Christian
HIBBERT (she emigrated
with her children to Salisbury, Essex Co MA and died there); Deacon Henry BROWN b abt 1615 Salisbury,
Wiltshire England, died 1701 Salisbury, Essex Co MA & Abigail
unknown, immigrants
to MA; George ABBOTT
b abt 1615 Hertsfordshire, England, d 1681 Andover, Essex Co MA
& Hannah CHANDLER, immigrants
to MA; William CHANDLER
b 1595 Hertsfordshire, England d 1642 Andover, Essex Co MA &
Annis BAYFORD immigrants
to MA; Mark GRAVES b
1622 Lynn Essex Co MA & Amy unknown; Samuel GRAVES
b 1594 England, d Lynn, Essex Co MA & Grace BEAMSLEY, immigrants to MA; Stephen SWETT b 1620 Norfolk, England,
d 1670 Newbury, Essex Co MA, & Rebecca SMITH immigrants to MA; John SWETT b 1590s England d 1651 Newbury,
Essex Co MA & unknown,
immigrants to MA; William
SAWYER b 1613 Lincolnshire, England, d 1702 Newbury, Essex Co
MA & Ruth BITFIELD,
immigrants to MA; John
SAWYER b 1582 d 1660 Lincolnshire, England & Agnes SHARPE; John
EMERY I b 1572 Romney, Hants, England & Agnes NORTHEND immigrants to MA; Thomas SMITH b 1590s Romsey, Hants, England d 1666
Newbury, Essex Co MA & Rebecca Unknown, immigrants to MA;
John EMERY II b Sept 29, 1590 Romney, Hants, England d 1683 Newbury
Essex Co MA & Alice GRANTHAM, immigrants to MA; William BITFIELD b 1590s England & Elizabeth PARKER, immigrants to MA; Isaac BUSWELL b abt 1592 Salisbury,
Wiltshire, England, d 1683 Salisbury, Essex Co MA & unknown, immigrants to MA; Abraham MORRILL b abt 1620 Essex Co
England; lived Salisbury & Amesbury Essex Co MA; died Roxbury
MA while traveling on business, & Sarah CLEMENT, immigrants to MA; Isaac MORRILL b abt 1588 Essex Co England
& Sarah Unknown,
immigrants to MA.
John Greenleaf Whittier, Quaker poet 1807-1892 shared ancestors:
Nathaniel PIPER b 1627 Dartmouth, Devonshire, England & Sarah
EDWARDS immigrants
to MA; Tristam COFFIN
Jr Feb 1, 1632 Devon, England & Judith GREENLEAF immigrants to MA; Tristam COFFIN b March 18, 1609 Devon, England, of
Haverhill Essex Co MA & Nantucket, MA & Dionis STEVENS,
immigrants to MA; Edmond GREENLEAF Jan 2, 1573 Ipswich,
Suffolk Co England & Sarah MOORE, immigrants to MA; Peter COFFIN b abt 1580 of Brixton, Devon England &
Joan KEMBER.
Abigail (Smith) Adams, wife of 2nd
President John Adams 1744-1818
Quincy, MA. Shared
ancestors: William NORTON
b 1558 Bedfordshire, England & Margery HAWES; Richard NORTON
b 1517 Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire England & Margery WINGATE;
John NORTON b 1483 Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England & Jane
COOPER/COWPER.
Herman Melville, author 1819-1891 shared ancestors: Tristam
COFFIN b March 18, 1609 Devon, England & Dionis STEVENS, immigrants to MA; Peter COFFIN b abt 1580 Brixton, Devon,
England & Joan KEMBER.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet 1807-1882 shared ancestors:John
GORHAM & Desire HOWLAND; John HOWLAND & Elizabeth TILLEY, Mayflower passengers; John TILLEY & Joan HURST, Mayflower passengers.
Oliver Wendell Holmes ,poet 1809-1894 shared ancestors: Thomas
DUDLEY b 1576 England, Gov of MA, & Dorothy YORKE; Simon BRADSTREET,
b 1603 England, Gov of MA & Anne DUDLEY BRADSTREET, poet;
Roger DUDLEY b 1596 England & Susanna THORNE, and preceding generations back to
John "Lackland", King of England
b 1167,
Mrs Lucretia Coffin Mott 1793-1880,
Quaker minister, abolitionist, and feminist; shared ancestors: Tristam COFFIN b March 18, 1609 Devon, England &
Dionis STEVENS, immigrants
to MA; Thomas MAYHEW,
Governor of Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket, b 1593 Tisbury,
England & Jane GALLION (?), immigrants to MA;
Peter COFFIN b abt 1580 Brixton, Devon, England & Joan KEMBER.
Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian
Science b 1821-1910 shared
ancestors: George ABBOTT
b abt 1615 Hertsfordshire, England, & Hannah CHANDLER immigrants to MA; William CHANDLER b abt 1595 Hertsfordshire,
England & Annis BAYFORD,
immigrants to MA.(this is somewhat interesting because Ruby Bolton
Brown became a Christian Scientist late in life).
Humphrey Bogart,
actor b 1899 d 1957 Shared ancestors: John HOWLAND & Elizabeth TILLEY;
John TILLEY & Joan HURST, all Mayflower
Passengers; Thomas DUDLEY
Gov of MA b 1576 & Dorothy YORKE.
Thomas Lanier
"Tennessee" Williams b shared ancestors: Tristam COFFIN Jr Feb 1, 1632 Devon,
England & Judith GREENLEAF immigrants to MA; Tristam
COFFIN b March 18, 1609 Devon, England, of Haverhill Essex Co
MA & Nantucket, MA & Dionis STEVENS, immigrants to MA; Edmond GREENLEAF Jan 2, 1573 Ipswich, Suffolk Co England
& Sarah MOORE,
immigrants to MA; John
CHENEY & Unknown
of Haverhill, Essex Co MA; Thomas
DUDLEY Gov of MA b 1576 Tisbury, England & Dorothy YORKE,
immigrants to MA; Peter COFFIN b abt 1580 of Brixton,
Devon England & Joan KEMBER.
James Butler
"Wild Bill" Hickock b 1837 d 1917 shared ancestors:
John BUTLER b abt 1650
Dorchester, England, d 1738 Great Neck MA & Priscilla NORTON;
Nicholas NORTON b abt 1610 England, d 1676 Martha's Vineyard,
MA & Elizabeth ISAAC; Thomas DAGGETT b 1658 Martha's Vineyard
MA & Hannah MAYHEW; Thomas MAYHEW, Governor of Martha's Vineyard
& Nantucket, b 1593 Tisbury, England & Jane GALLION (?),
all immigrants to MA
except as noted.
Sir Charles Tupper, Prime Minister
of Canada (briefly in 1896) b 1821-1915; shared ancestors: Thomas MAYHEW Governor of Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket,
b 1593 Tisbury, England & Jane GALLION, possibly others in MA. Ironically, one of Ruby Bolton
Brown's first cousins, Ethel Rhodes Dovey, RN, b 1896 Victoria
BC Canada, also a descendant of Thomas Mayhew & Jane Gallion, was a nanny (servant) for the Tupper family in Vancouver
BC Canada. (Thanks to Julia Tupper)
Vice-President Richard "Dick"
Cheney b 1941 Lincoln NB; shared ancestors: Anthony COLBY b abt 1615? England d abt 1660 Essex
Co MA & Susannah HADDON, immigrants to MA;
Garrett/Jarrett HADDON & Margaret Unknown, immigrants to MA; John COLBY b 1630s Essex Co MA & Frances HOYT;
Stephen SWETT b abt 1620 Norfolk, England, d Essex Co MA &
Rebecca SMITH, immigrants
to MA; Thomas SMITH
b 1590s Romsey, Hants, England d 1666 Newbury, Essex Co MA &
Rebecca Unknown, immigrants
to MA; William SARGENT
Jr b 1640s Salisbury, Essex Co MA & Mary COLBY, and no doubt many others, that I haven't
located yet. I am also related to a John CHENEY b abt 1600 England? Scotland? d 1666 in
Newbury, Essex Co MA,
& Martha PARRAT, daughter of Francis PARRAT & Elizabeth NORTHEND of Rowley, Essex Co MA, immigrants
to MA, but I don't know if they are shared ancestors.
Jane Appleton, wife of President Franklin
Pierce, b 1806 NH, d 1863 shared ancestors: Thomas DUDLEY b 1576 England, Gov of MA, & Dorothy
YORKE; Simon BRADSTREET b 1603 England, Gov of MA & Anne DUDLEY
BRADSTREET poet; Roger DUDLEY b 1596 England & Susanna THORNE, and preceding generations back to
John "Lackland", King of England
b 1167, see descendancy list above.
SOURCES USED:
"The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States," by Gary Boyd Roberts, publ 1993
"Ancestors of American Presidents" by Gary Boyd Roberts, publ 1989
"A Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents and Their First Two Generations of Descent," by Craig Hart, publ 2004
"The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England," by Antonia Fraser, publ 1999 (paperback version)
"Kings & Queens of Great Britain" by Charles Phillips publ
"Notable Kin Volumes I & II" by Gary Boyd Roberts, publ 1999
"First Settlers of Salisbury, MA and Their Children" by David W Hoyt
"History of Martha's Vineyard Vol III" by Dr Charles Banks
"Historical Sketches of Andover, MA" by Sarah Loring Bailey, publ 1894