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Sunday, July 24, 2022
the tree of Lydia Powell, another line to George Washington
my fourth great grandmother, Lydia, married William Judson Bartlett. her mother was Ann West, daughter of John West and Margaret Pearson. well according to Family search any way. FS says that Margaret Pearson was the daughter of Simon Pearson and Hannah Ball, the aunt of George Washington. But was she? sources say that Hannah Ball was Simon's second wife and Margaret's stepmother. so not exactly a bloodline connection there, if so.
but wait, there's more. Hannah Ball may not be Margaret's biological mother, but she may not be biologically related to George either. a lot of chatter and debating about this as is often the case in famous family trees, but who was Hannah Ball's mother?
FS says that Hannah's mother is Mary Bennett. other sources say her maiden name is unknown. while all seem to agree that her name was Mary and that she married Col. Joseph Ball, some believe that Mary was not the first wife of Joseph or the mother of Hannah. while Mary is still considered the mother of Mary Ball Washington, there is much debate over her maiden name. Mary Ball 1665 is the mother of Mary Ball Washington and the grandmother of George, but her maiden name is in dispute.
so there are two step mothers in the line between Lydia Powell Bartlett and George Washington, but hey if you count them, George is my first cousin eight times removed. technically, by marriage, I guess, but still.
any way, George is still the great Grandson of my ninth great grandfather, John, and still my second cousin eight times removed, but that was an interesting find. and we are both related through Col. Joseph Ball, so that's cool.
Friday, April 15, 2022
#30DaysOfGenealogy A favorite ancestor. Eve.
A favorite ancestor. Mitochondrial Eve. Without which we would not be here. She was the next step in the evolution of Mankind. the mother of us all. her DNA mutated creating a new species of primate. a mutant species we call the brotherhood of Man. I suppose that's a good reason to favorite her.
as her descendants we are all mutants and the mutations didn't stop there. every now and then DNA mutates and creates a new bloodline. my ydna matches at one level do not match at a higher level because the bloodlines mutate or evolve to another line from time to time.
although I have DNA matches at lower levels with the same name, we do not match at higher levels because the DNA changes and our common ancestor is actually from an earlier bloodline.
in fact, we are all kind of X-Men carrying some genes that some of our ancestors may not have had. we are all different because of the mutations of our DNA. now if only I could get one of those super powers. help me Charles Xavier, you're my only hope.
sources matter. do the homework. always.
my kids were never interested in my family History stories so I launched some blogs to tell them because some of them are just so interesting and I wanted to share them with someone who would have a passion for history like me.
I have joined some family History groups online to share my tales and findings, and some of them are interested, but to children, I guess it's all just "bla bla bla". when I talk to them I guess I sound like the teacher from peanuts. my grandson listens tho so that's good. I think heritage is important and History too. and as a family historian I want to get the family tree right so that future generations won't be misled by faulty incorrect info in the trees. not all trees out there are right. I have found mistakes along the journey and some of which only I can correct. DNA evidence was used to connect many of the members of the family where records were wrong. as I once heard it said on TV, History is important to me, and so I do my part to try and get the family tree right.
sometimes on coop trees, some one will come behind you and undo all the work you did and put people you descend from with the wrong people. it's important to do your own thing where no one can screw it up. not all trees are right and not all researchers are good at making trees. some jump to conclusions and make a mess of things and then others follow their work and create inaccurate trees by not doing the work. never take someone else's word for family History without a care. sources matter.
keep seeking the truth even if it looks like it might be right.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Charlie Manson to Jeffrey Dahmer
Charles Milles Scott Manson is Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer's 10th cousin.
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer
→ Joy "Rocky" Dahmer (Flint)
his mother → Floyd "Rocky" Flint
her father → Lottie Mae Flint (White)
his mother → Edward Edmund White
her father → Harriet White
his mother → Asahel Dowd, Jr.
her father → Tabitha Dowd
his mother → Henry Chandler Pease
her father → Hannah Pease
his mother → Lydia Chandler
her mother → Sarah Faulkner
her sister → Mary Margaret Frazier
her daughter → James Alexander Frazier
her son → Micajah Mccager Frazier
his son → Sarah Ann Lowe
his daughter → Orrison Richard Lowe
her son → Orrison Byrd M. Lowe
his son → Easter Angeline Scott (Lowe)
his daughter → Walker Henderson Scott
her son → Colonel Walker Henderson Scott, Sr.
his son → Charles Milles Scott Manson
his son
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Ted Bundy to Charles Manson
Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy is Charles Milles Scott Manson's 17th cousin.
Charles Milles Scott Manson
→ Colonel Walker Henderson Scott, Sr.
his father → Walker Henderson Scott
his father → Garfield "Fields" Scott
his father → Henderson E. Scott
his father → Margaret Scott
his mother → William Pinson
her father → Thomas Pinson
his father → Delilah Pinson
his mother → John Stovall
her father → Anne Saunders
his mother → Thomas Burton “of Cobbs”
her father → Katherine Burton
his mother → Mabel Fairfax
her mother → Sir Henry Curwen, of Workington, MP
her father → Agnes Curwen
his mother → Elizabeth Gascoigne
her mother → Isabel Pennington
her mother → John Broughton
her brother → Sir Robert Broughton, Kt.
his son → Sir John Broughton
his son → Jane Osborne
his daughter → Thomas Osborne
her son → Jeremy Osborne
his son → Thomas Osborne, of East Hampton
his son → John Osborne
his son → Thomas Osborne
his son → Samuel Osborn
his son → Catherine Longstreet
his daughter → Captain Aaron Stoffell Longstreet
her son → Aaron Longstreet
his son → James Morford Longstreet
his son → James Aaron Longstreet
his son → Eleanor Cowell
his daughter → Eleanor L. Bundy-Marshall (Cowell)
her daughter → Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy
her son
Friday, October 29, 2021
Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th U.S. Secretary of State is Barack H. Obama, 44th President of the USA's 17th cousin once removed.
Barack H. Obama, 44th President of the USA
→ Dr. Stanley Ann Dunham
his mother → Stanley Armour Dunham
her father → Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham
his father → Jacob William Dunham, III
his father → Jacob Mackey Dunham
his father → Jacob Dunham
his father → Samuel Dunham
his father → Rev. Jonathan S. Dunham
his father → Benjamin Dunham
his father → Mary Dunham
his mother → Col. Thomas Bloomfield, Jr.
her father → Elizabeth Mary Hammer
his mother → Elizabeth Wiley Bacon
her mother → Agnes Wylie
her mother → Agnes Danvers
her mother → Sir William Allington, de Horseheath
her father → Lady Mary Allington
his mother → Elizabeth Cheney, Lady Say
her sister → Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey
her daughter → Muriel Knyvett
her daughter → Catherine Farmer
her daughter → Henrietta Fish
her daughter → Thomas Fyshe
her son → Robert Fish
his son → Sarah Stark
his daughter → Lieutenant John John Stark
her son → Elizabeth Newberry
his daughter → Hannah Newberry
her daughter → Nancy Babb
her daughter → Francis Babb
her son → Francis Babb
his son → Jane Sophia Howell
his daughter → Edwin John Howell, I
her son → Edwin John Howell Jr.
his son → Dorothy Emma Rodham
his daughter → Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th U.S. Secretary of State
her daughter
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Charles Manson to the Killer Clown
John Wayne Gacy is Charles Milles Scott Manson's 10th cousin 7 times removed.
Charles Milles Scott Manson
→ Colonel Walker Henderson Scott, Sr.
his father → Walker Henderson Scott
his father → Garfield "Fields" Scott
his father → Henderson E. Scott
his father → Andrew Scott
his father → William Scott, III
his father → Mary Baker Scott
his mother → Edward Pegram, Jr.
her father → Edward Pegram
his father → Sarah Pegram
his mother → Daniel Baker Howe
her father → Solomon Howe
his father → Rachel Howe
his mother → Sarah King
her mother → Sarah King
her mother → Esther Reed
her mother → Mary Tomson
her mother → John Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger
her brother → Mary Taber
his daughter → Sarah Cory (Taber)
her daughter → Sarah Burrington (Cory)
her daughter → Philip Gray
her son → Mary Cory
his daughter → Isaac Corey
her son → Mary Robison
his daughter → Albert Robison
her son → Marion Elaine Robison
his daughter → John Wayne Gacy
her son
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