Our Royal Lineage
Note: These tables are to follow the line back to the Kings of England and France. Each person is the son or daughter of the person below him or her. To follow the lines, go to www.familysearch.com. Click on "Search for ancestors" and enter in the name of the person on line #2. Then follow the line straight back!
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Through the Ellsworth's: 1. Lynn Erwin Ellsworth |
Through the Cluff's: 1. Jamie
Smith |
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Through the Berry's: 1. Lynn Erwin Ellsworth |
To the Kings of
France: 1. Lynn Erwin Ellsworth
(b. 1936) |
Notes of interest:
*Elizabeth, the Princess of England, Edward I's daughter married Humphrey de Bohun. His lineage can be traced back to several Kings of England and Kings of Scotland including: Duncan I, who was murdered by Lord Macbeth (about whom a playwright named William Shakespeare wrote a play), and Coel "Old King Coel" King of Britain (b. abt 125 AD) (think NURSERY RHYME!)
*Margaret de Bohun, granddaughter of Edward I, was born April 3, 1311 and died December 16, 1391 at the age of 80. Her mother died when she was only 5 years old; her father died when she was 9. She married Hugh de Courtenay when she was only 14, and had her first children (likely twins) when she was only 15 years old! She then was pregnant or had a baby for the next 32 years, giving birth to 18 children roughly once every 2 years!
*Elizabeth Princess of England (through the Ellsworth and Cluff lines) and Joan "of Acre" Princess of England (through the Berry line) were sisters. Joan was 10 years older than Elizabeth.
*Edward I was our closest King ancestor. He was the king of England who fought the Scots and ordered the death of William Wallace. Think Braveheart and Mel Gibson.
*We can trace our lineage back to Charlemagne at least 3 or 4 different ways that I've found so far.
*We come from royalty of many different lands including: England, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Russia, Scotland, Norway, Spain, Wales, Ireland, and Denmark.
Our Salem Witch Ancestors:
While studying the Cluff line on Mom's side, I came across a death date (1693) and place (Salem Jail, Salem, Massachusetts) that piqued my curiosity. Since I had heard about the idea that we were related to someone who was involved in the Salem Witch Trials on Dad's side (Mary Margaret Trask) I had done quite a bit of research on the subject. The trials were in the summer and fall of 1692. Many people, both women and men, were accused of being witches. It started with a few girls who had been acting strangely and gave as the reason for their strange behavior the fact that they were being "bewitched" by members of the community. It turns out that these people who were initially accused were misfits of society or people with whom their parents had had a disagreement. The whole thing just escalated from there. In all, 19 people (I've also seen other figures) were hanged because they would not confess to being involved with Satan as witches. The fervor died down in the end of 1692 and most of the people still in jail were released and pardoned in the spring of 1693. So I was curious about this name. The name is Ann Alcock, married name is Foster. So I looked on many different websites about Ann Foster and sure enough, she was accused, tried, convicted and sentenced to hang. She confessed (as she knew this was the only way to save her life) but remained in prison, where she died in December of 1692 (the familysearch website date says 1693 incorrectly) as a result of poor treatment from the sheriff. Turns out her daughter and granddaughter, Mary Lacey Sr. and Mary Lacey Jr. were also accused and also confessed. We come through all three. Here is the line back to them so you can follow it on familysearch:
| 1. Jamie
Smith 2. Rhoda Wilma Knudsen 3. Margie Cluff 4. Hyrum Albert Cluff 5. Moses Cluff 6. Elizabeth or Betsey Hall 7. Lucy Fowler 8. Lucy Kemp 9. John Kemp 10. John Kemp 11. Mary Lacey (Jr.) 12. Mary Foster (Lacey Sr.) 13. Ann Alcock (Foster) |
Ann Foster had two daughters, Mary and Sarah. We come through both because Mary's daughter, Mary Lacey Jr. married Sarah's son Zerubbabel Kemp.
Here are the links to their trial transcripts:
Ann Foster's:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BoySalF.html
See Case 3.
Mary Lacey Sr. and Mary Lacey Jr.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BoySalL.html
See Cases 30 & 31.