Report # 426 has Cole Porter as my 8th cousin, twice removed, through our MRCA, Mary Levett [married to Elder John White (1600-1713), the 3 times great grandparents of Esther Clark, my 4 times great grandmother and the furthest documented ancestor I have in that lineage.

Quite a while ago, We’re Related, in Report # 199, showed cousin Cole as my 8th cousin, twice removed, through our MRCA, John Stevens (1603-1670), my 9th great grandfather and fully documented in my lineage.  The only question that comes up, and it is just a question, deals with Cole’s early ancestor, John Cole (1641-1689). He is reported to be the son of Mary Stevens (1627-1700).   He would have been born when his mother was 14!  Not impossible.  But questionable.