Category Archives: Pedigree Charts

OK, another First Lady shows up as a cousin — 7th, 4 times removed.   The lineage presented agrees with my documentation all the way back to my 9th great grandmother, Elizabeth Cleverly (1623-1681), one generation from our MRCA, Thomas … Continue reading →

Cousin Harry (aka Bing) might be a bit more than 7 times removed or not.   I looked at the lineage for my ancestors that was provided.  I can document back to my 5th great grandmother, Thankful Isham (1752-1834), but … Continue reading →

I have to admit it would be kind of fun to claim Pretty Boy Floyd as my 7th cousin, 4 times removed.  As it is, I can only verify up to my 5th great grandmother, Desire [love that name] Hitchcock … Continue reading →

Barbara Ann and I have to go all the way back to my 7th great grandmother, Abigail Stevens (1666-1727), to encounter our MRCA.  But, I do have documentation back to Grandmother Abigail Stevens Lee.  If Barbara’s line is clean, and … Continue reading →

  President and Chief Justice Taft appears to actually be my sixth cousin, 4 times removed through our MRCA, my 9th great grandfather, William Holbrook (1620-1699).  The Taft line up to Grandfather Holbrook goes through the well documented Torrey and … Continue reading →

The famed jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is reported to be my 6th cousin, 6 times removed.   I can follow the lineage reported for me through my 5th great grandmother (love the name), Thankful Isham (1752-1834).  But, it requires … Continue reading →

Mrs. Wilson, not the famous Mrs. Wilson who reportedly ran the country when her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, became ill late in his term, was only in the White House a short time.   As my 6th cousin, 3 times … Continue reading →