Royal Ancestry of Early New England Colonists

First families of New England with proven links to Royal European Ancestry:

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• Category: Ancestries of individuals
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A Edit

1. Robert Abell - English: Cotton Family of Combermere Abbey, Sutton, Henry II of England (1133-1189), Charlemagne (747-814)

C Edit

1. Chapman - See William Throop (1628-1704) - Scrope Family - English Kings
2. Cheney - See Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) - Lineage back to Norman Knight, Richard de Chseney (1044) and also to Edward III, King of England (1312-1377)
3. Cotton Family of Combermere Abbey - English/Saxon/Norman; Sutton, Henry II of England (1133-1189), Charlemagne (747-814)

• Jeremiah Clark (1605-1651) - 2nd Pres of R.I. Plantation - Through his great great grandmother, Elizabeth Ferrers, Clarke descends from King Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile.

D Edit

• William Dungan (1606-1636) - Ireland

H Edit

1. John Haynes (1594-1653), 1st Gov of Connecticut Colony. See Mortimer Ancestry of Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014)

K Edit

1. Kimball Family- Massachusetts Bay Colony

L Edit

• Frances Latham (1609-1677) - "Mother of Governors" (from Rhode Island)

M Edit

1. Meyrick Family of Bodorgan Manor - Royal Welsh Ancestry of New England Immigrant John Meyrick (1579-1650).

P Edit

1. Pierce/Pearce/Percy - English: House of Percy / Plantagenet English Kings / Wessex old English Kings / Charlegmagne / four sons settled in early colonial New England.
2. Potter, George (c1584-) - English barrons/French Kings. (researching).

S Edit

1. William Skepper (1597-1646) - English -Wentworth/England/Charlegmagne -
2. Southworth - English: Duncan / Touchet / Charlegmagne - two sons sailed in 1623 to Plymouth Colony, Catholic family that rebelled at the Church of England split.

Work in Progress Edit

1. Jane Bassett - King Edward I
2. Walter Blount (1590-) - English
3. Joseph Bolles (1608-1679)
4. Humphrey Borrow (c1600-) - Old English Royalty
5. Robert Bruce (c1600-) - Scottish Kings
6. Richard Carpenter (c1590-) - English
7. Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln (1571-1619) - English Kings
8. William Cordray (c1549-1621) (Aka William Cordoroy ?)
9. John Drake - English Kings
10. Thomas Dudley (1576-1653) - English Kings - Royal Governor
11. William Dungan (1607-1636) - English Kings
12. John Dunham (1589-1669) - English Kings
13. Edward Goddard (-1610) - English House of Plantagenet
14. Edward Griswold (1607-1691) - English Kings
15. Thomas Harris (c1585-) - English
16. John Heblethwaite (c1600-) - LDS John Taylor - House of Plantagenet
17. Thomas Holcomb (c1600-) - English Kings
18. William Hopkins (c1570-) - English Kings
19. Thomas Hungerford (c1602-) - House of Plantagenet
20. Robert Hyde (1592-1682) - English Kings
21. William Knapp - Charlemagne
22. John Leonard (c1615-) - English Kings
23. Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) - English Kings
24. Peter Mallory (c1610-) - English Kings
25. Hutchinson/Marbury Family - Famous New England Protestant settler Anne Marbury (1591-1643) - Pratt/Dickinson /Romney line - linked to Edward I, King of England - Royal Gateway.
26. John Maverick (c1590-) - English
27. Lancelot Newton (c1590-) - Kings of Scotland
28. Edward Palgrave (1541-c1623) /List of Famous Descendants - son immigrated to Massachusetts Bay.
29. William Palmer (c1600-) - English Kings
30. Robert Pearsall (c1590-) - Old English
31. Ralph Prescott - English Kings
32. Thomas Rogers (-1621) - English Kings
33. William Sargent (c1659-1725) - Old Wessex English via House of Gifford.
34. Richard Sears (1590-1676)
35. Gerard Spencer (1576-1646)\ List of Famous Descendants - Famous Spencer Family of England, four sons settles in New England with Rev. Thomas Hooker.
36. John Spring (c1590-) - English House of Plantagenet
37. William Throop (1628-1704) - Scrope Family - English Kings
38. John Warren List of Famous Descendants - 1630 Watertown MA
39. Robert Welles List of Famous Descendants Wells/Cheney/Sanders
40. Thomas Welles (c1600-) - Royal Governor - Welch Royal Line
41. John West (c1590-) - English Kings
42. John Whitcomb (1600-1650) - Charlemagne
43. John Whitney 1592 List of Famous Descendants Eli Whitney / LDS Whitney / Hall
44. George Willis (c1585-) - English

Unsubstantiated/Disproven Royal Links Edit

1. John Barlow (c1590-) -it has been suggested that immigrant John Barlow is the son of Sir Alexander Barlow, but no proof has been found.
2. Anthony Colby (1605-1660) - English Kings
3. Edmund Rice (1594-1663) -disproven