My mother's earliest American ancestors also settled in Virginia, in their case in the Spotsylvania and Culpepper section of the state. First, let's work our way back through the Ethington family, beginning with our grandfather, Luther Ethington.
Luther Ethington b.1888 | |
Charles Franklin Ethington b.1862 | |
Charles Neal Ethington b.1831 | |
John Lewis Ethington b.1806 | |
John Ethington b.1774 | |
X | William Ethington b. 1748 |
William Ethington (born around 1720) |
William Ethington b. 1748 | ||
John Ethington b.1774 | William Ethington b.1773 | |
John Lewis Ethington b.1806 | John Ethington b.1820 | |
Charles Neal Ethington b.1831 | William Preston Ethington b.1845 | |
Charles Franklin Ethington b.1862 | George Floyd Ethington b.1872 | |
Luther Ethington b.1831 | Ralph Price Ethington b.1906 |
As the above chart illustrates, our grandfather, Luther, and Ralph Price Ethington were 4th cousins. Ralph Price Ethington was born in Shelby Co., Kentucky on Dec. 26, 1906. He married Veda Haymore on Jan. 18, 1927 in Mesa, Maricopa Co., AZ.
It would be in Veda Haymore Ethington's ancestors that took me across the New England Bragg family. First you have to wind your way through 17 generations all the way back to Eleanor Plantagenet. She was, according to Wikipedia
"Eleanor died at Arundel and was buried at Lewes Priory in Lewes, Sussex, England. Her husband was buried beside her; in his will Richard requests to be buried "near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb be no higher than hers, that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches...as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed.""
Veda Haymore Ethington would have then been the 16th great-granddaughter of Eleanor Plantagenent through her Matilda de Beaumont (daughter of Eleanor and John de Beaumont). The third child of Eleanor's second marriage was named after his father, Richard Fitzalan. Proceeding down from Eleanor Plantagenet through her son Richard and across some 11 generations to Zerviah Brigham. She was born 1698 and, sometime around 1730 Zerviah married Ebenezer Bragg, the grandson of Edward Bragg.
Looking over this convoluted journey in our daughter's home in western Missouri, after spending some time just the evening before in Independence, MO, I realized something interesting from this material. continuing from Ebenezer and Zerviah Bragg, this is what I found:
Ebenezer and Zerviah Brigham Bragg |
Elizabeth Bragg b.1732 |
Samuel B. Gates Senior b.1760 |
Samuel B. Gates Junior b.1783 |
George William Gates b.1807 |
George Porterfield Gates b.1835 |
Margaret Elizabeth ''Madge'' Gates b.1862 |
Elizabeth Virginia ''Bess' Wallace b.1885 |
Bess Wallace, then, was the 6th great grand-daughter of Ebenezer Bragg, the 17th cousin 2 times removed of Veda Haymore Ethington. She is, however, best known for her famous husband, the man who brought her to live awhile in the White House, Harry S. Truman.
I know this must be hard to follow, so here is a chart that traces out the lineages presented above:
Eleanor Plantagenet | ||||
Matilda de Beaumont b.1358 | Richard Fitzalan b.1350 | |||
Hugh de Courtenay b.1396 | Elizabeth Fitzalan b.1366 | |||
Elizabeth Courtenay b.1447 | Margaret de Mowbray b.1387 | |||
Thomas Trethruffe b.1478 | Sir John Howard b.1420 | |||
Margaret Jane Trethruffe b.1505 | Thomas Howard b.1443 | |||
Francis Buller b.1545 | Countess Catherine Howard b.1496 | |||
Richard Buller b.1578 | William Rice b.1530 | |||
Katherine Buller b.1600 | Henry Rice b.1564 | |||
Richard Parker b.1630 | Edmund Rice b.1594 | |||
Richard Parker b.1670 | Henry R. Rice b.1617 | |||
Hannah Parker b.1694 | Mary Rice b.1646 | Edward Bragg | ||
William Ethington b.1720 | Elizabeth Sisson b.1726 | Jonathan Brigham b.1674 | Timothy Bragg | |
William Ethington b.1748 | Frances Strange b.1767 | Ebenezer Bragg married Zerviah Brigham b.1698 | ||
William Ethington b.1773 | Nancy Williams b.1787 | Elizabeth Bragg b.1732 | ||
John Ethington b.1820 | Benjamin Taylor Jr b.1816 | Samuel B. Gates Senior b.1760 | ||
William Preston Ethington b.1845 | Lucinda Adeline Taylor b.1847 | Samuel B. Gates Junior b.1783 | ||
George Floyd Ethington b.1872 | Arthur Samuel Haymore b.1878 | George William Gates b.1807 | ||
Ralph Price Ethington b.1906 married Veda Haymore b.1908 | George Porterfield Gates b.1835 | |||
Margaret Elizabeth ''Madge'' Gates b.1862 | ||||
Elizabeth Virginia ''Bess' Wallace b.1885 married Harry S. Truman |
In doing additional research I have revised the family connection with Eleanor Plantagenet to 20th great-grandmother,
ReplyDeleteFrom Eleanor Plantagenet b.1318 the line of decent is ....
Sir John Fitzalan Lord Of Arundel b.1347
Margaret Fitzalan b.1370
Thomas 8Th Baron De Ros b.1406
Richard De Ros b.1428
Mary De Ros b.1478
Margaret Capell b.1500
Geoffrey Warde b.1526
Thomas Warde b.1548
Richard Ward b.1575
Gov. Andrew Ward I b.1597
Esther Ward b.1623
Daniel Burr b.1660
Elizabeth Burr b.1696
Nathaniel Hull b.1726
Ezekiel Hull b.1765
Platt Hull b.1787
Ezekiel Hull b.1813
Rebecca L. Hull b.1841
Frank Martin Bragg b.1867
Orval Bishop Bragg b.1895
Don Cicero Bragg b.1920
In doing additional research I have revised the family connection with Bess Truman to 17th cousins 3 times removed. Our common ancestor is Ralph De Neville & Joan De Beaufort.
ReplyDeleteFrom Ralph De Neville & Joan De Beaufort to Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace b.1885 the line of decent is ...
Cecily De Neville Duchess Of York b.1415
King Of England Edward IV b. 1442
Anne Plantagenet b.1475
Katherine Howard b.1502
William Rice b.1521
Henry Rice b.1555
Edmund Rice b.1594
Henry Rice b.1621
Mary Rice b.1646
Jonathan Brigham b.1675
Zerviah Brigham b.1698
Elizabeth Bragg b.1731
Samuel B. Gates Senior b.1760
Samuel B. Gates Junior b.1783
George William Gates b.1807
George Porterfield Gates b.1835
Margaret Elizabeth ''Madge'' Gates b.1862
Elizabeth Virginia ''Bess' Wallace
From Ralph De Neville & Joan De Beaufort to our family the line of decent is ...
Jane Neville b.1399
Thomas Hare b.1418
John Hare b.1438
Nicholas Hare b.1460
John Hare b.1506
John Hare b.1526
Elizabeth Hare b.1555
Richard Ward b.1575
Gov. Andrew Ward I b.1597
Esther Ward b.1623
Daniel Burr b.1660
Elizabeth Burr b.1696
Nathaniel Hull b.1726
Ezekiel Hull b.1765
Platt Hull b.1787
Ezekiel Hull b.1813
Rebecca L. Hull b.1841
Frank Martin Bragg b.1867
Orval Bishop Bragg b.1895
Don Cicero Bragg b.1920