Did You Know #57

  It has been a while since I have posted anything to this blog, but when I stumbled upon this tonight, I could not pass it by without passing it along to you.

With all respect to Charlie, our family has its own connection with Santa Clause. The following information is from www.wikitree.com. You can also visit the central figure in this post to his Find A Grave memorial page HERE. According to the wikitree website both Dad and Santa are 14th cousins once removed. Both Dad and Santa can trace our ancestry back to Mary Poole Cotton (1438 - bef. 1469). Mary was Dad's 13th great grandmother and Santa Clause's 14th great grandmother.

Here is how this connection is laid out through the wikitree site:

1. Don Cicero Bragg (1920-2013)

2. Orval Bishop Bragg (1895-1989) 

3. Franklin Martin Bragg (1867-1944)

4. William Bragg (1834-1900)

5. Hugh Lewis Bragg (1795-)

6. Elizabeth (Venable) Bragg (1764-1830)

7. Hugh Lewis Venable (1727-1804)

8. Abraham Venable II (1700-abt.1768)

9. Abraham Venable I (1662-1710)

10. Thomas Venables (1643-1733)

11. Peter Venable MP (1604-1669)

12. Thomas Venables Esq. (1543-1606) 

13. Thomas Venables (1512-1580)

14. Eleanor (Cotton) Venables (abt.1490-abt.1541)

15. Richard Cotton (1461-1497)

16. Mary (Poole) Cotton (1438-bef.1469)

Meanwhile, this same Mary Poole Cotton is the 4th great grandmother of Santa Clause:

17. Mary (Poole) Cotton (1438-bef.1469)

16. Catherine (Cotton) Molyneux (abt.1445-)

15. Dorothy Powtrell (abt.1477-)

14. Richard (Molyneux) of Haughton (abt.1510-)

13. Francis Molyneux (abt.1530-abt.1600)

12. Thomas Molyneux (1557-1597)

11. John Molyneux (abt.1581-1618)

10. John Henry Mullinex (1618-1676)

9. Robert Molinor Mullinax (abt.1650-abt.1729)

8. Thomas Mullinix (bef.1674-1728)

7. Jonathan Mullinix (1705-1790)

6. Jonathan Mullinix (1731-1800)

5. Sarah Mullinix (1772-1850)

4. Elizabeth (Summers) Shoemaker (1807-abt.1870)

3. Lavina (Shoemaker) Samuels (1827-abt.1862)

2. Henrietta (Samuels) Clause (1861-1915)

1. Santa Clause (1888 - 1957)

If you are interested in further study, click HERE for another blog posting on Santa Clause.