Dear DAVENPORT Cousins, Please forgive me for the message (below) that I sent to the list a little while ago. It was meant for a different mailing list but I clicked the wrong buttons. I guess I'm getting old. Please ignore it and delete it and accept my apology. Nevada Jack -----Original Message----- From: Jack W. Ralph <Jack@Ralph.org> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 9:21 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Churchill Had American-Indian Ancestors? >Cousins, > >I thought you would find the following article interesting. For those >of you who are new to Philbrick/Philbrook research, SIR Winston >Churchill (1874-1965), the Prime Minister of England during World War >II, was the 7th great-grandson of Thomas PHILBRICK, the emigrant. You >will find his lineage at >http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/fylbrigg/d9335.htm#P9337 > >Enjoy, > >Nevada Jack >============================================================ > The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy > Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is > re-published here with the permission of the author. >============================================================ >- Churchill Had American-Indian Ancestors? > >The grandson of Britain's wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, >says that he and his grandfather may well have American-Indian >blood in their veins. Former Tory MP Winston Churchill told the >Boston Globe that it was a "long and deeply entrenched family >tradition" that Sir Winston's mother, the glamorous New Yorker >Jennie Jerome, had the blood of the Iroquois, one of the most >ferocious Indian tribes, in her veins. > >Mr. Churchill, after studying a portrait depicting the dark, >exotic features of Jennie Jerome's own mother, told the paper: >"She's got Red Indian written all over her face." He also claimed >that his family tree boasts three ancestors who sailed on the >Mayflower. "My grandfather would have been enormously proud to >think he had in his veins the blood of those who founded America. >The whole theme of his life was the unity of the Anglo-American >peoples." > >Mr. Churchill is in America promoting his book, "The Great >Republic: A History of America", a compilation of his >grandfather's writings about the United States. He has been >questioning Wampanoag Indians at the Plimoth Plantation, a >Massachusetts historical site, about the history of Indian >intermarriage with whites. Mr. Churchill said that his family >lineage has been traced back to the Mayflower through Elizabeth >Cooke, granddaughter of a Mayflower voyager who reportedly married >Daniel Wilcox, one of Jennie Jerome's ancestors. > >Genealogists who have studied Sir Winston Churchill's ancestry >quickly disagreed, however. One historian, Elizabeth Snell, author >of "The Churchills: Pioneers and Politicians" said that Mr. >Churchill's ideas were romantic but not historically verifiable. >She said, "It's timely to believe in this Native American >connection. What young Winston is trying to do here, he's trying >to make every American connection there is. Any author would do >that." > >To the present Winston Churchill, we should ask the same question >we ask of all other genealogists: Where are your sources? >============================================================ > > > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Concerned about computer viruses, cookies, copyright, spam? >See Internet Stuff You Need To Know at >http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm > >============================== >FREE UNLIMITED Web space at RootsWeb! >Any subject: genealogy, computers, pets! Get your Freepages account today: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >