I have read the two articles by Randy West. They do not extend (nor were they intended to) the ancestry of Alice Freeman. The primary focus is to publish the IPM of her father Henry Freeman which helps establishing some dates. He died 5 August 1606; IPM held 14 October 1606; son and heir Thomas Freeman aged 13 years and 2 months; wife Margaret living. The article also publishes the will of her brother Thomas Freeman of Cranford which mentions most all of his relatives including “children of my sister Tompson namely Samuel Nathaniel Mary Bridget Dorothy and Martha,” “to Thomas Tompson my sisters son,” “my kinsman Robert Peake,” “my mother Margaret Freeman” Will dated and proved 14 August and 23 August 1637. It also gives a complete transcript of the will of Alice Freeman’s first husband John Tompson. Previous published copies had been relatively brief abstracts. It also provides the baptisms of Martha and Samuel Tompson missed by the original researchers, and establishes the name of one more previously unrecognized daughter – Margaret Tompson, wife of Robert Peake. The second article: The American Genealogist vol. 87 no. 3 (July/October 2014 - pub. July 2015):204-208. The English Origin of Christopher Peake1 of Roxbury, Massachusetts, by Randy A. West. concerns Robert Peake and his wife Margaret Tompson (previously unknown daughter of Alice Freeman and John Tompson.) Despite a very long English ancestry, I do not think she has a valid royal line before Charlemagne (I haven't actually checked in a while though). Joe On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 10:23:10 AM UTC-7, D. Spencer Hines wrote: > Well, has anyone read this piece? > > [Randy A. West, "Alice Freeman, Wife of John Tompson of Preston Capes, > Northamptonshire, and of Robert Parke of Connecticut," The American > Genealogist 87 (Jan/Apr (publ Oct) 2015): 209-217.] > > DSH > > "A vaincre sans peril, on triomphe sans gloire." -- Pierre Corneille > [1606-1684] > > wrote in message > news:5692bbfe-e278-48a0-9d8b-63e36012925c@googlegroups.com... > > I've been lurking on and off and wonder if there is anything new on the > ancestry of Alice Freeman of Preston Capes and later New London CT, wife of > John Thompson and later Robert Parke. Seems she had royal lines, then she > didn't, then she did, then she didn't again. > Are any of her lines still valid? > I have the RD600 published in 2004 that takes her back to Ethelred II but in > that same book there's a line from among others John Throckmorton - Eleanor > Spinney that goes back to Louis IV of France. > It appears that Alice Freeman has John Throckmorton - Eleanor Spinney in her > direct ancestry too, so does the line from her back to Louis IV King of > France work as well? > And if she has any lines that are valid back to royalty, might anyone who > knows what they are doing suggest some reasonably available sources to > document the line? RD600 is great for seeing the whole line, but not so > great when it comes to dates and sources. > Thank you for any direction regarding Alice Freeman's ancestry.