On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 4:49:36 PM UTC-7, William T. Erbes wrote: > Regrettably, my gateway ancestor William Lawrence (bapt. 28 Jul 1622, St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England; d. bef 25 Mar 1680, Flushing, Long Island, New York) does not have a line extending back to Edward III. > His most recent royal ancestor appears to have been Edward the Elder. > OK, this does have me curious - how do you get to Edward the Elder without having any more recent royal connections? What line does that follow? taf
Bill, your ancestor is in Genealogics here: http://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00624570&tree=LEO The line does have some royal descents, one being through Judith of Lens, daughter of Adele of Normandy who was the sister of William the Conqueror. I believe Judith's paternity is in question due to her mother's two marriages and the uncertainty of which one produced Judith. If she is descended from Lambert of Louvain, the line on that side goes to Louis IV of France. Through Adele, the line goes back to Charlemagne in one or two lines, maybe more as I didn't look at all of them. I didn't see Edward the Elder on this pedigree, but maybe Leo didn't have that information when he posted the line. Steve Riggan Sent from my iPad > On Sep 5, 2017, at 5:05 PM, taf <taf.medieval@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 4:49:36 PM UTC-7, William T. Erbes wrote: >> Regrettably, my gateway ancestor William Lawrence (bapt. 28 Jul 1622, St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England; d. bef 25 Mar 1680, Flushing, Long Island, New York) does not have a line extending back to Edward III. >> His most recent royal ancestor appears to have been Edward the Elder. >> > > OK, this does have me curious - how do you get to Edward the Elder without having any more recent royal connections? What line does that follow? > > taf > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-MEDIEVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message