Good point! There's a tendency to deprecate the "royal" status of medieval Welsh rulers, and you're right to call me on it. On 2017-09-10 18:38:53 +0000, Wjhonson said: > Actually Llewellyn, Ruler of North /Wales/ 1194-1240 > > Olive Welby is 13 from him, while being 16 from E1 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Nielsen Hayden <pnh@panix.com> > To: gen-medieval <gen-medieval@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, Sep 6, 2017 4:50 pm > Subject: Re: A descent from Edward III to working class people and Danny Dyer > > On 2017-09-05 01:32:01 +0000, Peter Stewart said: > >> It would be interesting to know if anyone in this group can trace at >> least one line each for 20% of their great-great-grandparents (say 3 of >> the 16, assuming these are three different people) back to >> mid-14th-century England without running into Edward III. > > Yes, my wife. > > Great-great grandmother Mary Elizabeth Bingham (1853-1933), descendant > of Olive Welby (1604-1692), most recent royal ancestor Edward I. > > Great-great grandfather Hyrum Smith Phelps (1846-1926), descendant of > Margaret Wyatt (1595-1675), most recent royal ancestor Henry I. > > Great-great grandfather Charles Hopkins Allen (1830-1922), descendant > of William Wentworth (1616-1697), most recent royal ancestor Henry I. > > Great-great grandfather Alonzo Hamilton Packer (1841-1917), descendant > of Alice Freeman (~1595-1658), most recent royal ancestor Aethelred II > (d. 1016). > > No known descents from Edward III. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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