Martha Eltonhead and Edwin Conway are my 9th great grandparents and Martha is a "Gateway Ancestor". She is a sister to william eltonhead of Maryland. My lineage through her goes back to medieval royalty and down to US Presidents which would be my distant cousins. Here is part of the lineage... Martha Eltonhead, is a descendant of..... Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, Founding knight of the Garter, 1301-1372 Alan La Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche 1267-1314 Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, crusader, 1200-1264 Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, Magna Carta Surety, 1155-1219 Henry II, king of England 1133-1189 William FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, -1196 William de Ferrieres, 3rd Earl of Derby, crusader, 1140-1190 William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, crusader, 1172-1221 Ranulph de Meschines, 1st Earl of Chester, 1055-1128 Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, 1090-1147 Robert de Quency, crusader, -1197 Robert III de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, crusader, 1135-1190 Geoffrey V count of Anjou (Plantagent) 1113-1151 Mathilda of Normandy 'Mathgilda the Empress, 1102-1167 Henry I King of England, 1068-1135 Foulques V of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, 1092-1143 William the Conqueror, King of England 1027-1087 Malcolm III Canmore, king of Scots, 1031-1093 St.Margaret of Wessex, 1045-1093 Baudouin V, Count of Flanders 1012-1067 Robert II the Pious, king of France 972-1031 and many more including Alfred the Great and Charlemagne. These lineages are from William Addams Reitwiesner who works with Gary Boyd Roberts on US Presidents and has written books on these lines, etc. This is from Leo van de Pas to myself who is an expert in medieval genealogy... "In my own computer program I can request a list of names of "interesting" descendants of any individual." "I asked for Geoffrey V of Anjou (who is responsible for the term Plantagenet) and found the following USA presidents. I am sure each all of these should have many other medieval royalty for ancestors" "1.George Washington -------Edward III of England, Philippe III of France, Enrique I of Navarre 3.Thomas Jefferson -------Edward III of England, Philippe IV of France, Charles II of Naples, Andras II of Hungary 4.James Madison ------- Henry II of England, Malcolm III Canmore of Scots, Robert II of France 6.John Quincy Adams -------Edward III of England, Philippe III of France, Afonso I of Portugal 9.William Henry Harrison ---------Henry III of England, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Olof III of Sweden 12.Zachary Taylor ---------Edward III of England, Baudouin VI-IX of Constantinople, Theodoros Laskaris of Nicea 18.Ulysses S Grant ----------Edward I of England, Louis VIII of France, Llywelyn Fawr of Wales 22-24 Grover Cleveland ---------John of England, Philippe III of France, Stephen de Blois of England 23.Benjamin Harrison ----------Edward I of England, Alfonso IX of Leon, Borziwoy I of Bohemia 27.William Howard Taft ----------Edward III of England, Philippe IV of France, Heinrich III Holy Roman Emperor 26.Theodore Roosevelt -------James I of Scots, Edward III of England, Philippe IV of France 29.Warren Gamaliel Harding --------Henry II of England, Malcolm III Canmore of Scots, Robert II of France 30.Calvin Coolidge ---------Edward III of England, Philippe IV of France, Jaime I of Aragon 31.Herbert Clark Hoover -------John of England, William I of Scots, Henri I of France 32.Franklin Delano Roosevelt --------James II of Scots, Edward III of England, Andras II of Hungary 37.Richard Milhous Nixon --------Henry II of England, Malcolm III Canmore of Scots, Robert II of France 38.Gerald Ford --------Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem, Henry III of England, Alfonso IX of Leon 39.James Earl Carter ---------Henry II of England, Malcolm III Canmore of Scots, Robert II of France 41.George Hewrbert Walker Bush 43.George Walker Bush ------Robert II of Scots, Edward III of England, Philippe IV of France 44.Barack Obama -------Henry II of England, Henri I of France, Malcolm III Canmore of Scots, Olof III of Sweden, Alfred the Great, Charlemagne." Hope this helps? With best wishes Leo van de Pas, Canberra, Australia ALL of these US Presidents descend from Henry II, King of England as Martha Eltonhead does also which is my line and others who descend from her from the royal lines given above. Also, this part of my lineage comes from Douglas Richardson who has written "Plantagenet Ancestry 2004" and Magna Carta Ancestry 2005"... HENRY II, King of England, by a mistress, IDA DE TONY. WILLIAM LONGESPÉE, Knt., Earl of Salisbury, married ELA OF SALISBURY. STEPHEN LONGESPÉE, Knt., of King’s Sutton, Northamptonshire, married EMELINE DE RIDELISFORD. ELA LONGESPÉE, married ROGER LA ZOUCHE, Knt., of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. ALAN LA ZOUCHE, Knt., Lord Zouche, married ELEANOR DE SEGRAVE. MAUD LA ZOUCHE, married ROBERT DE HOLAND, Knt., 1st Lord Holand. MAUD DE HOLAND, married THOMAS DE SWINNERTON, Knt., 3rd Lord Swinnerton. ROBERT DE SWINNERTON, Knt., 4th Lord Swinnerton, married ELIZABETH DE BEKE. MAUD SWINNERTON, married JOHN SAVAGE, Knt., of Clifton, Cheshire. MARY SAVAGE, married (as his 1st wife) WILLIAM STANLEY, Esq., of Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire. WILLIAM STANLEY, Esq., of Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire, Stanley, married ALICE HOGHTON (or HOUGHTON). WILLIAM STANLEY, Knt., of Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire, married AGNES GROSVENOR. WILLIAM STANLEY, Knt., Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire, married ANNE HARINGTON. PETER STANLEY, Esq., of Moor Hall (in Aughton), Lancashire, married CECILY TARLETON. ANNE STANLEY, married EDWARD SUTTON, Gent., of Knowsley (in Huyton), Lancashire and Hall House (in Rushton Spencer), Staffordshire. ANNE SUTTON, married RICHARD ELTONHEAD, Gent., of Eltonhead (in Prescot), Lancashire. MARTHA ELTONHEAD, married EDWIN CONWAY, Gent., of Northampton and Lancaster Counties, Virginia. "Since the publication of my two books, I've since found evidence which conclusively proves that Maud de Holand (Gen. 7 above) married Thomas de Swinnerton, Knt. I descend from Elizabeth de Holand, sister of Maud de Holand, so we are distantly related to one another through the Holand family"...... Douglas Richardson. Also... Eltonhead's brother is Edwin Conway, Jr who married Sarah Fleet daughter of Col. Henry Fleet and second to Elizabeth Thompson. Then their son is Col. Edwin Conway III who married Anne Ball daughter of Joseph Ball and Elizabeth Romney. The Conway line plus Alice Eltonhead, that married Henry Corbin, sister to my Martha Eltonhead, leads to this: James Madison was the Fourth President of the United States. His term was from March 1809 to 1817. He is also the cousin of the 12th president, Zachary Taylor. He connects two ways to President George Washington: Edwin Conway (James' first cousin twice removed) married Ann Ball (half sister) of Mary Ball Washington, Mother of President George Washington. Also: Colonel Francis Thornton III (James' first cousin twice removed) married Francis Gregory, first cousin of President George Washington. Her mother Mildred Washington, is the sister of Augustine Washington. (Georges' Father.) Also, my grandmother Martha Eltonhead that married Edwin Conway, Sr. sister Alice Eltonhead married Henry Corbin which the Lee's of Virginia descends to Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, two signers of the Declaration of Independence and Gen. Robert E. Lee among others. I think some of these lines intermarried and moved on to Spotsylvania County, and Orange County, etc. such as an example of Rice Curtis married Martha Thacker and their daughter Martha Curtis married Rev. Henry Pendleton, Sr. to name just one line. Also, here is a record on my next grandmother Eltonhead Conway that married Henry Thacker, Sr. this is besides the other two records of Chicheley and Brocas)...... " These p'sents witnesseth that I Col. John Carter of Rapn River in the County of Lancaster in Virginia Seq for ye Love that I bear towards my niece Eltonhead the Daughter of Edwyn Connaway have given granted and assigned and have given order to be delivered and do by these p'sents give grant assign and deliver unto Edwynn Connaway for ye use of ye said Eltonhead the oldest heifer that I have in ye possession and ye plantation of William Lucas on ye South Side of Rapn River coloured red and a flower de luce on both ears, To have and to hold ye said heifer with all her increase both male and female unto her ye said Eltonhead Connaway her heirs Exers admirs and Assn forever without ye lawful let or disturbance of any pson or psons whatsoever In witness I have hereto set my hand ye 9th day of April al Dom 1656." Signed: John Carter This is just a small amount of genealogy from Martha Eltonhead besides the other Conway and Eltonhead children and siblings of Edwin Conway and Martha Eltonhead. Best wishes, Marianne Dillow