"marianne dillow" _mdillow31@verizon.net_ (mailto:mdillow31@verizon.net) _MDSTMARY@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:MDSTMARY@rootsweb.com) Dec 21, 08MDSTMARYConnections From England to Virginia and Maryland I recently posted on two "separate" family lines of grandparents of my Mother's lineages from England to Virginia on other mailing lists. Richard Eltonhead and Ann Sutton Martha Eltonhead and Edwin Conway, Sr. Eltonhead Conway and Henry Thacker, Sr. Henry Thacker, Jr. and Elizabeth Payne..... Elizabeth Payne's parents are John Payne, Jr. and Ann Walker daughter of my 9th great grandfather, Col. John Walker , 1st wife unknown and married 2nd to Sarah Fleete who is the "widow" of Col. Henry Fleete, Sr. I do not have a Fleete grandparent that I know of. These later generations are in Old Rappahannock and Lancaster counties in Virginia which I have researched the records in those counties.. also: Sir Reginald Scott and Mary Tuke dau of Brian Tuke Mary Scott and Sir Richard Argall Elizabeth Argall and Edward Filmer Katherine Filmer and Robert Barham, Jr. Ann Filmer and Richard Bennett, Jr of Isle of Wight, Co., Va. I descend from their son Richard Bennett, Jr. These are records I have researched in Virginia. My Mother 's parents are first cousins and each of the lineages above are the result of this. Each lineage from each parent. Also, Henry Fleete, Sr. was in both Old Rappahannock, Lancaster and Richmond counties in Va. He died about 1661. They had a son Henry Fleete who died in 1728 in Virginia. Henry Fleete, Sr., widow, Sarah Fleete married my 9th great grandfather Col. John Walker (see above). Henry Fleete II , will dated 1728 in Lancaster Co., Va. The will was winessed by my Conway family namely, Edwin Conway, Ann Conway and Edwin Conway, Jr. Henry Fleete, Sr. is the son of William Fleete II of Chatham, Kent and Deborah Scott. Deborah 's will in 1651/52 in Middlesex, England names the Filmer family. Her parents are Charles Scott and Jane or Joan Wyatt. Charles Scott is the son of Sir Reginald Scott whose daughter Mary married Richard Argall. (See above). Sir Samuel Argall descends from this family and was one of the Governor's of Virginia that captured Pocahantes. This is what happens when your grandparents are first cousins. :) It also shows how the English intermarried and settled Virginia. It might also be lineages of others on this list in Maryland. Marianne Dillow ------------------------------- 22 Dec 08 marianne dillow _mdillow31@verizon.net_ (mailto:mdillow31@verizon.net) [MDSTMARY] Eltonhead Conway _Records_ (mailto:Records@web84307.mail.re1.yahoo.com) For anyone who might be interested and would like three records of?gifts left to Eltonhead Conway, daughter of Edwin Conway and Martha Eltonhead.? She married Henry Thacker, Sr. ? (1) 7 June 1648 Elinor, the wife of (2) husnband... Capt.?William Brocas, Esqr. with consent of her husband, gives, for natural love and affection to Eltonhead the Daughter of Edwin and Martha Connaway my Neece and god daughter a mare colt?2 months old to be delivered to her at 16 or day of marriage. When the first colt is foaled then the mare to go to Edwin Conway and the colt to his daughter. Signed: W. Brocas, Elinor Brocas Wit: Wm. Eltonhead, (Eltonhed), John Blake ? (2) 7 May 1653: Ladie Agatha Chicheley (Eltonhead) made a gift of a cow, Lancaster Co., Va. in consifderation of the love and affection I bear unto my niece, Eltonhead Conway, ye daughter of Edwin Conway and if?the said?Eltonhead dies I give the cow to my sister Martha the wife of Edwin Conway. ? (3) There was a gift from Col. John Carter of Rapn river in the Cointy of Lancaster in Virginia, 1656, calls her niece. Col. John Carter is the first husband of Eleanor Eltonhead, aunt?to Eltonhead Conway.?? ? 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 been granted and assigned and have given order to be delivered and do by these p'sents give grant assign and deliver unto Edwyn Connaway for ye use if 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 whereof I have hereunto set my hand ye 9th day of April al Dom 1656. Signed : John Carter ? Marianne Dillow ------------------------------ 22 Dec 08 marianne dillow _mdillow31@verizon.net_ (mailto:mdillow31@verizon.net) [MDSTMARY] Barack Obama Descends From Eltonhead Line To: _MDSTMARY@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:MDSTMARY@rootsweb.com) Barack Obama also descends from Richard Eltonhead and Anne Sutton through Martha Eltonhead and Edwin Conway, Sr. through their daughter Eltonhead Conway and Henry Thacker, Sr. He descends from Martha Thacker that married Thomas Hickman. Martha is a sister to my Henry Thacker, Jr who married Elizabeth Payne. ? This is written?by Gary Boyd Roberts from NEGHS Articles : ? "The best royal descent for Edward FitzRandolph is from William the Lion, King of Scotland, who died in 1214, via an illegitimate daughter, Isabel of Scotland, who married Magna Charta Surety Robert de Ros. The male line of the FitzRandolph/FitzRandall/ FitzRanulph/FitzRalph family is one of the very few that can be traced before the Norman conquest of 1066. The best royal descent of Martha Eltonhead Conway is almost certainly from Edward I, King of England (died 1307) through the Bohun, FitzAlan, Goushill, Stanley, Savage, Bold, Gerard, and Eltonhead families of medieval and early modern England." ? "As some of the above connections make clear, Senator Obama has a large number of distant notable cousins. The easiest to trace are the FitzRandolph, Duvall, and Eltonhead descendants.?" ? "Eltonhead descendants include Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, signers of the Declaration of Independence, Continental Congress President Cyrus Griffin, Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, Jr., novelist John Dos Passos, Secretary of State Edward Riley Stettinus, Jr., and the wives of Revolutionary statesman Gouverneur Morris, Francis Scott Key, Edwin McMasters Stanton (Lincoln?s Secretary of War), and Senator Harry Flood Byrd. Kinships to living notables are now being traced. Tantalizing possibilities we wish to confirm further include astronaut John Glenn, actor Brad Pitt, filmmaker John Waters, and musicians Justin Timberlake and Loudon and Rufus Wainwright." ? ?Written by Gary Boyd Roberts ? Marianne Dillow ------------------------------ **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)