I know of no reason to question that Frances (Latham) Dungan Clarke Vaughn was the daughter of Lewis Latham. Lewis's 1653 will, in which he describes himself as "Gentleman, of Elveston, Bedfordshire," names daughter Frances Clarke. The Latham lineage in Alfred R. Justice's book on the Clarke and Dungan families looks plausible, but it is short on dates. Thus I consider it worth exploring, but not certain. Tom Hamm >Herbert (and friends), the supposed medieval line begins with Frances LATHAM >(1609-1677), the (alleged) mother of Thomas DUNGAN who married Elizabeth >WEAVER. From Frances, this line goes straight back to a Lord Henry DE >LATHAM (b. ca. 1100) -- with, of course, lots of collateral lines. > >Here's what I found: http://home.bak.rr.com/dhamilton1/tdsg15.htm#2211. >(From here, just keep clicking "parents" until you end up at Lord Henry.) > >Again, I'm not endorsing this. I've messaged the site owner about her >sources and, as of yet, have received no reply. So, it may likely just be >someone's fantasy. What is interesting (to me, at least) is that Lewis >Latham, the supposed father of Frances Latham, was a falconer to Charles >I -- a tale more likely to be true, given Lewis' much closer proximity to >our time than Lord Henry's. > >Mark > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Standcedargrove@aol.com> >To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 5:11 PM >Subject: [Q-R] Medieval lines of Ruth Large, Bucks County > > >> This refers to the mailing from Mark Dixon dated 12/30/2004. He is >searching >> for sources on the medieval ancestors of the Large family. " Are any of >my >> cousins from the marriage of Ruth Large (ca. 1700-1763) and Thomas Brown >> (1691-ca 1749) familiar with any sources on this that are at least >quasi-reliable?" >> >> It appears that I am a descendant of Ruth Large and Thomas Brown >through >> their son, Joseph Brown, who married Ann (Jones) Morgan. Their daughter, >Ruth >> Brown, married John Mendenhall, son of Richard Mendenhall and Jane >Thornbury. >> >> Ruth Large was a daughter of Joseph Large, II, and Deborah Dungan. >> Joseph Large, II, was a son of Joseph Large, I, and Elizabeth ____ who >seem to have >> been married in 1673 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Joseph Large, I, was a >son >> of William Large who moved from Hingham in Norfolk, Eng. to Hingham, >> Massachusetts in 1635. William Large may have married Elizabeth Lincoln >in Hingham, >> Norfolk in 1634. >> >> Deborah Dungan was a daughter of William Dungan and Deborah Wing who >were >> married in Rhode Island in 1689. They probably migrated to Bucks County, >PA >> soon after their marriage.William Dungan was a son of Thomas Dungan, born >in >> Middlesex, England, who married ca. 1663 in Rhode Island, Elizabeth >Weaver, >> born ca. 1647 in Gastonbury, Somerset, Eng. >> >> Deborah Wing was a daughter of Daniel Wing, born ca. 1617, probably in >> Holland or Germany, son of John Wing and Deborah Bachiler. In 1642 in >Sandwich >> (now Barnstable), Mass., Daniel Wing married Hannah Swift, daughter of >> William Swift (or Swyft) and Joan _____. >> >> Deborah Bachiler was a daughter of Stephen Bachiler (or Bachelder), b. >> ca. 1561, d. ca. 1656. Stephen Bachelder was a noted non-conformist >preacher >> who seems to have been exiled from England to Holland with the early >Puritans, >> later spending some time in the Massachusetts Bay Colonly, living out his >last >> years in London. >> _________ >> >> I know of no branches of the Large family that can be traced back to >> early medieval times. Certain Dungan family ancestors can be traced back >several >> generations farther than I have listed them above. In the Quaker-Roots >> Archives in 1999, there was a discussion wherein reputable genealogists >seem to have >> agreed that it had been disproved that any of the Dungan family could be >> traced back to the time of the Magna Carta. See: >> >> Quaker-Roots Archives: > > "Dungan", 18 Aug. 1899, Stewart Baldwin >> "Dungan Family Corrections", 07 Sep 1999, Miriam Bertelsen. >> "Large Family Queries", 19 Aug 2001, Miriam Bertelson. >> "William Large Family", 26 Aug. 200l, Debbie Harrison. >> "Willim Large Family", 17 Nov. 2001, Miriam Bertelson. >> >> Some of this ancient family history is very interesting, and it takes >us >> back to the earliest days of the Society of Friends in New England and >before, >> but I do not know how it can be taken back to what are considered to be >> medieval times. >> >> ----- Herbert Standing. >> >> >> ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> > > >==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl