Wow that is quite interesting. He has quite a background. I guess that means he is my 42nd (just guessing) cousin. Thanks for the information. Kathy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "marianne dillow" <mdillow31@verizon.net> To: <VACULPEP@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:40 PM Subject: [VACULPEP] Barack Obama Descends From Eltonhead Line > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message