New England Gateway Ancestors of Proven Royal Descent

New England Gateway Ancestors of Proven Royal Descent

Roland's guide to surviving medieval genealogy in the Internet age.

See also:

1. Mid-Atlantic Gateway Ancestors of Proven Royal Descent
2. Southern Atlantic Gateway Ancestors of Proven Royal Descent
3. Gateway Ancestors of Proven Royal Descent of Canada and the West Indies

You have New England roots. You’ve worked tirelessly for years on your genealogy and you’ve finally gotten your tree back to the Great Migration. You’ve made some fascinating discoveries. Now you are ready to cross the Atlantic and enter the world of medieval genealogy. Great work! So now you’re reading peer reviewed journals to learn about your ancestors in England – mostly yeoman, husbandman, minor clerics and various tradesmen. You find it fascinating to learn about life in the middle ages from the perspective of these families.

One day you stumble upon one of your ancestors on an Internet tree. And his or her pedigree goes back another twenty or more generations including Barons, Kings and Knights. You start to learn about geopolitical competition and the political development of Britain in a way you never imagined. You start to read about your ancestors on Wikipedia. Then one early morning you spit out your coffee on your computer screen and horror fills you when you discover accidentally that your tree is entirely bogus!

It’s happened to all of us. In fact most royal lineages found on Internet trees include what are called BGAs short for “Bogus Gateway Ancestors.” Countless man-years of genealogical effort is lost because of BGAs not to mention the heartbreak one suffers when one has to prune one’s medieval roots leaving a sorry looking stump! One may experience denial, bargaining, melancholy and even anger. This is perfectly normal. And let's not forget the embarrassment when you realize you told your whole family about your "discovery." But there has to be a better way!

GARDs short for “Gateway Ancestors of Royal Descent” and GANDs “Gateway Ancestors of Noble descent” have been the subject of intense academic research. Gary Boyd Roberts compiled and fact checked a large number of GARDs from the 1970’s though the 1990’s (see The Connecticut Nutmegger 10: 3-12, 187-98, 393-400 (1977-8); 12:372 (1980); NEHGR 141:92-109 (1987), 150:461064(1996)). Further rigorous research and collaboration lead to the publication of five robust landmark works distilling all of the proven lineages and debunking countless more:

1. Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry, 3 vols. 2nd ed., (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011)
2. Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry, 4 vols. 2nd ed., (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011)
3. Richardson, Douglas. FASG. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed Kimball G Everingham. 5 Volumes (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013) Available on Amazon.
4. Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (Baltimore, 2008) The 2004 edition is available online at Ancestry.
5. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William R. Beall, and Kaleen E. Beall. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. 8th ed. (Baltimore, 2004) Available online at Ancestry.
6. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, and William R. Beall. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215. 5th ed. (Baltimore, 1999) available online at Ancestry

Note that the five volumes of Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson published in 2013 includes all of the research previously published in both Plantagenet Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry plus some new lineages and some corrections. In addition various lineage societies also maintain current lists of GARDs and GANDs.

The five volumes of Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson published in 2013 being the most recently published currently contains the most up-to-date research outside of journal articles published since 2013. These volumes contain 257 gateway ancestors of which 98 came to New England. The following is a complete list of all New England Gateway Ancestors of proven royal descent published by Douglas Richardson in 2013. Each Ancestor's name is followed by the volume number and page number:

1. Abell, Robert, of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts I: 107
2. Allin, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury and Dedham, Massachusetts II: 412, II: 477
3. Allyn, Margaret (Wyatt), of Cambridge, Mass. and Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut I:114
4. Almy, Audrey (Barlow), of Lynn and Sandwich, Mass. and Portsmouth, Rhode Island III:243
5. Alsop, George, of Milford, Connecticut I: 118
6. Alsop, Timothy, of New Haven, Connecticut I:188
7. Baldwin, Elizabeth (Alsop), of Milford, Connecticut I: 118
8. Batt, Anne (Baynton), of Boston, Massachusetts I: 267; I: 276
9. Batt, Christopher, of Boston, Massachusetts I: 267
10. Bolles, Joseph, of Winter Harbor and Wells, Maine I: 430
11. Bressey, Thomas, of New Haven, Connecticut I: 527
12. Bromfield, Edward, of Boston, Massachusetts I: 569
13. Browne, Nathaniel, of Hartford & Middletown, Connecticut, & Springfield, Massachusetts IV:631
14. Bruen, Obadiah, of Marshfield and Gloucester, Mass., and New London, Connecticut I:586
15. Bulkeley, Jane (Allen), wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, of Concord, Massachusetts I: 111; II: 10
16. Bulkeley, Grace (Chetwode), of Concord, Massachusetts II: 10
17. Bulkeley, Rev. Peter, of Concord, Massachusetts II:10
18. Burnham, Mary (Lawrence), of Ipswich, Massachusetts III: 552
19. Burrough, Nathaniel, of Calvert County, Maryland and Roxbury, Massachusetts II: 45
20. Carleton, Edward, of Rowley, Massachusetts II: 113
21. Carleton, Ellen (Newton), of Rowley, Massachusetts II: 113; IV: 249
22. Chauncy, Rev Charles, of Scituate and Plymouth, Massachusetts II: 133
23. Clarke, Jeremy (or Jeremiah), of Newport, Rhode Island II: 214
24. Cooke, Elizabeth (Haynes), of Cambridge, Massachusetts III:275
25. Coytmore, Thomas, of Charlestown, Massachusetts II: 347
26. Crowne, Agnes (Mackworth), of Boston, Massachusetts III: 687
27. Cudworth, Major James, of Scituate, Massachusetts II: 367
28. Davie, Humphrey, of Boston, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut II: 4-06
29. Dudley, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury and Dedham, Massachusetts II: 412, II: 477
30. Dudley, Gov. Thomas, of Cambridge, Ipswich, and Roxbury, Massachusetts II: 412, II: 477
31. Eaton, Mabel (Harlakenden), of Hartford, Connecticut III: 225; III: 27 4
32. Edwards, Agnes (Harris), of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut III: 234
33. Farwell, Olive (Welby), of Concord and Chelmsford, Massachusetts V: 330
34. Giddings, Jane (Lawrence), of Ipswich, Massachusetts III: 552
35. Goddard, William, of Watertown, Massachusetts Ill: 92
36. Hackburne, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury and Dedham, Massachusetts II: 412, II: 477
37. Harlakenden, Elizabeth (Bosvile), of Cambridge, Massachusetts I: 444; III: 225; V: 355
38. Harlakenden, [Lieut. Col.l Roger, Esq., of Cambridge, Massachusetts I: 444; III: 225
39. Hawes, Edmund, of Duxbury and Yarmouth, Massachusetts III: 272
40. Haynes, Mabel (Harlakenden), of Hartford, Connecticut III:225; III:274 also 95. Eaton, Mabel same
41. Henchman, Sarah (Woodward), of Boston, Massachusetts V: 395
42. Hough, Elizabeth (Bulkeley), of Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts II:9
43. Howell, Edward, Gent., of Boston & Lynn, Massachusetts; Southampton, Long Island III: 348
44. Hubbard, Judith (Knapp), of Ipswich, Massachusetts III: 352
45. Hutchinson, Anne (Marbury), of Boston, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York II: 147
46. Hutchinson, Katherine (Hamby), of Boston, Massachusetts II: 147; III: 195
47. Keayne, Anne (Mansfield), of Boston, Massachusetts II:530
48. Lewis, Elizabeth (Marshall), of Maine IV: 91
49. Lowell, Percival, Gent., of Newbury, Massachusetts III: 648
50. Ludlow, Roger, Esq., of Dorchester, Massachusetts; Windsor and Fairfield, Connecticut III: 667
51. Lugg, Jane (Deighton), of Boston, Massachusetts II: 412
52. Lynde, Simon, of Boston, Massachusetts III: 683
53. Mansfield, John, of Charlestown, Massachusetts II:530
54. Manwaring, Oliver, of New London, Connecticut IV:28
55. Maverick, Mary (Gye), of Dorchester, Massachusetts III: 184
56. Mellowes, Martha (Bulkeley), of Charlestown, Massachusetts II:9
57. Miles, Anne (Humphrey), of Swansea, Massachusetts V: 358
58. More, Richard, of Plymouth and Salem, Massachusetts IV: 148
59. Negus, Jane (Deighton), of Boston, Massachusetts II: 412
60. Nelson, John, of Boston, Massachusetts V: 140
61. Nelson, Capt. Philip, of Rowley, Massachusetts IV:213
62. Nelson, Thomas, of Rowley, Massachusetts IV: 213
63. Otis, Rose (Stoughton), of Dover, New Hampshire Listed between end of III and start of IV
64. Oxenbridge, Frances (Woodward), non-immigrating wife of Rev. John Oxenbridge of Boston, Massachusetts IV: 300; V: 395
65. Oxenbridge, Rev. John, of Boston, Massachusetts IV: 299
66. Palgrave,[Dr. Richard, of Charlestown, Massachusetts I: 512
67. Palmes, Anne (Humphrey), of Swansea, Massachusetts V: 358
68. Pelham, Elizabeth (Bosvile), of Cambridge, Massachusetts I: 444; III: 224; V: 357
69. Pelham, Herbert, of Cambridge, Massachusetts I: 444; III: 224; V: 357
70. Pelham, Jemima (Waldegrave), of Cambridge, Massachusetts II: 12; V: 355
71. Pole (or Poole), Elizabeth, of Taunton, Massachusetts V: 60
72. Pole (or Poole), Jane (Greene), of Dorchester and Taunton, Massachusetts III: 11; V: 60
73. Pole (or Poole), William, of Dorchester and Taunton, Massachusetts V: 60
74. Popham, George, of Maine V: 59
75. Pynchon, Amy (Wyllys), of Springfield, Massachusetts V: 432
76. Raynsford, Edward, of Boston, Massachusetts IV: 463
77. Saltonstall, Elizabeth (West), of Watertown, Massachusetts IV: 551; V: 357
78. Saltonstall, Muriel (Gurdon), of Ipswich, Massachusetts Ill: 183; IV: 551
79. Saltonstall, Sir Richard, Knt., of Watertown, Massachusetts IV:551
80. Scott, Katherine (Marbury), of Massachusetts and Rhode Island II: 147
81. Shepard, Margaret (Touteville), of Massachusetts II: 683 Not this profile has the wrong maiden name.
82. Sherman, Mary (Launce), of Watertown, Massachusetts III: 547
83. Skepper, Rev. William, of Boston, Massachusetts IV:641
84. Spencer, Agnes (Harris), of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut III: 234
85. Stockman, John, of Salisbury, Massachusetts V: 49
86. Stratton, Anne (Derehaugh), of Salem, Massachusetts II: 440; V: 74
87. Stratton, John, Gent., of Kirkton Hall (in Shotley), Suffolk (husband of Anne Derehaugh of Salem, Massachusetts) V: 74
88. Taylor, James, Gent., of Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts V: 132
89. Throckmorton, John, of Salem, Mass., Providence & Warwick, Rhode Island, & New Jersey V: 155
90. Torrey, Rev. Samuel, of Hull and Weymouth, Massachusetts III: 269
91. Torrey, Capt. William, of Weymouth, Massachusetts III: 270
92. Whiting, Elizabeth (Saint John), of Lynn, Massachusetts IV:535
93. Whittingham, Elizabeth (Bulkeley), of Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts II:9
94. Williams, Frances (Deighton), of Taunton, Massachusetts II: 412
95. Wilson, Elizabeth (Mansfield), of Boston, Massachusetts II: 530
96. Worden, Peter, of Massachusetts V: 397
97. Yale, Thomas, of New Haven, Connecticut V:439
98. Wentworth, Elder William, of Dover, New Hampshire I: 442

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In addition we include newly proven lineages which are currently being accepted by royal hereditary societies:

1. Elizabeth (Hussey) Scott of MA wife of Robert1 Scott of Boston see Royal Ancestry of Thomas Hussey of MD and Elizabeth (Hussey) Scott of MA notes by Nathan W. Murphy, MA, AG, FASG and TAG Vol. 89, No. 1 (Jan 2017):31-41; Vol. 89, No. 2 (Apr 2017):128-136. Back Issues may be ordered here.

The Royal Descendants of 600 Immigrants (aka RD600) first published by Gary Boyd Roberts in 2003 with a second edition in 2006 and finally a third edition in 2008. The final edition includes a total of 688 immigrants of Royal or noble descent. However, only 387 of these include colonial immigrants who left progeny. Only some of these are from New England and several lines may only include a few surviving descendants. It is well worth the time to search this book if you can’t find your ancestor in Richardson’s list above.

I will be adding the complete list from RD600 2008 edition on this page as well soon.

Perhaps you would like to join a lineage society so you can dress up and role play. Lineage societies maintain their own lists based on accepted membership applications. For example Order of the crown of Charlemagne includes a total of 390 immigrants of which 143 came to New England:

1. Abell, Robert, of Weymouth & Rehoboth, MA
2. Allen, Rebecca (Ward), of MA
3. Allin, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury and Dedham, MA
4. Allyn, Margaret (Wyatt), of CT, of MA
5. Almy, Audrey (Barlow), of RI
6. Alsop, Elizabeth, of MA
7. Alsop, George, of Milford, CT
8. Alsop, Timothy, of New Haven, CT
9. Baldwin, Elizabeth (Alsop), of Milford, CT
10. Ban(n)ister, Frances (Walker), of MA
11. Barlow, Audrey, of RI
12. Batt, Anne (Baynton), of Boston, MA
13. Batt, Christopher, of Boston, MA
14. Baynton, Anne, of MA
15. Bolles, Joseph, of Winter Harbor & Wells, ME
16. Bosvile, Elizabeth, of MA
17. Bressey, Thomas, of New Haven, CT
18. Browne, Nathaniel, of Hartford & Middletown, CT, & Springfield, MA
19. Bruen, Obadiah, of Marshfield & Gloucester, MA, & New London, CT
20. Bulkeley, Elizabeth, of MA
21. Bulkeley, Grace (Chetwode), of Concord, MA
22. Bulkeley, Martha, of MA
23. Bulkeley, Rev. Peter, of Concord, MA
24. Burrough, Nathaniel, of Calvert Co., MD, & Roxbury, MA
25. Carleton, Edward, of Rowley, MA
26. Carleton, Ellen (Newton), of Rowley, MA
27. Chambers, Charles, of Charlestown, MA
28. Chauncy, [Rev.] Charles, of Scituate and Plymouth, MA
29. Chetwode, Grace, of MA
30. Clarke, Jeremy, of Newport, RI
31. Cooke, Elizabeth (Haynes), of Cambridge, MA
32. Coytemore, Elizabeth, of MA
33. Crowne, Agnes (Mackworth), of Boston, MA
34. Cudworth, James of Scituate, MA
35. Davie, Humphrey, of Boston, MA, & Hartford, CT
36. Deighton, Frances, of MA
37. Deighton, Jane (see Lugg), of MA
38. Deighton, Jane (see Negus), of MA
39. Deighton, Katherine, of MA
40. Derehaugh, Anne, of MA
41. Dexter, [Rev.] Gregory, of RI
42. Dudley, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury/Dedham, MA
43. Dudley, Thomas, Governor of MA
44. Dunlop, Archibald, of CT
45. Eaton, Anne (Lloyd) Yale, of CT
46. Edwards, Agnes, of Cambridge, MA and Hartford, CT
47. Farwell, Olive (Welby), of Concord & Chelmsford, MA
48. Goddard, William, of Watertown, MA
49. Gregory, Henry, of CT
50. Gurdon, Muriel, of MA
51. Gye, Mary, of MA
52. Hackburne, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury & Dedham, MA
53. Hamby, Katherine, of MA
54. Harlakenden, Elizabeth (Bosvile), of Cambridge, MA
55. Harlakenden, Mabel, of MA
56. Harlakenden, Roger, of Cambridge, MA
57. Harris, Agnes, of Cambridge, MA and Hartford, CT
58. Haugh, Elizabeth (Bulkeley), of Cambridge & Boston, MA
59. Hawes, Edmund, of Duxbury & Yarmouth, MA
60. Haynes, Elizabeth, of MA
61. Haynes, Mabel, of Hartford, CT
62. Homes, Catherine (Craighead), of MA
63. Howell, Edward, of MA
64. Humphrey, Anne, of MA
65. Hutchinson, Anne (Marbury), of Boston, MA, RI, & NY
66. Hutchinson, Katherine (Hamby), of Boston, MA
67. Keayne, Anne, of Boston, MA
68. Launce, Mary, of MA
69. Lawrence, Jame, Ipswich, MA
70. Lawrence, Mary (Marie), Ipswich, MA
71. Lewis, Elizabeth (Marshall), of ME
72. Lloyd, Ann, of CT
73. Lowell, Percival, of Newbury, MA
74. Ludlow, Roger, of Dorchester, MA; Windsor & Fairfield, CT
75. Lugg, Jane, of Boston, MA
76. Lynde, Simon, of Boston, MA
77. Mackworth, Agnes, of MA
78. Mansfield, Elizabeth, of MA
79. Mansfield, John, of Charlestown, MA
80. Manwaring, Oliver, of New London, CT
81. Marbury, Anne, of RI
82. Marbury, Katherine, of MA; RI
83. Markham, William, of MA
84. Maverick, Mary (Gye), of Dorchester, MA
85. Mellowes, Martha (Bulkeley), of Charlestown, MA
86. Miles, Anne (Humphrey), of Swansea, MA
87. Miller, Mary (Ward) (Cutting), of MA
88. More, Richard, of Plymouth & Salem, MA
89. Negus, Jane (Deighton) (Lugg), of Boston, MA
90. Nelson, John, of Boston, MA
91. Nelson, Philip, of Rowley, MA
92. Nelson, Thomas, of Rowley, MA
93. Newberry, Thomas, MA
94. Newton, Ellen, of MA
95. Norris, [Rev.] Edward, of Salem, MA
96. Otis, Rose, of Dover, NH
97. Oxenbridge, John, of Boston, MA
98. Palgrave, Dr. Richard, of Charlestown, MA
99. Palmes, Anne (Humphrey), of Swansea, MA
100. Pelham, Elizabeth (Bosvile), of Cambridge, MA
101. Pelham, Herbert, of Cambridge, MA
102. Pelham, Jemima (Waldegrave), of Cambridge, MA
103. Pole (or Poole), Elizabeth, of Taunton, MA
104. Pole (or Poole), William, of Dorchester & Taunton, MA
105. Popham, George, of ME
106. Pordage, George, of MA
107. Pynchon, Amy (Wyllys/Willis), of Springfield, MA
108. Raynsford, Edward, of Boston, MA
109. Saint John, Elizabeth, of MA
110. Saltonstall, Muriel (Gurdon), of Ipswich, MA
111. Saltonstall, Richard, of Watertown & Ipswich, MA
112. Scott, Katherine (Marbury), of Massachusetts & RI
113. Sherman, Mary (Launce), of Watertown, MA
114. Skepper, Rev. William, of Boston, MA
115. Spence, Keith, of NH
116. Spencer, Agnes (Harris), of Cambridge, MA and Hartford, CT
117. Stockman, John, of Salisbury, MA
118. Stoughton, Rose, of NH
119. Stratton, Anne (Derehaugh), of Salem, MA
120. Stratton, John of MA (son of Anne above)
121. Talbot, Peter, (George), of MA
122. Taylor, James, Gent., of Boston & Lynn, MA
123. Thorndike, Elizabeth (Stratton) of MA
124. Throckmorton, John, of Salem, MA, Providence & Warwick, RI, & NJ
125. Torrey, [Rev.] Samuel, of Hull and Weymouth, MA
126. Torrey, William, of Weymouth, MA
127. Treworgy, Penelope (Spencer), of ME, MA, and Newfoundland
128. Trowbridge, Thomas, Of MA
129. Tyndall, Margaret, of MA
130. Tyng, Elizabeth (Coytemore), of Boston, MA
131. Waldegrave, Jemima, of MA
132. Welby, Olive, of MA
133. Wentworth, [Elder] William, of Dover, NH
134. Whiting, Elizabeth (St. John), of Lynn, MA
135. Whittingham, Elizabeth (Bulkeley), of Cambridge and Boston, MA
136. Williams, Frances (Deighton), of Taunton, MA
137. Willis/Wyllys, Amy, of MA
138. Wilson, Elizabeth (Mansfield), of Boston, MA
139. Winthrop, Margaret (Tyndall), of MA
140. Worden, Peter, of MA
141. Wyatt, Margaret, of CT
142. Yale, Ann (Lloyd), of CT
143. Yale, Thomas, Gent., of New Haven, CT

Perhaps the fight for liberty is more your style? The Baronial Order of Magna Charta (BOMC) keeps its own list of Gateway ancestors that descend from the barons who forced King John of England to sign the document at Runnymede on 15 Jun 1215.

Feeling more Valiant? The Military Order of the Crusades (MOC) maintains a list of gateway ancestors that will take you on an exciting journal across Europe and into the Middle East.

If your immigrant ancestor isn’t on at least one of these lists chances are any royal ancestry you found for him or her on the Internet is bogus.

Good luck with your research!

Roland Henry Baker, III