TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE WHITINGTON FAMILY HISTORY
UNIT 1: LAYING CLAIM TO A FAMILY FORTRESS
Chapter 1: The Siege of Whittington Castle
Can a castle be moved to America, one stone at a time? In Samsonite Winfield 2 Luggage?
Chapter 2: Our Ancient Ancestors
32xGGP Hywel Dda (c.880 – 950) m Elen
33xGGP Alfred the Great (849-899)
A Cursory View of Brittania 660 AD and our Earliest Ancestors
27xGGP William the Conqueror (1027-1087)
48xGGP Cerdic and Son, 47xGGP Cynric
Chapter 3: A Brief Family History of Whittington Castle
24xGGP Sir Roger de Montgomery, First Earl of Shrewsbury (1022-1094)
An early English billionaire/warrior retires to the serenity of Shropshire
UNIT 2: ICONS IN THE WHITTINGTON TREE
Chapter 4: Fulk FitzWarin Lineage and Whittington Castle
A Legend is Born, An heir to Whittington takes on the King, The Montgomery family marries into the lineage of William the Conqueror
Chapter 5: Whitington Ancestors and the Magna Carta
Our British grandparents host the first family picnic at Runnymede, 25 Barons corner the King (13 of them are Whit’s many times great grandparents)
Chapter 6: Finding Robin Hood in the Whitington Family Tree
Do the scholars agree? Was the legend of Robin Hood based on the life of Whit’s 21xGGP, Fulk FitzWarin?
Chapter 7: Caernarfon Castle and Llywelyn the Great
Meet the early Welsh ancestors: Madoc, Owain, Iorwerth, Rhodri Mawr; Meet William ‘the Ogre’ de Braose and the great William Marshal
Chapter 8: Robert the Bruce in the Slaymaker Tree
A Legendary Scotsman welcomed, only if he offers a round of drams for everyone
Chapter 9: Family Castles and Chateaus
Chateau Castelnaud, Montfort, Bedford Castle and Falaise, among others, would be great Whitington summer homes!
UNIT 3: THE WHITTINGTONS OF PAUNTLEY MANOR
Chapter 10 : The History of Pauntley Manor
The Eleventh Century Lords of Pauntley
Ten Generations of Whittingtons at Pauntley
16xGU Dick Whittington and his Cat
UNIT 4: THE ROYAL BLOODLINES
Chapter 11: Royal Courts of the Hanover Whitingtons
Whitington Family Pedigree Charts
40xGGP Charles the Hammer Martel (688-741) and
Charlemagne headline a cast of French Royals
Chapter 12: The Plantagenet, Two Dynamo Queens
26xGGP King of England, Henry I (1068-1135)
25xGGP Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, Matilda (1102-1167)
24xGGP King of England, Henry II (1133-1189) and Eleanor of Aquitaine
Chapter 12 Part 2: The Plantagenets
23xGGP King of England, John I Lackland (1166-1216)
22xGGP King of England, Henry III (1207-1272)
21xGGP King of England, Edward I Longshanks (1239-1307
20xGGP King of England, Edward II (1284-1327)
20xGGP The Rise of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer
19xGGP King of England, Edward III (1312-1377)
17xGGP King Henry IV, Bolingbroke (1367-1413)
Chapter 13: Plantagenet Pedigree Charts and Descent to Whit
Descents from King Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine, King John, King Edward, Edmund Crouchback, John of Gaunt, Thomas of Brotherton, Edmund Woodstock, et al.
UNIT 5: THE NOBLE AND IGNOBLE
Chapter 14: How Many Aristocrats Can You Fit in One Tree?
William Marshal and Allied Families
Chapter 15: Great Dynasties of Great Britain
Bringing Gangland Rule to British Government:
The FitzAlans, Lancasters, and de Grey Families
The de Holland Family and de Bohun Clan
Chapter 16: The de Bohun Clan, Welsh Warriors
Chapter 16, Part 2: The de Bohuns, More Welsh Warriors
UNIT 6: THE MIGRATION TO VIRGINIA COLONY
Chapter 17: Ancestors in The Kingdom of Accomawcke
Jamestown VA: An Interview with 8xGGP Ann Southey
The Littleton Clan, England’s Legal Scholars
Chapter 18: The Walters Family of Wales
Nathaniel Littleton’s Maternal Ancestors
Edmund Walters and the Shropshire Estates
Dirt-bikes and Ancient Vineyards
Chapter 19: Colonel Edmund Scarborough
Can we Unload this Guy? Vote ‘YES’ and Save the Family!
Chapter 20: A Gordian Knot in Accomack
Southey Littleton, Ambassador to the Iroqouis Confederation
Chapter 21: The Waters Saga
The Basis for Shakespeare’s Tempest
A Robinson Cruesoe in the Family Tree
Family Escape from Captivity in the Jamestown Massacre
Chapter 22: Wm Whittington Sr of Accomack VA
7xGGP William Whittington Senior (c 1621-1659)
Why was this Virginia Planter Planted in Holland?
Chapter 23: Wm Whittington Jr of Somerset MD
A Jacobite Politician and First CFO of Maryland
UNIT 7: INTO THE APPALACHIANS
Chapter 24: Not Quite Pappy Van Winkle
Kentucky Memories (A Whittington Classic)
Four Generations of Whitingtons in the Hills of Kentucky
The Hanover Clan Emerges
Chapter 25: Native Roots? The Williams Family of Appalachia
Phillip ‘Buckspike’ Williams (1753-1848)
Mattie Williams Finds the Missing ‘T’
UNIT 8: SEPARATION OF GOD FROM CHURCH AND STATE
Chapter 26: Mayflower Connections
The Mayflower Folks
Edward Winslow, Slaymaker 8xGU
Slaymaker 8xGGP, Kenelm Winslow
UNIT 9: NEW ENGLAND ROOTS
Chapter 27: The Sullivan Family Pedigree Charts
More Connections to the Royal Families of Europe
Chapter 28: The Puritan Conundrum
New England Pastors: Peck, Pierson and Lawrence
Fleeing Persecution in Order to Establish the Right to Persecute Others?
Chapter 29: The Antinomian Controversy
The Rise of the Church in American Politics
The Great Cage Battle of the 1600’s: Reverend John Cotton takes down Anne Hutchinson in a no holds bar contest!
Chapter 30: The Basweasel Tapes
Mildred Basweasel Interviews John Davenport and 10xGGP Reverend Robert Peck
Chapter 31: In the Flick of a Wrist
Jenny Geddes: a Peasant Shopkeeper Ignites an English un-Civil War, dragging the Sullivan Clan into Chaos
Chapter 32: The Family of Founders in New England
The Family of Obadiah Bruen
An Interview with Henry Whitfield
8xGGP Abraham Pierson II: Founder of the Hamptons and Newark NJ, and Yale University and….
Chapter 33: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Skeletons in the Closet: Finding a Nest of Real Pirates
Whitingtons Welcome President Washington! He Declines.
The Final Word
Clue: An Irish Poet Kills Great Uncle Stanley, in the Library, with Words
UNIT 10: THE SLAYMAKERS
Chapter 34: The Schliermachers of Central Europe
Chapter 35: Mathias Slaymaker 5xGGP and His Descendents
UNIT 11: THE PARKER FAMILY HISTORY
Chapter 36: The Parkers Settle in Garden Plain
Chapter 37: The Parkers and Allied Families of Connecticut
The Allied Families of Blakeslee and Doolittle
Native American Roots in the Parker Family Tree
EPILOGUE: DESIST ORDER and RESPONSE
APPENDIX
Pedigree Charts
A List of Pedigree Charts found within this text
Life Magazine Article: White Chimneys
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