Most colonial American ancestors in the new ODNB?

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Most colonial American ancestors in the new ODNB?

Legg inn av John Brandon » 23 okt 2007 00:26:39

I've thought of a new "one-upsmanship" game (specifically for the
Americans) in the tradition of other games we have played ("Who has
the most royal descents?"; "Who is descended from the most recent
King?"). While I have a number of royal descents, they are all fairly
remote. However, the above-entitled game is one I think I have at
least a chance of winning ... :-)

Limiting yourself to only your American immigrant ancestors (and
coming forward to the end of the colonial period), who has the most
ancestors with entries in the new _Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography_ (2004)?

I've just counted mine and found:

--Major John Mason
--Rev. Henry Whitfield
--Rev. John Lothropp
--Gov. Thomas Mayhew
--Peter Folger
--Rev. Robert Craghead (who technically did not immigrate, but his
daughter did)
--William Brewster

I think I benefitted from a more inclusive policy under the new Oxford
ed. of the _Dictionary_ (I believe Mayhew, Folger, Craghead, and
Brewster are all new to this edition).

John Brandon

Re: Most colonial American ancestors in the new ODNB?

Legg inn av John Brandon » 23 okt 2007 15:18:34

--Rev. Robert Craghead (who technically did not immigrate, but his
daughter did)

If correct, the statement below adds the the ODNB account of Craghead/
Craighead:

http://books.google.com/books?id=wDs5AA ... rte&pgis=1

Craghead's signature next to that of his father-in-law, Rev. John
Hart ...

http://books.google.com/books?id=sv0QAA ... #PPA509,M1


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