Tony Smith Family Tree - History of Ancestors and Some Cousins

In 2004 I had found some ancestors earlier than 11 generations back from me.

At the 4th generation, I have 2^4 = 16 ancestors:

• mother of Christiana Gordon - ?
• father of Christiana Gordon - ?
• Martha Gwynes - ?
• William Blanton Stewart - ?
• Margaret McKennon - ?
• Malcolm McKinnon - ?
• mother of William Jeremiah Absolom Ham (-) - ?
• father of William Jeremiah Absolom Ham (-) - ? Hamm, Germany ?
• Mary Jolly (1838-) - Ireland
• Rev. Edmund Harling - Germany and ?
• Sarah Lowry - ?
• Christopher Dodd (1818-) - ?
• Mary Thompson (1826-1888) - ?
• John McClellan (1825-1864) - ?
• Mary Brewster Dickerson(1819-1895) - England
• Benjamin Franklin Smith (1816-1893) - ?

If the Gordon, Stewart (not spelled in the French no-w Stuart way), McKennon, McKinnon, and McClellan lines are mostly from Scotland; and if Lowry, Thompson, and Gwynes are mostly English; then I might be (approximately as estimated at the 4th generation level):

• about 5 / 16 Scot;
• about 1 / 16 Irish;
• about 4 / 16 English;
• about 2 / 16 German (with some other);
• about 4 / 16 sort of unknown (Smith being a name of occupation rather than origin, and the names of the mothers of Chrisitiana Gordon and William Jeremiah Absolom Ham being unknown).

 Of course, if you go back far enough, your ancestors will NOT all be distinct. For example, at the 6th generation, Robert Dickerson, who came from England to Virginia and then to South Carolina, is my double-ancestor because he was the great-great-grandfather of both my grandmother Clara Dodd and my grandfather James Smith, who were therefore 3rd cousins.

My cousin Fred Smith has been skeptical of some of my genealogical research and I now (April 2017) see 
that my earlier version of this web page showing a Culpepper chain was wrong. 
I think that this Taylor chain is correct. My earlier error was to consider the father of James Taylor I (1635-1698) to be  
John Taylor (1611-1658) son of Matthew Taylor grandson of Elizabeth Chute (Taylor) grest-grandson of Margaret Culpepper (Chute)  
when in fact it seems that the father of James Taylor I is 
John Taylor I, the immigrant born 1607 in Pennington Castle, Carlisle, Cumberland, England; died 1651 in Virginia

• Frank Dodd (Tony) Smith, Jr. (1941-?) Cartersville, GA
  • Frank Dodd Smith (1906-1986) Stilesboro, Cartersville, GA
    • James Madison Smith (1877-1932) Taylorsville, Cartersville, GA
      • James Madison Smith (1841-1884)
        • Mary Brewster Dickerson(1819-1895)
          • Sarah Brewster (1781-1852)
            • Mildred Downs (1760-) married James Brewster born 1756ha
              
              • Frances Chew (1730-1774)
  • Martha Taylor (1702-1762)
    • James Taylor II (1674-1730)
      • James Taylor I (1635-1698) Chester UK to New Kent (Caroline) VA
        • John Taylor I, the Immigrant born 1607
          • Thomas James Taylor, Jr., born 1574 
            • Thomas Taylor, Sr., born 1548
              • Rowland Taylor, Archdeacon  of Exeter, born 1510, burned at stake 1555
                
  • John Taylor, Jr., triplet #1, born 1480
    
    • John Taylor, Sr., born 1450
      • William Taylor, II, born 1429 Master of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery
        •  John Taylor, II, born 1403
          • William Taylor, I, born before 1377
            • Sir John Taylor (Taylifer), Kt, born circa 1324
              • Baron Hanger Taylifer born 1256
  • Count D’Agouleme William Taillefer born 1200 brother of Isabelle of Angouleme, Queen Consort of England
    
    • Aymer d’Angouleme, comte d’Angouleme, born 1160

The Taylor chain continues based in Angouleme back through William I "Taillefer" d'Angouleme (born ca 895) to Breisgau in the 700s.

Aymer d'Angouleme, born 1160, is 23 generations back. At that level of ancestry, I had 2^23 = 8,388,608 ancestors, so it is not surprising that they include some prominent people such as the brother of Queen Consort Isabella (1188-1246) of England's King John (1166-1216) during the Robin Hood era.

Some other interesting connections from the Taylor chain are: 

James Taylor II (1674-1730) father of Zachary Taylor Sr. and Frances Taylor.
    Zachary Taylor Sr. is father of Richard Taylor who is father of USA President Zachary Taylor
    and
    Frances Taylor married Ambrose Madison. Their son James Madison, Sr., is father of USA President James Madison, Jr.,
    namesake of my grandfather and his father.

John Taylor immigrant (1607-1652) is father of Thomas Taylor (1628-1687) who is father of Thomas Taylor (1657-1712).
    His daughter Dorothy Taylor (1681-1754) married William Lee, Jr. 1704-1764).
    Their son William Lee III (1705-1763) is father of Ann "Nanny" Lee (1742-1794) who married Joseph Hanks (1725-1793).
    Their daughter Lucy Hanks (1767-1833) was mother of Nancy Hanks (1784-1818) whose father is unknown.
    Nancy Hanks married Thomas Herring Lincoln I (1778-1851) the father of USA President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).

Thomas Taylor, Jr. born 1574 is father of Anne Taylor (1620-1657) who married Miles Cary (1622-1667).
    Their daughter Bridget Carey (1652-1670) married William Bassett II (1630-1671).
    Their son William Bassett III (1671-1723) was father of William Bassett IV (1709-1792) who was father of Elizabeth Bassett (1730-1792)
    who married Benjamin Harrison V (1726-1791) who signed the Declaration of Independence.
    Their son William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was USA President and Grandfather of USA President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901).

 Also, my 15-Great Grandfather William Taylor II born 1429  is the 9-Great Grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman.

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