e. A DESCENT FROM KING AETHELRED II OF ENGLAND (ca. 968-1016) & CHART SHOWING DESCENTS FROM 5 MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS; PATRILINEAL
SOME DESCENDANTS OF ALICE FREEMAN
Alice Freeman was a descendant of Aethelred II (The Unready), King of England (2nd great-grandson of Alfred the Great). I know of no other royal lines for Alice Freeman. Attempts to link her to Henry I have been unsatisfactory, and even if successful would rely on an unproved illegitimate connection. An alleged descent from Charlemagne is insufficiently supported.
1. Aethelred II, King of England, b. ca. 968, d. 23 Apr 1016, son of Edgar the Peaceful, King of England; m. (1) Aelfgifu, dau. of Thored
2. Aelfgifu of England; m. Uchtred, Earl of Northumberland, d. 1016
3. Ealgyth of Northumberland; m. Maldred, lord of Carlisle and Allendale, son of Crinan Tein (though evidently not bro. of Duncan I, King of Scots), d. 1045
4. Gospatric I (Gwas Patric), Earl of Northumberland and Dunbar, b. ca. 1040, d. 1074/5; m. unknown
5. Gospatric II, 2nd Earl of Dunbar, held serjeanty of Beanley, d. 23 Aug 1138; m. unknown
6. Juliana of Dunbar; m. Ralph (Ranulf) de Merlay, lord of Morpeth, d. 1160
7. Roger de Merlay, d. 1188; m. Alice de Stuteville
8. Agnes de Merlay; m. Richard Gobion, d. bef. 29 Dec 1230 in Gascony
9. Hugh Gobion, d. 1275; m. Matilda
10. Joan Gobion, liv. 1312; m. (1) John de Morteyn, of Tilsworth and Marston, co. Bedford, d. 1296
11. Sir John de Morteyn, of Merston and Tillesworth, co. Bedford, d. 1346; m. Joan de Rothwell
12. Lucy de Morteyn, liv. 8 Mar 1361; m. (his 1st) Sir John Giffard, of Twyford, co. Bucks. & Somerston, Fringford and Cogges, co. Oxford, b. 1301, d. 25 Jan 1368
13. Sir Thomas Giffard, of Twyford, b. ca. 1345, d. 25 Sep 1394; m. (1) Elizabeth de Missenden, d. 1367
14. Roger Giffard, esq., of Twyford, b. ca. 1367, d. 14 Apr 1409; m. (3) Isabel Stretele
15. Thomas Giffard, of Twyford, b. 1408, d. 29 May 1469; m. Eleanor Vaux
16. John Giffard, esq., of Twyford, b. ca. 1431, d. bef. 23 Sep 1506; m. Agnes Wynslowe, dau. of Thomas Wynslowe (who was d. by 6 Jan 1463)
17. Thomas Giffard, of Twyford, d. 10 Oct 1511; m. Jane Langston, d. 22 Mar 1534
18. Amy Giffard, b. ca. 1485/90; m. bef. 1511 Richard Samwell, of Edgecote, co. Northampton, d. 3 May 1519
19. Susanna Samwell, b. ca. 1510/5; m. ca. 1535 Peter Edwards, of Peterborough, co. Northampton, b. ca. 1490, d. ca. 1552
20. Edward Edwards, gent., of Alwalton, co. Huntingdon, b. ca. 1537, d. ca. 1591/2; m. Ursula Coles, d. ca. 1606
21. Margaret Edwards; m. ca. 1591 Henry Freeman, of Cranford, co. Northampton, b. 1560
22. Alice Freeman, d. 11 Feb 1664/5 New London, CT; m. (1) (his 2nd) John Thompson, gent., of Little Preston, Northants., d. 6 Nov 1626 (baptisms of the Thompson children are recorded at the parish of Preston Capes) (2) Robert Parke
23. Bridget Thompson, d. Aug 1643; m. (his 1st) Mar 1640/1 Capt. George Denison, gent., bp. Bishop’s Stortford, co. Hertford, 10 Dec 1620, d. Hartford, CT, 23 Aug 1694
24. Hannah Denison, b. 20 May 1643; m. (2) 15 Jul 1680 Capt. Joseph Saxton
25. Mary Saxton, bpt. 4 Sep 1681, d. 17 Oct 1750; m. 15 Dec 1697 Benjamin Minor, d. 28 Feb 1711
26. Mary Minor, b. 1699; m. 28 Oct 1717 James Chipman, b. 18 Sep 1697, liv. 1756
27. Stephen Chipman, b. ca. 1738, prob. in NY, d. 1772 Kent Co., DE; m. Agnes — (poss. related to Jonathan Emerson of Kent Co., DE)
28. James Chipman of Bledsoe Co., TN, b. 1771, d. bef. 1830; m. Betsy — who was living 1832
29. William Chipman, b. 1814, d. 1874 Lauderdale Co., TN; m. Milly Standifer
30. Joseph H. Chipman, b. 1852, d. ca. 1897 Madison Co., TN; m. (1) Sarah A. Miller, d. 1880 Lauderdale Co., TN
31. James Edward Chipman; m. (1) Allie Oxley:
and had the following children:
Jewell Vester Chipman, m. (1) Ruby Ethel Bohannon; Lawcie Idella Chipman, m. Arvil A. Mason; Beecher Edgar Chipman, m. (1) Jewel Winifred Bailey; Winford William Chipman, m. Ada Hill; Pauline Aquilla Chipman, m. (1) Carl Davis Page.
This line had gone unrecognized because, until the White & Coles article, it wasn’t generally known that James and Mary (Minor) Chipman had descendants. Their first three children–James, Mary, and Deborah–were born in Stonington, CT, where their births were recorded in the town records (of which I have a copy). Deborah was probably the child who died on in New London, CT in Oct. 1725. Paris (Perez) and John were born in New London, CT. About 1730 the family moved to Smithtown, L.I., New York, where Benjamin and Stephen were probably born. About 1744 the family moved to DE.
Mary (Minor) Chipman was of a distinguished New England family. Her great-grandparents, Thomas and Grace (Palmer) Minor were ancestors of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Union Civil War general and 18th President of the United States. Thomas Minor and two other ancestors, James Avery and George Denison, played important roles in King Philip’s War (1675-1676).
Drake, James D. (1999). King Philip’s War Civil War in New England 1675-1676. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
Mary (Minor) Chipman’s husband James Chipman was a descendant of five Mayflower passengers: Richard Warren, John Howland, John and Joan (Hurst) Tilley, and the Tilley’s daughter Elizabeth. John Tilley was Joan’s 2nd husband.
Chart (with corrected dates):
Abigail (Warren) Snow was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Warren. Nothing is known of the origin of Richard Warren. Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland was the daughter of John and Joan (Hurst) Tilley, who died the first winter in Plymouth.
Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, was a descendant of Alice Freeman through Dorothy Thompson, sister of 23. Bridget Thompson.
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To paraphrase one prominent prosopographer, prosopography is:
The analysis of the sum of data about many individuals to learn the different types of connections between them, and how they operated within and upon the social, political, legal, economic, and intellectual institutions of their time.
PROSOPOGRAPHY OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
