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This book provides detailed information about descents from the famous Magna Carta Barons of 1215 for over 200 individuals who emigrated from the British Isles to the North American colonies in the 17th century. It combines research in original records with the use of published literature to provide well-documented ancestral lines for American colonists with Magna Carta ancestry.

Magna Carta Ancestry treats all known descents for 17th-century colonists from the 25 barons who served as sureties for Magna Carta (the Great Charter), a charter of liberties granted by King John of England at Runnymede in 1215. It features hundreds of biographical summaries as well as over 28,000 citations to published materials, making it the most documented source book of its kind. The format and extensive cross-referencing make the text simple to follow. In addition, the book contains a massive 93-page bibliography--probably the most exhaustive listing of medieval genealogy and history ever published--a full English translation of Magna Carta, and an index of over 18,000 entries.

Magna Carta Ancestry also features scores of remarkable discoveries that are certain to change the ancestor charts of many living Americans. New colonial immigrants are likewise included in the work, linking still more 17th-century immigrants to the Magna Carta barons, making it as up-to-date and comprehensive as possible. This book is a "must have" as a reference work for any genealogical library.

Following is a complete list of the 17th-century ancestors whose Magna Carta ancestry comprises the subject of the book:

Abbott, Anne (Mauleverer), of Nottingham Township, Burlington Co., NJ
Abell, Robert, of Weymouth & Rehoboth, MA
Abney, Dannett, of King William & Spotsylvania Cos., VA
Allin, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury and Dedham, MA
Alsop, Elizabeth
Alsop, Timothy, of New Haven, CT
Alsop, George, of Milford, CT
Alston, John, of Berkeley Co., SC
Argall, Sir Samuel, deputy Governor of VA
Asfordby, William, of Kingston & Marbletown, NY
Aston, Walter, of the West Indies
Aubrey, Barbara
Baldwin, Elizabeth (Alsop), of Milford, CT
Ball, Elizabeth (Harleston), of St. James Parish, Berkeley Co., & Charleston, SC
Barclay, John, Governor of New Jersey
Barclay, Robert, Governor of East Jersey
Barham, Charles, of Surry Co., VA
Barnes, Charles, of Long Island, NY
Batt, Anne (Baynton), of Boston, MA
Batt, Christopher, of Boston, MA
Batte, Henry, of Charles City Co., VA
Batte, Thomas, of Charles City & Henrico Cos., VA
Batte, William, of Charles City Co., VA
Baynard, John, Gent., of Talbot Co., MD
Baynton, Anne
Beckwith, Sir Marmaduke, of Richmond Co., VA
Berkeley, Sir William, Governor of VA
Bernard, Anna (Cordray), of York Co., VA
Bernard, Richard, of York Co., VA
Bernard, William, of Isle of Wight Co., VA
Bevan, Barbara (Aubrey), of PA
Bevan, John, of PA
Beville, Essex, of Henrico Co., VA
Bickley, Joseph, of King William Co., VA
Bladen, William, of St. Mary's & Anne Arundel Cos., MD
Blakiston, George, of St. Mary's Co., MD
Blakiston, Nehemiah, of St. Mary's Co., MD
Blunston, Hannah (Levis), of Darby, Chester Co., PA
Bolles, Joseph, of Winter Harbor & Wells, ME
Booth, Thomas, of Gloucester Co., VA
Bosvile, Elizabeth
Bourchier, Mary
Bradshaw, Sarah (Levis), of Darby, Chester Co., PA
Brent, [Capt.] George, of Stafford Co., VA
Brent, [Col.] Giles, of Kent Island, MD, & Stafford Co., VA
Brent, Robert, of Stafford Co., VA
Bressey, Thomas, of New Haven, CT
Brooke, Mary (Wolseley), of Calvert Co., MD
Browne, Nathaniel, of Hartford & Middletown, CT, & Springfield, MA
Bruen, Obadiah, of Marshfield & Gloucester, MA, & New London, CT
Bulkeley, Elizabeth
Bulkeley, Grace (Chetwode), of Concord, MA
Bulkeley, Martha
Bulkeley, Rev. Peter, of Concord, MA
Bull, Stephen, of SC
Burnet, William, Governor of NY
Burnham, Alice (Eltonhead), of York, Lancaster, & Middlesex Cos., VA
Burrough, Nathaniel, of Calvert Co., MD, & Roxbury, MA
Butler, Elizabeth
Butler, John, of Kent Island, MD
Calthorpe, Col. Christopher, of York Co., VA & NC
Calvert, Charles, Governor of MD
Calvert, Jane (Lowe) (Sewall), of St. Mary's Co., MD
Calvert, Leonard, Governor of MD
Campbell, Lord William, Governor of SC
Carleton, Edward, of Rowley, MA
Carleton, Ellen (Newton), of Rowley, MA
Carroll, Dr. Charles, of MD
Carter, Eleanor (Eltonhead), of Lancaster Co., VA
Carter, Sarah (Ludlow), of Lancaster Co., VA
Cartlidge, Mary (Need), of Darby, Chester Co., PA
Chauncy, [Rev] Charles, of Scituate and Plymouth, MA
Cheseldine, Kenelm, of St. Mary's Co., MD
Chetwode, Gracy
Claiborne, Elizabeth (Butler), of the Isle of Kent, Chespeake Bay, & New Kent, VA
Clarke, Jeremy, of Newport, RI
Clarkson, Matthew, of New York City, NY
Claypoole, James, of Philadelphia, PA
Claypoole, Norton, of Lewes, DE
Clopton, William, of York & New Kent Cos., VA
Codd, St. Leger, of Lancaster & Northumberland Cos., VA, & Cecil Co., MD
Conway, Martha (Eltonhead), of Lancaster Co., VA
Cooke, Elizabeth (Haynes), of Cambridge, MA
Corbin, Alice (Eltonhead), of Middlesex Co., VA
Corbin, Henry, of Middlesex Co., VA
Cordray, Anna
Coytemore, Elizabeth
Crowne, Agnes (Mackworth), of Boston, MA
Cudworth, James of Scituate, MA
Culpeper, Katherine (St. Leger), of VA
Culpeper, Thomas, of VA
Culpeper, John, of VA
Dade, Francis, of Warwick Co., VA
Dale, Diana (Skipwith), of Lancaster Co., VA
Davie, Humphrey, of Boston, MA, & Hartford, CT
Deighton, Frances
Deighton, Jane (see Lugg)
Deighton, Jane (see Negus)
Deighton, Katherine
Derehaugh, Anne
Digges, Edward, of York Co., VA
Dudley, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury & Dedham, MA
Dudley, Thomas, Governor of MA
Dunlop, Archibald, of CT
Eddowes, Ralph, of PA
Eddowes, Sarah (Kenrick), of Philadelphia Co., PA
Edwards, Agnes, of Cambridge, MA and Hartford, CT
Elkington, George, of Burlington Co., NJ
Ellis, Rowland, of Bryn Mawr & Gwynedd, PA
Eltonhead, Agatha
Eltonhead, Alice
Eltonhead, Eleanor
Eltonhead, Jane
Eltonhead, Martha
Farrar, William, of Henrico Co., VA
Farwell, Olive (Welby), of Concord & Chelmsford, MA
Fenwick, Jane (Eltonhead), of St. Mary's Co., MD
Fenwick, John, of Salem, NJ
Filmer, Henry, of James City & Warwick Cos., VA
Fisher, John, of Northampton Co., VA
Fitz Randolph, Edward, of Scituate and Barnstable, MA and Piscataway, NJ
Fleete, Henry, of Lancaster Co., VA
Foliot, Edward, of York Co., VA
Fowke, [Col.] Gerard, of Westmoreland Co., VA and Charles Co., MD
Gerard, Thomas, of St. Mary's Co., MD, & Westmoreland Co., VA
Gill, Mary (Mainwaring), said to be of MD
Goddard, William, of Watertown, MA
Gordon, Thomas, of NJ
Gorsuch, Anne (Lovelace), of VA
Gurdon, Muriel
Gye, Mary
Hackburne, Katherine (Deighton), of Roxbury & Dedham, MA
Hamby, Katherine
Harlakenden, Elizabeth (Bosvile), of Cambridge, MA
Harlakenden, Mabel
Harlakenden, Roger, of Cambridge, MA
Harleston, Elizabeth
Harleston, John, of St. James Parish, Berkeley Co., SC
Harris, Agnes
Haugh, Elizabeth (Bulkeley), of Cambridge & Boston, MA
Hawes, Edmund, of Duxbury & Yarmouth, MA
Haynes, Elizabeth
Haynes, Mabel, of Hartford, CT
Henry, John, of VA
Horsmanden, Warham, of Charles City Co., VA
Houston, Sir Patrick, 5th Baronet, of GA
Hoyle, Edward of VA
Humphrey, Anne
Humphrey, Daniel, of Haverford, Delaware Co., PA
Humphrey, John of PA
Hunter, Robert, Governor of NY & NJ
Hutchinson, Anne (Marbury), of Boston, MA, RI, & NY
Hutchinson, Katherine (Hamby), of Boston, MA
Iremonger, Corderoy, of Northumberland Co., VA
Iremonger, Francis, of Gloucester Co., VA
Iremonger, Martha
Iremonger, William, of Lancaster Co., VA
Isham, Henry, of Henrico Co., VA
James, Rev. Thomas, Jr., of Southampton, NY
Jennings, Edmund, of York Co., VA
Jones, Martha, of Northumberland Co., VA
Keayne, Anne, of Boston, MA
Keith, Sir William, Governor of PA & DE
Kempe, Edmund, of VA
Kempe, Edward, of VA
Kempe, Matthew, of Lancaster & Gloucester Cos., VA
Kempe, Richard, Esq., of James City Co., VA
Kenrick, Sarah
Launce, Mary
Levis, Hannah
Levis, Samuel, of Chester Co., PA
Levis, Sarah
Lewis, Elizabeth (Marshall), of ME
Ligon, Thomas, of Henrico Co., VA
Littleton, Nathaniel, Esq., of Northampton Co., VA
Lloyd, Thomas, of Philadelphia, PA
Logan, James, of PA
Lovelace, Anne
Lowe, Henry, of St. Mary's Co., MD
Lowe, Jane
Lowe, Nicholas, of Talbot Co., MD
Lowe, Vincent, of Talbot Co., MD
Lowell, Percival, of Newbury, MA
Ludlow, Gabriel, of New York City, NY
Ludlow, Roger, of Dorchester, MA; Windsor & Fairfield, CT
Ludlow, Sarah
Lugg, Jane, of Boston, MA
Lunsford, Thomas, of Lancaster Co., VA
Lynde, Simon, of Boston, MA
Mackworth, Agnes
Mainwaring, Mary
Mallory, Roger, of New Kent & King & Queen Cos., VA
Mallory, Thomas, of Charles City Co., VA
Mansfield, Elizabeth
Mansfield, John, of Charlestown, MA
Manwaring, Oliver, of New London, CT
Marbury, Anne
Marbury, Katherine
Marbury, Elizabeth
Mauleverer, Anne
Maverick, Mary (Gye), of Dorchester, MA
Mellowes, Martha (Bulkeley), of Charlestown, MA
Miles, Anne (Humphrey), of Swansea, MA
More, Richard, of Plymouth & Salem, MA
Need, Joseph, of Darby, Chester Co., PA
Need, Mary
Negus, Jane (Deighton) (Lugg), of Boston, MA
Nelson, John, of Boston, MA
Nelson, Margaret
Nelson, Philip, of Rowley, MA
Nelson, Thomas, of Rowley, MA
Newton, Ellen
Norwood, Charles, of VA
Norwood,[Col.] Henry, of VA
Orr, John, of VA
Otis, Rose, of Dover, NH
Owen, Joshua, of Burlington Co., NJ
Owen, Rebecca (Owen), of Merion, Philadelphia Co., PA
Owsley, Thomas, of Stafford Co., VA
Oxenbridge, John, of Boston, MA
Palgrave, Dr. Richard, of Charlestown, MA
Palmes, Anne (Humphrey), of Swansea, MA
Parker, George, of VA
Parker, Richard, of Charles City & Henrico Cos., VA
Pelham, Elizabeth (Bosvile), of Cambridge, MA
Pelham, Herbert, of Cambridge, MA
Pelham, Jemima (Waldegrave), of Cambridge, MA
Peyton, Robert, of Gloucester Co., VA
Pole (or Poole), Elizabeth, of Taunton, MA
Pole (or Poole), William, of Dorchester & Taunton, MA
Popham, George, of Maine
Pynchon, Amy (Wyllys), of Springfield, MA
Randolph, Henry, of Henrico Co., VA
Randolph, William, of Henrico Co., VA
Raynsford, Edward, of Boston, MA
Reade, George, of James City & York Cos., VA
Rodney, Capt. John, Gent., of St. Kitts & Philadelphia, PA
Rodney, William, of Kent Co., DE
Rudyard, Thomas, deputy Governor of East Jersey
Saint John, Elizabeth
Saint Leger, Katherine
Saltonstall, Muriel (Gurdon), of Ipswich, MA
Saltonstall, Richard, of Watertown & Ipswich, MA
Savage, Anthony, of VA
Scott, Katherine (Marbury), of Massachusetts & RI
Seton, William, of NY
Sewall, Jane (Lowe) of St. Mary's Co., MD
Sherman, Mary (Launce), of Watertown, MA
Skepper, Rev. William, of Boston, MA
Skipwith, Diana
Skipwith, Sir Grey, Knt., 3rd Baronet, of VA
Smith, Lawrence, of VA
Smith, Mary Johanna (Somerset), of Calvert Co., MD
Somerset, Mary Johanna
Spencer, Agnes, of Cambridge, MA and Hartford, CT
Spotswood, Alexander, Governor of VA
Stockman, John, of Salisbury, MA
Stoughton, Rose
Stratton, Anne (Derehaugh), of Salem, MA
Taylor, James, Gent., of Boston & Lynn, MA
Teackle, Margaret (Nelson), of Accomack Co., VA
Throckmorton, John, of Salem, MA, Providence & Warwick, RI, & NJ
Torrey, [Rev.] Samuel, of Hull and Weymouth, MA
Torrey, William, of Weymouth, MA
Towneley, Lawrence of VA
Towneley, Mary
Tyndall, Margaret
Tyng, Elizabeth (Coytemore), of Boston, MA
Veatch, James, of MD
Waldegrave, Jemima
Warner, Mary, of York and Gloucester Cos., VA
Washington, John, of Westmoreland Co., VA
Washington, Lawrence, of Rappahannock Co., VA
Welby, Olive
Wentworth, [Elder] William, of Dover, NH
West, Francis, Governor of VA
West, John, of York Co., VA
West, Thomas, Knt., 3rd Lord De la Warre, Governor of VA
Whiting, Elizabeth (St. John), of Lynn, MA
Whitaker, Rev. Alexander, of VA
Whitaker, Jabez, of Henrico Co., VA
Whittaker, Mary (Bourchier), of Henrico Co., VA
Whittingham, Elizabeth (Bulkeley), of Cambridge & Boston, MA
Williams, Frances (Deighton), of Taunton, MA
Willis, Amy
Wilson, Elizabeth (Mansfield), of Boston, MA
Wingfield, Thomas, of New Kent Co., VA
Winthrop, Margaret, of Boston, MA
Wolsey, Mary
Worden, Peter, of MA
Wormeley, Agatha (Eltonhead), of Middlesex Co., VA
Wyatt, Sir Francis, Governor of VA
Wyatt, Rev. Hawte, of Jamestown, VA
Wyche, Henry, of Surry Co., VA
Yale, Thomas, Gent., of New Haven, CT
Yate, George, of Anne Arundel Co., MD