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From: "pj.evans" <>
Subject: Re: Horace Round and Royal Myths
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:44:37 -0800 (PST)
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On Nov 28, 10:32 am, "Sholom Simon" <> wrote:
> On Mon, November 28, 2011 7:34 am, Johnny Brananas wrote:
> >> Agreed.  I guess the question is: how many livingi American
> >> descendents do those 50 have?  (It was claimed in 1985 that Richard
> >> Warren of the Mayflower had the most descendants: fourteen million).
>
> >> -- Sholom
>
> > I'm guessing John Howland of the Mayflower has even more descendants.
> > I have three lines from him though I'm only 5/16 New Englander.
>
> Richard Warren got off to a great start.  He had seven children
>
> 1.  Mary (who had 8 children, all of whom had children)
> 2.  Anna (had 9 children, 7 of whom had children)
> 3.  Sarah (had 5 children; all had children)
> 4.  Elizabeth (had 11 children, 7 of whom had children)
> 5.  Abigail (had 6 children, five of whom had children)
> 6.  Nathaniel (had 12 children, 7 of whom had children)
> 7.  Joseph (had six children, 5 of whom had children)
>
> "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations" takes three volumes for
> Warren, and it entirely skips one of the children, as she married a
> Mayflower Cooke and is covered in the Cooke volumes.
>
> John Howland had 10 children, 7 of whom had children.  But I'm not sure of
> the numbers of the third generation.
>
> OTOH, supporting your supposition, I see that "Mayflower Families Through
> Five Generations" on him is just two volumes, but only covers the first
> two children of his!
>
> (My wife is descended from both Warren and Howland, but the Howland
> connection was just discovered a few months ago, so I know a lot less
> about his collateral lines at this point).
>
> -- Sholom
>
> (Howdy, cuz' <g>)

I know someone who's a Howland descendant, but my own New England
people don't get me there, and as far as I know there aren't any
elsewhere in my extended family - but I <em>haven't</em> traced
everyone that far back.


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