Ancestors
of American Presidents, a 456-page bookcompiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, is available from the publisher,
Carl Boyer, 3rd,
$37.50 postpaid*
*(California residents must add sales tax).
Here's how I am related to President Zachary Taylor (5th cousin, 7 times removed). Even though I am not directly related to FDR, I have also included President Taylor's relationship with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from Roberts's book, since their relationship (step-4th cousin, 3 times removed) intersects at the same generation of the Brewster/Allerton family as mine:
| Elder William BREWSTER b. 1566, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, ENG d. 10-Apr-1644, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA and his wife Mary b. 1566, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, ENG d. 10-Apr-1644, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA | ||||||
| Jonathan BREWSTER b. 12-Aug-1593, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, ENG d. 7-Aug-1659, Norwich, New London, CT | Fear BREWSTER (2nd wife) b. 1607, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, ENG d. 12-Dec-1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA | == | Isaac ALLERTON b. abt 1585, County Suffolk, ENG d. feb-1658/59, New Haven, New Haven, CT | == | Mary NORRIS (1st wife) d. 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA | |
| Benjamin BREWSTER b. 17-Oct-1633, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA d. 10-Sep-1710, Norwich, New London, CT | Isaac ALLERTON Jr. b. about 1628, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA d. about Nov-1702, Westmoreland County, VA | Mary ALLERTON b. 1616, Leyden, HOLLAND d. 1699, Plymouth, MA | ||||
| William BREWSTER b. 22-Mar-1668/69, Norwich, New London, CT d. 11-Aug-1728, Lebanon, New London, CT | Sarah ALLERTON b. about 1671, probably Northumberland County, VA d. 17-May-1731, Ditchley, Northumberland, VA | Eleazar CUSHMAN b. 20-Feb-1656/57 Plymouth, Plymouth, MA d. after 1723, Plympton, MA | ||||
| Patience BREWSTER b. about 1704, Norwich, New London, CT d. Bolton, Tolland, CT | Elizabeth LEE b. Northumberland County, VA | James CUSHMAN b. about 1695, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA d. probably Dartmouth, MA | ||||
| Patience DeWOLF b. 29-Mar-1722, Bolton, Tolland, CT d. after 1800, probably CT | Richard TAYLOR b. 3-Apr-1744, Orange County, VA d. 19-Jan-1829, near Lexington, KY | Elizabeth CUSHMAN b. 29-Jul-1739, Dartmouth, MA d. 24-Nov-1809, Dartmouth (now Fairhaven), MA | ||||
| Jonah STRICKLAND b. 9-Apr-1755, Bolton, Tolland, CT d. after 1840, prob CT | Zachary TAYLOR 12th President, USA b. 24-Nov-1784, Montebello, Orange, VA d. 9-Jul-1850, The White House, Washington, DC | Warren DELANO Sr, b. 28-Oct-1779, Fairhaven, MA d. 25-Sep-1866, Fairhaven, MA | ||||
| Jesse STRICKLAND b. 29-May-1789, Bolton, Tolland, CT d. 11-May-1865, Carlton, Orleans, NY | Warren DELANO Jr. b. 13-Jul-1809, Fairhaven, MA d. 17-Jan-1898, Algonac, NY | |||||
| Elizabeth STRICKLAND b. 22-Feb-1833, Carlton, Orleans, NY d. 1-Oct-1893, Gaines, Orleans, NY | Sara DELANO b. 21-Sep-1854, Algonac, NY d. 7-Sep-1941, Hyde Park, NY | |||||
| James Henry HOBBS b. 11-Dec-1851, Hartland, Niagara, NY d. 16-Feb-1929, Carlton, Orleans, NY | Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT 32nd President, USA b. 30-Jan-1882, Hyde Park, NY d. 5-Apr-1945, Warm Springs, GA | |||||
| Edd Harrison HOBBS b. 13-Mar-1878, Carlton, Orleans, NY d. 3-May-1955, Gaines, Orleans, NY | ||||||
| Fern Loretta HOBBS b. 13-May-1906, Kenyonville, Orleans, NY d. 20-Oct-1996, Greece, Monroe, NY | ||||||
| (living) MURPHY b. 1931, NY | ||||||
| Douglas John MURPHY b. 1962, NY | ||||||
Ancestors
of American Presidents, a 456-page book
compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, is available from the publisher,
Carl Boyer, 3rd,
$37.50 postpaid*
*(California residents must
add sales tax).
RootsWeb also has its own section containing extracts from his work.
Doug Murphy
Omaha, Nebraska, USA