This article was written to support an article about Pocahontas' modern descendants, in connection with the main story of our visit to Virginia in 2007.
How can we know whether Person B is or isn't a direct descendant of Person A? If we have a full enough family tree that both people are in the graph, there is either a line of descent between them or not. If there are several generations between the two people, this brute-force method can be tedious. For instance, suppose they are seven generations apart. Then B can have as many as 128 paths to A's generation. There are online genealogical sites like WikiTree and FamousKin that produce these maps, but they usually don't have seven layers; three or four would be typical. How do we handle the case of two incomplete maps?
If B has an ancestor C who is also a descendant of A, then it follows that B is a direct descendant of A, as illustrated here. So we can establish the truth if we have deep enough family trees: ancestors of B and descendants of A. If all of B's oldest known ancestors are younger than all of A's youngest known descendants, the test is complete. If we search A's descendant tree for each ancestor of B and find a match, the line of descent is established. No match, no relation.
Here's how to use this method to establish some unlikely roots. Of course, it helps to have two people in mind to start with. Let's consider the department store founder Rowland H. Macy and coffee baron Peter Folger. These men were born two hundred years apart, so there's not much hope of finding a single genealogical chart that covers them both. But we can get our information in stages. It's a little tedious, but not overly so. Let's look at the oldest ancestors of Rowland Macy (click the button) and see if we can find a match among Peter Folger's descendants ( button). Not too far down the list of Macy's great-great-grandparents, we find a likely candidate in Daniel Folger. A simple text search among Folger's descendants finds the same name, with the right birth and death dates, and the right wife. It checks out: Peter Folger was Rowland Macy's 4th great-grandfather.
Using the same technique, we can examine Thomas Edison's ancestors and Robert Treat's descendants to learn that Edison was Treat's 5th great-grandson, with Phebe Baldwin Ogden making the connection. Robert Treat was an early governor of Connecticut, who also founded the city of Newark, New Jersey. Maybe producing genes for Edison makes up for giving us Newark.
Dozens of sources tell us that certain famous people are descended from Pocahontas, but none of them explain that assertion. It may be that the stories have been repeated so many times that they take on the appearance of truth, or that each one cites another in a circular gesture of support. Two examples are
Mr. Lowell was born 260 years after Pocahontas, and Mrs. Reagan more than three hundred. It is not likely we will find family trees of either that go back to Pocahontas' time. Mr. Lowell would have to look back eight or nine generations to find a contemporary of the "American Princess;" Mrs. Reagan, three or four more. Even going back half the distance, as already described, is quite a stretch. But we can do some intelligent searching.
Any mathematician can tell you it's easier to prove something than to refute it. One example proves the truth of an assertion. To prove it false, we have to find all possible ways it can't be true. Because of Pocahontas' unique situation, we don't really have to look back all the way to her spot in the family tree to prove a descendant. Because there were three generations of only children, we only need to test whether a candidate was descended from Col. John Fairfax Bolling (1676–1729). If we include "White Bollings," we need to look back one generation further to his father, Robert Bolling (1646–1709).
It's a small stretch to say that we only need to examine a candidate's ancestors until we find one who was born before John (or Robert) Bolling's first child. If we look back to 1698 (when Jane Bolling Randolph was born) and find an ancestor in Pocahontas' line, the case is made. If we follow all branches back that far and find nobody in Pocahontas' line, the person in question can't be a Red Bolling. To prove or rule out White Bollings, we need to go back to 1682, when Robrt Bolling II was born. He was the oldest child of Robert Bolling and his second wife Ann Stith. That is, he was the oldest possible progenitor of White Bollings.
Fortunately for our curiosity, Percival Lowell was from a patrician New England family. On his father's side, his family tree is known all the way back to and beyond another man named Percival Lowell (1570–1664). His mother's ancestors are just as well documented. Here is Percival Lowell's complete family tree, as far back as the ancestors who were born before 1682. I've shown how this analysis can be extended recursively, to show that the modern Percival Lowell is not a Pocahontas descendant, and also hot a White Bolling.
Each ancestor born before 1682 is shown in bold-face type. They are also shown with a shaded background, to indicate they've been ruled out as a descendant of Pocahontas. Where father and mother are both ruled out this way, we can also rule out their children. Each child who is ruled out this way also gets a shaded background, on and on until every single one of Mr. Lowell's ancestors has been eliminated.
The reader will note that this analysis only requires us to compare the an ancestor with one person among Pocahontas' descendants. That person is different if we're looking for Red or White Bollings, but there is only one criterion in each case.
Percival Lowell 1855-1916
Augustus Lowell 1830-1900
John Amory Lowell 1798-1881
John Lowell III 1769-1840
John A. Lowell 1743-1802
John Lowell 1704-1767
Ebenezer Lowell 1675-1711
Elizabeth Jewell 1675-1761
Sarah Champney 1704-1756
Noah Champney 1677-1728
Sarah Tunnell 1643-
Sarah Higginson 1745-1772
Stephen H. Higginson 1716-1761
John Higginson III 1675-1718
Margaret Sewell 1657-1736
Elizabeth Mary Cabot 1715-1797
John Cabot 1680-1742
Anna Cabot 1678-1722
Rebecca Amory 1771-1842
John Amory 1728-1803
Thomas Amory 1682-1728
Rebecca Holmes 1701-1770
Francis Holmes 1676-1726
Rebecca Wharfe 1664-1730
Katherine Greene 1731-1777
Rufus Greene 1707-1777
Nathaniel Greene 1679-1714
Anne Gould 1685-1728
Thomas Gould 1660-
Frances Robinson 1660-
Katherine Stanbridge 1708-1768
Edward Stanbridge 1688-1734
—— Stanbridge 1689-
Elizabeth Cabot Putnam 1807-1881
Samuel Putnam 1768-1853
Gideon Putnam 1726-1811
Tarrant Putnam 1688-1733
Benjamin Putnam 1664-1715
Hannah -- 1628-1706
Elizabeth Bacon 1695-1761
Jonathan Bacon 1672-1754
Elizabeth Giles 1671-1738
Hannah Browne 1732-1813
Abraham Browne 1686-1762
Henry Browne Jr. 1659-1708
Hannah Putnam 1663-1730
Jerusha Raymond 1694-
Jonathan Raymond 1666-1745
Sarah Woodbury 1668-1747
Sarah Gooll 1772-1867
John Gooll 1745-1776 [1]
Lois Pickering 1742-1815
Timothy Pickering 1703-1778
John Pickering III 1658-1722
Sarah Burrill1661-1747
Mary Wingate 1708-1784
Joshua Wingate 1679-1769
Mary Lunt 1682-1772
Katherine Bigelow Lawrence 1832-1896
Abbott Lawrence 1792-1855
Samuel Lawrence 1754-1827
Amos Lawrence Sr. 1716-1785
John Lawrence 1667-1746
Anna Bancroft 1670-1732
Abigail Abbott 1721-1784
Nehemiah Abbott Jr.1691-1767
Nehemiah Abbott 1667-1750
Abigail Lovejoy 1669-1747
Sarah Foster 1693-1755
William Foster Jr. 1670-1755
Sarah Kimball 1669-1729
Susanna Parker 1755-1845
Isaac Parker 1685-1762
Joseph Parker Sr. 1653-1725
Hannah Blood 1664-1728
Ruth Parker 1683-1759
Katherine Bigelow 1793-1860
Timothy Bigelow 1767-1821
Timothy Bigelow 1739-1790
Daniel Bigelow 1697-1789
Joshua Bigelow 1655-1745
Elizabeth Flagg 1655-1729
Elizabeth Whitney 1702-1789
Nathaniel Whitney II 1675-1730
Mercy Robinson 1676-1740
Anna Andrews 1746-1809
Samuel Andrews 1715-1760
Daniel Andrews 1686-1717
Daniel Andrews 1643-1711
Sarah —— 1617?-
Hannah Peabody 1653?-
Anna Rankin 1720-1766
James Rankin 1690-1760
William Rankin 1658-1730
Dorothy —— 1668-1760
Rachel Irving 1695?- [2]
Lucy Prescott 1767-1852
Oliver Prescott 1731-1804
Benjamin Prescott 1696-1738
Jonas Prescott 1648-1723
Mary Loker 1653-1735
Abigail Oliver 1697-1765
Thomas Oliver 1645-1715
Mary Wilson 1661-1729
Lydia Baldwin 1735-1798
David Baldwin 1696-1770
Henry Baldwin II 1664-1739
Abigail Fiske 1674-1771
Abigail Jennison 1702-1767
William Jennison 1676-1744
Elizabeth Golding 1673-1766
There are two special cases that should be explained, called out as notes in Mr. Lowell's family tree. Both rely on a fact about Thomas Rolfe, son of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Thomas was born in Virginia, but lived in England for a few years. He returned to Virginia as a young adult, and all of his descendants lived in the New World afterward. Similar is true of Robert Bolling, progenitor of the White Bollings. He was born in Virginia, and all of his descendants remained established in North America. Some of these families may have moved away after a hundred years or so, but that isn't important for this line of thinking.
[1] John Gooll was born in Scotland in 1745. Therefore he could not be descended from Robert Bolling, on either the Red or the White side.
[2] James and Rachel Rankin immigrated from Ireland in 1718. Like John Gooll, this rules them out as descendants of Robert Bolling. Also, James Rankin's parents are known and are old enough to rule him out for the Pocahontas line.
Percival Lowell gives us a good, clean example. With a family tree that is known for several generations back, it's possible to say conclusively that none of his ancestors put him into the category of Red or White Bollings. The man was a lot of things, but he was not a descendant of Pocahontas.
Nancy reagan's heritage presents more of a problem, as we shall soon see.
There are numerous sources that tell us she is descended from Pocahontas,
including one
dedicated to stories about first ladies of the U.S. Not one of them
explains how this is true. They also tell us that Edith Wilson is a
descendant, but
this is easily proven.
Mrs. Reagan's case is a bit more difficult than Mr. Lowell's. The same
technique is useful, but this time there are some genealogical dead ends,
particularly on Mrs. Reagan's mother's side.
Thanks to a website dedicated to finding kinship among famous people, we can construct a fairly detailed family tree for Nancy Reagan, adding some missing information from geni.com.
We'll use the same method that we used to analyze Percival Lowell's case, but a few additional tricks are needed. Some of the lines can't be traced back far enough to eliminate them as bloodlines from Robert Bolling (potential White Bollings), so we'll introduce the same discriminator to compare against the oldest child of John Fairfax Bolling. If a person is older than that (born 1698), their progeny cannot be Red Bollings. People in this category are identified by showing their names with a light red background.
One more assumption needs to be explained, because some of the people are known but their birth years are not. I have estimated a latest-possible birth year for these people, by assuming they are no more than seventeen years older than any of their children. In one or two cases, this assumption had to be applied twice. I believe it is conservative enough.
This reduces the known family tree from the sample at the left of the screen,
to what you see at right. The yellow shading indicates candidates to be
compared to Pocahontas' descendants. If the candidate is a descendant, then
so is Nancy Reagan. If none of them are, then nobody on the list is descended
from Pocahontas — including Nancy Reagan. This candidate list is
repeated when the text continues, just after the family tree.
Nancy Reagan (Anne Frances Robbins) 1921-2016
Kenneth Robbins 1894-1972
John Robbins 1859-1917
Edward Robbins b. 1836
John N. Robbins 1803-1893
Thomas Robbins 1772-1826
Lemuel Robbins Jr. 1742-1824
Lemuel Robbins 1715-1786
Jeduthan Robbins 1667-1721
Hannah Pratt 1671-1726
Esther Dunham b. 1717
Micajah Dunham 1673-1760
Elizabeth Lazell 1681-1759
Rachel Bass 1750-
Thomas Bass 1701-1787
John Bass 1675-1753
Elizabeth Neale 1675-
Dorothy Parish 1710-1778
John Parish d. 1715
Mary Wattell
John Wattell
(wife)
Asenath Griswold 1773-1831
Ezekiel Griswold 1736-1829
David Griswold 1701-1760
Daniel Griswold b. 1656
Mindwell Bissell 1663-1726
Huldah Brown 1709-1785
Cornelius Brown 1672-1747
Abigail Barber 1678-
Anna Munson 1745-1782
Elizabeth Seymour 1808-1870
Jared Seymour 1766-1833
Andrew Seymour 1734-1773
Samuel Seymour 1695-1754
Matthew Seymour 1669-1735
Sarah Hayes 1673-1712
Mary Lynn d. 1753
Andrew Lynn
Mary --
Sarah Crissey 1735-1804
Nathaniel Crissey
John Crissey
(wife)
Hannah Hoyt 1704-1749
John Hoyt 1675-1735
Abigail Holmes 1682-1732
Abigail Seeley 1765-1845
Abijah Seeley 1733-
John Seeley 1693-1756
Obadiah Seeley 1670-1745
Susannah Finch 1670-1745
Abigail Bishop 1696-1757
Stephen Bishop 1660-1722
Mercy -- 1662-1736
Lydia Hoyt 1737-
Jeremiah Hoyt d.1789
Benjamin Hoyt Jr. 1671-1747
Elizabeth Jagger 1678-
Lydia Weed 1714-1784
Benjamin Weed 1681-
Mary Pennoyer d. 1732
Emily Barnes 1836-1863
James N. Barnes 1804-1880
Charity Ives 1811-1868
Joseph Ives 1783-1869
Abner Anor Ives 1740-1790
Joseph Ives Jr. 1709-1766
Joseph Ives 1674-1755
Esther Benedict 1679-1752
Mamre Munson 1712-1744
Samuel Munson 1668-1741
Mary Preston 1674-1755
Rachel Wilmot 1746?-
Valentine Wilmot 1713-1790
John Wilmot 1667-1731
Sarah Clark 1671-1718
Rachel Johnson 1716-1765
Isaac Johnson 1672-1750
Abigail Cooper 1679-1724
Polly Hall 1792-1877
Erastus Hall 1776-1852
Moses Hall 1732-1812
Ichabod Hall 1701-1787
Samuel Hall 1664-1733
Elizabeth Bourne 1658-1708
Lois Kibbe 1709-1796
John Kibbe 1667-1755
Hannah Phelps 1677-1755
Sarah Johnson 1732-1812
Phoebe Buell 1777-1842
John Buell 1750-1842
Jedediah Buell 1704-1788
David Buell 1679-1749
Phoebe Fenner 1673-1749
Deborah Shether 1715-1788
John Sheather 1685-1751
John Sheather 1651-1721
Elizabeth Wellman 1657-1718
Dorcas —— 1692-1748
Ruth Wellman 1754-1814
Benjamin Wellman 1727?-
William Wellman 1696-
William Wellman 1661-1736
Elizabeth Joy 1661-1729
Ruth Hurd 1697-
Ebenezer Hurd 1668-1750
Sarah Lane 1666-1724
Patience Griswold 1734-
Walter Griswold 1700-1745
John Griswold 1652-1717
Bathsheba North 1654-1736
Sarah Patience Wright 1704-1734
James Wright 1675-1718
Judith Bushnell 1677-1716
Anne Francis b. 1868
Frederick Francis 1834-1913
Manning Francis 1804-1890
Luke Francis 1772-1849
Josiah Francis 1735-1814
John Francis III 1710-1738
John Francis Jr. 1684-1749
John Francis 1658-1711
Mercy Chittenden 1662-1745
Mary Hatch 1688-1718
Mary Dodd
Edward Dodd
(wife)
Abigail Spencer 1737-1814
Obadiah Spencer 1695-1783
Obadiah Spencer 1666-1741
Ruth Kelsey 1676-1732
Ann Burr 1694-1765
Thomas Burr 1645-
Sarah Speck
Gerard Speck
(wife)
Mehitable Sackett 1779-
Daniel Sackett Jr. 1734-1824
Daniel Sackett 1693-1776
John Sackett Jr. 1660-1745
Deborah Filley 1661-1701
Mary Weller 1707-1789
Eleazer Weller Jr. 1675-1744
Mary Mosley 1673-1746
Mehitable Caldwell 1740-1829
Abel Caldwell 1703-1780
Matthew Cadwell 1668-1719
Abigail Beckley 1675-1755
Ann Dwight 1710-
Nathaniel Dwight 1666-1711
Mehitable Partridge 1675-1756
Elizabeth Root 1809-1896
George Root 1782-1828
Ezekiel Root 1736-1808
John Root 1705-1781
John Root 1676-1744
Mary Leonard 1687-1766
Josiah Leonard 1658-1688
John Leonard d.1676
Sarah Heath d. 1711
Sarah Dumbleton d.1694
John Dumbleton
(wife)
Ann Loomis 1710-
William Loomis 1672-1738
Martha Morley 1682-1753
Ruth Noble 1744-1812
Asa Noble 1715-1797
Luke Noble 1675-1744
Ruth Wright 1687-
Joseph Wright d. 1698
Ruth Sheldon 1663-
Isaac Sheldon 1629-1708
Mary Woodford 1636-
Bethia Noble 1721-1787
Matthew Noble Jr. 1698-1771
Matthew Noble 1668-1744
Hannah Dewey 1672-1745
Joanna Stebbins 1697-1763
Samuel Stebbins 1646-1708
Abigail Brooks 1665-
Honor Robbins 1788-1848
Nathaniel Robbins Jr. 1745-1795
Nathaniel Robbins 1708-1783
Joshua Robbins Jr. 1681-1733
Sarah Bidwell 1681-1744
Mary Robbins 1712-1781
Richard Robbins 1687-1738
John Robbins Jr. 1649-1689
Mary Boardman 1644-1721
Martha Curtis 1690-1753
John Curtis Jr. 1667-1712
Elizabeth Wright 1667-1712
Elizabeth Deming 1747-1820
Thomas Deming Jr. * 1712-1755
Thomas Deming 1679-1747 *
Mary williams 1671-1751 *
Elizabeth Smith 1710-
Samuel Smith
Rebina --
Jessie Stevens 1842-1888
Joel Stevens 1815-
William Stevens 1776-1840
Joel Stevens 1749-1830
Anna Deming 1749-1798
Thomas Deming Jr. * 1712-1755
Thomas Deming 1679-1747 *
Mary Williams 1671-1751 *
Elizabeth Smith 1710-
Samuel Smith
Rebina --
Betsey -- 1779-1853
Jessy Ayers 1820-1890
Edith Luckett 1888-1987
Charles Edward Luckett 1845-1923
Thomas Luckett 1815-
Sara Ann Taylor 1824-1889
Sarah Whitlock 1854-1917
Edward Whitlock 1820-1856
John Whitlock
Sarah --
Martha Wells 1821-1879
These people were not born early enough to eliminate them as descendants of Pocahontas by the "not Red" or "not White" criteria. If any one of them has Pocahontas' blood, then so does Nancy Reagan. If none are descended from Pocahontas, then neither is Mrs. Reagan.
— on her father's side | — on her mother's side | ||
Anna Munson 1745-1782 James N. Barnes 1804-1880 Sarah Johnson 1732-1812 Joel Stevens 1749-1830 Betsey —— (Stevens) 1779-1853 Jessy Ayers 1820-1890 |
Thomas Luckett b. 1815 Sara Ann Taylor 1824-1889 John Whitlock Sarah —— (Whitlock) Martha Wells 1821-1879 |
Wyndham Robertson's 1887 list of Pocahontas' descendants has been revised and corrected five times. None of these candidates' names appear in that tome, nor in its several revisions. We must conclude that Edith Wilson was the only First Lady who descended from Pocahontas. No matter how often it is repeated that Nancy Reagan is in that bloodline, it simply isn't so.
For completeness, this is Pocahontas' line of descendancy as given by Wyndham Robertson in 1877, to the seventh generation. Most, but not all, of the seventh generation was born after 1800. So, in general, this is as far back as one would need to find a person's ancestors in order to check that person as a possible descendant of Pocahontas.
Pocahontas
Thomas Rolfe
Jane Rolfe
John Bolling
John Bolling
Thomas Bolling
Elizabeth Bolling
Archibald Robertson
Thomas Bolling Robertson
William Robertson
John Robertson
Anne Robertson
Jane Gay Robertson
Wyndham Robertson
Rebecca Bolling
William Bolling
Ann Meade Bolling
William Albert Bolling
Thomas Bolling
Jane Rolfe Bolling
Thomas Bolling
Mary Bolling
John Bolling
Martha Bolling
Powhatan Archer
Martha Archer
Ellen Archer
Mary Archer
Lucy Archer
John Bolling
Evelina Bolling
Susan Bolling
—— Bolling
Edward Bolling
Powhatan Bolling
Archibald Bolling
Edward Bolling
Alexander Bolling
Archibald Bolling
Mary Bolling
Peter Jefferson Archer
Robert Bolling
Mary Burton Bolling
Mary Burton Augusta Bolling
Pocahontas Rebecca Bolling
Sophonisba E. Cabell
Sarah Bolling Cabell
Charles J.Cabell
Edward Blair Cabell
Benjamin William S. Cabell
Mary P. Cabell
Elizabeth Blair Bolling
West ——
West ——
Linnaeus Bolling
mary Bolling
Susan Bolling
Philip A. Bolling
Robert Bolling
Powhatan Bolling
Mary Bolling
Richard Bland
Richard Bland
John Bolling Bland
Sarah Bland
Theodorick Bland
Mary Bland
Anna P. Bland
Hannah Woodlief
Anna Woodlief
Elizabeth Woodlief
Sarah Bolling
Elizabeth . Samuel Griffin Tazewell
Littleton Tazewell
Sarah Bolling Tazewell
William Tazewell
Willianna Blair Tazewell
Catharine Nevison Tazewell
Henrietta Watkins Tazewell
Mary Louisa Tazewell
Sally Bolling Tazewell
Martha Jefferson Tazewell
Jane Rebecca Tazewell
Nancy Rosalie Tazewell
Isabella Tazewell
Archibald Bolling
Sarah Bolling
William C. Megginson
Elizabeth C. Megginson
Archibald Bolling Megginson
Joseph C. Megginson
Samuel B. Megginson
Jane Randolph Megginson
John R. Megginson
Benjamin C. Megginson
Anne Everard Bolling
Samuel Sheppard Duval
Archibald Bolling Duval
Jane Randolph Cabell
John R. Cabell
Elizabeth Robertson Cabell
Robert Bolling Cabell
George W. Cabell
Mary Ann Hopkins Cabell
Elizabeth Meade Bolling
Elizabeth Jane Robertson
Rebecca Robertson
Pocahontas Anne Robertson
Virginia B. Robertson
Blair Bolling
Archibald Bolling
John Bolling
Mary Susan Bolling
Paulina Bolling
Anne Bolling
John Dandridge
Bolling Dandridge
William Dandridge
Nathaniel West Dandridge
Charles F Dandridge
William F. Dandridge
Anna Dandridge
Martha Dandridge
Nathaniel West Dandridge
Rosalie Dandridge
Ann Dandridge
—— James
Jane Butler Dandridge
James W. Logan
Jane Bolling
Richard Randolph
Richard Randolph
Robert B. Randolph
William Randolph
Maria B. Randolph
David Meade Randolph
William B. Randolph
Brett Randolph
Edward Bland Beverly Randolph
Carter Beverley Randolph
Victor Moreay Randolph
Franklin Randolph
Theodoric Randolph
Ryland Randolph
—— Randolph
—— Randolph
Susanna Randolph
Benjamin Harrison
Jane Randolph
Ann Randolph
Kidder Randolph
Howard Randolph
Anne Randolph
Susan Randolph
Brett Randolph
Patrick Randolph
Elizabeth Randolph
John E. Meade
Charlotte Meade
Rebecca Meade
Mary Randolph
Sarah Randolph
Brett Randolph
Henry Randolph
Henry Randolph
Mary Randolph
Brett Randolph
Catharine Cochrane Randolph
Susan Frances Randolph
Susanna Randolph
Susan Mary Ann Douglass
Charles Brett Douglass
Archibald Aberdeen Douglass
Heartly Douglass
Eliza Randolph Douglass
Brett Randolph
John Randolph
Richard Randolph
Tudor Randolph
St. George Randolph
John Randolph
Mary Randolph
Anne Cary
Mary Randolph
Elizabeth Randolph
Thomas Mann Randolph
William Randolph
Judith Randolph
Ann Cary Randolph
Jane Randolph
John Randolph
Harriet Randolph
Virginia Randolph
Jane Cary
Archibald Cary Randolph
Thomas Cary Randolph
Isham Randolph
Mary Randolph
Elizabeth Cary
Mary J. Kincaid
Mary Cary
John Cary Page
Henry Page
Mann Page
Mary Page
Jane Randolph
Anthony Walke
Edwin Walke
David Meade Walke
John N.Walke
Anthony Walke
Edwin Walke
Susan M. Walke
John N. Walke
Jane E. Walke
Elizabeth Randolph
Mary Bolling
Thomas Fleming
Mary Fleming
Julia Lewis
John Lewis
Sukey Fleming
Susan Lewis
Lucy Fleming
Mary Bolling Fleming
Eliza J.F. Stanard
John C. Stanard
Julia A.V. Stanard
Daniel Bernard
Cyril Bernard
Christopher Bernard
John Fleming
William Fleming
Charles Fleming
Mary Fleming
Caroline Fleming
Elizabeth Bolling
William Gay
William Gay
Peterfeld Gay
B. Franklin Gay
Elizabeth Gay
Eliza Gay Bentley
William Field Bentley
Fanny Trent Bentley
Efford Bolling Bentley
John Gay Bentley
Maria Buchanan Bentley
Alexander Willis Bentley
Lavinia Bentley
Thomas Bolling Gay
Ellen Gay
Delia Gay
William Gay
Eliza Gay
Powhatan A.Gay
Virginia F.Gay
Bolling Gay
Neil B. Gay
William Gay
Neil B. Gay
Martha Gay
Pocahontas VGay
Ann Caroline Gay
Mary B. Gay
William Gay Strange
Edward Scott Gay
Matoaca Gay
Louisa Gay
Edward S. Gay
Caroline Gay
Minnie W.Gay
Ann H. Gay
Charles S. Gay
Charles Wyndham Gay
Henry Erskine Gay
Frences B. Gay
Lizzie E.Gay
William Gay
Agatha Estell Gay
Caroline Scott Gay
Sally Gay
Judith Gay Ferguson
Pocahontas Ferguson
James B. Ferguson
Mary Francis Ferguson
William Gay Ferguson
Elizabeth Gay
Mary Gay
Martha Bolling
Jenny Eldridge
Rolfe Eldridge
Rolfe Eldridge
Susanna Eldridge
Lucy Eldridge
Lucy Eldridge
Delia Eldridge
William Eldridge
Mildred Kidder Eldridge
Benjamin Eldridge
John Eldridge
Frances Eldridge
Susan Eldridge
Thomas Webber
Courtney T. Eldridge
Thomas Eldridge
Courtney Tucker Eldridge
Mary Eldridge
Bolling Branch
Mary Susan Branch
William Brandh
Sally Branch
Matthew Branch
Polly Branch
Judith Eldridge
James B. Ferguson
Jane Elvira Ferguson
Martha Eldridge
Pamela Harris
Anne Bolling
William Murray
Anne Murray
William Murray Robinson
Robert Emmett Robinson
Powhatan Robinson
Mary Murray
Robert Skipwith
William M.Skipwith
George N. Skipwith
Cornelia Lotte Skipwith
Thomas Bolling Skipwith
William Murray
Rebecca B.Murray
Matoaca Murray
Nannie S. Murray
Louisa S.Murray
Mary Murray
Cornelia S.Murray
Gay Bernard Murray
John Murray
Elizabeth Murray
Mary Yates
Elizabeth Yates
Anne Murray
Sukey Murray
James Murray
Peggy Murray
Anne Murray
—— Buchanan
—— Cross
Margaret Murray
Nancy Gordon
Ann Gordon
Elizabeth Ann Coleman
Mary Margaret Coleman
John Coleman
Thomas Gordon Coleman
Henrietta Maria Coleman
Henry E. Coleman
Ethelbert Algernon Coleman
Sarah Coleman
Charles Coleman
Jane C. Coleman
Mary Murray
Peggy Gordon
Mary Ann Knox
Sophia Knox
John F.O.Knox
Henry Green
Mary Ann Davies
William Conway Whittle
Fortescue Whittle
James M. Whittle
Conway D. Whittle
John S. Whittle
Lewis Neale Whittle
Stephen Decatur Whittle
Francis McNeece Whittle
Powhatan Bolling Whittle
James Murray
Mary Murray
Brown, Stuart E. Jr., Lorraine F. Myers, Eileen M. Chappel, Pocahontas' Descendants, revised, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1984.