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littleone15 |
Descendant of Henry VII
Feb 21 2012, 8:06 PM EST
I am descended from King Henry VII through his illegitimate son, Roland de Velville (see my other posts on the question of if he is a true son or not). It is on my father's mother's side of the family. The Sisson family of Rhode Island were one of the founding families of Portsmouth, and so the family tree has been extremely well kept, as well as DNA research has been done to see who is blood and who is not (our branch of the tree tested positive). Richard and Mary Sisson married their children to the Lawton family, most likely because they themselves had wealth and power in Rhode Island, but the Lawton's had a connection to the Royal family. They actually married three of their children to Lawtons, but only my great-great-etc-grandfather George had children with his wife, Sarah Lawton-Sisson. Her mother, Elizabeth Salisbury, was descended from Katherine Tudor of Berain, through her second son from her first husband, John Salisbury, who was the heir after her eldest son was executed. Katherine Tudor was the granddaughter of Roland de Veleville through his daughter Jane. Roland was considered Henry VIII's half-brother by Henry VIII and other contemporaries, and was given favors by Henry. Katherine was a ward and considered royal cousin to Elizabeth when she was queen (Katherine was about 3 or 4 years old when Elizabeth took the throne, as Roland was about 17 when Henry was born). I have the full tree if anyone wants to see it. As I am descended by both grandmothers and grandfathers, depending on the generation, as well as the family coming to America, I can understand why it would be lost. In fact, it was only through my historical research on the family that I discovered this- I can trace my specific Sisson grandfathers back two generations in England, up to the time of the Reformation, but can't get farther then that. We don't have the family bibles, but like I said, I do have the big list-style tree/
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