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Relationship of Baldwins to Princess Diana

Note: This is one theory for the genealogy of Princess Diana and the Spencer siblings. For more information and discussion about this chart, see Spencer Medieval Genealogy

	Spencer Blood-Line	Spouse	Birthyear
19	Princes William and Harry
18	Princess Diana Spencer	Prince Charles	1961
17	Edward John Spencer	Frances Roche	1924
16	Albert Edward John Spencer	Cynthia Hamilton	1892
15	Charles Robert Spencer	Margaret Baring	1857
14	Frederick Spencer	Horatia Seymour	1798
13	George John Spencer	Lady Lavinia Bingham	1758
12	John Spencer	Margaret Georgina Poyntz	1734
11	John Spencer	Lady Georgina Scarteret	1708
10	Charles Spencer	Lady Ann Churchill	1674
9	Robert Spencer	Lady Ann Digby	1640
8	Henry Spencer Earl of Sunderland	Lady Dorothy Sidney	1620
7	William Spencer	Penelope Wriothesely	1591
6	Sir Robert Spencer	Margaret Willoughby	1570
5	Sir John Spencer	Mary Catlin	Est 1545
4	Sir John Spencer I think this is where the Althorp Spencers start	Catherine Kitson	Est 1520
3	Sir William Spencer	Susan Knightly	Est 1495
2	Sir John Spencer	Isabel Gaunt	Est 1470
1	William Spencer	Elizabeth Empson	Est 1445
	Now, for the big jump - is this William Spencer the son of Henry and Isabella (Lincoln). Some don't make that "jump".
0	Henry Spencer	Isabella Lincoln	Est 1420

1	Sir John Spencer	Ann Empson	Est 1445
2	Robert Spencer	Anne Pecke	Est 1465
3	John Spencer	Christina Baker	Est 1485
4	John Spencer	Ann Gerrard	Abt 1505
5	Michael Spencer	Elizabeth _______	Abt 1530
6	Gerard Spencer	Alice Whitbread	1576
7	Gerrard Spencer	Hannah Hills	1614
8	Sarah Spencer	Stephen Backus	1644
9	Sarah Backus	David Knight	1668
10	Joseph Knight	Sarah Read	1705
11	Anna Knight	Daniel Baldwin II	1735
12	Elijah Baldwin	Polly Richardson	1756
13	Ezra Baldwin	Lydia Eaton	1805
14	Henry Gilbert Baldwin	Eleanor Serepta Fisher	1836
15	Arthur Baldwin	Inez Evageline Hallock	1876

Using this chart, Arthur Baldwin and Princess Diana would be 15th cousins, three times removed.

Their common ancestral couple is Henry and Isabella (Lincoln) Spencer. Henry lived from approximately 1420-1478. William and Sir John Spencer (See Generation 1 in both directions) were brothers and were sons of Henry and Isabella. Gerrard Spencer migrated to America during the Great Migration of Puritans to New England approximately 1634. He lived many years in Lynn, Massachusetts before moving to Hartford, CT, and then onto Haddam, Connecticut. He died in Haddam, Connecticut on June 29, 1685.

Ancestors of American Presidents show other descendants of Henry and Isabella (Lincoln) Spencer, to which we are also cousins, if, indeed we are descended from Henry of Northants, include Sir Winston Churchill and American presidents: George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and George Bush.

Bibliography above the level of Gerrard Spencer and down to Princess Diana are: A Study of Spencers, compiled by Karen Spencer, 1981; A series of articles in le Despencer, Newsletter of the Spencer Family Association, by Flora Spencer Clark; Ancestors of American Presidents, by Gary Boyd Roberts.

Research below the level of Gerrard has been partially performed by myself and also compiled by me from the work of Charles Candee Baldwin, Florence Baldwin, Evelyn Hallock, Doug Geist, and others.

A rather complete genealogy of Diane's side of the family is presented at The Descendants of William Spencer of Rodborne Page