Genealogy of the Spencer Presidents and Princess Diana

Genealogy of the Spencer Presidents and Princess Diana

The First Three Generations - An Overview

1 Henry Spencer Say 1420 - 1478

.. +Isabella Lincoln Say 1420 -

.............. 2 William Spencer Say 1440 -

.................. +Elizabeth Empson Say 1440 -

Sister Ann below.. brother Sir Richard Empson executed 1510

............................... 3 Sir John Spencer Say 1460 - 1522

................................... +Isabel Graunt Say 1460 -

Line to FDR, Winston Churchill and Princess Di here >>>>

.............. 2 John Spencer, Sir Say 1450 -

.................. +Ann Empson Say 1450 -

Sister Elizabeth above.. brother Sir Richard Empson executed 1510

............................... 3 Jane Spencer Say Say 1480 -

................................... +Sir William Cope Say 1480 -

Line to Bush, second line to FDR, and Calvin Coolidge here >>>>

.............. 2 Thomas Spencer Say 1450 -

.................. +Margaret Smith Say 1450 -

............................... 3 William Spencer Say 1470 -

................................... +Agnes Heritage Say 1470 -

Line to George Washington here >>>>

Sources: The Four Presidents genealogy is from Ancestors of American Presidents, Roberts, 1995. The Princess Diana and Winston Churchill genealogies are a "consensus" of genealogies seen on the web. However, the "final" links of Princess Di's line to Henry Spencer of Northants, d 1478 appears to be uncertain and not accepted by all.

Boyd, in AAP, had ample opportunity to show these four presidents as cousins to Princess Diana in a separate section of the book devoted to that topic and did not. Does this mean William of Rodborne is not a child of Henry? Two William Spencers confused??

See a comparison of the Henry and Isabella (Lincoln) Spencer genealogy per AAP to Spencer of the Great Migration.

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Patriarch and Matriarch

1 Henry Spencer Say 1420 - 1478 of Badby, Northamptonshire, England
.... +Isabella Lincoln Say 1420 - England

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Line to Franklin Delano Roosevelt thru William (of Rodborne?)

Note the "double" relationship after 5. Dorothy and Thomas Spencer were cousins.

1   Henry Spencer Say 1420 - 1478 of Badby, Northamptonshire, England
.... +Isabella Lincoln Say 1420 - England
.... 2   William Spencer 1440 - of Rodborne
.......... +Elizabeth Empson 1440 - Of Towcester, Northamptonshire, England
........... 3   John Spencer, Sir 1460 - 1522
................. +Isabel Graunt 1460 -
.................. 4   William Spencer, Sir 1480 - 1532
........................ +Susan Knightly 1480 - 1539
........................ 5   [4] Dorothy Spencer 1500 -
.............................. +[3] Thomas Spencer 1500 -
............................... 6   Susan Spencer 1530 -
..................................... +John Temple 1530 -
...................................... 7   Thomas Temple, Sir 1560 -
............................................ +Hester Sandys 1560 -
............................................ 8   John Temple, Sir 1590 -
.................................................. +Dorothy Lee 1590 -
................................................... 9   Mary Temple 1620 -
......................................................... +Robert Nelson 1620 -
.......................................................... 10   John Nelson 1654 - 1734 London, Middlesex Co, England
................................................................ +Elizabeth Tailer 1667 - 1734
................................................................ 11   Rebecca Nelson 1688 - 1728 Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
...................................................................... +Henry Lloyd 1685 - 1763 Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
....................................................................... 12   Margaret Lloyd 1713 - 1756 Loyd's Neck, Long Island, New York
............................................................................. +William Henry Smith 1708 - 1776 Manor of St. George, Setauket, Long Island, New York
.............................................................................. 13   Rebecca Smith 1735 - 1809
.................................................................................... +John Aspinwall 1706 - 1774
.................................................................................... 14   John Aspinwall, Jr. 1774 - 1847 New York City, New York
.......................................................................................... +Susan Howland 1779 - 1852 Norwich, New London Co, Conn
........................................................................................... 15   Mary Rebecca Aspinwall 1809 - 1886 New York City, New York
................................................................................................. +Isaac Roosevelt 1790 - 1863 New York City, New York
.................................................................................................. 16   [2] James Roosevelt 1828 - 1900 Hyde Park, New York
........................................................................................................ +[1] Sara Delano 1854 - 1941 Algonac, New York
................................................................................ 17   Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882 - 1945 Hyde Park, New York
.............................................................................................................. +Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 - 1962 New York City, New York

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Marlborough Line to Winston Churchill through William of Rodborne

(Note: This line is NOT included in Ancestors of American Presidents, Roberts, 1995. This book presents numerous other connections with Princess Diana, a continuation of the Churchill line, causing one to wonder if it is a valid connection.)

First four generations same as FDR, then:

........................ 5   John Spencer, Sir 1500 - 1586 of Wormleighton
.............................. +Catherine Kitson 1500 -
............................... 6   John Spencer, Sir 1530 - 1599 of Wormleighton
..................................... +Margaret Catlin 1530 -
...................................... 7   Robert Spencer 1570 - 1627 1st Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton
............................................ +Margaret Willoughby 1570 - 1597
............................................ 8   William Spencer 1592 - 1636 2nd Lord Spencer, of Wormleighton
.................................................. +Penelope Wriothesley, Lady 1598 - 1667
................................................... 9   Henry Spencer 1620 - 1643 1st Earl of Sunderland
......................................................... +Dorothy Sidney, Lady 1617 - 1684 Isleworth, Middlesex
.......................................................... 10   Robert Spencer 1640 - 1702 Paris, France
................................................................ +Ann Digby, Lady 1640 - 1715
................................................................ 11   Charles Spencer 1674 - 1722 3rd Earl of Sunderland
...................................................................... +Ann Churchill 1682 - 1716 Dau of 1st Duke of Marlborough
....................................................................... 12   Charles Spencer 1706 - 1758 3rd Duke of Marlborough
............................................................................. +Elizabeth Trevor 1706 - 1761
.............................................................................. 13   George Spencer 1739 - 1817 4th Duke of Marlborough
.................................................................................... +Caroline Russell 1742 - 1811
.................................................................................... 14   George Spencer Churchill 1766 - 1840 5th Duke of Marlborough
.......................................................................................... +Susan Stewart 1767 - 1841
........................................................................................... 15   George Spencer Churchill 1793 - 1857 6th Duke of Marlborough
................................................................................................. +Jane Stewart 1798 - 1844
.................................................................................................. 16   John Winston Spencer Churchill 1822 - 1883 7th Duke of Marlborough
........................................................................................................ +Frances Anne Vane 1822 - 1899
........................................................................................................ 17   Randolph Spencer Churchill, Lord 1849 - 1895 Blenheim Palace, Woodstock,
                                                                                                                                                                                            Oxfordshire, England
.............................................................................................................. +Jennie Jerome 1854 - 1921 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
..................................................................18   Sir Winston Spencer Churchill 1874 - 1965 Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
..................................................................................................................... +Clementine Ogilvy Hozier 1885 - 1977 London, Middlesex Co, England

Note: I am a cousin to Sir Winston Churchill through his mother, Jennie Jerome, who was an American with deep New England roots. See his George Partridge / Stephen Tracy lineage.

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Althorp Spencer Line to Princess Diana through William of Rodborne

(Note: This line is NOT included in Ancestors of American Presidents, Roberts, 1995. This book presents numerous other connections with Princess Diana, causing one to wonder if it is a valid connection.)

First 11 generations same as Winston Churchill, then:

....................................................................... 12   John Spencer 1708 - 1746 of Althorp
............................................................................. +Georgina Carteret 1716 - 1780
.............................................................................. 13   John Spencer 1734 - 1783 1st Earl Spencer
.................................................................................... +Margaret Georgina Poyntz 1737 - 1814
.................................................................................... 14   George John Spencer 1758 - 1834 2nd Earl Spencer
.......................................................................................... +Lavinia Bingham 1762 - 1831
........................................................................................... 15   Frederick Spencer 1798 - 1857 4th Earl Spencer
................................................................................................. +Horatia Seymour 1825 - 1877
.................................................................................................. 16   Charles Robert Spencer 1857 - 1922 6th Earl Spencer
........................................................................................................ +Margaret Baring 1868 - 1906
........................................................................................................ 17   Albert Edward John Spencer 1892 - 1975 7th Earl Spencer
.............................................................................................................. +Cynthia Hamilton, Lady 1897 - 1972
............................................................................................................... 18   Edward John Spencer 1924 - 1992 8th Earl Spencer
..................................................................................................................... +Frances Ruth Burke Roche 1936 -
...................................................................................................................... 19   Lady Diana Frances Spencer 1961 - 1997
............................................................................................................................ +Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince 1948 -
............................................................................................................................ 20   William Arthur Philip Louis, Prince 1982 -
............................................................................................................................ 20   Henry Charles Albert, Prince 1984 -

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Spencer Line to President Bush

1   Henry Spencer Say 1420 - 1478 of Badby, Northamptonshire, England
.... +Isabella Lincoln Say 1420 - England
.... 2   John Spencer, Sir 1450 -
.......... +Ann Empson 1450 - of Towcester, Northamptonshire, England
........... 3   Jane Spencer 1480 -
................. +William Cope, Sir 1480 -
.................. 4   John Cope, Sir 1500 -
........................ +Bridget Raleigh 1500 -
........................ 5   Elizabeth Cope 1530 -
.............................. +John Dryden 1530 -
............................... 6   Bridget Dryden 1560 -
..................................... +Francis Marbury 1560 -
...................................... 7   Anne Marbury 1591 - 1643 Alford,Lincolnshire,England
...............................................Immigrant - Banned from Mass to Rhode Island, killed by Indians in New York
............................................ +William Hutchinson 1590 -
............................................ 8   Edward Hutchinson 1613 -
.................................................. +Catherine Hamby 1620 -
................................................... 9   Elisha Hutchinson 1641 - 1717
......................................................... +Hannah Hawkins 1650 -
.......................................................... 10   Hannah Hutchinson 1679 -
................................................................ +John Ruck 1680 -
................................................................ 11   Hannah Ruck 1710 -
...................................................................... +Theophilus Lillie 1710 -
....................................................................... 12   John Lillie 1728 - 1765 Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
............................................................................. +Abigail Breck 1732 - 1819 Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
.............................................................................. 13   Anna Lillie 1760 - 1804 Boston, Mass
.................................................................................... +Samuel Howard 1752 - 1797 Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
.................................................................................... 14   Harriet Howard 1782 - 1847 Boston, Mass
.......................................................................................... +Samuel Prescott Fay 1778 - 1856 Concord, Mass
........................................................................................... 15   Samuel Howard Fay 1804 - 1847 Cambridge, Mass
................................................................................................. +Susan Shellman 1808 - 1887 Savannah, Georgia
.................................................................................................. 16   Harriet Eleanor Fay 1829 - 1924 Savanna, Chatham Co, Georgia
........................................................................................................ +James Smith Bush 1825 - 1889 Rochester, Monroe Co, New York
........................................................................................................ 17   Samuel Prescott Bush 1863 - 1948 Brick Church, New Jersey
.............................................................................................................. +Flora Sheldon 1872 - 1920 Franklin Co, Ohio
............................................................................................................... 18   Prescott Sheldon Bush 1895 - 1972 Columbus, Franklin Co, Ohio
..................................................................................................................... +Dorothy Walker 1901 - Walker's Point, York Co, Maine
..................................................................................................... 19   George Herbert Walker Bush 1924 - Milton, Hampshire Co, Mass
............................................................................................................................ +Barbara Pierce 1925 - Rye, Westchester Co, New York

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A Second FDR line

First nine generations same as Bush, then pickup after generation 15 in FDR's other chart:

................................................... *2nd Wife of Elisha Hutchinson:
......................................................... +Elizabeth Clarke 1642 - 1713
.......................................................... 10   Edward Hutchinson 1678 - 1752 Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
................................................................ +Lydia Foster 1687 - Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
................................................................ 11   Elizabeth Hutchinson 1731 - 1793 Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass
...................................................................... +Nathaniel Robbins 1726 - 1795 Cambridge, Mass
....................................................................... 12   Edward Hutchinson Robbins 1758 - 1829 Milton, Mass
............................................................................. +Elizabeth Murray 1756 - 1837 North Carolina
.............................................................................. 13   Anne Jean Robbins 1789 - 1867 Prob Milton, Mass
.................................................................................... +Joseph Lyman III 1767 - 1847 Northampton, Mass
.................................................................................... 14   Catherine Robbins Lyman 1825 - 1896 Northampton, Mass
.......................................................................................... +Warren Delano, Jr. 1809 - 1898 Fairhaven, Mass
........................................................................................... 15   [1] Sara Delano 1854 - 1941 Algonac, New York
................................................................................................. +[2] James Roosevelt 1828 - 1900 Hyde Park, New York
                                                                                                  16 - see first FDR chart above

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Spencer Line to Calvin Coolidge

First three generations same as Bush, then:

................. 4   Anthony Cope, Sir 1510 -
........................ +Jane Crews 1510 -
........................ 5   Edward Cope 1540 -
.............................. +Elizabeth Mohun 1540 -
............................... 6   Ursula Cope 1570 -
..................................... +John D'oyly 1570 -
...................................... 7   Priscilla D'oyly 1600 -
............................................ +Edward Goddard 1600 -
............................................ 8   William Goddard 1630 - 1691
.................................................. +Elizabeth Miles 1630 -
................................................... 9   Josiah Goddard 1670 -
......................................................... +Rachel Davis 1670 -
.......................................................... 10   Rachel Goddard 1699 - Watertown, Mass
................................................................ +Obadiah Coolidge, Jr. 1695 - 1737 Watertown, Mass
................................................................ 11   Josiah Coolidge 1718 - 1780 Watertown, Mass
...................................................................... +Mary Jones 1718 -
....................................................................... 12   John Coolidge 1756 - 1822 Bolton, Mass
............................................................................. +Hannah Priest 1751 - 1829 Marlboro, Mass
.............................................................................. 13   Calvin Coolidge 1780 - 1853 Plymouth, Vermont
.................................................................................... +Sarah Thompson 1789 - 1856 Chester, Vermont
.................................................................................... 14   Calvin Galusha Coolidge 1815 - 1878 Plymouth, Vermont
.......................................................................................... +Sarah Almeda Brewer 1823 - 1906 Ludlow, Vermont
........................................................................................... 15   John Calvin Coolidge 1845 - 1926 Plymouth, Vermont
................................................................................................. +Victoria Josephine Moor 1846 - 1885 Plymouth, Vermont
.................................................................................................. 16   Calvin Coolidge 1872 - 1933 Plymouth, Vermont
........................................................................................................ +Grace Anna Goodhue 1879 - 1957 Burlington, Vermont

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Spencer Line to George Washington

1   Henry Spencer Say 1420 - 1478 of Badby, Northamptonshire, England
.... +Isabella Lincoln Say 1420 - England
.... 2   Thomas Spencer 1450 -
.......... +Margaret Smith 1450 - England
........... 3   William Spencer 1470 -
................. +Agnes Heritage 1470 -
.................. 4   Julian Spencer 1490 -
........................ +William Wilmer 1490 -
........................ 5   Anne Wilmer 1510 -
.............................. +Henry Thornton 1510 - 1583
............................... 6   Anne Thornton 1540 - 1614 of Newnham, England
..................................... +William Dickens 1540 - 1583
...................................... 7   Anne Dickens 1570 - 1637 of Great Creaton, Northamptonshire, England
............................................ +John Twigden 1570 - 1610
............................................ 8   Amphyllis Twigden 1602 - 1655 Spratton, Northamptonshire, England
.................................................. +Lawrence Washington 1602 - 1653 Sulgrave Manor, Northhamptonshire, England
................................................... 9   John Washington 1634 - 1677 Prob Purleigh, Essex Co, England
......................................................... +Anne Pope 1634 - 1668
.......................................................... 10   Lawrence Washington 1659 - 1698 Westmoreland Co, Virginia
................................................................ +Mildred Warner 1671 - 1701 Prob Warner Hall, Gloucester Co, Virginia
................................................................ 11   Augustine Washington 1694 - 1743 Wakefield, Westmoreland Co, Virginia
...................................................................... +Mary Ball 1708 - 1789 Lancaster Co, Virginia
....................................................................... 12   George Washington 1732 - 1799 Pope's Creek, Westmoreland Co, Virginia
............................................................................. +Martha Dandridge 1731 - 1802 New Kent Co, Virginia

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