After reviewing other genealogical websites, we have now extended our list of possible predecessors, back to over sixty generations. Granted, the accuracy of the early portion of the line of descent is very questionable, however the pattern is probably reasonably accurate with numerous ancestors from Norman, Viking and Saxon lines. Thirty plus generations back, if accurate, it appears that a few of our predecessors were English nobility. If this is true, then the entries prior to the English kings would have a greater likelihood of being correct, since the noble families did keep more accurate records of their families histories.
While it appears impressive, one must remember that if that first king, forty generations ago, had two offspring that lived to produce two living offspring, and this pattern continued to the present generation, then that original king would have 2 to the fortieth power, or 1,099,511,628,000 descendants living on earth today. This does reduce the novelty somewhat.
Generation 1
Granville Leo Beedle 4/12/1888 – 4/27/1977
Carol Enid Simpson 10/23/1892 – 8/15/1969
Ray Venti Simpson 2/12/1899 – 3/15/1962
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Generation 2
Charles Wesley Beedle 11/22/1838 – 1/13/1892
Mary Elizabeth Holmes 10/7/1846 – 2/12/1927
Lynn Carroll Simpson 1/28/1869 – 7/16/1944
Elizabeth Belle Van Eaton 1/19/1868 – 3/21/1951
Kirke Larue Simpson 8/14/1881 -6/1972
John V. Van Eaton About 1866 – About 1937
Sarah Elizabeth Beedle 1/19/1849 – ?
William Henry Beedle 3/27/1846 – 2/16/1893
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Generation 3
Granville T. Beedle 10/14/1809 – 2/3/1869
Sarah Greenleaf Collins 4/21/1808 -?
Daniel Holmes 3/27/1819 – 2/8/1885
Sarah Woolfenden 12/8/1810 – 5/15/1895
Sylvester C. Simpson 3/2/1844 – 3/1/1913
Mary Frances McFarland 1848 – 7/13/1905
Samuel L. Simpson 11/10/1845 – 6/14/1899
John Dick Van Eaton 3/28/1829 – 12/2/1884
Jane Stuart McCallum 1825 – 1874/5
John Guthrie McCallum 8/10/1826 – 2/5/1897
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Generation 4
Nancy Cooper 3/29/1820 – 1/14/1883
Benjamin Simpson 3/29/1818 – 5/17/1910
John Beedle 1/16/1770 – 12/19/1839
Susannah Wilson 8/6/1780 – 3/22/1857
Duncan McCallum 1784 – 1832
Ellen Guthrie 1798 – 4/10/1878
John Van Eaton 1792 – ?
Lydia Lowry 10/9/1802 – 3/17/1855
John Joseph McFarland 12/12/1802 – ?
Desidera Metzger ? – ?
Barnett Simpson 12/29/1836 – ?
Lemuel Collins 8/21/1791 – 7/31/1851
Sarah Greenleaf October 1, 1779 – 1853
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Generation 5
William Milton (?) Simpson 6/27/1793 – 11/3/1858
Mary Polly Kimsey 7/7/1797 – 2/2/1858
William Cooper 1788 – 1848
Susan Higgins 1801 – 1877
Samuel Van Eaton 1761 – 1845
Ruth Neely ? – ?
Ebenezer Greenleaf 1753 -8/15/1817
Walter McFarland 11/17/1766 – 6/15-1820
Sarah Mitchell 1/26/1769 – ?
John Guthrie 1/11/1749 – 8/12/1852
John MacCallum 6/12 to 18/1763 – 12/16/1834
Lemuel Collins 2/28/1757 – 9/28/1841
Mercy Garrin 12/14/1756 – 5/18/1805
William Lowry 1765 – 7/10/1812
Elizabeth Gillespie 1767 – After 7/18/1835
Thomas Beedle ? – ?
Elizabeth Baker ? – ?
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Generation 6
Thomas Simpson 9/23/1739 – 11/21/1833
Mary Charity Knight 1751 – 1836
Jan (John) Van Etten 1720 – 1786
Margaret LeFevre After 1720 – 3/26/1738
Joseph Greenleaf 7/2/1727 – 1772
Dorcas Gray ? – 1812
Josiah Higgins 1782 – 1841
Barbara Smelser Higgins 1779 – 1840
Benjamin A. Cooper 1/25/1756 – 11/5/1840
Anne Fullerton 1760 – 11/10/1826
James Kimsey 1750 – 1817
Mary Crowley About 1760 – ?
Samuel Lowry ? – After 5/5/1789
Lemuel Collins ? – ?
Mary Witham ? – ?
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Generation 7
Richard Simpson 12/26/1714 – 5/1795
Jacobus (Jacob – James) Van Etten 12/25/1696 – 1779
Steven Greenleaf 10/21/1690 – 1771
Johannes (John) Le Fevre About 1700 – 1779
Christina Wentz 1/17/1711 – About 1770
Francis Cooper 1726 -1802
Anna Westbrook 7/28/1700 – 1779
Samuel Crowley Before 1745 – 10/101774
Elizabeth Strong 7/21/1744 – 1817
Benjamin Kimsey About 1725 – ?
Margaret Gregg ? – ?
John Gray 7/29/1708 – ?
Elizabeth Goodwin 1706 – ?
John David Collins Abt. 1695 – 1775
Bathshaba Donham ? – ?
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Generation 8
Thomas Simpson 11/5/1690 – After 1737
Jan Van Etten 1666 – ?
Jannetje Roosa Est. 1666 – Before 1731
Stephen Greenleaf, Jr. 9/20/1654 – 8/5/1712
Abraham Le Fevre About 1674 – 1743
Johannes Westbrook Before 1668 – ?
Magdelena Decker 10/3/1666 – ?
Jacob Wentz About 1680 – About 1705
Elizabeth Mohr 7/19/1692 – About 1745
Benjamine Cooper 1697 – 1776
Jeffrey Crowley Before 1710 – 1761
Effie Nearne Before 1710 – Before 1761
William Strong ? – ?
Frances Johnson ? – ?
Elizabeth Thompson ? – About 1748
Ezekial Collins Abt 4/23/1662/63 – 12/1744
Elizabeth Riggs 4/22/1672 – 4/28/1728
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Generation 9
Richard Simpson Before 1663 – Before 1711
Anne Gilbert About 1670 – After 1711
Jacob Jansen Van Etten 1632 – 1689
Annetje Arians 8/29/1645 – After 1712
Jan Broersen Decker Abt. 1630 – 1709/1712 & Heiltie Jacobs
Stephen Greenleaf, Sr. 8/10/1628 – 10/31/1690 & Elisabeth Coffin
Isaac LeFevre Appx. 1660 – Appx. 1731 & Janneken Boudounck
Anthony Jansen Westbroek Appx 1636 – ?
Orrseltie Dircks 1620 – ?
Arie Roosa 1645 – ?
Maria Pels Bap. 1665 – ?
William Gerrish 8/19/1617 – Appx 12/5/1687
Philip Mohr February 25, 1672 – About 1722
Anna Marie Windergrien About 1672 – About 1722
James Cooper May 16, 1661 – December 4, 1732
John David Collins ? – 1675
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Generation 10
William Simpson 2/4/1644 – ? & Elizabeth
Edmund Greenleaf 1573/4 – 1671
Sarah Dole Died 1663
Tristram Coffin 1609 – 1681
Dionis Stevens 3/4/1609 – 12/5/1705
Johannes Marienesen Adriensen Van Etten 1596/7 – ?
Wilhelmina Hoanne 1600 – ?
Aldert Heymanse Roosa Before 1630 – 2/27/1679
Wyntje Ariens De Jongh 1623 – after 2/27/1678-79
Johannes Mohr 12/22/1649 – 1722
Margaretha Fischer About 1650 – About 1700
Jan Teunisen Abt. 1605 – ? & Eychgan Bosch
George Ashley Cooper 7/22/1621 – 1/28/1682
Elizabeth Oldfield 7/16/1625 – ?
Evert Pels 1616 – 6/29/1686
Jannetje Symens 1623 – 9/2/1683
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Generation 11
Richard Simpson Before 1625 – ?
Peter Coffin 1580 – 10/27/1628
Marinus Adriensen Van Etten 1573 – ?
John of Rockburne Cooper 1598 – 1631
Ann Ashley 1602 -7/20/1628
John Oldfield Abt 1599 – ?
Adrian Meetomen De Jongh 1597 – before 2/28/1660
Heyman Roosa 1593 – ?
Symon Symorse Groat 1602 – ?
Rebecca De Trieux 1607 – ?
Robert Stevens Unknown – before 14 February 1627-28
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Generation 12
Nicholas Coffin 11/1561 – 10/8/1613
Anthony Ashley 1550 – ?
Meerten Adriense De Jongh 1560 – ?
Phillip Du Trieux 1585 – 1653
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Generation 13
Peter Coffin About 1535 – ?
Mary Boscowen About 1541 – 9/4/1622
Adrien De Jongh 1530 – ?
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Generation 14
Hugh Boscowen 1512 – 8/24/1590
Phillipa Carminowe 1519 – 8/9/1563
Adrien De Jongh 1500 – ?
James Coffin 1514 – 12/15/1566
Mary Cole 1516 – ?
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Generation 15
Richard Coffin 1475 – 12/24/1555
Wilmot Chudleigh 1490 – 6/13/1569
John Boscowen About 1439 – 10/13/1515
Elizabeth Lower About 1444 – ?
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Generation 16
John Coffin 1450 – 12/15/1566
Phillippa Elizabeth Hingston 1475 – ?
Richard Chudleigh About 1468 – 8/26/1558
Mary Wadham About 1470 – ?
Richard Boscowen About 1413 – 1489
Maude Hallop 1415 – ?
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Generation 17
Richard Coffin About 1425 – ?
Alice Gambon 1437 – ?
Nicholas Wadham About 1444 – ?
Sir William Chudleigh ? – 1515
Joan Hody About 1447 – ?
Hugh Boscowen About 1412 – ?
Joan Trenowth 1378 – ?
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Generation 18
William Coffin 1420 – 9/11/1486
Margaret Giffard 1427 – ?
John Gambon 1407 – ?
James Chudleigh About 1444 – ?
Margaret Stourton About 1448 – ?
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Generation 19
John Coffin About 1392 – 1427
Thomasin Hathey About 1396 – After 1427
William Stourton 1432 – 2/18/1478
Margaret Chidiocke About 1432 – 3/12/1502 or 3
John Chudleigh About 1418 – ?
Thomasine Kirkham About 1422 – ?
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Generation 20
David Coffin About 1361 – ?
James Chudleigh About 1402 – 2/8/1456
Radigund Wife of James Chudleigh About 1402 – ?
John Stourton About 1404 – 11/25/1462
Magery Wadham About 1403 – ?
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Generation 21
David Coffin About 1332 – After 1370
James Chudleigh About 1331 – ?
Joan Champernon About 1382 – ? (?????)
William de Stourton About 1373 – 9/18/1413
Elizabeth Moyne 1377 – ?
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Generation 22
John Coffin About 1301 – ?
John Chudleigh About 1307 – ?
Joan Beauchamp About 1311 – 6/16/1420
John de Stourton About 1340 – ?
Katherine Beaumont About 1354 – 8/28/1435
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Generation 23
Richard Coffin About 1275 – ?
John Chudleigh About 1282 – ?
Thomasine Prouse About 1286 – ?
William de Stourton About 1290 -?
Joan (Jane) Vernan (Vernon) About 1298 – ?
Generation 24
John Chudleigh About 1257 – ?
Ralph de Stourton About 1251 – About 1303
Alice de Berkeley About 1273 (1283) – ?
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Generation 25
Sir Eudes Stourton About 1220 – ?
Grace Hungerford About 1225 – ?
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Generation 26
Michael de Stourton About 1185 – ?
Mary (Malville) Maudit About 1195 – ?
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Generation 27
William Stourton About 1150 – After 1185
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Generation 28
Robert Stourton About 1110 – After 1177
Agnes Wife of Robert Stourton About 1115 – ?
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Generation 29
Botolph (Bartholomew) Stourton 1060, 1066 or 1075 – ?
Ann Godwin About 1085 – ?
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Generation 30
Son of Godwin I Earl of Kent and Wessex After 1035 – 1059?
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Generation 31
Godwin I Earl of Kent and Wessex About 988 – 1/15/1053
Gytha Thorgilsdottir About 997 – After 1066
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Generation 32
Wulfnoth Cyld of Sussex About 975 – 1015
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Generation 33
AEthelmaer Cyld “The Great” Thane of Surrey Ealdorman in Devonshire
About 1016 – ?
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Generation 34
AEthelwerd I “The Historian” ? – 998
AEthelflaed of Wessex ? – ?
Olaf “Mitkg” Bjornsson About 885 – ?
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Generation 35
Eadric Earldorman of Wessex ? – About 949
AEthelgifu of Wessex ? – ?
Bjorn “The Old” Eriksson About 867 – About 950
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Generation 36
AEthelfrith Earldorman of Wessex and Mercia ? – ?
Erik VI “Waderhatt” Edmundsson About 849 – About 900
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Generation 37
AEthelhelm Earldorman of Wiltshire About 859 – About 898
AEthelgyth of Mercia ? – ?
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Generation 38
AEthelred I King of Wessex About 843 – About 872
Wulfthryth ? – ?
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Generation 39
AEthelwulf King of England 806 – 1/13/858
Osburga of Wessex About 810 – 849
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Generation 40
Egbert King of England 775 – 11/19/839
Redburga of Wessex About 788 – ?
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Generation 41
Ealhmund Under-King of Kent 758 – 788
Daughter of AEthelbert II King of Kent 762 – ?
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Generation 42
Eafa of Wessex 732 – 790
Daughter of Eadbert King of Kent ? – ?
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Generations 43 to 66 (Interesting but questionable)
Predecessors of Eafa of Wessex 706 – 80AD
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Additional Genealogical Information on these and related familes has been made available by Jim Tillotson and links to his references notes are available below:
Roosa, Pels, DeJongh, DuTruy & Groat Family Notes
Westbroek, Tunisen & Decker Family Notes
Additional Family Histories: