My Most Famous Direct Ancestors Since 1600:

Person

Why famous?

Relation

Giles Hopkins

Mayflower passenger

12th Great-grandpa

Stephen Hopkins

Mayflower passenger

13th Great-grandpa

Lieut. John Rogers

Mayflower passenger

14th Great-grandpa

Thomas Rogers

Mayflower passenger

15th Great-grandpa

Francis Cooke (not proven)

Mayflower passenger

12th Great-grandpa

 

 

 

 

Other Notable Direct Ancestors:

Person

 Why Notable?

Relation

Reinhold Fehlberg

      Reverend

 Great-Grandfather

Joshua Knapp

     Reverend

 4th Great-Grandfather

 

My Most Famous Indirect Ancestors Since 1600:

 

Person

 

Why famous?

Our Common Ancestor

Their Relation

to Common Ancestor

My Relation

to Common Ancestor

Pres. Richard M. Nixon

35th President of the United States

Joshua Hemmingway Jr.

5th Great-grandpa

6th Great-grandpa

Earnest Hemmingway

famous writer

Ralph Hemmenway

7th Great-grandpa

8th Great-grandpa

Shane Hamman

World Record Holder in the Squat (1007 lbs)

Unknown, but prior to 1800

Same Y-chromosome

Same Y-chromosome

Phillip Hamman

“Man of Valor” in Rev War; “Savior of Greenbrier”, Virginia, against Indian Massacre

Unknown, but could be 6th Great Grandfather; he is Shane Hamman’s 5th Great Grandfather

Same Y-chromosome

Same Y-chromosome