Colonials and the peerage

One group of the immigrants who fled the turmoils of England had other than commoner ancestry.^[1] Some of these had ties to royal families in their ancestry. ^[2][3] In some cases, such as Calvert, there was no actual migration yet there can be claims to ancestral ties.^[4]

An example of these families is provided in the following list: ^[4]

Calvert ( , MD 1634), Delano (Plymouth, MA 1621), Eaton (Boston, MS 1637), Hawes (Duxbury, MA 1635), Lowell (Boston, MA 1639), Gye/Maverick (Dorchester, MA 1630), Palgrave ( , MA 1630), Perkins (Boston, MA 1630), Saltonstall (Watertown, MA 1630), Stratton/Thorndike (Boston, MA 1630), Wingate (Dover, NH 1658), ...

In a recent book, Roberts edits a list that was developed under the auspices of the NEHGS, and others, and provides various counts. For instance, of the 180 immigrants who had 10 or more notable descendants, 88 settled in New England (with the majority in Massachusetts), 47 settled in the Middle Atlantic states (predominately in Pennsylvania), and 45 went to the South (principally to Virginia). ^[4]

See also

• Royal descent (perhaps, merge this page to there)
• Fischer, D.H. (1989) Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America ISBN 0-19-503794-4
• Bunker, N (2010) Making Haste From Babylon NYTimes: Excerpt, Book Review, ISBN 0307266826

References

• The International Society of the Descendants of Charlesmagne (website)
• American Immigrants descended from Magna Carta Barons (website)

1. ^ NEHGS - The Great Migration
2. ^ Hall, KC (2002) What's so all-fired important about Mary Gye? self-published genealogy
3. ^ Richardson, D (2004) Plantagenet Ancestry New Genealogical Books
4. ^ ^{a b c} Roberts, GB (2008) The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History (peek via amazon.com) ISBN 0806317868