Martha Eltonhead was born circa 1628 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom to Richard Eltonhead (1582-1664) and Ann Sutton (c1582-c1686) and died 1689 Middlesex County, Virginia, United States of unspecified causes. She married Edwin Conway (c1610-c1674) 1640 in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
An important "gateway" ancestor for many Americans, including Presidents Barack Obama (1961) and James Madison (1751) (though there seem to be discrepancies in Madison's reported lineage).
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
William Eltonhead (c1615-1657) | |||
Agatha Eltonhead (1622) | |||
Jane Eltonhead (1623-c1660) | |||
Eleanor Eltonhead (c1624) | |||
Richard Eltonhead (c1626-aft1664) | |||
Martha Eltonhead (1628-1689) | 1628 Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | 1689 Middlesex County, Virginia, United States | Edwin Conway (c1610-c1674) |
Alice Eltonhead (c1630-aft1671) | 1627 | 1671 | Rowland Burham (c1630-) Henry Corbin (c1630-) Henry Creyke (c1630-) |
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Edwin Conway (1644-c1698) | 11 May 1644 Rappahannock County, Virginia | 7 September 1689 Richmond County, Virginia, British America | Sarah Fleete or Walker (c1645-aft1685) Elizabeth Thornton or Thompson (c1645-) |
Eltonhead Conway (c1646-1689) | 1646 England, United Kingdom | 28 October 1689 Middlesex County, Virginia, United States | Henry Thacker, Sr. (c1632-aft1672) |
ANCESTRY of MARTHA ELTONHEAD to HENRY II, KING of ENGLAND
Line of ascendancy to Henry II, King of England: correct (March 2009) lineage of Martha Eltonhead and her daughter Eltonhead Conway. contributed by Marianne Dillow, given to her by Douglas Richardson, author of "Plantagenet Ancestry, 2004" and "Magna Carta Ancestry", 2005.
Henry II, King of England, with a mistress, Ida de Tosny.
William Longespée, Knt., 3rd Earl of Salisbury, married Ela of Salisbury.
Stephen Longespée, Knt., of King’s Sutton, Northamptonshire, married Emeline de Ridelisford.
Ela Longespée married Roger la Zouche, Knt., of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire.
Alan la Zouche, Knt., Lord Zouche, married Eleanor de Segrave.
Maud la Zouche married Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand.
Maud (or Matilda) de Holand married Thomas de Swinnerton, Knt., 3rd Lord Swinnerton.
Robert de Swinnerton, Knt., 4th Lord Swinnerton, married Elizabeth de Beke.
Maud Swinnerton married John Savage, Knt., of Clifton, Cheshire.
Mary Savage married (as his 1st wife) William Stanley, Esq., of Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire.
William Stanley, Esq., of Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire, married Alice Hoghton (or Houghton).
William Stanley, Knt., of Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire, married Agnes Grosvenor.
William Stanley, Knt., Hooton (in Wirral), Cheshire, married Anne Harington.
Peter Stanley, Esq., of Moor Hall (in Aughton), Lancashire, married Cecily Tarleton.
Anne Stanley married Edward Sutton, Gent., of Knowsley (in Huyton), Lancashire and Hall House (in Rushton Spencer), Staffordshire.
Ann Sutton married Richard Eltonhead, Gent., of Eltonhead (in Prescot), Lancashire.
Martha Eltonhead married Edwin Conway, Gent., of Northampton and Lancaster Counties, Virginia.
Eltonhead Conway married Henry Thacker, sr.
That line continues down through some of Marianne Dillow's ancestors thus:
HENRY THACKER, JR. married ELIZABETH PAYNE
ELIZABETH THACKER married JOHN VIVION II
JOHN VIVION III married JANE SMITH
ELIZABETH VIVION married VIVION DANIEL
Most of those people now have individual pages on this wiki and should appear automatically on an ancestry table for Elizabeth. Some of those and other descendants should appear on the "Descendants" tab above.
For copious notes about this family, see Edwin Conway (c1610-c1674).
Famous descendants
Footnotes (including sources)
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The "born 1678" file (AFN: FXH8-QS) says she was married in 1640; but it gives two options for her mother's surname:
The "born 1628" (at Eltonhead, Lancashire) file (AFN: Z5J4-5D) gives her the two marriages followed by death in Virginia after 1652. No mother shown; father Richard Eltonhead (AFN: 1RR2-QZ2) Individual record (no parentage shown) The "born about 1608" file (AFN: NBX1-P1) gives her Ann Sutton as mother and the same father as for the "born 1678" file abovementioned. Their family group record] shows that many siblings followed her:
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