In material that I inherited (somehow appropriate to the subject!), is a reference that Abigail Brewer (c. 1748-before 1810), wife of Sterling Cato, might be a direct descendent of Oliver Cromwell. Has anyone proven or disproven that? There can't be that many generations between them because of the relatively short period of time.
On Jul 2, 2:41 pm, Paul Davison <pauldavi...@comsouth.net> wrote:
> In material that I inherited (somehow appropriate to the subject!), is > a reference that Abigail Brewer (c. 1748-before 1810), wife of > Sterling Cato, might be a direct descendent of Oliver Cromwell. Has > anyone proven or disproven that? There can't be that many generations > between them because of the relatively short period of time.
> Paul Davison > Perry, Georgia
The various pages I've looked at online don't show any connection. However, none of them have her matrilineal ancestry other than her mother and her grandmother's given name.
On Jul 3, 9:53 pm, "pj.evans" <pj.evans....@usa.net> wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2:41 pm, Paul Davison <pauldavi...@comsouth.net> wrote:
> > In material that I inherited (somehow appropriate to the subject!), is > > a reference that Abigail Brewer (c. 1748-before 1810), wife of > > Sterling Cato, might be a direct descendent of Oliver Cromwell. Has > > anyone proven or disproven that? There can't be that many generations > > between them because of the relatively short period of time.
> > Paul Davison > > Perry, Georgia
> The various pages I've looked at online don't show any connection. > However, none of them have her matrilineal ancestry other than her > mother and her grandmother's given name.
Here is what I have on her:
1. Abigail Brewer was the daughter of George G. Brewer, Jr., and Abigail Wyche.
2. Abigail Wyche was the daughter of Henry Wyche, Sr., and Frances (LNU).
3. Henry Wyche, Sr., was the son of Peter Wyche and Alice Scott.
4. Peter Wyche was the son of George Wyche and Sarah (LNU).
5. George Wyche was the son of Henry Wyche (b. 1648 in Virginia) and Frances (LNU).
I did get someone asking me once to help them trace their obviously American Indian ancestry through the female Fnu Lnu.
I've now taken to using "Unknown Unknown", "Mr Unknown", "Unknown Smith" and so on.
Just like I've stopped using BEF 1650 and AFT 1780 and now say something like
"Living not dead in 1650 when a grant..." "Living not dead in 1860 when in St Louis, Missouri"
Also far far too many people are copying my dates without the "bef, aft, abt" or they are using my birth ranges as exact birth and death years.
Of course OneWorldTree makes this worse because they either can't or won't get the idea that you can know a person exists and "fl 1250" without knowing that they were born or died that year. "About" really doesn't cover "fl" in my perception.
