Re: Gateway Ancestors

Most gateway ancestors to the American Colonies arrived between Jamestown
and about 1707....mostly by the middle 1600 time period I suspect. Their
English families had married UP into Royalty, but in the colonies there was no
royalty for them to marry up into so they had to marry Down among the common
folks. When the word got back to England that we were becoming a classless
society they lost interest in coming and so it is critical to find gateway
ancestors during the 1600 time period. We don't look for gateway ancestors whose
families are linked to royalty because it is a snobbish thing to do we do it out
of necessity because the landed aristocracy and royalty are the only ones
with the written records that are necessary for us to trace our ancestry during
medieval times. Once we have found our way back to Willie and to Charlemagne
our ancestry spreads all over Europe.

Jno

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Fw: Fw: 17th century VA law
    ... Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval ... But gateway ancestors in VA are not medieval, ... You must not forget that Gen-Med was started by Americans for Americans. ...
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  • Re: Gateways
    ... Well, let's put it this way, most British family historians who manage to get any of their lines back to about 1600, don't have gateway ancestors to royalty. ...
    (soc.genealogy.medieval)
  • Re: Gateways
    ... to get any of their lines back to about 1600, don't have gateway ... ancestors to royalty. ... Maybe that's because the spirit of enterprise is in the blood, so that medieval kings and robber barons are more likely to have descendants among convicts and pioneers than among settled professionals or working people... ...
    (soc.genealogy.medieval)
  • Re: What this list is - on "insularity"
    ... unless you try to say that England IS Europe? ... Every now and then I try to raise interest in some continental ancestor, because of the intermarriage between England and the continent, continental medieval people can be ancestors of the very much cherished and appreciated Gateway Ancestors. ...
    (soc.genealogy.medieval)
  • Re: 17th century VA law
    ... Renia wrote: ... But gateway ancestors in VA are not medieval, ... There should be a separate newsgroup or list for this. ...
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