ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF 60 COLONISTS Are you descended from the ancient royal families of Europe, with ancestors who sprang from the likes of Clovis I or Charlemagne? Ties of 60 early New England families to these and many other European kings are delineated in ``Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists,'' just published in its newly revised sixth edition. Most people who have early New England roots and have done a good job of digging them up are likely to find at least one ancestor here who is traced back to at least one royal family. And I mean back. This book traces some lines to Cerdic, a king of the West Saxons who was born in 519 AD. Just think: you may be descended from monarchs with such wonderful names as Cuthwine, Ceolwald, Aethelred, or Ingild. Or such later notables as Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Kings Henry, Alfred the Great, King John, Isabel de Vermandois, and so on. These lines were meticulously investigated by Frederick Lewis Weis, a former Naval officer and scholarly Unitarian minister who belonged to more than 50 historical and genealogical societies and wrote many books and manuscripts on historical and genealogical subjects. Through five previous editions, the book has been much updated and corrected, and new lines added. The latest edition was updated by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr. References are included for everything, and the 251-page book is completely indexed. ``Ancestral Roots'' is much more than just pedigrees: in many cases, biographies of some of the more interesting monarchs or settlers are provided. Obviously, this is a book with which you can trace not only historical roots, but have some fun doing it. These are early New Englanders whose lines discussed in the book: Herbert Pelham; Nathaniel Littleton; Edward Carleton; Maj. Richard Saltonstall; Muriel Gurdon, m. Richard Saltonstall; Francis Champernoun; Grace Chetwode m. Rev. Peter Bulkeley; Jeremy Clark; Gov. Roger Ludlow; Sarah Ludlow m. Col. John Carter of Va.; Mary Launce m. Rev. John Sherman; Anne Marbury m. William Hutchinson; Catharine Marbury m. Richard Scott; Dr. Richard Palgave; Elizabeth Marshall m. Thomas Lewis; Rev. Peter Bulkeley; Martha Bulkeley m. Abraham Mellowes; Frances Bulkeley m. Richard Welby; Elizabeth Bulkeley m. (1) Richard Whittingham, (2) Atherton Haugh; Obadiah Bruen; Capt George Curwen; Gov. Thomas Dudley; Margaret Wyatt m. Mathew Allin; Robert Abell; Bridget Yong m. George Wyllys; Rev. Charles Chauncey; Katherine Deighton m. (1) Samuel Hackburn, (2) Gov. Thomas Dudley; Rev. Samuel Whiting; Hon. Simon Lynde; Ellen Newton m. Edward Carleton; Rosamund Lister m. Thomas Southworth; Alice Standish m. James Prescott; William Torrey; Agnes Mackworth m. Col William Crowne Elizabeth Coytemore m. Capt William Tyng; Rev. George Burroughs; Rev. John Oxenbridge; Joseph Bowles (or Bolles); Rev. Thomas James; Sir Ferdinando Gorges (d.s.p.); Capt. Thomas Bradbury; John Josselyn; Oliver Mainwaring; Olive Welby m. Dea. Henry Farwell; Sarah Fiennes (d.s.p.) m. Maj. Gen. John Humphrey; Arbella Fiennes (d.s.p.) m. Isaac Johnson; Rev. Samuel Myles; Penelope Pelham m. Richard Bellingham; Rev. John Davenport; Margaret Tyndal m. Gov. John Winthrop Edward Rigby; John Drake; Wymond Bradbury; Agnes Harris m. (1) William Spencer, m. (2) William Edwards; Samuel Appleton; John Barclay; Thomas Newberry; Thomas Gordon; Col Richard Lee; Mary Gye m. Rev. Peter Maverick. (d.s.p. = died without issue) LINES DlSPROVEN, UNPROVEN OR DOUBTFUL: Pardon Tillinghast; Edward Southworth; James Prescott; Alice Freeman (other lines are available for Alice Freeman); John Frescott; John Washbowne; Alice Tomes. (Note: the above lists were scanned into the computer and may have some OCR ``typos'' in names that I have missed.) Copies should be arriving in better libraries or may be ordered from Genealogical Publishing Company, Dept. SM, 1001 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md, 21202-3897 at $20 (hardbound) plus $2.50 postage and handling. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � This file is from The Source of Magic, Ridgefield CT � � 203-431-4687, source for genealogy, radio, & Windows � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�