Well, as if William Bradford and lineages dating back to the 1400's weren't enough. But since you have made it through the perils of our first page, here are few rewards.
Webster - Not only has the Webster family married into both the Camp and Steele lineages, but indeed, there is a relation to the author of the Webster Dictionary and to Governor John Webster.
Interesting facts:
How many people did it take for you to be here ?
approx. timeline
In that generation Total number of ancestors
generation 1 = your parents
1950
2 2
G2 .................................. 4 grandp. + 2 par. = 6 1925
4
14 1900
G3 ..................................
8
1875
30
G4 ..................................
16
1850
62
G5 ..................................
32
1825
G6 .................................. 126
64
G7 .................................. 254
128 1800
G8 ..................................
510
256 1775
G9 ..................................
1,022
512 1750
G10 ...............................
2,046
1024
1725
G11 ...............................
4,094
2048
1700
G12 ...............................
8,190
4096 1675
G13 ...............................
16,382 1650
8192
1625
32,766
16,384
G14 ...............................
1,048,574
1500
524,288
G18 ................................
The population of London in the 1500's was about 50,000.   Population of Glasgow was 1500 - 2000.
Even given that many branches would converge, I think that it is safe to say that we are all related.
16,777,214
8,388,608 1400
G22 ................................
1400's:    Estimated population of England and Wales = 2.0 - 4.0 million.
Sir Thomas Hawte - 1460 - 1504, knighted 1501
-> Edward Isaacke -> Mary Isaacke -> Samuel Appleton -> Mary Appleton -> Mary Thomas -> Dorothy Ray ->
Elias Clapp ->Joseph Clapp -> Ursula Clapp -> Joseph Clapp Striker

His gradfather was
William Hawte, who on 25th of October 1415 fought at Agincourt under the command of the Duke of Gloucester, Henry V's brother. As one of the duke's 142 lances, he had command of a troop. 1419 - Represented Kent in Parliament 1419-1421 - Was sheriff of Kent and custodian of Canterbury Castle. 20th July 1424 - J.P. Served on many Kent commissions until 1457. 1450 - Was involved in Jack Cade's rebellion but was pardoned. 1446, 1455 and 1458 - Received further pardons for the treacheries which seem to have been the main cause for and main weapon used in the Wars of the Roses. January 1460 - Was one of four Kent magnates commissioned by the Lancastrian party to defend Kent against invasion, but all of them went over to the Yorkists when the earls of Warwick and Salisbury landed in Kent in June. (for source see link).
Nicholas PYNCHON - Went from Wales to London, England early in the sixteenth century. He was the sheriff of London in 1532. Known as Nicholas, of Wales.(source 1, 2) (Ancestor of William Munn)
Sir Richard Empson - (d. 1510), minister of Henry VII., king of England, was a son of Peter Empson, an influential inhabitant of Towcester. Educated as a lawyer he soon attained considerable success in his profession, and in 1491 was one of the members of parliament for Northamptonshire and speaker of the House of Commons. Early in the reign of Henry VII. he became associated with Edmund Dudley (qv.) in carrying out the king's rigorous and arbitrary system of taxation, and in consequence he became very unpopular. Retaining the royal favour, however, he was made a knight in 1504, and was soon high steward of the university of Cambridge, and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster; but his official career ended with Henry's death in April 1509. Thrown into prison by order of the new king, Henry VIII., he was charged, like Dudley, with the crime of constructive treason, and was convicted at Northampton in October 1509. His attainder by the parliament followed, and he was beheaded at London on Tower-Hill on the 17th or 18th of August 1510. Empson left, so far as is known, a family of two sons and four daughters, and about 1513 his estates were restored to his elder son, Thomas. (more references: 1, 2)
Source: http://www.lmphotonics.com/genforum/viewthread.php?tid=86 (His daughter (
1, 2) married John Pynchon, son of Nicholas Pynchon mentioned above.)
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