The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-19
AMERICAN BLUE BLOOD.
FAMILIES Woo TRACE THEIR AN
CESTRY TO KINGS.

Presidents of a Royal Line-Genealogy
among Citizens of This Great Repub-
Republic - Noted Ancestral Trees
North and South.
From the Baltimore Herald.
Benjamin Harrison is the fourth Ameri-
cn citizen to be named for President of the
United States who was descended from roy
atty, if it is true that he comes from King
Iowhatan, through the marriage of the lat
iris daughter, Pocahontas, with John
Iolfe. ''Old Tippecanoe" Harrison had of
curse the same decent as the republican
residential nominees.
The first scion of royalty to be nominated
br the American presidency, was none
ther than "Old Hickory" jackson himself
andrew Jackson was descended from King
Robert Bruce of Scotland. through his
lineage to Lady Mary Stewart, only daugh.
TOR of King Robert III. and sister of King
James l. of Scotland.
In 1856 the democrats nominated and
elected James Buchanan, who was de-
scended from King Fargallus, the 156th
monarch of All Ireland The Buchanan
man who bore it came to America in 1888.
The President had three brothers, all of
whom died without issue save the youngest
He was q clergyman and married into the
Foster family of Pittsburg. They had five
children, one of whom, a niece of the Presi-
dent, married A. J. Cassatt of the Pennsyl-
vana railroad and running turf fame, and
owner of The Bard and other famous
horses.
There are vast number of Americans
who are able to trace their descent back to
English and Scottish kings and not few
who find their lineage complete away back
TO William the Conqueror, and even En-
peror Charlemagne. These are not ficti-
nous claims, founded upon family pride,
but are well authenticated rec Crds that are
as reliable as those upon which the titled
families of Europe base their claims to an
cestral greatness.
There are plain American citizens who
have in their veins the blood of William
the Conqueror, which is q good deal more
than Queen Victoria herself can say, for
she has not drop of English blood, not to
mention Norman or even ancient Briton.
The kings who have the most descendants
in this country are: Alfred the Great.
Charlemagne, Philip the Hardy of France,
Robert l., Robert II. and Robert III. of
Scotland, James l. of Scotland, Edward |.
and Edward III. of England, William the
Conquerer, Louis VII and Louis VIII of
France, Charles II. of England and Far
galluS and Geoffric of Ireland.
The descentS are almost universally
legitimate, and come chiefly through
younger sons and daughters of these sover-
egns. To illustrate how carefully and
faithfully the taple of lineages is figured
out, here is the descent of the Barclay
family of New York. one of the Oldest aud
best known in America and one that has
intermarried with the Livingstons, Robin
sons, Stuyvesants, Schuylers and many
other old New York houses. Their descent
is from King James l., and came about in
this way:
l. James l. had by Queen Jane, who was
daughter of Sir John Beaufort, himself
the grandson of King Edward III. of Eng
land
@ Princess Jane Stewart, who married
George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, and had:
3. Adam Gordon, who married Elizabeth,
Countess of Sutherland, and had:
4. Alexander Gordon, the thirteenth Earl
of Switzerland, who married Lady Jane
Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Athol, and
had:
5. Sir John Gordon, fourteenth Earl of
Sutherland, who had:
g. Alexander Gordon, fifteenth earl, who
married Lady Beatrice, daughter of the
Earl of Caithness, and had:
Z.
s. Lady Jane Gordon, who married in
1917 Col David Barclay. This Barclay was
himself of royal descent through line
started by Edmund Plantagenet, fourth
Earl of Kent beheaded in 1880, and the
third son of King Edward l. of England
and Queen Margaret, daughter of Philip
the Hardy. the King of France. They had:
g. John Barclay, who came TO America
as governor of East Jersey, settling in 1871
at Perth Amboy. Gov. Barclay married a
daughter of Admiral Drover, of the Meth
erlands, and thus began that long life of
intermarriages that SO firmly united the
old English and Dutch families of New
York They had:
TO- Rev. Thomas Barclay, who was rector
of Trinity Church, New York, up to his
death in 1864. He married Mary Rutgers
and had:
IL. Col. Thomas Barclay, who died in
1890, and was for years British consul gem
eral in New York He married Susan,
daughter of Peter De Lancy, and had:
H. Thomas E. Barclay, Anthony Bar
clay, Susan Barclay-who married Peter
G. Stuyvesant-and Elizabeth Barclay, who
married Schuyler Livingston. The Living
stons were from Sterlingshire, Scotland, but
Col. Robert, the head of the American
branch, came to this country in 1876
Through the marriage of this youngest
daughter-Susan Barclay Stuyvesant died
without issue-came the present Living
stons of New York, and from Anna Bar
clay, who married William burlington
Parsons, are descended the Parsons of New
York
1t will be seen that these descents are
carefully compiled, and whilo there may
have been other children not here named,
those who figure in the direct line of the
descent are known and their acts accurately
recorded.
THE VIRGINIA LEES.
Gov. Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia Is de-
scended from King Robert Stuart of Scot
land. The Lees, of whom was Light Horse
Harry" came to this country in 164l. Gov.
Fitzhugh is a nephew of Gen. Robert f.
Lee, who was likewise of royal blood in
part, being a son OF the great confederate
soldiers elder brother, Snyder Smith Lee
Zen. Robert e. Lee was the third child in
his family, and married Mary Randolph,
great granddaughter of Martha Washing
ton. The Lee relatives are the Carriers and
the Kellers, and they are widely scattered
throughout Virginia, Alabama and Ken
lucky.
George L. Rives, the present assistant
secretary Of state, is related to the Bar
clays Of New York, and like them is de-
Seended from James l. Of Scotland and Ed
ward Ill of England OF the same family
Is Ameie Rives, the novelist, though the
latter has considerable French blood. The
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