The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-08
Miss Glenn Says Bryan Is a
Descendant Of Kings.
she TRACES BACK TO .440 B. C.
One Line Began With Founder Of Sxsdsn's
Royal House and Anuthhr With AntsnOG
A Relative Of MCKINLEY.

Atlanta, Ga. Nov. s,--Miss Isa Urquhart
Glenn OF Atlanta. who has spent the last
fve years studying genealogy in Paris,
London and New York. has discovered
that William Jennings B"Jdn is OF royal
lineage and related 10 william Mckinley.
Miss Glenn is friend OF Charles Henry
Browning. a noted genealogist. She is
now in New York. engaged in tracing Mr..
Bryans descent from royalty.
II ans assured that Mr.. Bryan's pedi-
gree begins in one line at Egil. founder
of the royal house OF Sweden" says Miss
Glenn. 'Egil was the ancestor OF the
freebooter Rollo the Gauger. first duke of
Normandy. This is authentic, because in
Col. Bryan may be seen many marked
characteristics OF his ancestors of this
line.
Another line of this genealogy starts
with the great Antenon. king OF the Cim-
merians, b. G. 40. lineal ancestor of the
kings and dukes OF the West Franks.
from whom came the Lady Argotta, wife
OF Pharamon. king of Franks. A. ID. AS,
who heads the list of the historical mon
archs OF France, and who WAS himself
of the same lineage as his queen.
This couple OF the very 'oiden time
were, according 10 all French histories.
the progenitors of Charlemagne They
were also the progenitors.. through the
wife Of Rollo the Gauger OF the dukes OF
Normandy and William the Conqueror.
Through the marriage OF the dashing
Rollo sprang into Being the famed name
OF Bryan in this way: The third duke OF
Normandy. Richard l.. had a son. Code
froi. earl or count OF Eu, whose son,
Count Godfrey of Eve, was the father Of
Count Gislebert. earl of Bryony. angli-
cized Brian. remote forebear CT Col. Bry-
an. His second son. Baldwin de Brian
fought at Hastings under his cousin. VIII
liam, duke of Normandy"
After tracing the descent straight
through a limo of English earls TO the
feudal barons of Tor Brian. the genealo-
gist says:
Years ago an uncle OF Major Mckinley
moved TO Culpepper county. Virginia, and
married an aunt or greataunt of Colonel
Bryan
AMERICANS OF ROYAL BLOOD.
Records. the authenticity of which are
not questioned, prove that there are In
this country thousands OF persons who
can truly boast of having royal blood in
their veins even though the relationship
be far removed. great number of these
persons, are descended from Edward |.
and Edward III. OF England, and these In
clude many prominent families In the
older settlements.
. In nAmerieans OF Royal Descent" pub
1ished by Charles n. Browning in 1888, a
great number OF these relationships are
traced, and while there Is nothing therein
TO show directly that Mr.. Bryan and Mr.
Mckinley are OF royal stock aud related
to each other through kingly blood. there
are records which seem to make II easily
possible.
Rollo, duke of Normandy, is sad to be
represented in this country by the de-
scendants OF one Bernard. a near rela-
tive, and Wilson and Forsyth families
sprang from those who emgrated to the
United States; but in that line IL no men
tion OF Bryan. There was. however, a
Bryan-Richard Bryan. Esquire-who was
o son OF Lady Margaret Butler de-
scendant of King Edward L.. and of Bry-
an. lord of Upper Ossary, and Richard
Bryan's daughter married Major General
Alexander Spotswood. who I'm l7i0 was
appointed governor OF Virginia colony and
commander-in-chief OF the militia.
From this family came the Spotswoods
OF Virginia. The Fairfax family of Vir-
ginia claims descent from King Edward
Ill, while scores OF other families north
and south trace their lineage back to the
same source or to the marriages OF Ed
ward /.
Miss Isa Urquhart Glenn has taken up
the study oil genealogy as a recreation
She has apartments In the Montana fats
in West One Hundred and Fourteenth
street, and is temporarily residing I'm this
city TO look after the education of
brother. who is q student In Columbia
university.