Famous Ancestors In My Family


Charlemagne - Holy Roman Emperor Born 2 April 742 (I share his birthday!) Died 28 January 814

Henry I - King of England

Henry II - King of England

William the Conqueror "Duke of Normandy" - Born 14 Oct 1024, Died 10 Sep 1087

Giles Corey - Accused "witch" of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. I have included a link to a page discussing the Salem Witch Trials and it details how he and approximately 20 others were condemned to death for being witches. All of them were innocent!

Roger Conant - Founder of Salem, Massachusetts

Lady Godiva, Countess of Mercia - Famed for riding bareback on horseback through town!

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - Explorer of the American Southwest. He set out in 1540 in search of the "Seven Cities of Gold" with an army of 1000 men!

King Ferdinand of Aragon - Sent Christopher Columbus on the voyage to the "New World"

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Former President of the United States! (He was my 4th Cousin, Twice Removed, or the 4th cousin of my Grandfather George Maxwell Gill!)