Joseph A. Betz & Jennifer A. (Sargent) Betz
Noted Ancestors and Cousins

Edward I (Longshanks) King of England 1239-1307 +Alianore de Castile 1244-1290 Joan of_Acre PLANTAGENET 1272-1307 +Sir Gilbert de CLARE 9th Earl of Clare Kt. 1243-1295 Margaret de CLARE 1292-1342 +Hugh de AUDLEY 8th Earl of Gloucester 1289-1347 Margaret AUDLEY Baroness Audley 1325-1348 +Sir Ralph de STAFFORD K.G. 1st Earl of Stafford 1301-1372 Katherine STAFFORD 1333-? +John SUTTON 1330-? John SUTTON 1358-? +Jane SUTTON? 1360-? John SUTTON 1385-? +Constance BLOUNT 1387-1432 Sir John SUTTON K.G. 1st Lord Dudley 1400-1487 +Elizabeth BERKELEY 1407-1478 Jane SUTTON 1434-? +Thomas MAINWARING 1437-1508 Cicely MAINWARING 1469-? +John COTTON 1464-? George COTTON 1506-1545 +Mary ONLEY 1517-1560 Richard COTTON 1539-1602 +Mary MAINWARING 1541-1578 Frances COTTON 1565-1630 +George ABELL 1561-1630 Robert ABELL 1605-1663 +Joanna 1610-1672 Preserved ABELL 1644 - 1724 +Sarah BOWEN 1655/56 - 1703 Mary ABELL 1697 - 1747 +Ephraim WALKER 1692 - 1731/32 Lydia WALKER 1724 - 1798 +James (Capt.) CLAY 1718 - 1798 Ephraim (Pvt.) CLAY 1747 - 1822 +Ephah (Eapha) HOUGHTON 1753 - 1814 Lydia CLAY 1779 - 1840 +William Comins READ 1775 - 18?? Minerva READ 1800 - 1833 +Zenas SMITH 1796 - 1873 Orren SMITH 1821 - 1894 +Abigail DRAKE 1825 - 1902 Warren Read SMITH 1848 - 1911 +Mary A. ADAMS 1846 - 1904 Cecile Ella FOSTER 1884 - 1914 +Chester Drake SMITH 1887 - 1973 Ruth Eleanor SMITH 1910 - living +Joseph Alexander BETZ 1904 - 1988 Anthony John BETZ 1932 - living +Josephine Jane O'DONNELL 1935 - living Joseph Alexander BETZ 1961 - living +Jennifer Anne SARGENT 1965 - living

1. Edward I (Longshanks) King of England 1239-1307 +Alianore de Castile 1244-1290
2. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET 1282-1316 +Humphrey de BOHUN VIII 4th Earl of Hereford and Essex 1276-1321
3. Alianor de BOHUN ?-1363 +James BUTLER 1305-1338
4. James BUTLER 1331-1382 +Anne DARCY ?-1390
5. James BUTLER 1361-1405 +Anne de WELLES ?-1396
6. James BUTLER 4th Earl of Ormonde 1392-1452 +Joan (Elizabeth) BEAUCHAMP ?-1430
7. Elizabeth BUTLER 1420-1473 +John TALBOT 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1413-1460
8. Ann TALBOT 1445-1494 +Henry VERNON 1447-1515
9. Elizabeth VERNON 1480-1563 +Robert CORBET 1476-1513
10. Dorothy CORBET 1498-? +Richard MAINWARING Kt. 1497-1558
11. Arthur MAINWARING 1520-1590 +Margaret MAINWARING 1521-1590
12. Mary MAINWARING 1541-1578 +Richard COTTON 1539-1602
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Magna Charta Surety Baron Ancestors - Joseph A. Betz
through Robert ABELL 1605-1663 who came to America in the Great Migration of 1630.

• WILLIAM D'ALBINI: Lord of Belvoir Castle
• ROGER BIGOD: Earl of Norfolk
• HUGH BIGOD: The Earl of Norfolk's heir
• HENRY DE BOHUN: Earl of Hereford
• RICHARD DE CLARE: Earl of Hertford
• GILBERT DE CLARE: The Earl of Hertford's heir
• JOHN DE LACIE: Lord of Halton Castle, Cheshire
• WILLIAM MALET: Lord of Curry-Malet, Somersetshire
• WILLIAM DE MOWBRAY: Lord of Axholme Castle, Lincolnshire
• SAIRE DE QUINCEY: Earl of Winchester
• ROBERT DE ROOS: Lord of Hamlake Castle, Yorkshire
• ROBERT DE VERE: Earl of Oxford

Descendant of 1620 Mayflower Passengers Stephen HOPKINS and daughter, from first marriage, Constance HOPKINS. Stephen HOPKINS was a Signer of the Mayflower Compact.

1. Stephen HOPKINS Bef. 1581 - Bef. 1644 +Mary 1580-83 - 1613
2. Constance HOPKINS Abt. 1607 - 1677 +Nicholas SNOW 1598/99 - 1676
3. Mark SNOW 1628 - 1694/95 +Jane PRENCE 1637 - Bef. 1712
4. Nicholas SNOW 1663 - 1753 +Lydia SHAW 1668 - Aft. 1712
5. Thankful SNOW 1701/02 - Aft. 1755 +Joseph BURGESS 1700/01 - Aft. 1757
6. Joseph BURGESS 1734/35 - 1820 +Mehitable SHEPARD 1735 - 1813
7. Benjamin Shepard BURGESS 1779 - 1863 +Rebecca CHAPIN 1782 - 1850
8. Joseph Clark BURGESS 1810 - 1895 +Elizabeth B. COOLEY 1812 - 1857
9. Jane Elizabeth BURGESS 1833 - 1882 +Charles Dwight FOSTER 1826 - 1897
10. Frank Keys FOSTER 1854 - 1909 +Lucretia Ella LADD 1854 - 1910
11. Cecile Ella FOSTER 1884 - 1914 +Chester Drake SMITH 1887 - 1973
12. Ruth Eleanor SMITH 1910 - living +Joseph Alexander BETZ 1904 - 1988
13. Anthony John BETZ 1932 - living +Josephine Jane O'DONNELL 1935 - living
14. Joseph Alexander BETZ 1961 - living +Jennifer Anne SARGENT 1965 - living

1692 Salem Witchcraft Trial N^th Great Grandaunts & Granduncles:

• Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, Hung 19 July 1692, Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts
• Mary (Towne) Esty, Hung 22 September 1692, Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts
• John Proctor, Hung 19 August 1692, Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts

Direct Descendants of William TOWNE
1. William TOWNE 1598/99 - 1673 +Joan BLESSING 1600 - 1675
2. Edmund TOWNE 1628 - 1678 +Mary BROWNING 1637 - 1717
   (brother of Rebecca (TOWNE) NURSE 1621/22 - 1692 and Mary (TOWNE) ESTY 1634 - 1692)
3. Abigail TOWNE 1664 - 1711/12 +Jacob PEABODY 1664 - 1689
4. Jacob (Deacon) PEABODY 1689 - 1749 +Rebecca BAKER 1685 - 1780
5. Jacob (Dr.) PEABODY 1712/13 - 1759 +Susanna ROGERS 1711 - 1758
6. Susanna PEABODY 1750/51 - 1790 +Lemuel (Pvt.) JOHNSON 1750 - 1817
7. Thomas JOHNSON 1789 - 1850 +Maria CUTLER 1793 - 1857
8. Maria E. JOHNSON 1821 - 1867 +George W. ADAMS 1819 - 1899
9. Mary A. ADAMS 1846 - 1904 +Warren Read SMITH 1848 - 1911
10. Chester Drake SMITH 1887 - 1973 +Cecile Ella FOSTER 1884 - 1914
11. Ruth Eleanor SMITH 1910 - living +Joseph Alexander BETZ 1904 - 1988
12. Anthony John BETZ 1932 - living +Josephine Jane O'DONNELL 1935 -
13. Joseph Alexander BETZ 1961 - living

Direct Descendants of John PROCTOR

1. John PROCTOR 1595 - 1672 +Martha HARPER 1607 - 1672
2. Benjamin PROCTOR 1651 - 1705 +Deborah HART 1655 - ?
   (brother of John PROCTOR 1631 - 1692)
3. John PROCTOR 1690 - ? +Annah STORY 1691 - 1780
4. Anna PROCTOR 1717 - 1804 +Samuel RUST 1714 - 1782
5. Israel (Sgt.) RUST 1747 - 1830 +Jerusha WOODBURY 1756 - 1857
6. Mary (Polly) RUST 1777 - 1860 +James (Capt.) ADAMS 1769 - 1847
7. George W. ADAMS 1819 - 1899 +Maria E. JOHNSON 1821 - 1867
8. Mary A. ADAMS 1846 - 1904 +Warren Read SMITH 1848 - 1911
9. Chester Drake SMITH 1887 - 1973 +Cecile Ella FOSTER 1884 - 1914
10. Ruth Eleanor SMITH 1910 - living +Joseph Alexander BETZ 1904 - 1988
11. Anthony John BETZ 1932 - living +Josephine Jane O'DONNELL 1935 -
12. Joseph Alexander BETZ 1961 - living

Descendant of Salem Witchcraft Trial, 1692: Susannah (North) MARTIN

1. Susannah North 1625 - 1692 +George Martin 1618 - 1686
2. Jane Martin 1656 - 16?? +Samuel Hadley 1652 - 16??
3. Esther Hadley 167? - 17?? +Richard Goodwin 167? -17??
4. Mary Goodwin 1702 - 17?? +David Sargent 1696 - 1767
5. David Sargent 1737 - 1808 +Janney Eastman 1735 - 1831
6. Roger Sargent 1759 - 1839 +Elizabeth Bartlett 1759 - 1819
7. Stephen Sargent 1785 - 1825 +Frances Noyes 1788 - 1881
8. Roger Moses Sargent 1824 - 1906 +Elizabeth Goodrich Spalding 1824 - 1896
9. Clarence Spalding Sargent 1855 - 1921 +Mary Prescott Zelie 1859 - 1939
10. Theodore Spalding Sargent 1896 - 1984 +Mary Augusta Gross 1901 - 1992
11. Theodore Prescott Sargent 1935 - living +Barbara Anne Lentz 1934 - living
12. Jennifer Anne Sargent 1965 - living +Joseph Alexander BETZ 1961 - living

Kinship to American Presidents - Joseph A. Betz

• John Adams (1797-1801)
• John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
• Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
• Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
• Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
• Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
• James A. Garfield (1881)
• Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 & 1893-1897)
• William H. Taft (1909-1913)
• Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
• Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
• Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
• Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
• George Bush (1989-1993)
• George W. Bush (2001-2009)
• Barack Obama (2009- present)
  

Other Noted Cousins - Joseph A. Betz

• Rosie O'Donnell, Entertainer, Actress, Comedian, TV Talk Show Host: first cousin
  
• Actress Bridget Moynahan, 3rd cousin (and 3rd cousin to Actress Rosie O'Donnell) = Relationship
  
• Sir Winston Churchill, KG (1953), Prime Minister of England, 1940-1945 and 1951-1955