I am descended from the Ballenger, Baughman, Beavers, Bishop, Chupp, Cox, Johns, Lewis, Sanders and Smith families.

My ancestors came from England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and Wales.

They settled in the New Haven Colony, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

They migrated to North and South Carolina (1700's), Iowa (1800's) and California (1900's).

Famous Connections to the Family Tree:

Diana, Princess of Wales was the granddaughter of Cynthia Hamilton Spencer, who was the 9th great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl Abercorn. DNA evidence shows that Archibald Henry Hamilton of Virginia, great-uncle of Martha Cadell Johns, was descended from a cousin of the Earl of Abercorn. Archibald Hamilton's DNA profile perfectly matches the descendents of Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil, father of Patrick Hamilton, the Martyr.

George Washington leased farm land to Francis Ballenger, father of Edward Ballenger. The rent was collected by Battaile Muse, father of Mary Muse Lewis, sister-in-law of William Berkeley Lewis.

Thomas Jefferson grew up at Shadwell, near the property of David Lewis, Sr. Thomas Jefferson boarded with Anna Lewis Terrell when he was a young lawyer, and he built the University of Virginia on land first owned by Abraham Lewis, brother of David Lewis, Sr.

James Madison was a first cousin of Gabriel Madison, son-in-law of David Lewis, Sr. James Madison's great-uncle, James Taylor III, married Elizabeth McGrath Taylor, sister-in-law of David Lewis, Sr.

James Monroe lived on the property first owned by Abraham Lewis, brother of David Lewis, Sr.

Andrew Jackson was the legal guardian of Myra Lewis Eaton and Margaret Lewis. William Berkeley Lewis, husband of Margaret Lewis, was a member of Jackson's "kitchen cabinet". Andrew Jackson Pageot, grandson of Margaret and William B. Lewis, was the godson of Andrew Jackson and was baptized in the White House.

Zachary Taylor was the great-nephew of James Taylor, III, the husband of Elizabeth McGrath Taylor, sister-in-law of David Lewis, Sr.

Patrick Henry was the brother of Susannah Henry Madison, sister-in-law of Miriam Lewis Madison, daughter of David Lewis, Sr.

John C. Calhoun was a third cousin of Martha Caddell Johns.

John Henry Eaton, Secretary of War, was the husband of Myra Lewis Eaton.

William C.C. Claiborne, first Governor of Louisiana, was the husband of Eliza Lewis Claiborne.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the U.S. Capital building, designed the headstone for Eliza Lewis Claiborne. Latrobe's son, John Hazelhurst Latrobe married Charlotte Claiborne Latrobe, first cousin of Mary Claiborne Maury.

Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., builder of Churchill Downs and founder of the Kentucky Derby, was the grandson of William Clark. He married Mary Anderson Clark, a descendant of David Lewis, Sr.

James Bishop was the Assistant Governor of New Haven Colony. He was the father-in-law of Nathaniel Yale, the great-uncle of Elihu Yale, the benefactor of Yale University.

I am descended from the Ballenger, Baughman, Beavers, Bishop, Chupp, Cox, Johns, Lewis, Sanders and Smith families.

My ancestors came from England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and Wales.

They settled in the New Haven Colony, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

They migrated to North and South Carolina (1700's), Iowa (1800's) and California (1900's).

Famous Connections to the Family Tree:

Diana, Princess of Wales was the granddaughter of Cynthia Hamilton Spencer, who was the 9th great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl Abercorn. DNA evidence shows that Archibald Henry Hamilton of Virginia, great-uncle of Martha Cadell Johns, was descended from a cousin of the Earl of Abercorn. Archibald Hamilton's DNA profile perfectly matches the descendents of Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil, father of Patrick Hamilton, the Martyr.

George Washington leased farm land to Francis Ballenger, father of Edward Ballenger. The rent was collected by Battaile Muse, father of Mary Muse Lewis, sister-in-law of William Berkeley Lewis.

Thomas Jefferson grew up at Shadwell, near the property of David Lewis, Sr. Thomas Jefferson boarded with Anna Lewis Terrell when he was a young lawyer, and he built the University of Virginia on land first owned by Abraham Lewis, brother of David Lewis, Sr.

James Madison was a first cousin of Gabriel Madison, son-in-law of David Lewis, Sr. James Madison's great-uncle, James Taylor III, married Elizabeth McGrath Taylor, sister-in-law of David Lewis, Sr.

James Monroe lived on the property first owned by Abraham Lewis, brother of David Lewis, Sr.

Andrew Jackson was the legal guardian of Myra Lewis Eaton and Margaret Lewis. William Berkeley Lewis, husband of Margaret Lewis, was a member of Jackson's "kitchen cabinet". Andrew Jackson Pageot, grandson of Margaret and William B. Lewis, was the godson of Andrew Jackson and was baptized in the White House.

Zachary Taylor was the great-nephew of James Taylor, III, the husband of Elizabeth McGrath Taylor, sister-in-law of David Lewis, Sr.

Patrick Henry was the brother of Susannah Henry Madison, sister-in-law of Miriam Lewis Madison, daughter of David Lewis, Sr.

John C. Calhoun was a third cousin of Martha Caddell Johns.

John Henry Eaton, Secretary of War, was the husband of Myra Lewis Eaton.

William C.C. Claiborne, first Governor of Louisiana, was the husband of Eliza Lewis Claiborne.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the U.S. Capital building, designed the headstone for Eliza Lewis Claiborne. Latrobe's son, John Hazelhurst Latrobe married Charlotte Claiborne Latrobe, first cousin of Mary Claiborne Maury.

Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., builder of Churchill Downs and founder of the Kentucky Derby, was the grandson of William Clark. He married Mary Anderson Clark, a descendant of David Lewis, Sr.

James Bishop was the Assistant Governor of New Haven Colony. He was the father-in-law of Nathaniel Yale, the great-uncle of Elihu Yale, the benefactor of Yale University.