National Society - Saints and Sinners Approved Gateway * who May Be Used to Join the Society (compiled by Alexander Bannerman) (rev. 05/18)

This list contains the Gateway ancestors recognized as having royal descent. It also includes those colonial ancestors whose descent is “probable,” “highly likely,” or “almost certain,” but for whom additional evidence is sought. The list is compiled from Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants..., 2 vols., (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2018), and will be updated from time to time, as appropriate.

*See the list of most commonly used Disqualified Gateway Ancestors at the end of this table.

Abell, Robert - MA Beckwith, Marmaduke, 3rd Bt. - VA Abney, Dannett - VA Bell, Anne - ME Allen, Jane (d. England; ch. & husb. of MA) Bellingham, Gov. Richard - MA Alsop, Elizabeth - CT Bennet, Barbara - NC Alston, John - NC (= Mary _____) Beresford, Dorothy - VA Alston, John - SC (= Elizabeth Turgis) Berkeley, Gov. Sir William - VA Amherst, Gov. Jeffery, 1st Baron - VA Bernard, Gov. Sir Francis, 1st Bt. - VA Appleton, Samuel - MA Bernard, Richard - VA Apsley, Alice - CT Bernard, Col. William - VA Arnold, Alicia - MD Bevan, John - PA Arundell, Hon. Anne - MD Beville, Essex (Sr.) - VA Asfordby, William - NY Bickley, Joseph - VA Ashby, John - SC Bladen, William - MD Aston, Col. Walter - VA Blair, Sarah - CT Aubrey, Barbara - PA Blakiston, George - MD Backhouse, Elizabeth - MA Blakiston, Margaret - VA Bacon, Gov. Nathaniel - VA [merits further investigation] Blakiston, Gov. Nathaniel - MD Baillie, Col. Kenneth - GA [merits further investigation] Blakiston, Nehemiah - MD Baillie, Robert - GA Blennerhasset, Harman - VA Baillon, Marie-Catherine - PQ Blount, Capt. James - NC Bainton, Anne - MA Boddie, William - VA [merits further investigation] Baldwin, Frances - VA Bohun, Hon. Edmund - SC Barham, Charles - VA Bolles, Joseph - ME Barlow, Audrey - RI Boone, Gov. Thomas - NJ & SC Barnes, Charles - NY Booth, Thomas - VA Baskerville, John - VA Bosvile, Elizabeth - MA Bathurst, Lancelot - VA Boteler, Anne - MD Batt, Christopher - MA Boteler, Elizabeth - VA Batt, Mary - SC Boteler, Thomas - MD Batte, Henry - VA Bourchier, Mary - VA Batte, Thomas - VA Bowen, Griffith - MA Baugh, William - VA Bradbury, Thomas - MA Baynard, John - MD Bradstreet, John - NY Branch, Christopher - VA [merits further investigation] Chichele, Hon. Sir Henry - VA Brassey, Thomas - PA Churchill, Harriet - MA Brent, Anne - MD Clagett, Wiseman - NH Brent, George - VA Clarke, Gov. Jeremiah - RI Brent, Hon. Giles - VA & MD Clarkson, Matthew - NY Brent, Mary - VA Claypoole, James (I) - PA Brereton/Brierton, Rev. John - ME Claypoole, Norton - DE Bressie, Thomas - CT Clayton, Charlotte - NY Brewster, Abigail - CT Clayton, John - VA Bromfield, Edward - MA Clenche, Thomasine - MA [merits further investigation] Broughton, Thomas - MA Clifton, James - MD Browne, Nathaniel - CT Clinton, Charles - NY Bruen, Obadiah - CT Clinton, Christiana - NY Buffkin, Levin - VA Clinton, Gov. George - NY Bulkeley, Elizabeth - MA Clopton, Thomasine - MA Bulkeley, Martha - MA Clopton, William - VA Bulkeley, Rev. Peter - MA Cochrane, Alexander - MA Bull, Col. Stephen, Esq. - SC Codd, St. Leger - VA Bullock, Elizabeth - MA [merits further investigation] Coddington, Anne - NC Buncombe, Edward - NC Coke, John - VA Burd, James - PA Colepepper, Thomas - VA Burnet, Gov. William - NY, NJ, MA & NH Colepepper, Gov. Thomas, 2nd Baron - VA Burnett, Isabel - NJ Collamore, Anthony - MA [merits further investigation] Burrough, Nathaniel - MA Colleton, Gov. James - SC st Butler, Mary - VA [merits further investigation] Coote, Gov. Richard, 1 - NY Butler, Pierce - SC Copley, Gov. Lionel - MD Cadwalader, John - PA Corbin, Henry - VA Cadwalader, Robert - PA Cordray, Anna - VA Calthorpe, Christopher - VA Cornwallis, Thomas - MD Calvert, Cecil, 2nd Baron - MD Cosby, Gov. William - NY & NJ Calvert, Gov. Leonard - MD Cotton, Leonard - NH & MA Campbell, Grizel - NC Cotymore, Elizabeth - MA Campbell, William - SC Covert, Elizabeth - NJ Capell, Anne – prob. MD Craighead, Catherine - MA Carleton, Edward - MA Craighead, Rev. Thomas - PA de Carpentier, Maria - DE Cranston, Gov. John - RI [merits further investigation] Carrington, Elizabeth Hannah - PA [merits further investigation] Craven, Gov. Christopher - SC Carrington, George - VA [merits further investigation] Cra(y)croft, John - MD [merits further investigation] Carroll, Dr. Charles - MD Crymes, Dr. William - VA de Carteret, Gov. Peter - NC Cudworth, James - MA de Carteret, Gov. Philip - NJ Cumming, Helen – MA Catesby, Elizabeth - VA [merits further investigation] Cumming, William - MD Catesby, Mark - the South [merits further investigation] Curson, Richard - MD Chamberlayne, Dorothy - SC [merits further investigation] Curwen, George - MA Chamberlayne, Thomas - VA Cuthbert, James - SC Chambers, Charles - MA Dade, Francis - VA Chauncey, Rev. Charles - MA Dalston, Catherine - VA Cheney, Anne - MA Dalyell, Magdalen - VA Cheseldine, Kenelm - MD Danvers, Thomas - PA Chester, Leonard - CT Davie, Humphrey - MA Chetwode, Grace - MA Deighton, Frances - MA Deighton, Jane - MA Falconer, Patrick - CT & NJ Deighton, Katherine - MA Farrar, William (I) - VA Denny, Gov. William - DE and PA Felton, Susan - VA Derehaugh, Anne - MA Fenwick, Cuthbert - MD [merits further investigation] Dering, Robert - SC Fenwick, George - CT Dexter, Rev. Gregory - RI [merits further investigation] Fenwick, John - NJ Digges, Gov. Edward - VA Fenwick, John - SC Dixwell, John - CT Fenwick, Thomas - DE Dobyns, Daniel - VA Fermor, Lady Juliana - PA Domville, Margaret - MD Fielder, Anne – MD (= Thomas Gant; = John Dongan, Gov. Thomas, 2nd Earl - NY Wight) Douglas, Robert Langton - NY [merits further investigation] Filmer, Henry - VA Dowdall, Matilda Cecilia - NJ Fisher, John - VA Drake, Robert - VA FitzRandolph, Edward - MA & NJ DuBois, Jacque - NY Fleete, Henry - VA Dudley, Gov. Thomas - MA Fleming, Margaret - MA Duke, Elizabeth - VA Foliot, Rev. Edward - VA Duke, Thomas - VA Forbes, John - PA Dumaresq, Philip - MA Forbes, Rev. John - FL Dunbar, William - MS Foulke, Edward - PA Duncanson, Katherine - NY Fowke, Col. Gerard - VA Duncanson, Margaret - NY Fox, Mary - PA [merits further investigation] Dunch, Deborah - NY Fraser, Thomas – SC & NJ Dundas, James - PA Freake, John - MA Dundas, Thomas - PA Freeman, Alice - MA & CT Dunlop, Archibald - CT Gage, Gov. Thomas - MA Eddowes, Ralph - PA Gale, George - VA & MD Eden, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. - MD Gaskins/Gascoigne, Thomas - VA Edgeworth, Richard - NC Gerard, Thomas - MD Edward, Jane - PA Gibbes, John - SC [merits further investigation] Edwards, John - PA Gibbes, Gov. Robert - SC Elkington, George - NJ Gibbes, Thomas - SC Ellis, Rowland - PA Gibbs, Robert - MA Eltonhead, Agatha - VA Gignilliat, Jean Francois - SC Eltonhead, Alice - VA Goddard, William - MA Eltonhead, Jane - MD Golding, Ephraim - NY Eltonhead, Martha - VA Golightly, Culcheth - SC Emmet, Thomas Addis - NY Gordon, Hon. Thomas - NJ Erskine, Robert - NJ Graeme, Dr. Thomas - PA Estouteville, Margaret - MA von Graffenried, Christopher, Baron - NC Evans, Cadwalader - PA Greene, Jane - MA Evans, Gwen - PA Greene, Gov. Thomas - MD Evans, Jane - NY Gregory, Henry - CT [merits further investigation] Evans, John - PA (= Mary Hughes) Gurdon, Muriel - MA Evans, John - PA (= Delilah _____) Gwinnett, Gov. Button - GA Evans, Thomas - PA Gye, Mary - MA Everard, Judith - MA Halsnode, Margaret - NJ Everard, Sir Richard, 4th Bt. - NC Hamby, Catherine - MA Fairfax, Thomas, 6th Baron - VA Hamilton, Alexander - MD Fairfax, Hon. William - VA Hamilton, Hon. Alexander - NY Falconer, Alexander - MD Harlakenden, Mabel - MA Harleston, Elizabeth - SC Keene, Thomas - VA Harleston, John - SC Kemeys, William - NY Harris, Agnes - CT Kempe, Gov. Richard - VA Harrison, Benjamin - VA Kennedy, Archibald - NY Haselrige, Catherine - CT Kennedy, Catherine - PA Haviland, Jane - MA Kenrick, Sarah - PA Hawes, Edmund - MA (f-i-l - Desire Gorham) Keith, Gov. Sir William, 4th Bt. - PA & DE Haynes, Elizabeth - MA Kennedy, Catherine - PA Henry, John - VA Kinloch, James - SC Henshaw, Joshua - MA [merits further investigation] Knapp, Judith - MA Herbert, Henry William - NY Kyrle, Gov. Sir Richard - SC Hering, Mary Helen - SC Launce, Mary - MA Heron, Benjamin - NC [merits further investigation] Lawrence, Jane - MA Hesilridge, Sir Robert - MA Lawrence, John - NY Hilton, Ralph - NY Lawrence, Mary - MA Home, George - VA Lawrence, Robert - VA Hone, Theophilus - VA [merits further investigation] Lawrence, Thomas - NY Horsmanden, Warham - VA Lawrence, Capt. William - NY Houston, Sir Patrick, 5th Bt. - GA Lawson, Christopher - MA Howard, Gov. Francis, 5th Baron - VA Lechmere, Thomas - MA Howell, Edward – NY Lee, Lady Charlotte - MD Hughes, Ellen - PA Leete, Gov. William - CT [merits further investigation] Hughes, John - PA Levis, Samuel - PA Humphrey, Anne - MA Lewis, Ellis - PA Humphrey(s), Daniel - PA Lewis, Thomas - ME Hunter, Gov. Robert - NY Lightfoot, Capt. John – VA Hussey, Elizabeth - MA Lightfoot, Philip – VA Hussey, Thomas - MD Ligon, Col. Thomas - VA Hyde, Gov. Edward - NY & NJ Lindsay, Rev. David - VA Hyde, Gov. Edward - NC Lisle, Bridget - MA Ireland, John - MD Littleton, Nathaniel - VA Ironmonger, Francis - VA Livingston, Robert (the elder) - NY Ironmonger, William - VA Livingston, Robert (the ) - NY Irvine, John - GA Lloyd, Anne - CT Isham, Henry - VA Lloyd, Thomas - PA Izard, Ralph - SC Lloyd, Hon. Dr. Thomas - PA James, Rev. Thomas (Jr.) - NY van Lodenstein, Sophia - NY Janssen, Barbara - MD Logan, James - PA Janssen, Mary - MD Long, Catherine Maria - NY Jeffreys, Gov. Sir Herbert - VA Lovelace, Anne - VA Jenney, Isabel - NJ Lovelace, Gov. John, 4th Baron - NY Jennings, Gov. Edmund - VA Lowe, Henry - MD Jephson, Mary - SC Lowe, Jane - MD Jernegan, Thomas - VA Lowe, Nicholas - MD John, Jane - PA Lowell, Percival - MA Johnson, Guy - NY Lowndes, Charles - SC Jones, John - MA Lowndes, Christopher - MD Jones, Mary (= Hon. Thomas Lloyd) - PA Ludlow, Gabriel - NY Jones, Robert - PA [merits further investigation] Ludlow, Roger - MA Joslin(g), Ralph - VA Ludlow, Sarah - VA Josselyn, John - New Eng. [merits further investigation] Ludwell, Philip - VA Lunsford, Sir Thomas - VA Nelson, Margaret - VA [merits further investigation] Lynde, Simon - MA Nelson, Philip - MA Lyttelton, Gov. William Henry, 1st Baron - SC Nelson, Thomas (Jr.) - MA Mackay, George - DC Neville, Katherine - VA MacKenzie, Margaret - SC Newdigate, Mary - GA Mackenzie, Lady Mary - SC Newton, Ellen - MA Mackintosh, Col. Henry - MA & RI Newton, Hester - MD Mackintosh, John Mohr - GA Nicola, Louis - PA Mackintosh, Lachlan - RI Norris, Rev. Edward - MA Mackworth, Agnes - MA Norton, John - VA MacLean, Allan - CT Norwood, William - VA MacLean, John - NJ Nott, Gov. Edward - VA MacLean, Neil - CT Nourse, James - PA MacLeod, Rev. Alexander - NY Nowell, Increase - MA Magruder, Alexander - MD O’Brien, Catherine, Barss. Clifton - NY & NJ Mainwaring, Mary - MD Offley, Amelia - MA Mainwaring, Oliver - CT Ogle, John - DE Mallory, Elizabeth - SC Ogle, Gov. Samuel - MD Mallory, Roger - VA Oglethorpe, James Edward - GA Mansfield, Elizabeth - MA Orr, John - VA Marbury, Anne - RI Osborne, Gov. Sir Danvers, 3rd Bt. - NY Marbury, Katherine - RI Owen, Jane - PA Markham, William - MA [merits further investigation] Owen, Joshua - NJ Marshall, Elizabeth - ME Owen, Rebecca - NJ Massingberd, Elizabeth - SC Owen, Robert - PA (= Jane Vaughan) Mauduit, William - MD Owen, Robert - PA (= Rebecca Owen) Mauleverer, Anne - NJ Owsley, Thomas - VA Mellish, Anne - SC Oxenbridge, Rev. John - MA Mellish, Dorothy - SC Palgrave, Dr. Richard - Charlestown, MA Mercer, Hugh - VA [merits further investigation] Palmes, Edward - CT Mitford, Barbara - VA Pelham, Herbert - MA Monckton, Gov. Robert - NY Pelham, Penelope - MA Montagu, Lord Gov. Charles Greville - SC Pelham, Philadelphia - VA Montagu, Grace - NY Penhallow, Samuel - NH Montagu, Lady Mary - NY Penn-Gaskell, Peter - PA Montgomery, William - NJ Peter, Robert - MD Montieth, Thomas - VA Peter(s), Rev. Hugh - MA More, Richard - MA Peter(s), Rev. Thomas - CT Morgan, John - PA Peyton, Robert - VA Morris, Ellen - PA Pomeroy, George - PA Morton, Rev. Charles - MA Poole, William - MA Moryson, Gov. Francis - VA Popham, George - ME Munro, Rev. John - VA Pordage, George - MA Murray, Barbara - NC Prat(h)er, Thomas - VA [merits further investigation] Murray, James - NC & MA Price, Hannah - PA Murray, John, 4th E. - Dunmore - NY & VA Price, Joan(na) - ME Murray, John Boyles - NY Pride, Elizabeth - NC Nanfan, Catherine - NY, MA & NH Pugh, Ellis – PA Neale, James - MD [merits further investigation] Pugh (or Hughes), Jane - PA Need, Joseph - PA Pyne, John - SC Nelson, John - MA Pyne, Thomas - NY Randolph, Henry - VA Southworth, Thomas - MA [merits further investigation] Randolph, William - VA Spence, Keith - NH Ravenscroft, Frances - VA Spencer, Gov. Nicholas - VA Raynsford, Edward - MA Spencer, Penelope - ME, MA, Canada Reade, Col. George - VA Spotswood, Gov. Alexander - VA Rees, Sidney - PA [merits further investigation] Stewart, Lady Charlotte - NY & VA Revell, Anne - NJ Stewart, William - NC Rich, Anne - VA Stirling, Margaret - VA Roberdeau, Daniel - PA St. John, Elizabeth - MA Roberts, Gainor - PA St. Leger, Katherine - VA Roberts, Hugh - PA Stockman, John - MA Roberts, John - PA [merits further investigation] Storer, Anne - MD Roberts, Margaret - PA Stoughton, Elizabeth - MA [likely] Robinson, Douglas - NY Stoughton, Israel - MA [likely] Robinson, Isaac – MA [likely] Stoughton, Judith - MA [likely] Rodes, Charles - VA Stoughton, Rose - NH Rodney, William - DE & PA Stoughton, Thomas – MA [likely] Rose, Rev. Robert - VA Strachey, John - VA Ross, Rev. George - DE Strachey, Hon. William - VA [merits further Rudyard, Hon. Thomas - NJ investigation] Russell, Archibald - NY Strachey, William - VA (grandson of William, above) [merits further investigation] Rutherford, Walter - NY Stratton, Elizabeth - MA Saltonstall, Maj. Richard - MA Stratton, John - MA Sandys, Margaret - VA Strother, William - VA [merits further investigation] Sargent, Rev. William - MA Surriage, Agnes - MA Savage, Anthony - VA [merits further investigation] Sydnor, Fortunatus - VA [merits further investigation] Scott, Dorothea - NY Symes, George - VA Scott, Euphan - NJ [merits further investigation] Talbot, Anne - MD Scott, John - NY Talbot, George (Jr.) [alias Peter] - MA Selwood, Katherine - SC Talbot, Rev. John - NJ Seton, Margaret - NY Talbot, Peter – MA [merits further investigation] Seton, William - NY Tatham, William - DC Sewall, Henry - MD Taylor, Elizabeth - NH [merits further investigation] Seymour, Gov. John - MD Taylor, James - MA Sheffield, Deliverance - MA [merits further investigation] Tazewell, William - VA Shirley, Cecily - VA Thomas, Gov. Sir George, 1st Bt. - PA & DE Shirley, Gov. William - MA Thompson, Stephens/Stevens - VA Shute, Gov. Samuel - MA Thornborough, Edward - VA Sinclair, Robert - NY Thornborough, Thomas - VA Skepper, Rev. William - MA Throckmorton, Elizabeth - VA Skipwith, Anne - NJ Throckmorton, John - MA & RI Skipwith, Diana - VA Throckmorton, Robert - VA [merits further investigation] Smith, Abigail (= Lewis Burwell, Jr.) - VA [merits further Tilghman, Richard - MD investigation] Smith, Arabella Maria - PA Tooke, James - VA Towneley, Lawrence - VA Smith, Lawrence - VA [merits further investigation] Towneley, Margaret Frances - MD Snelling, John - MA [merits further investigation] Snelling, William - MA Towneley, Mary - VA Somerset, Maria Johanna - MD Towneley, Richard - NJ Southill, Gov. Seth - NC Traill, Robert (= Mary Whipple) - NH Traill, Robert (= Elizabeth Grotz) - PA Southworth, Constant - MA [merits further investigation] Trowbridge, Thomas - CT Williams, John - PA [merits further investigation] Tryon, Gov. William - NY & NC Willing, Charles - PA Tucker, Anna - SC Wilson, Elizabeth - SC Tucker, Frances - NY Wingfield, Thomas - VA [merits further investigation] Tucker, Henry - VA Wiseman, Robert - MD Tucker, Sarah - SC Wolseley, Anne - MD Tucker, St. George - VA Wolseley, Mary - MD van Tuyl, Jan Otten - NY [merits further investigation] Wood, Elizabeth - VA Tyndal, Margaret - MA Woodcock, Mary - MA Umfreville, John - CT [merits further investigation] Woodhouse, Gov. Henry - VA [merits further Underhill, Humphrey - NY [merits further investigation] investigation] Woodhouse, Thomas - VA Underhill, Mary - NY [merits further investigation] Vane, Gov. Sir Henry - MA Woodward, Frances - MA Vaughan, Jane - PA Woodward, Sarah - MA Veatch James - MD Woolley, Emmanuel - RI Waldegrave, Jemima - MA Worden, Peter - MA Walker, Dorothy - VA Worsam, Henrietta Constantia - PA Walker, Frances - MA Wray, Frances - MA Wallace, John - PA Wright, Richard - VA Ward, Margaret - MA Wright, Hon. Robert - SC Wyatt, Gov. Sir Francis - VA Ward, Mary – MA [merits further investigation] Wyatt, Rev. Haute - VA Ward, Rebecca - MA [merits further investigation] Wyatt, Margaret - CT Ward, Thomasine - MA [merits further investigation] Warren, Thomas - VA Wyche, Henry - VA Wyllys, Amy - MA Washington, John - Surry, VA [merits further investigation] Washington, Col. John - Westmld, VA Wyndham/Windham, Edward - VA Washington, Lawrence - VA Yale, Anne - CT Welby, Marianne - MD Yale, David - CT Welby, Olive - MA Yale, Thomas - CT Wentworth, Thomas – VA Yarnall, Francis - PA Wentworth, William - NH Yarnall, Philip - PA West, Gov. Francis - VA Yate, George - MD West, Gov. John - VA Yates, John - VA West, Gov. Thomas - VA Yonge, Francis - SC Yonge, Robert - SC Weston, Thomas - MA [merits further investigation] Whalley, Edward - MA & CT Whettenhall, Elizabeth - MD See the list of Gateway Ancestors no longer Whitaker, Jabez - VA accepted as having royal descent on the following page. White, Catherine - MA [likely]

Following is a short list of Disqualified Gateway Ancestors (no longer accepted as being of royal descent)

* If your is not on the approved list above, and also is not on the list below, consult Patricia Scherzinger, Colonial Americans of Royal and Noble Descent: Alleged, Proven and Disproven (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1996), for information; and see Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants..., 2 vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2018), pp. clxxxix-cxcii.

Brooke, Gov. Robert - MD Washburn, John - MA Bye, Thomas - PA Willoughby, Hon. Francis - MA Calvert, Charles (alias Lazenby, alias Butler) - MD Witter, Thomas - NY Colby, Anthony - MA Wynne, Dr. Thomas - PA Cope, Oliver - PA Corwin, Matthew - NY Curwen, George - MA Davis, Margaret - PA Dixon, Anne - ME Dubois, Louis - NY Dungan, Barbara - RI Dungan, Frances - RI Dunham, John - MA (1588/9) Edwards, William (alias apEdward, Bedward) - PA Fisher, Mrs. Margery Maude - DE Fulford, Mary - ME Gayer, William - MA Goode, John - VA Harry, Daniel - PA Harry, Hugh - PA Harvey, Sarah Hope (of Eng., - John Trumbull - CT) Helme, Christopher - RI Hinton, John - NC Jones, Hugh - PA Kennedy, William - NC Kirkbride, Joseph - PA Kirkpatrick, Andrew - NJ Lloyd, Robert - PA MacGehee, Thomas (alias James MacGregor) - VA (d. 1727) Norton, Henry - ME Norton, Walter - MA Peck, Joseph - MA Prescott, John - MA Scott, Richard - RI Tilghman, Christopher - VA Underhill, John - NY Waller, John - VA Waller, Mary - VA Washbourne, William - NY