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Some things are just painfully obvious.
After looking at it a bit though, my first question was: Does Paige know this? I mean, she must already know it, right?
Was this a test to see what side I was on? Lol.
Okay, let me back up a bit...
Remember when I said that there are several things any well-done family history needs? You know, aside from stories about those incredibly ordinary lives that touch our ancestry? Well, to recap, any 'well-done' family history is lucky to include among its branches the following: a Mayflower line, a Revolutionary War patriot, a connection to a Salem witch, a celebrity, or movie star worth their weight, (Yeah, Kardashians don't count) a Jamestowne ancestor, and ultimately of course...
a Gateway Ancestor.
For those unfamiliar with the term, a "Gateway Ancestor" is (typically) a seventeenth-century immigrant with proven royal ancestry. However, "Gateway ancestors," while eliciting a proven pedigree to, say, for example, King Edward I, can also be a bit tough to find in the thicket of any family tree.
They are even trickier to connect with your own family lines.
However, in this particular case - Paige's case - I don't know why I didn't pay a little bit closer attention – I mean, hadn't "this one" already been done before?
Nah, instead, I spent the afternoon chasing other avenues, like the good solid leads of fine Gateway family names, like Isham, Lindsay, and Batte, but still, they were families (and names) that just never seemed to quite fit. (Let alone prove out.) What was I thinking? If I had only paid the smallest bit of attention, I could have "skipped" to the head of the line.
It took me a bit before I saw the name "Skipwith."
"Skipwith" - a prominent Gateway name - and a connection to the Carters.
Paige's Carters.
All I can say is, 'Duh, Jeff.'
Above images: Douglas Richardson's Plantagent Ancestry, Genealogical Publishing Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004
Okay, I guess I shouldn't get too far ahead of myself. We'd better get the pedigree chart out of the way first, and then we can move on to the published sources for verifications. Remember, I am looking for original sources or secondary ones that are contemporary, and, at least at first review, are undisputed. I am no expert here, but I will do my best to refer to the most current research/information available. Anyway, here goes:
Note: An error occurred in preparing the above genealogy. On generation no. 8 above, Henry Clay Carter first married Elizabeth Lawson, mother of James Monroe Carter, and secondly, Lydia Dorton. This correction does not affect the line.
Generation Two: Their daughter, Katherine Dale, who married Captain Thomas Carter
Above: William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 17, p. 277, University of Virginia, 1909.
Generation Three: Their son, Capt. Thomas Carter, Jr., who married Arabella Williamson
Above: Joseph Lyon Miller, Effie Shelton Campbell, The descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of "Barford" Lancaster County, Virginia, 1652-1912, University of Wisconsin, 1912; cropped from pages 98-105.
Generation Four: Their son, Peter Carter, who married Judith Norris:
Generation Six: Their son, John Thomas Carter, who married Sarah Margaret Frazier:
Above: ibid., pages 245-246.
Generation Seven: Their son, James Preston Carter, who married Elizabeth Neal
Generation Eight: Their son, (Henry) "Clay" Carter, who married first, Elizabeth Lawson, and second Lydia Dorton
The above record is only an index, but it's a good one in that it agrees with the information in the published genealogy. The FHL Film number tells us that it's a record that can be obtained with a little bit of elbow grease. While this particular part of the line needs more documentation, there isn't anything about it that poses a Red Flag. (See the information also on FindAGrave.com memorial no. 243822289.) The FindAGrave.com memorial references the family Bible of James Preston Carter for the dates. I haven't been able to locate an online copy of the original Bible record (only a transcription), but the surrounding census (and other) records appear to confirm the line just fine.
Generation Nine: Their son, James Monroe Carter "of Chattanooga," who married Martha Adaline Simmerman
Generation Ten: Their daughter, Margaret "Maggie" Carter, who married George Jerome Haley:
As with my previous post on the Jamestowne ancestry of Paige Dunham, this is a good stopping point. I'm stopping here somewhere in between Paige's great-great-grandmother, Maggie Carter Haley, and her great-grandfather, Raymond Carter Haley. The balance of the ancestry beyond this point can be considered contemporary to Paige and isn't required to prove her possible connections and Gateway Ancestor with royal lines back to Diana Skipwith.
I believe it's pretty much a given that "the line holds" from Katherine (Dale) Carter on down.
Aside from "cleaning up" the citations and adding additional sources, Paige Dunham's link to European royalty appears set by her connections to the Dale/ Skipwiths.
At the very least, it is anecdotally so, and certainly one by marriage.
To this point, I would be remiss if I did not mention that, circa 2000, an article was published in The American Genealogist, attempting to refute that Diana Skipwith was the mother of Katherine Dale Carter. (See lineage above.) That author made some fairly compelling arguments, but the author's points were later argued against by Douglas Richardson, a (if not "the") pre-eminent genealogist on royal ancestry. I am both an advocate and acolyte of Douglas Richardson. If he says the Skipwith/Dale/Carter line is sound - well, anyone with better knowledge should try and come forward.
All of this does beg the question that if Katherine (Dale) Carter's mother was not the royally born Diana (Skipwith) Dale - Why would she (Katherine) use the name "Skipwith" as a middle name for her son Henry Carter???
Yeah, that's what I thought too - she wouldn't.
I need to soundly mention that there are two camps on the question of whether or not Diana (Skipwith) Dale was Katherine (Dale) Carter's mother.
I am choosing to be in Richardson's camp, that indeed she was.
Below are cropped partial images of Richardson's message of support for the royal line.
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