Thomas Trowbridge, 10th Great Grandfather

Today's Genealogy find... I'm the 10th great granddaughter of Thomas Trowbridge of Taunton, England. If you watch Who do you think you are? on TLC Season 4, Episode 6 (Cindy Crawford), it tells all about him and his heritage. Fought in the English Civil War and a descendant of Charlemagne! 

1 Thomas Trowbridge b: 1598, d: Bef. 07 Feb 1672
+ Elizabeth Marshall b: 24 Mar 1602, d: 1641
...2 Elizabeth Trowbridge b: 06 Mar 1627, d: 10 May 1630
...2 John Trowbridge b: 05 Nov 1629, d: 16 Feb 1653
...2 Thomas Trowbridge b: 11 Dec 1631
...2 William Trowbridge b: 03 Sep 1633, d: Nov 1688
     + Elizabeth Lamberton b: Abt. 1632, d: Abt. 1716
......3 James Trowbridge b: 26 Mar 1664, d: May 1732
        + Mary Belden b: 17 Nov 1677, d: Aft. 1737
.........4 Daniel Trowbridge b: 13 Aug 1701
           + Sarah Seymour
............5 Daniel Trowbridge b: 25 Aug 1726
............5 Stephen Trowbridge b: 16 Sep 1727
............5 James Trowbridge b: 14 Dec 1729
............5 Sarah Trowbridge b: Abt. 1732, d: 14 Jan 1788
               + James Olmstead b: 17 May 1730, d: 29 Sep 1807
...............6 James Olmstead b: 04 Apr 1755, d: 04 Jan 1841
...............6 Seth Olmstead b: 1756, d: 22 Jul 1763
...............6 Isaac Olmstead b: 22 Jan 1759, d: 30 Dec 1795
                 + Sarah Lyon d: 18 Nov 1852
                 + Mary Parsons d: 26 Sep 1793
..................7 Alden Olmstead b: 23 Aug 1784, d: 06 Mar 1815
                    + Sarah Sally Smith b: 1784, d: 1870
.....................8 Lorenzo D. Olmstead b: 29 Feb 1808, d: 17 Aug 1895
                       + Julia A. Olmstead b: Abt. 1813
........................9 Artemesia Olmstead b: 30 Mar 1834, d: 04 Aug 1864
                          + Samuel Middlebrook b: 1822, d: 1908
...........................10 Charles O Middlebrook b: 10 Aug 1852
...........................10 Samuel Middlebrook b: 21 Sep 1854, d: 28 Apr 1906
...........................10 Belle (Minnie) Middlebrook b: 13 Nov 1858, d: 05 Dec 1887
                               + Frank Eugene Williams b: 06 Nov 1858, d: 07 Aug 1910
........................9 Lorenzo Vail Olmstead b: 01 Feb 1849, d: 08 Jun 1924
                          + Lavinia Bennett b: 25 Dec 1845, d: 26 Aug 1889
...........................10 Grace L.(Daisy) Olmstead b: 10 Aug 1883, d: 09 Jan 1974
                           + Jesse Belmont Williams b: 01 Aug 1878, d: 08 Mar 1941
...............6 Azor Olmstead b: 05 Mar 1763, d: Sep 1777
...............6 Seth Olmstead b: 29 Mar 1765, d: 05 Sep 1844
...............6 Sarah Olmstead b: 14 Nov 1767
               + Jared Morehouse b: Abt. 1769, d: 17 Feb 1841
..................7 Sarah Morehouse b: 20 Jul 1791, d: 02 Apr 1870
                  + Junia Warren Dykeman b: 22 Nov 1785, d: 06 Mar 1875
.....................8 Daniel Warren Dykeman b: 06 Aug 1814, d: 12 Sep 1875
                      + Sarah E. Crosby b: 27 May 1822, d: 02 Oct 1851
........................9 Edwin C. Dykeman b: Abt. Sep 1847, d: 12 Oct 1854
........................9 William Henry Dykeman b: Sep 1848, d: 09 Jun 1849
                     + Emma C. Dykeman b: 27 Sep 1819, d: 07 May 1880
........................9 Junia Warren Dykeman b: 09 Jul 1856, d: 22 Apr 1934
                         + Helen Amelia Beattys b: 02 Sep 1861, d: 30 May 1920
...........................10 Junia Warren Dykeman b: 23 Jul 1878, d: 17 Jun 1962
                              + Bessie A. Nichols b: 11 Jun 1879, d: 07 Jan 1968
...........................10 Emma Beatty Dykeman b: 20 Jul 1880, d: 03 Nov 1948
                              + Henry James Dykeman b: 22 Feb 1873, d: 27 Nov 1918
...........................10 Charles Roof Dykeman b: 23 Sep 1881, d: 11 Jan 1920
                              + Lillian C Akin b: Jan 1878, d: 22 Mar 1951
...........................10 Lewis Howes Dykeman b: 17 Dec 1885, d: 18 Jan 1951
                              + Alice Marion Schillits b: 11 Jan 1886, d: 29 Feb 1968
...........................10 William George Dykeman b: 14 Oct 1887, d: 02 Oct 1956
                              + Catherine Penny (Kate) Nichols b: 15 Aug 1887, d: 1972
...........................10 Frederick Seth Dykeman b: 25 Apr 1890, d: 26 Apr 1956
                              + Bertha Louise Parker b: 19 Nov 1894
...........................10 Bessie Arlene Dykeman b: 13 May 1892, d: 25 Apr 1976
                              + Charles Hilding Swanson b: 10 Jun 1888, d: 19 Dec 1969
...........................10 Helen Lucille Dykeman b: 29 Sep 1894, d: 04 Apr 1972
                              + Charles Peter Jagemann b: 13 Mar 1892, d: Apr 1987
...........................10 Elbert Leslie Dykeman b: 02 Dec 1897, d: 14 Feb 1899
...........................10 Harold Horton Dykeman b: 05 Jul 1900, d: 19 Jun 1964
                              + Helen Jessamine Ballard b: 28 Sep 1905, d: 25 Mar 1966
...........................10 Ralph Irving Dykeman b: 25 Mar 1903, d: 27 Apr 1927
                              + Violet Leslie Birch b: Abt. 1906
.....................8 Sally B. Dykeman b: 1816, d: 16 Mar 1866
.....................8 Belinda M. Dykeman b: Abt. Jun 1818, d: 30 Aug 1882
..................7 Seth O. Morehouse b: 08 Jun 1800, d: 25 Apr 1852
                   + Adaline Ford b: 23 Jan 1805, d: 12 Aug 1864
.....................8 Henry Mortimer Morehouse b: 13 Jun 1828, d: 05 Dec 1885
..................7 Belinda Morehouse d: 06 Oct 1873
                   + Albro Cook
..................7 Caroline Morehouse
                   +              Deyo
...............6 Aaron Olmstead b: 04 Mar 1770, d: 30 Aug 1820
............5 Abigail Trowbridge b: 1735
............5 Elizabeth Trowbridge b: 1739
............5 Joseph Trowbridge b: Abt. 1741
............5 Samuel Trowbridge b: Abt. 1743
............5 Lydia Trowbridge b: Abt. 1745
............5 William Trowbridge b: Abt. 1747
.........4 Elizabeth Trowbridge (Gregory) b: 01 Mar 1703, d: 1786
.........4 Caleb Trowbridge b: 08 Apr 1706, d: 02 Jan 1759
.........4 John Trowbridge b: 22 May 1709, d: May 1777
.........4 Abigail Trowbridge b: 01 Sep 1712
.........4 Lydia Trowbridge b: 08 May 1718
.........4 Sarah Trowbridge b: 29 Jul 1719
     + Lydia Alsop b: 26 Jul 1665, d: Abt. 1689
.........4 James Trowbridge b: 13 Sep 1689, d: 1730
          + Hester Howe d: Abt. 1697
.........4 Isaac Trowbridge b: Abt. 1694, d: 1770
.........4 Esther Trowbridge b: Abt. 1695
          + James Leavenworth
.........4 Mary Trowbridge b: Abt. 1697
          +            Brown
...2 James Trowbridge b: 1636, d: May 1717

Grace Chetwood Bulkeley

Grace Chetwood (various spellings) is an ancestor of mine through my Dykeman family lines; two maternal, one paternal.  One of eleven children, Grace was the daughter of Sir Richard Chetwode of Markworth, England and his second wife, Dorothy Needham. Grace was born about 1602 as she was about 33 in 1635 when she and her husband Reverend Peter Bulkeley traveled to the new world. Peter was 20 years her senior and had been married once before. He was outspoken and was wanted for arrest for his views. He managed to elude the authorities and sailed from England  with Grace and children from his first marriage. 

There is a story concerning their travel to America about Grace but it is difficult to figure out how accurate it is. Apparently as they neared the end of their journey, Grace fell ill. She became so ill that she appeared dead. Because her husband was well known and she was a Lady* her body was not buried at sea. Although there were few signs of life, the body did not decay. After three days or so she seemed to rally back to life. When they disembarked, she was taken off the boat as an invalid but she was alive.  Shortly after they arrived, Grace had a baby  boy who they named Gershom, which means 'an exile'.  Her health returned, and the family expanded from 1635 to 1643 to include Eliezer, Peter, and Dorothy.

When I call Grace a Lady I mean she descends from royalty. Her parents descend from Barons, Viscounts, Knights, Sheriffs as well as actual Kings. This one ancestor connects to William the Conqueror and have seen some pedigree charts that take this line all the way back to Charlemagne who was born in 742. Following her family tree seems to lead to a lot of history that I don't recall from school.  I have included below some of the more notable ancestors of Grace. I can share more if there is any interest in seeing more of  it, just leave a comment below.
  
Robert Needham, born Bet. 1533 - 1535; died 18 Dec 1603. He was the son of  Thomas Needham and  Anne Talbot. He married  Frances Aston. born 1533. She was the daughter of  Sir Edward Aston and  Joan Bowles.

Sir John Talbot born Abt. 1485; died 10 Sep 1549. He was the son of Gilbert Talbot, Sir and  Audrey Cotton. He married  Margaret Troutbeck born Abt. 1492. She was the daughter of  Adam Troutbeck and  Margaret Boteler

Humphrey De Bohun He married  Elizabeth Plantagenet the daughter of  Edward The First and  Eleanor Of Castille.
 
Edward The First, born 17 Jun 1239; died 1307. He was the son of  Henry The Third and Eleanor of Provence. He married Eleanor Of Castille 01 Nov 1254 in Castille, Spain. She was born 1242 in Castille, Spain; died 1290. She was the daughter of Fernando The Third and  Jeanne De Dammartin. 

Henry The Third, born 01 Oct 1207; died 16 Nov 1272. He was the son of  John The First and Isabella Of Angouleme. He married  Eleanor of Provence 14 Jan 1237. She was Eleanor of Provence, born 1217; died 24 Jan 1291.  

John The First, born 24 Dec 1161; died 19 Oct 1216. He was the son of  Henry The Second and Eleanor Of Aquitaine. He married Isabella Of Angouleme who died abt 1246.

Henry The Second, born 05 Mar 1133; died 06 Jul 1189 in Tours, France. He was the son of Geoffrey V Count of Anjou and  Matilda. He married  Eleanor Of Aquitaine who was born 1123.

Henry The First, born Bet. 1068 - 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died 01 Dec 1135 in Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, Normandy. He was the son of William The Conqueror and Matilda Of Flanders.

William The Conqueror*, born Abt. 1028 in Falaise, Normandy; died 09 Sep 1087 in Rouen, France. He was the son of  Robert The First. He married  Matilda Of Flanders who died 03 Nov 1083. She was the daughter of  Baldwin The Fifth .
 
Richard the First, born 933 in Fecamp, France; died 20 Nov 996 in Fecamp, France. He was the son of William the First and Sprota. He married  Gunnora of Crêpon who died 1031.

Baldwin the First He married  Judith Of France in 858. She was born Abt. 843. She was the daughter of  Charles The Second and  Ermentrude.

Alfred The Great, born 871; died Abt. 899

Louis I, born Aug 778; died 20 Jun 840. He was the son of Charlemagne and Hildegarde. He married Judith. 

Charlemagne, born 02 Apr 742; died 28 Jan 814.