Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Roosevelt Connection through Harris Family

Yep, we are related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States.  :)  He is far removed, but we share common ancestors from fairly close back, which in genealogy, can be within a hundred to a couple of hundred of years.  :)  He is my 5th Cousin 4x Removed.  But, to make a visual of it, I will chart out ours and his ancestry here so you can see the connections.  We are obviously related to Theodore Roosevelt too, as the two are 5th cousins.  I will chart out Teddy's links to us in a bit.  :)  Enjoy!

Lieutenant Jonathan Delano (our earliest common ancestor with the Roosevelts)

1.  Lt. Jonathan Delano b. abt 1648 (my 8th Great Grandfather and FDRs 3rd Great Grandfather), m.
     Mercy Warren 1657.  *Off of his two sons is ours and FDRs ancestry, Jabez and Thomas Sr.

     2.  Jabez Delano (ours) b. 8 Nov 1682 in Massachusetts, his brother Thomas Sr. b. 1704.  Jabez
          married Mary Spooner and Thomas Sr. (Roosevelts) married Jean Peckham.

          3.  Jonathan Delano (second Jonathan, grandson of Lt. Jonathan, ours) b. 13 Feb 1734 in
               Massachusetts, his first cousin Capt. Ephriam Delano (son of Thomas Sr., Roosevelts) b.
               1733.

                4.  Stephen Delano Sr. (Jonathan, Jabez, Lt. Jonathan) b. 1748, and his 2nd cousin Capt.
                    Warren Delano Sr. (Ephriam, Thomas Sr., Lt. Jonathan) b. 1779.

                       5.  Stephen Delano Jr. (Stephen Sr., Jonathan, Jabez, Lt. Jonathan) b. 1775, and his 3rd
                            cousin, Warren Delano Jr. (Capt. Warren Sr., Ephriam, Thomas Sr., Lt. Jonathan) b.
                            1809.

                              6.  Almira Delano (Stephen Jr., Stephen Sr., Jonathan, Jabez, Lt. Jonathan) b. 4 Oct
                                   1817, and her 4th cousin, Sara Ann Delano (Warren Jr., Capt. Warren Sr.,
                                   Ephriam, Thomas Sr., Lt. Jonathan) b. 1854.

                                       7.  John Wesley Harris (Almira, Stephen Jr. Stephen Sr., Jonathan, Jabez, Lt.
                                            Jonathan) b. 1842 and his 5th cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Sara Ann,
                                            Warren Jr., Capt. Warren Sr., Ephriam, Thomas Sr., Lt. Jonathan) b. 1882.

And of course, from John Wesley Harris comes Frederick Harris, then Francis Harris, and then Earl Harris and all of his brothers and sisters.  So, Earl's Great Grandfather was 5th cousins with FDR.  :)  Making FDR my 5th cousin 4x removed (4 generations removed from me through my link, which is my Dad, Earl).

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