Category:Farwell

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Historically Important Relatives

Through Gretchen Myrtle Farwell

The following persons are related to the Wright family through the children of Gretchen Myrtle Farwell, in her marriage to John Wright, Jr. (charts from site administrator Joshua Benton Wright's ancestry.com account). Dates subject to change depending on current research.

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  Direct descent from "Gateway Ancestor" Olive Welby.

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  Direct descendant of Henry Farwell, husband of Olive Welby, and progenitor of the "Farwell" surname in Colonial America.

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  (Direct descent from John Buss, American Continental Army soldier from Massachusetts, whose wartime letters have been exhibited by The Library of Congress and other organizations.)

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  Direct descent from John Balch,"Old Planter" of Massachusetts, cofounder of Salem and Beverly Massachusetts.

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  (Direct descent from John Woodbury, "Old Planter" of Massachusetts, and cofounder of Salem, Massachusetts.)

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  (Direct descent from Thomas Gardner, "Old Planter" of Massachusetts and "First Governor" of Massachusetts.)

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  (Direct descent from Roger le Bigod and son Hugh le Bigod, Magna Carta Surety Barons)

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  (Direct descent from William Marshal, Knight Templar, Magna Carta Noble, Marshal of England, Regent of England for Henry III)

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  (Direct descent from Edward I, King of England, "Longshanks," via his son Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk.)

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  (Direct descent from Edward I, King of England, "Longshanks,'" via his daughter Joan of Acre.)

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  (Direct descent from Henry II, King of England, "Curtmantle," Plantagenet via his son William Longespee.)

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  (Direct descent from Ferdinand III of Castile, "Fernando el Santo," canonized in 1671 by Pope Clement X)

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  (Direct descent from Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Prince of Valencia, "El Cid")