Oliver Cromwell and Abigail Brewer

[Paul Davison]

In material that I inherited (somehow appropriate to the subject!), is
a reference that Abigail Brewer (c. 1748-before 1810), wife of
Sterling Cato, might be a direct descendent of Oliver Cromwell. Has
anyone proven or disproven that? There can't be that many generations
between them because of the relatively short period of time.

Paul Davison
Perry, Georgia

[pj.evans]

The various pages I've looked at online don't show any connection.
However, none of them have her matrilineal ancestry other than her
mother and her grandmother's given name.

[Paul Davison]

Here is what I have on her:

1. Abigail Brewer was the daughter of George G. Brewer, Jr., and
Abigail Wyche.

2. Abigail Wyche was the daughter of Henry Wyche, Sr., and Frances
(LNU).

3. Henry Wyche, Sr., was the son of Peter Wyche and Alice Scott.

4. Peter Wyche was the son of George Wyche and Sarah (LNU).

5. George Wyche was the son of Henry Wyche (b. 1648 in Virginia) and
Frances (LNU).

[pj.evans]

On Jul 4, 1:50 pm, John Brandon <starbuc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Here is what I have on her:
>
> > 1.  Abigail Brewer was the daughter of George G. Brewer, Jr., and
> > Abigail Wyche.
>
> > 2.  Abigail Wyche was the daughter of Henry Wyche, Sr., and Frances
> > (LNU).
>
> > 3.  Henry Wyche, Sr., was the son of Peter Wyche and Alice Scott.
>
> > 4.  Peter Wyche was the son of George Wyche and Sarah (LNU).
>
> > 5.  George Wyche was the son of Henry Wyche (b. 1648 in Virginia) and
> > Frances (LNU).
>

> Wow, what inbreeding with all these marriages into the Lnu family.  Is
> that a Vietnamese name?

[runs screaming for cover]

[wjhonson]

I did get someone asking me once to help them trace their obviously
American Indian ancestry through the female Fnu Lnu.

I've now taken to using "Unknown Unknown", "Mr Unknown", "Unknown
Smith" and so on.

Just like I've stopped using BEF 1650 and AFT 1780 and now say
something like

"Living not dead in 1650 when a grant..."
"Living not dead in 1860 when in St Louis, Missouri"

Also far far too many people are copying my dates without the "bef,
aft, abt" or they are using my birth ranges as exact birth and death
years.

Of course OneWorldTree makes this worse because they either can't or
won't get the idea that you can know a person exists and "fl 1250"
without knowing that they were born or died that year. "About" really
doesn't cover "fl" in my perception.

Will Johnson