Douglas Richardson correction?

[psbu...@hotmail.com]

James Cudworth is an ancestor of mine found on the Descendants of Charlemagne Gateway list. But a seemingly cogent criticism of Douglas Richardson's idetification of Cudworth's mother, Mary Machell (who married Ralph Cudworth), as the daughter of Mary Lewknor and Matthew Machell, appeared first in a book by Adrienne Boaz in 2014, and then had a WikiTree project assigned a couple of years ago. Now I find that Gary Boyd Roberts continues with the identification in his latest "Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants" book, though changing the Royal connection somewhat, it still runs through Mary Lewknor

Is anyone up on the status of this dispute with Douglas Richardson's identication of the parentage of Mary Machell with her mother being named as Mary Lewknor, a Royal Descendant of Edward I (according to GBR?)

[John Higgins]

On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 12:26:10 PM UTC-7, psbu...@hotmail.com wrote:
> James Cudworth is an ancestor of mine found on the Descendants of Charlemagne Gateway list. But a seemingly cogent criticism of Douglas Richardson's idetification of Cudworth's mother, Mary Machell (who married Ralph Cudworth), as the daughter of Mary Lewknor and Matthew Machell, appeared first in a book by Adrienne Boaz in 2014, and then had a WikiTree project assigned a couple of years ago. Now I find that Gary Boyd Roberts continues with the identification in his latest "Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants" book, though changing the Royal connection somewhat, it still runs through Mary Lewknor
>
> Is anyone up on the status of this dispute with Douglas Richardson's identication of the parentage of Mary Machell with her mother being named as Mary Lewknor, a Royal Descendant of Edward I (according to GBR?)

This matter has been discussed at length a number of times in this group. There are strongly held opinions on both sides. My personal opinion FWIW continues to be that neither alternative for the parentage of Mary Machell has been sufficiently proved.

The Edward I descent for Mary Machell in RD900 is exactly the same one that was published way back in 1993 in RD500. The evidence for the descent is also essentially the same as in it was in 1993, although slightly re-characterized in subsequent editions. The key piece of evidence seems to be "research by Debrett Ancestry Research commissioned by Miss Jane E. Grunwell", first cited in 1993. It would be interesting to know who has actually SEEN this research. The only "evidence" added since 1993 is the mention, first made in RD600 in 2004, of a "forthcoming article" by Paul Reed that is still "forthcoming" more than 15 years later. GBR should know better than to keep citing this "article".

It would certainly be useful if someone could write an article on the subject actually describing the evidence in the matter. But, after all these years, that seems unlikely to happen...

[Paulo Ricardo Canedo]

Reed noted in https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.genealogy.medieval/ZPJm_zsEDfk/PmPugptyj8IJ that, instead of writing an article, he was considering creating a Wiki. Unfortunately, that's not happened yet.

[John Higgins]

Yes it is unfortunate - whether the wait for the article is 8 years or "more than 15"...

[ps bumppo]

Thank you for your response John. As a Mayflower historian for 25 plus years, I have to admit that Royal lineages are more than a little frustrating to me. Depending on the few "experts" that there seem to be is only part of the problem. Not sure how one is to trust what has been set in stone. Thankfully Mayflower lineages are generally more easily proven, and the Society's books are better. Of course the fact that we're only 400 years down from arrival, and my family remained in Plymouth County,helped.

I have been aware of the proposed Cudworth line since I first saw RD 500 several years ago, but then encountered the Wikitree controversy a few months ago now that I'm retired. I have tried to read through the various views of the case, see it is probably not easily resolved, and just wanted a "current state" of the discussion. So I guess I'll just throw up my hands and wait for some possible resolution at some unknown future time ☹️ At least I still have Edmond Hawes and Edward Raynsford.

Thanks Again John,
Paul Bumpus

[sba...@mindspring.com]

On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 2:26:10 PM UTC-5, psbu...@hotmail.com wrote:
> ... Now I find that Gary Boyd Roberts continues with the identification in his latest "Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants" book, though changing the Royal connection somewhat, it still runs through Mary Lewknor

I would place very little faith in whether or not a royal line appears in the various "Royal Descents of ___ Immigrants" books by Roberts. While some of the claimed royal lines listed are correct, these books also have a history of "accepting" too many false royal lines from poor sources that never should have been even considered (let alone included) in the first place. I bought the first one ("Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants") and after I saw how many false and questionable lines it included, that was enough for me. I have never considered wasting my money on any of the sequels.

Stewart Baldwin

[Paulo Ricardo Canedo]

Thing is, even if Mary Machell was daughter of John Machell and Ursula Hynde, she still had a royal descent.

[ps bumppo]

How so Paulo?

[Paulo Ricardo Canedo]

sexta-feira, 22 de Maio de 2020 às 16:20:33 UTC+1, ps bumppo escreveu:
> How so Paulo?

Put Hynde-10 and Plantagenet-1627 in the Wikitree Relationship Finder and you will see Ursula Hynde's descent from Henry II.

[ps bumppo]

Thank You Paulo. Got it!

[Paulo Ricardo Canedo]

Thing is, 8 years ago, Paul Reed was no longer considering writing an article, he was considering creating a wiki, though I see little point in creating a wiki dedicated merely to this connection.

[Paulo Ricardo Canedo]

Do you know Paul Reed's email address? We could ask him if he has any responses to the objections against his version.

[Peter Stewart]

Paul Reed was one of the most valued contributors to this newsgroup, but
I think you will find that nowadays he has other fish to fry apart from
very infrequent forays here. He is a man of talent and expertise in
areas beyond medieval genealogy.

Peter Stewart

[Darrell E. Larocque]

Evidently this controversy continues... does anyone have an update for this disputed parentage?

[Lionheart]

On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 7:14:32 PM UTC-4, jhigg...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 12:26:10 PM UTC-7, psbu...@hotmail.com wrote:
> The only "evidence" added since 1993 is the mention, first made in RD600 in 2004, of a "forthcoming article" by Paul Reed that is still "forthcoming" more than 15 years later. GBR should know better than to keep citing this "article".
>

GBR had mentioned forthcoming articles of Paul C. Reed in his RD600 for several gateways; unfortunately, these "forthcoming articles" have been forthcoming by Reed for 16 plus years and longer to suggest an opinion, but not to prove or confirm one position or another. In other words, these forthcoming articles would simply summarize the speculative opinions of Paul C. Reed. I know of some genealogists still awaiting for his speculative article on the "suggestion" that there was a different John Throckmorton (d. 1684) than the one in RD600 who immigrated to Salem, MA and Providence, RI. That basically sums up any type of evidence you would get from Paul C. Reed.

[Johnny Brananas]

A little further information on Mary, widow of Rev. Ralph Cudworth, who married (2nd) Dr. John Stoughton.

Doug's _Plantagenet Ancestry_ says Dr. Stoughton's "wife, Mary, was living in December 1634."

An article from _Transactions of the Congregational Historical Society_, vol. 6 (1913/15), says that Mary Stoughton was mentioned as very ill in early April 1634, and that "[s]he died before 4th August of that year."

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858044936650&view=1up&seq=104&skin=2021&q1=machell

The article also mentions Dr. Stoughton's receipt in 1634 of a letter from Sir Thomas Wroth of Petherton Park, Somersetshire. Perhaps interesting because Dorothy (Wroth) Lewknor, wife of Edward Lewknor, mid-1500s, had a daughter married to Mathew Machell.