Farrar gateway ancestry briefly mentioned in Finding your Roots

[Matthew Langley]

Just thought some others might find it interesting in this episode of Finding your Roots:
http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/tragedy-time-comedy-full-episode/14750/

They found that Bill Hader descends from William Farrar of Virginia and breifly mentioned/showed the gateway ancestry to royalty.

I did find it interesting they referenced the link to King Edward I rather than Edward III however.

[Steve Riggan via]

This is very interesting. I didn't see this particular show but that's amazing. William Farrar was my father's ancestor as he was to many other Americans.

Steve Riggan

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[Elizabeth Hopkins]

I thought the link to Edward I (via his daughter Joan of Acre) came somehow through his early Maryland family connections? (Where my same line from Edward comes from) It was sort of unclear on the show.

[Steve Riggan via]

William Farrar has about three lines from Joan of Acre through his great grandmother Isabel Girlington. He has about two through his great grandfather Christopher Kelke and one to Edward III. These are all viewable on Leo van de Pas' website at genealogics.org if you either enter my name "Stephen Riggan" in the search box or just enter "William Farrar." John Ravilious, another descendant of William Farrar, has done the extensive research on our family line and you can find a lot that he has posted in the soc.gen.med archives as well.

Steve Riggan

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> On Feb 9, 2016, at 11:59 AM, Elizabeth Hopkins via <gen-me...@rootsweb.com> wrote:
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> I thought the link to Edward I (via his daughter Joan of Acre) came somehow through his early Maryland family connections? (Where my same line from Edward comes from) It was sort of unclear on the show.
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[Olivier]

William Farrar 1583-1637

Génération 2

3 - Cecily Kelke 1552-1628

Génération 3

6 - William Kelke +1552

Génération 4

12 - Christopher Kelke +1523
13 - Isabel Girlington

Génération 5

25 - Elizabeth at See
27 - Katherine Hildyard

Génération 6

51 - Elizabeth Wentworth +1492
55 - Elizabeth Hastings 1440

Génération 7

103 - Mary Clifford 1420-1458
110 - John Hastings +1477
111 - Ann Morley +1471

Génération 8

206 - John Clifford, Lord de Clifford 1388-1422
207 - Elizabeth Percy 1395-1437
220 - Edward Hastings 1382-1438
221 - Muriel Dinham +/1420
223 - Isabelle de La Pole 1395-1467

Génération 9

413 - Elizabeth de Ros +1424
415 - Elizabeth Mortimer 1371-1417
441 - Anne Le Despencer +1425
443 - Eleanor Montagu +1394
447 - Catherine Stafford 1370-1419

Génération 10

827 - Beatrice Stafford 1343-1415
831 - Philippa Plantagenêt 1355-1382
882 - Edward Le Despencer, Lord Spencer 1335-1375
887 - Margaret de Monthermer 1329-1395
894 - Hugh Stafford, Earl of Stafford /1343-1386

Génération 11

1 655 - Margaret de, Baroness Audley ca 1318-1348
1 662 - Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence 1338-1368
1 663 - Elizabeth de Burgh 1332-1363
1 764 - Edward Le Despencer 1310-1342
1 774 - Thomas de, Baron Monthermer 1301-1340

Génération 12

3 311 - Margaret de Clare, Earl of Gloucester 1293-1342
3 324 - Edward III of Windsor, King of England 1312-1377
3 326 - William The Brown Earl de Burgh, Earl of Ulster 1312-1333
3 529 - Eleanor de Clare /1292-1337
3 549 - Joan of Acre, Princess of England 1272-1307

Génération 13

6 648 - Edward II of Caernarvon, King of England 1284-1327
6 653 - Elizabeth de Clare 1295-1360
7 098 - Edward I Longshanks, King of England 1239-1307

[Matthew Langley]

Yeah, exactly, not sure why they didn't show the line to Edward III, not that it really matters, just curious.

[Matthew Langley]

Yup, we talked a little while ago (I guess it was 1-2 years ago or so). We have separate lines of descend that happened to land in Dallas Co., Arkansas.

Turns out Bill Hader is a distant cousin as well. Have always been a fan of his, he was very humble on the episode as well. Definitely recommend the episode and the show as a whole.

[Matthew Langley]

The latest Finding Your Roots episode reveals yet another Farrar cousin. Neil Patrick Harris, probably best known for playing Doogie Howser.

In this episode Gates does a whole segment on William Farrar specifically (centering around him arriving in 1618, the massacre that flowed, and the drama surrounding his marriage to Cecily).

Surprised Gates didn't point out to either Neil or Bill that they were cousins via William Farrar. Of course maybe he did and they just didn't show it (though they tend to do include that footage when they do).

[sarah.kr...@gmail.com]

Does anyone know the direct line from Neil Patrick Harris to William Farrar?