She was my 12th Great Grandmother, by marriage. She was the wife of Sir John Edward Williams

She lived from 1506-1556

My 12th Great Grandfather

Myles Standish was a Military Adviser with the Rank of Captain. He lived from 1584-1656. He was my 8th Great Grandfather. Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. One of the original settlers.

Thomas Dexter was a Miller. He was my 9th Great Grandfather. His grist mill, DexterGrist Mill, was built in 1637. He is buried in the Oliver Family Tomb in Kings Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. Born in 1594, died in 1686.

Sir Thomas MacIssac, 1306-1369, was the Town Clerk of Aberdeen (Scotland). He was my 18th Great Grandfather (by marriage).

My 15th Great Grandfather, Sir Rev. John Robert Wright, Lord of Kelvedon, Steward to Henry VIII. He lived from 1450-1509.

Another 15th Great Grandfather, Anthony Poyntz, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1480-1585. He was the Great Grandfather of Sir Isaac Newton.

14th Great Grandfather, Sir Philip Mansel, Knight, 1420-1471, Wales

16th Great Grandfather, Sir Walter Mildmay, 1520-1589, Statesman, Cambridge founder Emmanus College

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An addition to my list of Immigrant Ancestors

Ensign Francis Chickering, 9th Great Grandfather, born 1606 Ringefield Suffolk England, died 1558 Dedham Massachusetts

Thanks to Ancestry.com I have now identified my 23rd Great Grandfather. Gilbert De Wetenhale Warner, 1190-1240. Born in Cheshire England. Now I can identify all the more with those Ellis Peters novels of rather gruesome medieval battles in Wales and England. Sends shivers down my spine.

My husband Ian had a beloved maiden cousin Eileen Dickson. Not an Aunt but she was sort of thought of as an aunt. She and Aunt Anna were 2 sweet old ladies who lived close to where Ian grew up in Belfast. I first met them in 1968 and became very fond of them both. Cousin Eileen was a great reader and she was particularly fond of Ellis Peters books. I found it hard to understand how she could like these books where medieval violence was so graphically portrayed.

Ellis Peters was a pseudonym. She was born Edith Mary Pargeter, 1913-1995. She is the author of the very popular Brother Cadfael series. Possibly it was the Brother Cadfael books that Cousin Eileen was reading. At the time I knew cousin Eileen, I was only familiar with the more graphic medieval books by this author.

What prompted this post was my sighting of another cat with similar markings. This was a visiting cat that I had heard about but had not actually seen. I spotted the wandering Calico cat from my 3rd floor window as I raised the blinds this morning. She was walking through the shrubs on a path to one of the other buildings here at Ida Culver Broadview. There is a cat named Oliver who belongs to one of the residents. Oliver encourages other outside non-resident cats to visit. I will name the one I saw this morning Katerina 2 – and think happy thoughts of the real Katerina.