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From: "James P. Robinson III" <>
Subject: Re: William, 9th Prince of Orange
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 13:22:32 -0500


I also descend from these early Hugenots. However, I have never
heard of any connection to William of Orange. Please let me know what you
find out?

Jim

At 09:27 AM 8/2/96 -0700, Warren Sadler wrote:
>I have read a family history that claims descendancy, by an unknown route,
>from William 9th Prince of Orange, and I wonder if anyone out there can
>suggest sources or research directions. I am totally lost once I get out of
>the modern age. What I have is from the "Ward, Munger, Varnum, Martin
>Genealogy" Collected & Arranged by Duren James Henderson Ward, Up the Divide
>Publishing Company, 958 Acoma Street, Denver, Colorado, 1926. It provides
>the following unconnected fractions:
>
>Count of Nassau m. Juliana of Stolberg, their son William 9th Prince of
>Orange (1533-1584), his daughter Sara m. Wolfert Webbert, their daughter
>Anneke (1605-1663) m. Roeloff Jans (1) Everardus Bogardus (2). Her children
>Sara, Katerina, Fytjie, James and Jan Jans; William, Cornelius, Jonas and
>Pieter Bogardus.
>
>Sarah Dennis, (said to be granddaughter or great granddaughter of Anneke
>Jans-Bogardus) m. Samuel Munger, parents of John Munger of Long Island m.
>Millicent Cox of Newburgh and Fishkill, NY, their son Samuel Minger b. Jan 4
>1767 in Long Island d. 1826 in Dullins (Duffins?) Creek, Canada m Ruth Ray
>(1777-1813). The latter couple are my wife's 3rd great grandparents.
>
>Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>Warren
>
>Warren Sadler
>Abbotsford, B.C.
>
>Exploring my wife's ancestral surnames:
>AINSWORTH (Yorks.), BAAS (Holland), BODELY (Yorks.), CO(o)MB(e) (ON,
>England), COX (NY), DeBOLD (Lancs.), DENNIS (NY), DRAPER (MA),
>FAI(y)RBANK(e)(s) (Yorks.), FRENCH (MA, Suffolk), GAWKROGER (Yorks.),
>HAM(b)L(e)Y (ON,England), HARRINGTON (Lancs.), HENDERSON (MA), LANGTON
>(Boston), LOKER (MA, Suffolf), MARTIN (NY), MILLS (Ireland), MUNGER (NY),
>PILKINGTON (Lancs.), PORTER (MA), PRESCOTT (MA, Lancs.), RADCLIFFE (Lancs.),
>RAY (NY), RIDDLESDALE (MA, Essex), SHEAD (NY), STANDISH (Lancs.), TEGGARTY
>(Ireland), VARNUM (MA), WADE (Yorks.), WARD (NY)
>
>
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James P. Robinson, III


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