Deseret News Obituary: Simeon Adams DUNN

BIOGRAPHY: Title:Obituary:
Author: Deseret News Vol. 32 p. 144 Film 0026600

DUNN--At his residence, in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, on
the Evening of Feb 24th 1883, of kidney complaint, Simeon Adams
Dunn, in his 80th year.

Deceased was born August 7th 1803, in Utica, State of New
York, and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints in April 1839, in the Huron River by Elder James Dunn,
and ordained to the office of Elder in June, 1840.

He arrived in Nauvoo with his family on the 5th of August
1841. In April 1844, he was ordained a Seventy, and in May the
same year, went on a mission to the State of New York.

In January 1845, he was ordained the Senior President of the
15th Quorum of Seventies under the hands of President Joseph Young.

In May, 1846, he left Nauvoo, with his family for the West,
and shared in the toils and sufferings of the Saints, remaining in
Winter Quarters, as then called, from the fall of 1846, until May,
1848, when, with his family, he started for Salt Lake City,
arriving there September 28th of the same year.

On the 7th of May 1850 he started on a mission to the South
Sea Islands, and returned home in April 1852; in May, 1853, he
settled in this place, where he remained until death. In the fall
of 1873, he went to the Eastern States to gather genealogies of his
ancestors, and returned in July of the following year, having been
very successful in his labors: in November 1877, to his great joy,
he left his home for St. George to there officiate in the Holy
Temple for his dead, and in January, 1878, he returned, having
accomplished the desire of his heart and feeling greatly blessed.

He was called by the Prophet Joseph to fill positions of trust
in Nauvoo, received his blessings in the Temple there, was full of
zeal and fervency in the work of God, and quite marked for his
straightforward manner; he was a practical, hard working and honest
man, prompt in meeting all his obligations, careful and considerate
in all of his ways, was a faithful Latter-day Saints and highly
respected. He leaves a numberous posterity to mourn his loss.

(Simeon Adams Dunn and His Family, Cameron Doran Wilde page 24-25 - http://dkwilde.com/Genealogy/Dunn/Simeon_Adams_Dunn.pdf)

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....That the said Simeon A. Dunn died testate in Brigham City Box Elder County on the 24th day of February A.D. 1883 leaving him surviving said Joseph M. Dunn, Mary Ensign, Betsy Haws, Susannah Hunsaker, Sophia Dunn, Simeon A. Dunn [Jr.], Emelin(e) Cantwell, Evelin(e) Hunsaker, Charles O. Dunn, and Ephraim Dunn, the children of said deceased and his only decendants....

(Simeon Adams Dunn and His Family, Cameron Doran Wilde page 59 - Box Elder County, Box Edler County Court, Probate Records, Films480322-480323. "p. 194-197 Territory of Utah County of Box elder In the Probate Court In the matter of the estate of Simeon A. Dunn deceased: Decree of estate.)


Note: Mary DUNN (ENSIGN) the daughter of Simeon Adams DUNN and Adaline RAWSON had no middle name. Some have mistakenly given her mother and sisters name as a middle name.

Ancesrtry Chain: 4th great grandfather Simeon Adams DUNN (LDS Pioneer) b.1803, Mary DUNN (LDS Child Pioneer) b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN (UT born LDS Pioneer) b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Myrle, sons, grandchildren.

John Hawks and Elizabeth Brown

John Hawks A Founder of Hadley MA Buired here 30 June 1662 Honored by his Descendants 30 June 1983.

(This story was adapted from the Hawkes Family Genealogy Page.)

[Immigrant] John Hawks came to Dorcester, Massachusetts in 1630 in Winthrop's Fleet, and then to Windsor, Connecticut in 1640 as one of the founders. Ecclesiastical orthodoxy led him, along with his wife Elizabeth Browne, to move to Hadley, Massachusetts in 1659 again as one of the founders. Adam Hawkes of Saugus was apparently a brother, and the two came to New England together. John Hawks/Hawkes was born in England and died 30 Jun 1662 in Hardley, Massachusetts.

John's wife, Elizabeth Browne, was a niece of Nathaniel Ward, an original settler of Hartford, Connecticut. Nathaniel Ward was a son of Edward Ward of Little Wrathing, Suffolk County, England. On 9 Jan 1620, Edward made his will, proved at Ipswich 7 May 1620. He provided for his wife Judith and his children Nathaniel, Edward, Lydia, Mary, Rebecca, and Susan.

Susan Browne, widow of Robert Browne of Ipswich, made her will 22 Mar 1626, proved 24 Apr 1627. She remembered her mother Judith and both of her sisters, Rebecca Ward and Mary Cutting, as well as "Elizabeth Browne, daughter of my bother-in-law William Browne." As Lydia Ward was the forth sister, it was she who married William Browne and their daughter Elizabeth was niece of Nathaniel Ward (of Hartford). Elizabeth Browne married John Hawkes in about 1642.

John and Elizabeth's children were all born in Windsor. At a meeting held at Nathaniel Ward's house in Hartford, 18 Apr 1659, John was among those present who signed the agreement to remove from Connecticut to Massachusetts. They moved to Hadley, Massachusetts around 1660. John died suddenly and was buried 30 Jun 1662 in the Hadley Cemetery. [John died without a will leaving his wife with 9 children ages 3 to 19.]

Elizabeth married second Robert Hinsdale as his second wife about 1668. They moved to Pocumtuck (Deerfield), Massachusetts. The marriage was an unhappy one and they soon parted, and she returned to her home in Hardley, Massachusetts. At a court held 30 Mar 1674 they were "presented for living assunder contrary to law," also charged with lacivious and wanton carrage." On examination Elizabeth refused to answer, and it appears that she was cleared of any wrongdoing. Robert Hinsdale said he "did it as being her head and having the rule of her in the pointe and that he did it for her correction of her disorder to him." Although he was a respected man in the community, the court held he had "broken the perfect rule of devine law and the law of the Colony in the intent if not the letter in the first living assunder," and ordered him "whipped ten stripes on the naked body;" and imposed a fine for which his sons became responsible and which the court refused to remit after his tragic death. In Sep 1675, during King Phillip's War, Deerfield was attacked several times by the Indians. It was decided to evacuate Deerfield. On 18 Sep 1675, Captain Thomas Lathrop's company of soldiers were bringing loaded carts toward Northampton when they were ambushed at a spot known as Bloody Brook, about 5 or 6 miles due south of Deerfield. The men were take totally by surprise and 64 men were killed. Robert was killed, along with three of his sons in ambush at Bloody Brook, Massachusetts. Reoccupation of Deerfield did not occur until 1682.

Elizabeth married third Thomas Dibble of Windsor, Connecticut on 25 Jun 1683; she died in Windsor on 20 Sep 1689.

NOTE: John came to America as an indentured servant. He and his brother, Adam, spent four years in the indentured work agreement in Dorcester, near Boston. He was one of the first settlers of Hadley, MA.

He was one of the founders of both Windsor, CT and Hadley MA.

Ancestry Chain: [10th gr. grandfather] Sgt. John HAWKS Immigrant b.1618, Elizabeth Hawks/ HAWKES, Joseph GILLETT b.1664, Elizabeth GILLETT b.1688, Esther MARSH b.1714, Esther SAWYER "GUNN"-3695 b.1739, Esther REMINGTON b.1772, Mary BRONSON b.1806, Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Myrle SMITH, sons, grandchildren

The Home of Sarah and Lt. William CLARK Burned the Night of July 14, 1681

Original Lt. William Clarke gravestone from 1690,
still preserved in Northampton, MA graveyard.
Was replaced by a larger monument by relatives in 1884. [see below]

Lt. William CLARKE (1609-1690) m Sarah STRONG (1611-1675)

Lt.William Clark was born in 1606 or 1609 in Dorsetshire? England and died on 19 July 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. He is buried in Bridge St. Cemetery in the same aforementioned location. William married Sarah STRONG around 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA and she was born in England around 1611 and died on 6 September 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. She also is buried at Bridge St. Cemetery, Northampton, MA. William's second wife was Sarah Slye Cooper and they were married on 15 November 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. Sarah was born in England around 1620 and died on 8 May 1688. She was the daughter of George SLYE. (http://www.familytreesite.org/clarke.htm)

There are at least three versions on the arrival of William Clarke in the New World:

Version 1 - He departed Plymouth, England on March 30, 1630 aboard the ship 'Mary and John' arriving in Nautucket (now called Hull) on May 30, 1630. He would have been 21 at that time. This is the version that appears in most family records.

Version 2 - William Clarke emigrated in 1630 aboard the ship 'William and Mary' in the company of Rev. Mister Warham of Plymouth, Dorsetshire, England. He settled first in Dorchester, Suffolk, Ma. prior to 1635, where he officiated as Townsman or Selectman from 1646 to 1653, removing to Northampton in 1659.

Version 3 - William Clarke left England on the ship 'Mary and John', which sailed from London on March 24, 1633, arriving in New England in June of that year.

This last version seems the most likely, even though it does not agree with 'old family tradition'. The port of embarkation also differs.

"He was the first citizen of Northampton to be elected deputy to the General Court, and 14 times between 1663 and 1682 was elected to that office, although not consecutively. He was Associate Justice of county court for 26 years; In 1662, he was authorized by the General Court to solemnize marriages, being the first person in that town to hold that responsible position. Frequently appointed by the Court to deal with Indians. He was chosen Lieutenant of the first military company ever organized here, when that was the office of highest rank to which the company, on account of its small number of men was entitled, and was in active service during King Philip's War and was at the same time a member of the military committee of the county. He supplied the commissary department to some extent during King Philip's Indian War and the Legislature ordered the Treasurer to pay him in 1676 'thirty-eight pounds, eighteen shillings for "Porke and bisket" delivered to the country's use'. He helped to build the first grist mill and the first saw mill in the town. He was greatly interested in promoting the new settlement of Squakheag (Northfield) and is named as having served as town clerk at the second settlement of that place, although there is no evidence that he ever lived there. Several times he was chosen commissioner, with others, to determine disputed boundaries between Northampton and neighboring towns. His home lot, one of the largest, covered the north half of the Smith College property. Tradition states that here he built a block house upon this lot which was used for refuge during the Indian troubles. His dwelling house was burned in 1681, having been set on fire by a Negro, as he averred in search of food. * In 1671, he was licensed to sell "wine, cider or liquor for a year". He had large grants of land in the meadows and elsewhere and purchased many acres in different parts of the town. All his lands, embracing nearly two hundred acres, with the exception of 7 3/4 acres, he disposed of before his death to his sons, reserving to himself an annuity of 24 pounds.

"The house of Lieut. William Clarke, situated very nearly on the ground now occupied by the main Smith College building, was burned on the night of July 14, 1681. It was built of logs, and Clarke and his wife were living in it at the time. A Negro, named Jack, set the house on fire. He confessed the deed and pretended that it was done accidentally, while he was searching for food, swinging a burning brand to light his way. Jack did not belong in town; he was a servant to Samuel Wolcott of Wethersfield; was a vicious character, a forerunner of the great army of tramps now everywhere wearying the patience of the public, and had already been before the courts for other misdemeanors. His object undoubtedly, was robbery, and it is not probable that he went about the house searching for food even, with a lighted pine torch in his hands. Very likely after stealing whatever he could lay his hands upon, he set the house on fire to conceal the robbery, or from spite against William Clarke, who was at this time 72 years of age.

Capture and Punishment of the Incendiary. Jack was arrested in Brookfield or Springfield, and was brought before the court in Boston, where he plead not guilty. When his confession was read to him, however, he acknowledged it, and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The court believed his confession as to setting the house on fire, but did not credit his statement that it was done carelessly. He was sentenced to be "hanged by the neck till he be dead and then taken down and burnt to ashes in the fire with Maria, the Negro". Maria was under sentence of death for burning the houses of Thomas Swan, and of her master, Joshua Lamb, in Roxbury. She was burned alive. Both of these Negroes were slaves. Why the body of Jack was burned is not known.

note 1: Many slaves were burned alive in New York and New Jersey, and in the southern colonies, but few in Massachusetts. note 2: Tradition has handed down the following items concerning the burning of Clarke's house: The Negro fastened the door on the outside so that no one could escape, and set the fire on the outside. William Clarke injured his hands considerably (pounded them, it is said) in his endeavor to escape, and his wife was somewhat burned. John Clarke, grandson of William, a little more than a year old, was brought out of the house and laid beside the fence. There was powder in one of the chambers, and when it exploded the ridge pole was blown across the road, and one end forced into the ground. The Negro had taken offense at something William Clarke had done in his official capacity, and set the fire in a spirit of revenge. He was discovered either at Brookfield, Springfield, or near New Haven, and identified by means of a jack-knife in his possession that belonged to the Clarke's." History of Northampton Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1654 (James Russell Trumbull - Printed in Northampton in 1898)

Lt. William Clarke and Sarah Strong had the following children:

(1) Sarah Clark was born on 21 April 1638 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 21 June 1638 in the same locatiion..

(2) Jonathan Clark was born on 1 August 1639 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 1 Oct 1639 in the same location.

(3) Nathaniel Clark was born on 27 January 1642 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 30 March 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA. On 8 May 1663 he married Mary Meekins in Hadley, Hampshire County, MA.

(4) Experience Clark was born on 30 March 1643 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died in 1662 at Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.

(5) Increase Clark was born on 1 March 1646 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 24 April 1662 at Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.

(6) Rebecca Clark was born 1 March 1648/9 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 8 February 1733 at Northampton, MA. She married Israel Rust on 9 December 1669.

(7) John Clark (Deacon) was born on 1 May 1651 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 3 September 1704 at Windsor, Hartford County, CT. His first wife was Rebecca Cooper and she died during childbirth. His second wife was Mary Strong and they were married on 20 March 1679.

(8) Samuel Clark was born on 16 October 1653 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 5 August 1729 at Northampton, MA. He married Elizabeth Edwards on 1 March 1682 at Northampton, MA.

(9) Captain William Clark was born on 3 July 1656 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 9 May 1725 at Lebanon, New London County, CT. His first wife was Hannah Strong and they were married on 15 July 1680. William's second wife was Mary Smith and they were married on 31 January 1694/5.

(10) Sarah Clark was born on 19 March 1659 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA and died on 15 April 1728 at Northampton, MA. She married Capt. John Parsons on 23 December 1675 in Northampton, MA.

Lt. William CLARK Immigrant is the 9th great-grandfather of Myrle.

Ancestry Chain: Lt. William CLARK Immigrant b.1609, Nathaniel CLARK b.1641, Mary PARSONS b.1688, Jerusha GRAVES b.1717, Jerusha COOLEY b.1738, Sylvanus BRONSON b.1769, Mary BRONSON b.1806, Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Myrle.

Queen Margaret of Scotland (1045-1093) is my grandmother.

“Mother of kings, reformer of the church, canonized catholic saint”

St. Margaret is my grandmother twenty two times. My 22 ancestry chains are followed by a history of St. Margaret. Spaces are used to help you see where the relationships change and go through a different parents or siblings.

(1)
29 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180

Princess Berengula / Berengaria of Leon b.1198
Jean de Brienne b.1217
Blanche de Brienne b.1245
Margaret de FIENNES b.1265
Roger Ist Earl De Mortimer DE MORTIMER b.1287
Catherine (Katherine) de MORTIMER b.1309
Countess Philippa of Stafford BEAUCHAMP b.1334

Edmund STAFFORD b.1377
Anne DE STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722

Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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(2)
29 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180
Princess Berengula / Berengaria of Leon b.1198
Jean de Brienne b.1217
Blanche de Brienne b.1245
Margaret de FIENNES b.1265
Roger Ist Earl De Mortimer DE MORTIMER b.1287
Catherine (Katherine) de MORTIMER b.1309
Countess Philippa of Stafford BEAUCHAMP b.1334

Lord John NEVILLE-13571 b.1387
John NEVILLE-13569 b.1410

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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(3)
28 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180

King Fernando III Alfonses Castile & Leon b.1201
Eleanor 'Leonor' Princess of Castile & Leon b.1244
Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan PLANTAGENET of England b.1282

Margaret de BOHUN Countess of Devon b.1311
Edward de COURTENAY b.1329
de Hugh COURTENAY Sir b.1365
Margaret COURTENAY b.1369
Sir William DE GRENVILLE Lord of Kilkhampton, & Bediford, Cornwall b.1397
Sir. Thomas GRENVILLE b.1425
Sir Thomas GRENVILLE Knight b.1449
Sir Roger GRENVILLE b.1477
Amy GRENVILLE b.1513
Robert DRAKE b.1530
William DRAKE b.1564
John DRAKE Immigrant b.1600
John DRAKE Immigrant b.1625
Mary DRAKE b.1666
Catherine MARSHALL b.1699
Catherine FOWLER b.1723

Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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(4)
28 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180
King Fernando III Alfonses Castile & Leon b.1201
Eleanor 'Leonor' Princess of Castile & Leon b.1244
Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan PLANTAGENET of England b.1282

Sir William, 1st Earl Of Northampton de BOHUN Knight of the Garter b.1312
Sir Humphrey, 7th Earl of Hereford de BOHUN b.1342
Eleanor (Alianore) de BOHUN b.1366
Anne PLANTAGENET Countess of Stafford and Eu b.1383
Anne de STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH

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(5)
27 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180
King Fernando III Alfonses Castile & Leon b.1201
Eleanor 'Leonor' Princess of Castile & Leon b.1244

King Edward II PLANTAGENET Of England b.1284
King Edward III of England b.1312
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester b.1354

Anne PLANTAGENET Countess of Stafford and Eu b.1383
Anne de STAFFORD b.1400

Anne HOLLAND b.1428
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH

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(6)
27 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180
King Fernando III Alfonses Castile & Leon b.1201
Eleanor 'Leonor' Princess of Castile & Leon b.1244

King Edward II PLANTAGENET Of England b.1284
King Edward III of England b.1312
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster b.1340
Elizabeth PLANTAGENET Princess of England b.1362
John HOLLAND 2nd Duke Of Exeter b.1395

Anne HOLLAND b.1428
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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(7)
28 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133

Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180
King Fernando III Alfonses Castile & Leon b.1201
Eleanor 'Leonor' Princess of Castile & Leon b.1244

Joan of Acre PLANTAGENET b.1272
Margaret de CLARE b.1293
Baroness Margaret DE AUDLEY b.1318
Hugh de STAFFORD b.1334

Edmund STAFFORD b.1377

Anne de STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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(8)
28 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133

Queen Of Castile Eleanor 'Plantagenet' Princess of England b.1164
Queen Berengaria Alfonsez 'La Granda' Castile, Queen of Leon b.1180
King Fernando III Alfonses Castile & Leon b.1201
Eleanor 'Leonor' Princess of Castile & Leon b.1244

Joan of Acre PLANTAGENET b.1272
Margaret de CLARE b.1293
Baroness Margaret DE AUDLEY b.1318
Hugh de STAFFORD b.1334

Countess Margaret DE STAFFORD of Westmoreland b.1364

Lord John NEVILLE-13571 b.1387
John NEVILLE-13569 b.1410
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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30 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133

John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166

Joan PLANTAGENET "Lady of Wales"1 b.1188
Princess Gwladys-Dhu verch Llewellyn-Fawr b.0
Sir Roger de Mortimer Lord of Wigmore b.1231
Isabella de Mortimer b.0
Sir Richard FITZ ALAN b.1266
Edmund 9th Earl of Arundel FITZ ALAN b.1285
Richard, 10th Earl of Arundel FITZ ALAN b.1313

Joan FITZ ALAN b.1347
Eleanor (Alianore) DE BOHUN b.1366

Anne PLANTAGENET Countess of Stafford and Eu b.1383
Anne de STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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28 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England-3652 b.1166
Joan PLANTAGENET "Lady of Wales"-14701 b.1188
Princess Gwladys-Dhu verch Llewellyn-Fawr b.0
Sir Roger de Mortimer Lord of Wigmore b.1231
Isabella de Mortimer b.0
Sir Richard FITZ ALAN b.1266
Edmund 9th Earl of Arundel FITZ ALAN b.1285
Richard, 10th Earl of Arundel FITZ ALAN b.1313

Alice FITZ ALAN Countess of Kent b.1352
Elizabeth HOLAND b.1394
John NEVILLE b.1410

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH

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27 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166

Henry III King of England b.1206
Edmund Crouchback PLANTAGENET 1st Earl of Lancaster. b.1245
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster PLANTAGENET b.1281
Eleanor of Lancaster Lady Beaumont, Countess Of Arundel b.1318

Joan FITZ ALAN b.1347
Eleanor (Alianore) DE BOHUN b.1366
Anne PLANTAGENET Countess of Stafford and Eu b.1383
Anne de STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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25 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206

Edmund Crouchback PLANTAGENET 1st Earl of Lancaster. b.1245
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster PLANTAGENET b.1281
Eleanor of Lancaster Lady Beaumont, Countess Of Arundel b.1318

Alice FITZ ALAN Countess of Kent b.1352
Elizabeth HOLAND b.1394
John NEVILLE b.1410

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722

Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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27 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206

Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England b.1239
Princess Elizabeth Of Rhuddlan PLANTAGENET of England b.1282
Margaret DE BOHUN Countess of Devon b.1311
Edward DE COURTENAY b.1329
Hugh de COURTENAY Sir b.1365
Margaret COURTENAY b.1369
Sir William de GRENVILLE Lord of Kilkhampton, & Bediford, Cornwall b.1397
Sir. Thomas GRENVILLE b.1425
Sir Thomas GRENVILLE Knight b.1449
Sir Roger GRENVILLE b.1477
Amy GRENVILLE b.1513
Robert DRAKE b.1530
William DRAKE b.1564
John DRAKE Immigrant b.1600
John DRAKE Immigrant b.1625
Mary DRAKE b.1666
Catherine MARSHALL b.1699
Catherine FOWLER b.1723

Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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27 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206
Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England-3640 b.1239
Princess Elizabeth Of Rhuddlan PLANTAGENET of England-3633 b.1282

Sir William, 1st Earl Of Northampton DE BOHUN Knight of the Garter b.1312
Sir Humphrey, 7th Earl of Hereford DE BOHUN b.1342
Eleanor (Alianore) DE BOHUN b.1366
Anne PLANTAGENET Countess of Stafford and Eu b.1383
Anne DE STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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25 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206
Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England b.1239

Edmund PLANTAGENET of Woodstock, Earl of Kent I b.1301
Joan of Kent PLANTAGENET Princess of Wales b.1328
John de HOLLAND Duke of Exeter b.1355
John HOLLAND 2nd Duke Of Exeter b.1395
Anne HOLLAND b.1428

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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25 GGM-Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206
Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England b.1239
Edmund PLANTAGENET of Woodstock, Earl of Kent I b.1301

Joan of Kent PLANTAGENET Princess of Wales b.1328
Thomas DE HOLLAND K.G. 2nd Earl of Kent b.1354
Elizabeth HOLAND b.1394
John NEVILLE b.1410
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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26 GGM-Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England-3640 b.1239

King Edward II PLANTAGENET Of England b.1284
King Edward III of England b.1312
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester b.1354
Anne PLANTAGENET Countess of Stafford and Eu b.1383
Anne DE STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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26 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206
Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England b.1239
King Edward II PLANTAGENET Of England b.1284

King Edward III of England b.1312
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster b.1340
Elizabeth PLANTAGENET Princess of England b.1362
John HOLLAND 2nd Duke Of Exeter b.1395
Anne HOLLAND b.1428

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH

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27 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England b.1166
Henry III King of England b.1206
Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England b.1239

Joan of Acre PLANTAGENET b.1272
Margaret DE CLARE b.1293
Baroness Margaret DE AUDLEY b.1318
Hugh de STAFFORD b.1334
Edmund STAFFORD b.1377
Anne DE STAFFORD b.1400

Anne HOLLAND b.1428
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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27 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland-3673 b.1045
Princess Matilda "Atheling" also called Edith of Scotland-3660 b.1079
Empress Matilda Queen of Germany and England-3658 b.1102
Henry II 'Plantagenet' King of England-3654 b.1133
John 'Lackland' King of England-3652 b.1166
Henry III King of England-3642 b.1206
Edward I 'Longshanks' King of England-3640 b.1239
Joan of Acre PLANTAGENET-13588 b.1272
Margaret DE CLARE-15439 b.1293
Baroness Margaret DE AUDLEY-13648 b.1318
Hugh DE STAFFORD-13622 b.1334
Countess Margaret DE STAFFORD of Westmoreland-13576 b.1364
Lord John NEVILLE-13571 b.1387
John NEVILLE-13569 b.1410

Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER-13488 b.1535
Thomas GARDNER 4 b.1565
Rachel GARDNER- b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722
Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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28 GGM- 28 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Saint David I King of Scotland b.1080
Prince of Scotland Henry de HUNTINGDON Earl of Huntington & Northumberland b.1114
Countess Margaret of Huntington, Countess of Hereford b.1152
Henry de BOHUN Earl of Hereford b.1176
Humphrey V de BOHUN Earl of Hereford b.1208
Humphrey VI de BOHUN b.1224
Humphrey (VII) de BOHUN Constable of England b.1249
Sir Humphrey (VIII) de BOHUN 4th Earl of Hereford & Essex b.1276

Margaret de BOHUN Countess of Devon b.1311
Edward de COURTENAY b.1329
de Hugh COURTENAY Sir b.1365
Margaret COURTENAY b.1369
Sir William DE GRENVILLE Lord of Kilkhampton, & Bediford, Cornwal b.1397
Sir. Thomas GRENVILLE b.1425
Sir Thomas GRENVILLE Knight b.1449
Sir Roger GRENVILLE b.1477
Amy GRENVILLE b.1513
Robert DRAKE b.1530
William DRAKE b.1564
John DRAKE Immigrant b.1600
John DRAKE Immigrant b.1625
Mary DRAKE b.1666
Catherine MARSHALL b.1699
Catherine FOWLER b.1723

Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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28 GGM- Saint Margaret "Atheling" Princess of England Queen of Scotland b.1045
Saint David I King of Scotland b.1080
Prince of Scotland Henry de HUNTINGDON Earl of Huntington & Northumberland b.1114
Countess Margaret of Huntington, Countess of Hereford b.1152
Henry de BOHUN Earl of Hereford b.1176
Humphrey V de BOHUN Earl of Hereford b.1208
Humphrey VI de BOHUN b.1224
Humphrey (VII) de BOHUN Constable of England b.1249
Sir Humphrey (VIII) de BOHUN 4th Earl of Hereford & Essex b.1276

Sir William, 1st Earl Of Northampton DE BOHUN Knight of the Garter b.1312
Sir Humphrey, 7th Earl of Hereford DE BOHUN b.1342
Eleanor (Alianore) de BOHUN b.1366
Anne PLANTAGENET Countess of Stafford and Eu b.1383
Anne DE STAFFORD b.1400
Anne HOLLAND b.1428
Ralph NEVILLE b.1456
Ralph NEVILLE b.1472
Ralph NEVILLE b.1497
Margaret NEVILLE b.1520
George GARDNER b.1535
Thomas GARDNER b.1565
Rachel GARDNER b.1608
Thomas NOBLE Emigrant b.1632
Sgt. Luke NOBLE b.1675
Samuel NOBLE b.1722

Lydia NOBLE b.1768
Horace Datus ENSIGN b.1797
Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831
Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
George Ensign SMITH b.1898
Myrle SMITH
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"[St.] Margaret of Scotland—beautiful, strong-willed and devout—was descended from England's early Saxon kings, progenitor of a long line of Scottish kings and an influential queen in her own right."

Margaret was born around 1045 in Hungary, the daughter of the exiled English Prince Edward "the Outlaw" Atheling of the English royal house of Wessex, and a German Princess named Agatha. Margaret was raised in the court of St. Stephen, King of Hungary. In 1057 when she was about 12, Margaret and her family returned to England, where the king was St. Edward the Confessor.

After the Norman conquest in 1066 and after her father's death in 1068, Agatha with her son and two daughters resolved to return to Hungary and embarked with that intent. Their ship was driven up the Firth of Forth to Dunfermline, where Malcolm III, king of Scotland, received them hospitably and granted them refuge. He very soon offered the whole family a permanent home with him and asked that the Princess Margaret should become his wife. Margaret, who was very devout and much impressed with the futility of earthly greatness, had very nearly determined to be a nun, but when Malcolm's request was made to Edgar, "the Childe said 'Yea,'" and Margaret was persuaded to marry the king as his second wife.

Malcolm III was born ca 1031 and founded the house of Canmore, which ruled Scotland for more than 200 years, and consolidated the power of the Scottish monarchy. He was the son of Duncan I, who was killed (1040) by Macbeth. Malcolm lived in exile until he defeated and killed (1057) Macbeth near Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire. He succeeded to the throne in 1058, and married Margaret ca. 1068-1070.

Her holiness and wisdom had an impact on Malcolm, causing him to be a better ruler. Malcolm regarded his wife with holy reverence, and with most devoted love followed her advice, and guided by her he became not only more religious and conscientious but more civilized and kinglike. The king's devotion to her and her influence over him were almost unbounded. He never refused or grudged her anything, nor showed the least displeasure when she took money out of his treasury for her charities. Although he could not read, he loved her books for her sake, handling them with affectionate reverence and kissing them. Sometimes he would take away one of her favorite volumes and send for a goldsmith to ornament it with gold and gems. When this was done, he would restore it to the queen as a proof of his devotion.

In addition to her influence with her husband and her sons, who later succeeded their father in ruling Scotland, Margaret took a direct role in helping the people of Scotland. She devoted time and money to works of charity, assisting the poor, the aged, orphans, and the sick. She also prevented a schism between the Roman Church and the Celtic Church, which had been cut off from Rome. In addition, she introduced European culture to Scotland, and did so more successfully than the forceful introduction in England under the Normans.

She was as saintly and self-denying on the throne as she could have been in the cloister. She at once perceived it to be her duty to benefit and elevate the people among whom it was her destiny to live, and this she undertook with the greatest of diligence and the most earnest piety. There existed so much barbarism in the customs of the people, so many abuses in the Church, so much on all hands to reform, that she called together the native clergy and the priests who had come with her, her husband acting as interpreter, and she spoke so well and so earnestly that all were charmed with her gracious demeanor and wise counsel and adopted her suggestions.

Margaret is credited with the introduction of English (Roman) usages into the Scottish church. Among other improvements, Margaret introduced the observance of Sunday by abstaining from servile work, "that if anything has been done amiss during the six days it may be expiated by our prayers on the day of the Resurrection." She influenced her people to observe the forty days' fast of Lent, and to receive the Holy Sacrament on Easter day, from which they had abstained for fear of increasing their own damnation because they were sinners. On this point she said that if the Savior had intended that no sinner should receive the Holy Sacrament, He would not have given a command which, in that case, no one could obey. "We," said she, "who many days beforehand have confessed and done penance and fasted and been washed from our sins with tears and alms and absorption, approach the table of the Lord in faith on the day of His Resurrection, not to our damnation but to the remission of our sins and in salutary preparation for eternal blessedness."

Margaret re-founded the monastery on the Island of Iona (originally founded by Saint Columba, an Irish missionary who found the monastery in 563 in an attempt to convert the Picts). One of her first acts as queen was to build a church at Dunfermline, where she had been married. She dedicated it to the Holy Trinity. She gave it all the ornaments that a church requires, amongst them golden cups, a handsome crucifix of gold and silver enriched with gems, and vestments for the priests. Her room was never without some of these beautiful things in preparation to be offered to the Church. It was like a workshop for heavenly artisans; capes for the singers, sacerdotal vestments, stoles, altar clothes were to be seen there; some made and some in progress. The embroideries were executed by noble young ladies who were in attendance on her.

No man was admitted to the room, unless she allowed him to come with her. She suffered no levity, no petulance, no frivolity, no flirtation. She was so dignified in her pleasantry, so cheerful in her strictness that every one both loved and feared her. No one dared to utter a rude or profane word in her presence.

She did much for the secular as well as for the religious improvement of her country. She caused traders from all lands to bring their goods, and thus introduced many useful and beautiful articles, until then unknown in Scotland. She induced the natives to buy and wear garments and stuffs of various colors. She is said to have introduced the tartans that afterwards became distinctive of Scottish costume. She instituted the custom that wherever the king rode or walked he should be accompanied by an escort, but the members of this band were strictly forbidden to take anything by force from any one, or oppress any poor person. She beautified the king's house with furniture and hangings, and introduced cups and dishes of gold and silver for the royal table. All this she did, not that she was fond of worldly show, but that the Court should be more decent and less barbarous than heretofore.

Numbers of captives were taken in the wars in raids between England and Scotland, and many English prisoners were living as slaves in Malcolm's lands. They were of somewhat better education and superior culture to the Scots and gradually advanced the civilization of their captors. Many of these were set free by the queen.

When she met poor persons, she gave them liberal alms, and if she had nothing of her own to left to give, she asked her attendants for something that she might not let Christ's poor go away empty-handed. the ladies, gentlemen, and servants who accompanied her took a pride and pleasure in offering her all they had, feeling sure that a double blessing would reward their alms when given through the saintly queen.

She provided ships at a place on the Firth of Forth, still called "The Queen's Ferry," that all persons coming from distant parts on pilgrimage to St. Andrews might be brought across the water free of charge. She also gave houses and servants on either shore for their accommodation, that they might find everything necessary for their repose and refreshment and might pay their devotions in peace and safety. Besides this, she built homes of rest and shelter for poor strangers in various places. From childhood she had diligently studied the Holy Writ and having a keen intelligence and an excellent memory, she knew and understood the Scriptures wonderfully well. She delighted to consult learned and holy men concerning the sacred writings, and as she had a great gift for expressing herself clearly, they often found themselves far wiser after a conversation with her. Her love for the holy books made her spend much time in reading and studying such of them as she had. She longed to possess more portions of the Word of God, and she sometimes begged Turgot and other learned clergymen to procure them for her. Margaret brought up her eight children very strictly and piously, instructing them in the Holy Scriptures and the duties of their station and associating them in her works of charity. She made a great point of their treating their elders with becoming respect. The fruit of her good training appeared in their lives for long years after her time.

There were many holy anchorites living in cells or caves in different parts of Scotland. These the queen occasionally visited, conversing with them and commending herself to their prayers. It was not uncommon in the ancient Celtic Church for devout secular persons to withdraw for a time from association with the rest of the world; they devoted themselves entirely to prayer and meditation for a long or short season, and then returned to the ordinary duties of life. A cave is still shown, not far from Dunfermline where tradition says this holy queen used to resort for solitude and prayer.

Her abstinence was so great and her care for her own needs or gratification so small that her feast days were like the fast days of others. She fasted so strictly that she suffered acutely all her life from pain in her stomach, but she did not lose her strength. She observed two Lenten seasons in each year - the forty days before Easter and the forty days before Christmas. During these periods of self-denial, her biographer says that after sleeping for a short time at the beginning of the night, she went into the church and said alone three sets of Matins, then the Offices of the Dead, then the whole Psalter, which lasted until the priests had said Matins and Lauds. She then returned to her room and there, assisted by the king, she washed the feet of six poor persons who were brought there by the chamberlain. After this, she "permitted her body to take a littel slepe or nodde". When it was morning she began her works of mercy again; while the psalms were being read to her, nine little destitute orphans were brought, and she took each on her lap and fed it with her own spoon. While she was feeding the babies, three hundred poor persons were brought into the hall and seated all round it. As soon as Margaret and the king came in, the doors were shut, only the chaplains and a few attendants being present while the king and queen waited upon Christ in the person of His poor, serving them with food and drink. After this meal, the queen used to go into the church and there, with tears and signs and many prayers, she offered herself a sacrifice to God. In addition to the "Hours", on the great festivals, she used to repeat the Psalter two or three times, and before the public Mass she had five or six private Masses sung in her presence. It was then time for her own dinner, but before she touched it she waited on the twenty-four poor people who were her daily care at all seasons; wherever she happened to be, they had to be lodged near the royal residence.

She had a Gospel Book which she particularly prized and often read. It had beautiful illuminated pictures, all the capital letters shining with gold. One of her people, when passing through a stream let it fall into the water, but was not aware of his loss and went on. By-and-by the book was missing and was looked for everywhere, and eventually found at the bottom of the stream; the pieces of silk that were between the leaves to prevent the letters rubbing against each other were washed away; the leaves were shaken to and fro by the movement of the water, but not a letter was obliterated. She gave thanks for its restoration and prized it more than ever. This book, with the water stain on the last leaf, is now in the Bodleian Library.

For more than six months before her death, Margaret could not ride on horseback and was often confined to bed. Malcolm invaded England many times after 1068. supporting the claim of his brother-in-law Edgar Atheling to the English throne. In 1072, however, he was forced to pay homage to William I, and in 1091, to William II. Shortly before Margaret's death, the king, against her advice, made a raid into Northumberland where he and her eldest son, Edward were slain by Norman forces at Alnwick. Malcolm died at Alnwick Castle on November 13, 1093. The queen, who had a presentiment of it, and said to those that were with her, "Perhaps this day a greater evil has happened to Scotland than any that has befallen it for a long time."

Three days after this, she felt a little better and went into her oratory to hear Mass and receive the Holy Communion. She then returned to bed, and growing rapidly worse, begged Turgot and the others who were present to keep commending her soul to Christ with psalms. She asked them to bring her the black rood, which she had brought from Hungary and always regarded with great veneration. It was of gold set with large diamonds and said to contain a piece of the actual cross of Christ. She devoutly kissed and contemplated it, and when she was cold with the chill of death, she still held it in both hands and kept praying and saying the fifty-first psalm.

Her son Edgar, who had gone with the king to Northumberland, came into her room to tell her of the death of his father and brother. Seeing his mother was dying, he was afraid to tell her the sad news; but she said, "I know, I know, I conjure you to tell me the truth," and having heard it, she praised God and died, just three days after her husband, on November 16, 1093 at Edinburgh Castle. The Annals of Ulster for 1093 say, "Maelcolaim Mac Donnacha sovereign of Alban and Echbarda his son, slain by the Franks. His queen, viz. Margarita, died through grief before the end of (three) days."

While her body still lay in Edinburgh Castle, Malcolm's brother, Donald Bane, assisted by the King of Norway, attacked the castle, but he only watched the gate, thinking the other parts of the fortification inaccessible. Margaret's family and her faithful attendants escaped by a postern called the West Yhet, taking with them the revered corpse. A thick mist hid them from the enemy. They crossed the sea and arrived without hindrance at Dunfermline, where they buried her according to her own wish. Malcolm was succeeded briefly by his brother Donald Bane. Margaret's brother, Edgar the Atheling took Margaret's children to England, and for fear of the Normans, gave them privately to friends and relations to be brought up. He afterwards helped to restore them to their country. Margaret's sons continued her work, which contributed greatly to a golden age in Scotland for two hundred years after her death. First to the throne was son, Duncan II. Three other sons also succeeded to the throne: Edgar (r. 1097-1107), Alexander I (r. 1107-24), and David I (r. 1124-53). Margaret and Malcolm's daughter, Edith, also known as Matilda, became the wife of England's King Henry I, the fourth son of William the Conqueror.
Margaret was worshipped without authority until 1250 or 1251 when she was canonized by Innocent IV who ordered her sacred body to be translated from its first tomb. On July 19, 1297, all the arrangements being made the men who were appointed to raise the body, found it impossible to do so; stronger men were ordered to lift it and tried in vain; still more men were brought, but all their strength was unavailing. Evidently the saint objected to what was being done. The clergy and all present prayed earnestly that the mysterious opposition might cease and the sacred rite be completed. After some time an inspiration was granted to a devout member of the congregation; namely, that the saint did not wish to be separated from her husband. As soon as they began to take up his coffin, that of his dutiful wife became quite light and easy to move, and both were laid on one bier and translated with ease to the honorable place prepared for them under the high altar.

In 1693 Innocent XII transferred Margaret's festival from the day of her death to June 10, though November 16 is still the day celebrated in Scotland. The bodies are said to have been acquired by Philip II, king of Spain, who placed them in the church of St. Lawrence in his new palace of the Escorial in two urns. The head of St. Margaret, after being in the possession of her descendant, Queen Mary Stuart, was secreted for many years be a Benedictine monk in Fife; thence it passed to Antwerp, and about 1627 it was translated to the Scotch college at Douai and there exposed to public veneration. It was still to be seen there in 1785; it was well preserved and had very fine fair hair. Neither the heads, the bodies nor the black rood can now be found, but the grave of Margaret may still be seen outside the present church of Dunfermline. Her oratory in Edinburgh castle is a small church with sturdy short pillars and a simple but beautiful ornamental pattern at the edge of its low rounded arches. It was falling to ruin when, in 1853, Queen Victoria had it repaired and furnished with colored glass windows.

Sources: 1- A Dictionary of Saintly Women in Two Volumes, Vol. II, Agnes B. C. Dunbar, George Bell & Sons, London, England, 1905

2- Life of St. Margaret Queen of Scotland, R. M. Turgot, trans. by Forbes Leith

3- The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, edited by Antonia Fraser, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA by arrangement with Weidenfeld & Nicholson Ltd., London, England, 1975

from: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/margaret.html

see also:
1. MedievalQueens.com.

2. http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/STMARG.htm
ST. MARGARET QUEEN OF SCOTLAND by David McRoberts