An exercise in using all the available resources to trace my family tree back through Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, and to his Nordic ancestors, to William the Conquerer, Charlemagne, and earlier.
Although it is traditional to give the earliest ancestor the number 1 and number forward in time, that can be a bit confusing if your line splits. Therefore, I am assigning number 1 to me and numbering backward in time. Where an ancestor married more than once I have indicated by an asterisk the ancestral spouse. I have put the maiden name of female spouses in parenthesis as necessary.
Most of the material here is taken from others' work and has not been independently verified. Take it all with a chunk of salt. This is just for fun! It proves the adage - if you trace back far enough, you are related to everybody else.
[1] Roger Lindsey Hood
born 22 April 1955, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico
married 15 May 1976 Sara Gabel, Lubbock, Texas
(still living ... and writing HTML)
[2] Roscoe B. Hood
born 28 July 1916, Hood Ranch, near Gail, Borden County, Texas
married 27 Oct. 1953 Estelle LaVern (Eastman) Imboden, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico
{still living}
[3] Mamie Helen Hutcherson
born 7 Aug. 1880, Clay County, Tennessee
married 9 Mar. 1904 Lindsey Vestal Hood
died 6 Dec. 1964, Abilene, Texas
[4] Miles Turner Hutcherson
born 19 Apr. 1847, Rives, Obion County, Tennessee
married 24 Sep. 1872 Julia Ann Oliver
died 4 Aug. 1920, Jenkins, New Mexico
[5] Sarah Francis Brooks
born 11 June 1809, North Carolina
married 16 Feb. 1832 Lewis Malone Hutcherson
died _____
[6] Mary (Polly) Polk
born 24 Sep. 1776, North Carolina
married _____ John Brooks
died _____
[7] Charles Polk (Captain)
born 2 (29?) July 1732, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
married 1 ___ Mar. 1762, Mary (Polly) Clark *
married 2 5 Feb. 1782, Philopena Helms
died 10 Mar. 1821, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- he served in the U.S. Revolution
[8] William Polk
born ca. 1700-1710, Whitehall, Somerset County, Maryland
married 1 ca. 1730 Priscilla Roberts
married 2 ____, Margaret Taylor *
died ca. 1753, "West of the Yadkin", North Carolina
[9] William B. Polk
born ca. 1662-1664, County Donegal, Ireland
married ca. 1694-1700 Nancy (Knox) Owens, Somerset County, Maryland
died 1739-1740, Whitehall, Somerset County, Maryland
[10] Robert Bruce Polk/Pollok (Captain)
born ca. 1640, County Donegal, Ireland
married ca. 1650-1660, Magdalen (Tasker) Porter, County Donegal, Ireland
immigrated between 1672 and 1680 to Maryland
died between 6 May 1699 and 5 June 1704, Somerset County, Maryland
served as Captain in his father-in-law's regiment under Cromwell
[11] Sir Robert Bruce de Pollok
born 1606, Ireland
married 1617 (?) Annabella Stewart, his cousin
died after 1660, Ireland
[12] Robert de Pollok
born ca. 1585, Ireland
married _____, Margaret Fleming
died _____
[13] Janet Mure
born about 1570 (sources disagree), Glanderston, Scotland
married _____, Sir John de Pollok
{he received from King James II a great land grant in Ireland and the title)
died _____
[14] William Mure
born ca. 1534, Glanderston, Renfrew, Scotland
married 1 ca. 1569 Elizabeth Hamilton *
married 2 Jean Blair
died 1606
[15] Isabel Montgomerie
born ca. 1508, Eglinton, Ayr, Scotland
married 1 John Mure *
married 2 Robert Montgomerie
died _____
[16] Helen Campbell
born ca. 1460, Eglinton, Ayr, Scotland
married _____, Hugh Montgomerie (1st Earl of Eglinton)
died _____
[17] Elizabeth (Isabel) Stewart
born ca. 1437 (?), Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
married before 9 April 1465, Colin Campbell
died 26 Oct. 1510, Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
buried Kilmun, Cowal, Argyllshire, Scotland
[18] Isabella de Ergadia
born ca. 1375 - 1390, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
married ca. 1391-1393 Sir John Stewart
died 21 Dec. 1439
[19] Joanna (Janet? Jean?) de Ysak [Isaac]
born ca. 1330
married ca. 1353, John de Ergadia (Lord of Lorn)
died _____
[20] Matilda Maude Bruce
born ca. 1308-1316, prob. Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
married _____, Thomas de Ysak [Isaac]
died _____
[21] Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland
born 11 July 1274, Writtle, near Chelmsford, Essex, England
married 1 1299 Annabella Selby
married 2 1302 Elizabeth de Burgh
died 7 June 1329, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
crowned King of Scotland in 1306
[22] Robert de Brus [Bruce]
born __ July 1243, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
married 1271 Margaret, Countess of Carrick, at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
d. before 4 Apr. 1304, in Palestine on pilgrimage
[23] Robert de Brus - "The Competitor"
born 1210, Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
married __ May 1240/1244 Isabel de Clare, in Scotland
NOTE: she is a direct descendent of William the Conqueror - See Below.
died 31 May 1295, Priory, Lockmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
As long as we've gone this far, let's take this line back another route.
[23] Isabel de Clare
born 8 Nov. 1226, Gloucestershire, England
married __ May 1240/1244, Robert de Brus - "The Competitor", in Scotland died after 10 July 1264
[24] Gilbert de Clare
Earl of Cloucester
born 1182, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
married 9 Oct. 1217 Isabel Marshall (of Wales)
died 25 Oct. 1217, Penrose, Brittany, France
[25] Amice Fitzrobert
born 1160, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
married before 1182 Richard de Clare
died 1 Jan. 1224/1225
[26] William "Mafonache" Fitzrobert
born ca. 23 Nov. 1116, Gloucestershire, England
married ca. 1150, Hawise "de Beaumont" of Leicester
died 23 Nov. 1183
[27] Robert "The King's Son" de Caen
born ca. 1090, Caen, Normandy, France
married ca. 1115 Maud (Mabel)(Sibyl) Fitzhammon (of England)
died 31 Oct. 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
[28] Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England
born 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England
married _____ (of France)
died 1 Dec. 1135, St. Denis, Seine-St. Denis, France
[29] William the Conquerer
also, Guillaume I "Le Conquâerant" de Normandie
born 14 Oct. 1024, Falaise, Normandie, France
married 1050 Matilda, Countess of Flanders, Castle of Angi, Normandy, France
died 9/10 Sep. 1087, Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie, France
Matilda can trace her ancestry back to Yaroslav I, Grand Duke of Kiev, Ukraine (980-1054), whose father-in-law was Olaf III Eriksson, King of Sweden (950-1022).
