Christopher Sirmons Haviland

Registered Descent: John Alden, Mayflower Cooper
(9th Great Grandfather)

John Alden (c1598-1687) was a cooper (barrel keeper) on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. Rather than return to England with his crew, he remained with the other passengers at the settlement that would become Plymouth Colony, ostensibly because he fell in love with Priscilla, the daughter of William Mullins, both passengers on the voyage. She became the only survivor of the Mullins family after the first harsh winter, and John and Priscilla married 12 May 1622.  Other proven descendants of John Alden include President John Adams Jr. and President John Quincy Adams and their family, actor/director Orson Welles, poet Henry Longfellow, publisher of the Los Angeles Times Harrison Gray Otis, and lawyer/poet William Cullen Bryant. (Biographical Source: Wikipedia)

Registered Descent: William Mullins, Mayflower Passenger
(10th Great Grandfather)

William Mullins (c1572-1621) and his family traveled as passengers on the historic 1620 voyage to America on the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and died in the first winter at the settlement, along with wife and son, leaving only his daugther Priscilla who would marry crewman John Alden. Other proven descendants of William Mullins include President John Adams Jr. and President John Quincy Adams and their family, actor/director Orson Welles, poet Henry Longfellow, publisher of the Los Angeles Times Harrison Gray Otis, and lawyer/poet William Cullen Bryant. (Biographical Source: Wikipedia)

Registered Descent: William Brewster, Mayflower Passenger
(11th Great Grandfather)

William Brewster (1566-1644) was an English official and a passenger on the history 1620 voyage to America on the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. He was a Brownist (a Puritan Separatist, named after Robert Browne) and was a senior elder and leader in the community. Most of the Mayflower passengers were in his congregation. Other proven descendants of William Brewster include musician Bing Crosby and his family, poet Henry Longfellow, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, actress Jordana Brewster, and President Zachary Taylor. (Biographical Source: Wikipedia)

Registered Descent: Richard Warren, Mayflower Passenger (pending)
(10th Great Grandfather)

Richard Warren (c1578-c1628) was a passenger on the historic 1620 voyage to America on the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. Richard left his family behind in England temporarily to take the voyage; they arrived on a later ship (the Anne in 1623). Richard signed the Mayflower Compact. Other proven descendants of Richard Warren include President Ulysses S. Grant, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper, musician Taylor Swift, actor/director Orson Welles, poet Hensy Longfellow, astronaut Alan Shepard, actor Richard Gere, entrepreneur L.L. Bean, author Ernest Hemingway, Crown Princess of Greece Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, and author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Biographical Source: Wikipedia)

Registered Descent: John Alden, Mayflower Cooper
(9th Great Grandfather)

(See Mayflower Society above for biographical treatment.) 

The foundation of John Alden's house has been excavated in Duxbury, MA, which is now simply marked at the edge of a modern school playground. Their son John's house still stands there, managed by Alden Kindred of America.

Registered Descent: William Brewster, Mayflower Passenger

(See Mayflower Society above for biographical treatment.)

Registered Descent: John Alden, Mayflower Cooper
(9th Great Grandfather)

(See Mayflower Society above for biographical treatment.) 

Registered Descent: Emperor Charlemagne I
(36th Great Grandfather)

Charlemagne began his career as King of the Franks but ended it as Emperor of the entire Roman Empire of the West. As king of France, he gained victory over the Lombards of Italy, the Saxons of Northwestern Germany, and a number of other neighbors. He followed a policy of friendship and cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church and was crowned Emperor by the pope on Christmas Day of 800. Although he reigned supreme, he recognized civil rights for his subjects and a limitation on monarchic power. He possessed an unusual amount of learning and vigorously promoted education. He invited learned men to his court and established a Palace School where noble's sons and clergy were educated. His great dream was the union of all the nations he had conquered into one great empire where the power and learning of Rome could be united with the religion of Christ. His motivation for war seemed to be the converstion of the heathens to Christianity. He is considered the greatest figure of the Dark Ages. He died after four years of failing health, from an attack of plurisy. His last words were, "Now, Lord, into thy hand I commit my spirit." He nominated Louis the Pious as his successor in the Empire, at the same time assigning Italy to Bernhard the son of Pippin. (Biographical Source: The Plantagenet Ancestry by Lt. Col. W.H. Turton, D.S.O (1984), pp 12, 19, 171.

Registered Descent: Sir William Marshal
(25th Great Grandfather)

Also called William the Marshal, he was an Anglo-Norman soldier and stateman who served five English kings - Henry II, his sons the "Young King" Henry, Richard I, and John, and John's son Henry III. He was knighted in 1166 and became a celebrated tournament competitor. He was eulogized by Stephen Langton (Archbishop of Caterbury) as the "best knight that ever lived." In 1189 he became the de facto Earl of Pembroke through his marriage to Isabel de Clare, though the title of earl was not officially granted until 1199 during the second creation of the Pembroke of Earldom. In 1216 he was appointed protector for the nine-year-old Henry III, and regent of the kingdom. Before him, his father's family held a hereditary title of Marshal to the king, which by his father's time had become recognized as a chief or Marshalcry, involving management over the other Marshals and functionaries. William became known as "the Marshal," although by his time much of the function was delegated to more specialized representatives (as happened with other functions in the King's household). Because he was an Earl, and also known as the Marshal, the term "Earl Marshal" was commonly used and this later became an established hereditary title in the English Peerage. All Kings of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom since James VI have been cognatic descendants of William Marshal through his 2nd great grandson Robert the Bruce. (Biographical Source: Wikipedia)

Registered Descent: Sir Robert de Ros
(24th Great Grandfather)

Sir Robert de Ros was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron, soldier and administrator who was one of the 25 Barons appointed under clause 61 of the 1215 Magna Charta Surety to monitor its observance by King John of England. He was a supporter of, and probably a secret member of, the Knights Templar, giving them lands in Yorkshire that included Ribston, where they set up a commandery. (Biographical Source: Wikipedia)

Registered Descent: Fulk V, King of Jerusalem
(27th Great Grandfather)

Fulk (Foulques), also known as Fulk the Younger, was the Count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109-1129 and the King of Jerusalem from 1131 to his death in c1142. During his reign, the Kingdom of Jerusalem reached its largest territorial extent. He became Count of Anjou upon his father's death in 1109. In the next year he married Ermengarde of Maine, cementing Angevin control over the County of Maine. He was originally an opponent of King Henry I of England and a supporter of King Louis VI of France, but in 1118 or 1119 he had allied with Henry when he arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Henry's son and heir, William Adelin. Fulk went on crusade in 1119 or 1120 and was attached to the Knights Templar (Orderic Vitalis). He returned in late 1121 and began to subsidize the Templars, maintaining two knights in the Holy Land for a year. Much later, Henry arranged for his daughter Matilda to marry Fulk's son Geoffrey of Anjou. (Biographical Source: Wikipedia)

Registered Descent: Bendadam Gallup, Sr.
(6th Great Grandfather)

"A brave officer of the Revolution. Served with the militia, second battallion, Wadsworth's Brigade, raised June, 1776. At the Brooklyn front, battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776; in the retreat to New York, August 29-30; in retreat from New York City, September 15, with main army at White Plains. ... He died at Groton, Conn., May 29, 1800, aged 84. His wife died July 28, 1799, aged 81." (Biographical Source: The Genealogical History of the Gallup Family in the United States by John D. Gallup (1893).

Registered Collateral Relationships from common ancestor William Brewster:

President Zachary Taylor (5th cousin 7 times removed),
Frances Clara Folsom (8th cousin twice removed; First Lady to President Grover Cleveland),
Mamie Geneva Doud (9th cousin thrice removed; First Lady to President Dwight D. Eisenhower),
Anne Gaskin (5th cousin 7 times removed; First Lady to Continental Congress President Richard Henry Lee).