Which Jamestown Colonist are you most closely connected to?

Question

March 22 is the anniversary of the massacre at Jamestown Colony, so we're looking at Jamestown colonists in the Connection Finder this week starting with one of the founding colonists, Captain Christopher Newport.

Here are more Jamestown colonists to check your connection to:

• Robert Beheathland
• Bartholomew Gosnold
• Thomas Graves
• Annie Laydon
• Alice Longe
• Gov. Samuel Mathews
• Captain John Smith
• Nathaniel Tatum
• Temperance West
• Sir Francis Wyatt

Which one is most closely connected to you? If you're one of the 28.9 million of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.

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The "My Connections" button on a category is an amazing tool!

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Thomas Graves and Nathaniel Tatum both at 14 degrees

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Samuel Mathews-172 is 22 Degrees

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My connections to 

14 degrees from Thomas Graves 12th great grandfather 

12 degrees from Samuel Mathews 10th great grandfather 

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Sir Francis Wyatt 4th cousin 12 times removed through Margaret moyle ancestor.

Valerie penner 26th cousin 3 times removed through Robert Beaumont ancestor.

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Thomas Graves is my closest connection at 13 degrees

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Francis Chamberlain, my 9th Great Grandfather, was a Jamestown colonist.

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13 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum
14 degrees from Robert Beheathland
15 degrees from Anne Laydon
15 degrees from Francis Wyatt
16 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold
16 degrees from Thomas Graves
17 degrees from Samuel Mathews
17 degrees from Temperance West
18 degrees from Alice Longe
18 degrees from Christopher Newport
18 degrees from John Smith
19 degrees from Valerie Penner

And none of my people were at Jamestown themselves.

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My 10th great grandfather was the Reverend Robert Hunt,

First Chaplain of the Jamestown Settlement.

-James Hildreth, descendant

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Hello, according to Boddie's Virginia Historical Genealogies, we are descended from colonel Robert Wynne.  Unfortunately the Jamestown Society won't accept Boddie as an authoritative source so I've got a generation in there that needs better proof.  In my copious spare time (who knows when?) I would love to run this down.   

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John Smith 9th cousin 13 times removed through ferrer ancestors.

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I am also (if my amateur research is correct) a direct descendant of "Col." Robert Wynne. Researching my Wynne family (to Virginia, to Canterbury, and to Wales) is one of my reasons I found Wikitree. However, I just started my file here, and haven't figured out yet how it works completely, but thought I would connect with you since no doubt, we're cousins. :-)  My late mother was a Wynne (maiden name, b. 1924) and my middle name is Wynne (b. 1946) as is my older daughter's middle name (b. 1977).

Answer 1

I am descended from Cheney Boyce [Boyce-967] and Sarah (Mistress Boyse) [Unknown-408847] (11th GGPs).  My wife is descended from Alice Bennett formerly Snayle aka Pierce [Snayle-1] (11th GGM) and Elizabeth (Pierce) Jackson [Pierce-7423] (10th GGM). 

On May 22, 1622, all three women were taken, along with as many as 17 other women, in the area around Martin’s Hundred plantation. 

In May 1623, plans were made with Opchanacanough to negotiate peace and the release of the missing women. He released Mistress Boyse  [Unknown-408847] as a good faith gesture, with the implied message that he would negotiate for the release of the remaining women. “When she rejoined her countrymen she was dressed like an Indian queen in a tire that probably would have included native Pearl necklaces, copper medallions, various furs and feathers, and deer skin dyed red she was the only woman sent back at this time and remained the sole returned captive for many months.” 

By 1624, no more than seven of the fifteen to twenty hostages had returned to Jamestown. The majority of them returned with Jane Dickenson. It is believed that among them was Alice Snayle (Pierce – Bennett) Snayle-1 and her daughter Eilzabeth Pierce Pierce-7423  

• J. Frederick Fausz. “Powhatan Uprising of 1622.” American History Magazine, March 1998. www.historynet.com/powhatan-uprising-of-1622/.

• Jennifer Potterand. The Jamestown Brides: The Story of England’s"Maids for Virginia", n.d.

• Fausz, J. Frederick. “Chauco (Fl. 1622–1623).” Encyclopedia Virginia. Accessed February 25, 2024. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/chauco-fl-1622-1623/.

• Turner, Cynthia. Jamestown 1907-1624: A Chronological History and Genealogical Reference of America’s First Successful Colony. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.

Answer 2

I am most closely connected to Sir Francis Wyatt at 17 degrees.

Answer 3

15 degrees from Anne Laydon
16 degrees from Thomas Graves
17 degrees from Samuel Mathews (5th cousins, 12x removed)
17 degrees from John Smith (1st cousins, 14x removed)
17 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum
17 degrees from Temperance West (12th cousins, 11x removed)
18 degrees from Francis Wyatt (5th cousins, 14x removed)
18 degrees from Robert Beheathland
19 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold
19 degrees from Alice Amoll
19 degrees from Christopher Newport

Answer 4

12 degrees from Robert Beheathland, my 10th great-grandfather

More relatives:

Annie Laydon -- my 11th great-grandaunt (her parents are uncertain)

Captain John Smith -- 4th cousin, 12 times removed

Sir Francis Wyatt -- 4th cousin, 13 times removed

Governor Samuel Mathews -- 5th cousin, 13 times removed

Temperance Flowerdew West -- 6th cousin, 13 times removed

Under the Jamestown Colonists category, I have 11 direct ancestors.

Answer 5

The closest is Thomas Graves at 14 degrees.  His grandson married a many-times great-grandmother of mine, but was not the father of her children.

Temperance West is a close second at 15 and most of the others are less than 20 degrees away.

Special mention and hello to Valerie Penner, also 14 degrees, connected through the lone Norwegian in my extended family.

Answer 6

Gov Matthews - 7th cousin 11x removed

Capt Smith - 7th cousin 12x removed

Temperance West - 10th cousin, 12x removed

Francis Wyatt - 4th cousin, 13x removed

Of the Jamestown colonists, 1 direct ancestor, 16 relatives. However, there seem to be many where the first or second generation upstream of the colonist is marked Uncertain.

Answer 7

13 degrees from Governor Samuel Mathews, my 11th great-grandfather (one uncertain connection)

More cousins:

Sir Francis Wyatt--6th cousin, 14 times removed

Captain John Smith--8th cousin, 16 times removed

Temperance West--10th cousin, 14 times removed

Answer 8

My closest by degrees are Temperance West at 16 degrees (9th cousins, 12 times removed) and Thomas Graves also at 16 degrees (no known relationship).

Samuel Matthews is my closest relative at 8th cousin, 11 times removed,

Answer 9

I am most closely connected to Temperance West at 15 degrees of separation.

Cousins:

• 15 degrees from Temperance West
  • 3 branches (5-2-9) • 8C12R
• 16 degrees from Samuel Mathews
  • 3 branches (5-6-6) • 6C12R
• 16 degrees from Francis Wyatt
  • 3 branches (4-7-6) • 3C12R
• 21 degrees from John Smith
  • 1 branch (22) • 3C14R

No Relationship Found:

• 16 degrees from Thomas Graves
  • 4 branches (2-8-2-5)
• 16 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum
  • 3 branches (3-12-2)
• 17 degrees from Robert Beheathland
  • 2 branches (6-12)
• 18 degrees from Anne Laydon
  • 4 branches (9-2-2-6)
• 20 degrees from Alice Amoll
  • 4 branches (8-6-2-5)
• 20 degrees from Christopher Newport
  • 4 branches (9-5-2-5)
• 21 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold
  • 5 branches (9-1-5-2-5)

Answer 10

I am related to four of the Jamestown Colonists:

1) Temperance West: 17 degrees; 15th cousins 11xr, MRCA Maud (St Hilary) d'Aubeney

2) Sir Francis Wyatt: 18 degrees; 11th cousins/11xr, MRCA Anna (Kellet) Holland

3) Gov. Samuel Mathews: 18 degrees; 12 cousins/10xr, Anna (Kellet) Holland

4) Captain John Smith: 19 degrees; 10th cousins/3xr, MRCA Alice (Mohun) Beauchamp

Other non-related Jamestowners by degree:

16 degrees: Thomas Graves and Nathaniel Tatum; 19 degrees: Bartholomew Gothnold; 20 degrees: Robert Beheathland and Anne Laydon; 21 degrees: Alice Amoll; 23 degrees: Christopher Newport

Answer 11

I am most closely connected to Robert Beheathland at 15 degrees. This should not be a surprise, looking at the headline of the article attached to his profile. (Yes, this is me nudging folks to look at his profile.) This connection comes through my Bulla relations.

I am, however, very distantly related to Temperance Flowerdew West, though the degree is much further.

Comments

I have yet to look at my connections, but I love the name 'Flowerdew'. I know it's a surname and wonder what poetic soul came up with it?

Answer 12

Supposedly, I have genealogical relationships with:

Gov. Samuel Mathews (7th cousins, 13x removed)

Capt. John Smith (6th cousins, 15x removed)

Temperance West (7th cousins, 13x removed)

Sir Francis Wyatt (5th cousins, 15x removed)

Answer 13

Francis Wyatt - 10th cousins 13 times removed

Samuel Mathews - 12th cousins 15 times removed

John Smith - 14th cousins 10 times removed

Temperance West - 17th cousins 10 times removed

Nathaniel Tatum - 17 Degrees

Thomas Graves - 18 Degrees

Anne Laydon - 19 Degrees

(8th cousins to Valerie Penner)

Answer 14

I am 22 degrees from Francis Wyatt

23 degrees from Samuel Mathews

23 degrees from Temperance West

24 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum

25 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold

25 degrees from Thomas Graves

25 degrees from Anne Laydon

26 degrees from Robert Beheathland

26 degrees from John Smith

28 degrees from Christopher Newport

28 degrees from Valerie Penner

29 degrees from Alice Amoll

Answer 15

14 degrees from Robert Beheathland.

14 degrees from Thomas Graves.

14 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum.

14 degrees from Temperance West. 6th cousin 12 times removed. MRCA Margaret (Clere) Appleyard (b. abt. 1375). (Ironic, if so, as my Gregory ancestor was indentured servant to her husband Colonial Govenor George Yeardley.)

15 degrees from Ann Laydon.

15 degrees from Samuel Mathews. 7th cousin 11 times removed. MRCA  Joan (Beaufort) de Neville (1379 - 1440).

15 degrees from Francis Wyatt. 3rd cousin 13 times removed. MRCA James Cromer (abt 1448 - abt 1503).

16 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold.

16 degrees from Alice (Amoll) Longe.

16 degrees from Christopher Newport.

20 degrees from John Smith. 8th cousin 10 times removed. MRCA Ellen ferch Thomas (b. abt. 1334).

Answer 16

Francis Wyatt and I are 3rd cousins, 12 times removed.

John (Smyth) Smith and I are 6th cousins 14 times removed

Gov. Samuel Matthews and I are 7th cousins 8 times removed.

Temperance West, 10th cousin , 10 times removed.

Answer 17

I am:

 17 degrees from John Smith 3rd c 10xr

17 degrees from Francis Wyatt 3rd c 12xr

 13 degrees from Temperance West 8th c 12xr

15 degrees from Samuel Mathews 9th c 11xr

17 degrees from Robert Beheathland

 18 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold

 15 degrees from Thomas Graves

18 degrees from Anne Laydon

18 degrees from Alice Amoll

18 degrees from Christopher Newport

 16 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum

Answer 18

• Robert Beheathland
• Bartholomew Gosnold
• Thomas Graves
• Annie Laydon
• Alice Longe
• Gov. Samuel Mathews  15th cousin 10r
• Captain John Smith 15th cousin 12r
• Nathaniel Tatum
• Temperance West 19th cousin 8r
• Sir Francis Wyatt  14th cousin 11r

Answer 19

14 degrees Anne Laydon

17 degrees Francis Wyatt

15 degrees Temperance West

15 degrees Capt. John Smith

17 degrees Samuel Matthews

19 degrees Alice Amoll

15 degrees Thomas Graves

16 degrees Robert Beheathland

17 degrees Bartholomew Gosnold

Answer 20

Cousins:

Sir Francis Wyatt - 5th, 10x

Temperance West - 10th, 10x

John Smith - 8th, 8x

Samuel Mathews - 7th, 9x