Ancestry of
Wait Clap

(1670–1721/22)

Grace Matthews

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Wait Clap — 5th Generation
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  • Richard Newberry
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  Thomas Newberry (Ahnentafel No:12 )

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  • Claims that Grace Matthew has royal descent through the Newburgh family of Dorset are said to have been proven as false. I have not yet seen the evidence, but any claims of a royal connection should be treated with skepticism until evidence appears one way or the other.

• Sources for Grace Matthews

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, "Re: Fraudulent Ancestry of [Mr.] Thomas Newberry (died 1636[/37]), ofDorchester, Massachusetts", (accessed 03/04/2016).
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 334.