Ancestry of Prince
William

Prince of Wales

Margaret Edgeworth

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• • 10th Great-grandmother of William — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6643 
  • Father:
  • (probable) Francis Edgeworth 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Jane Tuite   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1590 
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  • ABT 1676 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Bysse
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  Judith Bysse (Ahnentafel No:3321 )

  • Notes: 

  • Both NEHGS NEXUS (1999), vol. 16, p. 118 and The Lowther Family (1990) by Hugh Owen mistakenly identify Margaret Edgeworth as Margaret Lowther, sister of Sir Gerald Lowther, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and daughter of Sir Gerard Lowther and Elizabeth Golling.

    The misidentification of Margaret is a result of misinterpreting the will of her alleged brother Sir Gerald Lowther. In his will dated 14 NOV 1659, he refers to the wife of John Bysse as his “sister Bisse.” The above sources apparently interpreted “sister” in the strict sense of the word. However, Margaret was not the sister of Sir Gerald Lowther. In fact, Margaret was the sister-in-law of Sir Gerard Lowther's wife, Margaret King. Margaret King was the sister of John King who was Margaret Edgeworth's first husband, before she married John Bysse. So Sir Gerard Lowther referred to Margaret (Edgeworth) (King) Bysse as his “sister Bisse.”

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  • Spouse:
  • John King

• Sources for Margaret Edgeworth

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1999, Vol. 16, p. 118.
  • ² Collingwood, W. G., ed., Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. 2 - New Series, Kendal: T. Wilson (1902), 23.
  • ³ Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 179.

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