Twice Related

It took about nine years of research and the imputation of information for 2,500 people on my family tree, but I finally discovered ancestors that I am related to twice (on my dad's side). This happens when you descend from siblings and the branches converge back together at some point. Because of family size and intermarrying, this occurred more than most people probably realize. We’re all related somehow and this helps demonstrate that it’s really just a matter of degree, and occasionally the number of times related.      

11^th and 12^th Great-Grandparents

Deacon Samuel Bass and Anne (likely Saville)

10^th Great-Grandparents

*John Bass and Ruth Alden (Daughter of Mayflower passengers Priscilla Mullins and John Alden.)

9^th Great-Grandparents

Joseph Bass and Mary Belcher

8^th Great-Grandparents Twice

Elizabeth Bass and Daniel Henshaw

7^th Great-Grandparents

*Elizabeth Bass Henshaw and Samuel Denny

6^th Great-Grandparents

Joseph Denny and Phebe Henshaw

11^th Great-Grandparents

*Hannah Bass and Stephen Payne

 

10^th Great-Grandparents

Sarah Payne and Roger Billing

9^th Great-Grandparents

Hannah Billing and Nathaniel Gulliver

8^th Great-Grandparents

Beulah Guliver and Dudley Wade Swan

(Elizabeth Bass and Daniel Henshaw)

7^th Great-Grandparents

Phebe Swan and William Henshaw*

6^th Great-Grandparents

Phebe Henshaw and Joseph Denny

Bolded names are those that I am related to twice and the (*) indicates their children that I descend from. *Elizabeth Bass Henshaw and William Henshaw were siblings and their parents were Elizabeth Bass and Daniel Henshaw. John and Hannah Bass were siblings and their parents were Deacon Samuel Bass and Anne. In addition to being spouses, Phebe Henshaw and Joseph Denny were first cousins. Many of these early settlers of Colonial America proved interesting characters and we’ll go into more detail about them another time.