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Susan has some interesting genealogical connections, being a cousin to President Coolidge, Princess Diana, and a descendant of Ethelred II the Unready, King of England, d 1016.
Descendant chart of the Bonapartes
Descendant chart of the Williams, from Robert and Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams to Susan May Williams.
........ 2 Napoleon Bonaparte 1769 - 1821
This is Napoleon,
Emperor of France 1799-1814, exiled to Elba, returned 1814, defeated
at Waterloo 1815, exiled to Helena 1815, died there 1821, aged only 52.
............ +Josephine de Beauharnais 1769 -
Napoleon divorced Josephine 1809
........ *2nd Wife of Napoleon Bonaparte:
............ +Marie Louise, House of Habsberg 1790 -
An Austrian Queen
.................. 3 Napoleon Bonaparte II 1811 - 1832
Napoleon II only lived to age 21, never
ruled.
........ 2 Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland 1771 -
............ +Queen Hortense 1771 -
Napoleon arranged for his brother,
Louis, to marry the daughter of Napoleon's second wife.
.................. 3 Napoleon Bonaparte III 1808 - 1870
Nephew of Napoleon. Elected to presidency,
carried out a coup d'etat, c1852, and made himself emperor.
Ruled France 1852-1870, defeated in Franco-Prussian War 1870
........ 2 Carolina Bonaparte 1782 - 1839
............ +Joachim Murat 1767 - 1815
.................. 3 Achille Murat, Prince 1800 -
...................... +Caroline Willis 1800 -
Caroline Willis is a Washington descendant,
cousin of George Washington.
........ 2 Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia 1784
- 1860
Jerome was forced to America when in
French navy approx 1803, fell in love at age 19 with
Baltimore heiress Elizabeth Patterson. Her family was among the wealthiest
families of
Maryland. Napoleon made him King of Westphalia 1807-1813.
............ +Elizabeth Patterson 1785 - 1879
Napoleon was enraged by the marriage
and told Jerome to return to France without his
wife. Jerome returned, but tried to bring Elizabeth into France. Refused
entry, she went
England and had her son there. Jerome then divorced her at Napoleon's urging,
and
she returned to America with her son.
.................. 3 Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
1805 - 1870
...................... +Susan
May Williams 1810 - 1881
Descendant of Robert and Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams
Susan is a descendant of Ethelred II the Unready, King of England, d 1016
(RD500:435-6).
Susan is a cousin of Princess Diana through her Thompson ancestry and to
President Coolidge through
her Capen ancestry.
............................ 4 Jerome Bonaparte 1830
- 1893
................................ +Caroline Appleton 1836 -
Caroline is a grandaughter of Daniel
Webster
Her sister married son of Confederate
General Lewis Addison Armistead
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow married Caroline's mother's first cousin.
Her second cousin married President Franklin Pierce.
The Appletons have royal lines.
...................................... 5 Louisa Eugene
Bonaparte 1873 -
.......................................... +Count Adam Gottlob
Charles von Moltke-Huitfeld 1874 -
...................................... 5 Jerome Charles
Bonaparte 1878 - 1945
.......................................... +Blanche Pierce
1873 -
............................ 4 Charles Joseph Bonaparte
1851 - 1921
Charles Joseph was Secretary of the Navy and also
Secretary of the Treasury for Teddy Roosevelt
................................ +Ellen Channing Day 1851 -
........ *2nd Wife of Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia:
............ +Frederica Catherine 1784 -
Married c 1805, in France
........... 3 Stephen Williams 1678 - 1768
............... +Mary Capen 1678 -
Mary Capen had a first cousin by the same name who married Thomas Baker.
That Mary Capen and
Thomas Baker became ancestors of Calvin Coolidge. Williams descendants
below this point share
that cousinship through their Capen ancestry.
.................. 4 Mary Williams 1710 -
...................... +Benjamin May 1710 -
........................ 5 [2] Susannah May 1745 -
............................ +[1] Joseph Williams 1738 -
............................... 6 Benjamin Williams
1780 -
................................... +Sarah Copeland Morton
1780 -
...................................... 7 Susan
May Williams 1810 -
.......................................... +Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte 1805 - 1870
Nephew of Napoleon, see above
Susan was a double descendant from a cousin marriage. This is her
second line.
........... 3 Joseph Williams 1682 - 1720
............... +Abigail Davis 1687 - 1771
.................. 4 Joseph Williams 1708 - 1798
...................... +Martha Howell 1712 - 1766
........................ 5 [1] Joseph Williams 1738
-
............................ +[2] Susannah May 1745
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