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- "Matthew Howard of Maryland: given a fanciful conspiracy-theory (literally) descent from Henry VII, in a 1976 historical novel (!) by Maryland genealogist James Moss. The other theory in print is the older one by Harry Wright Newman; both are groundless. Newman's theory is patently false; the Moss theory may have a grain of truth in some distant cadet connection to the ducal Howards of Norfolk, but there is no evidence beyond the questionable armory." [Nathaniel Lane Taylor, here]
Matthew Howard and his wife Anne are also ancestors of the science fiction and fantasy writer John M. Ford (1957-2006), of the poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), and of Frank and Jesse James.
Matthew Howard (1609-1658) = Ann (1612-1659)
Elizabeth Howard (1639-1672) = Henry Ridgely (1627-1710)
Sarah Ridgely (1667-1727) = Thomas Odell (1671-1721)
Henry Odell (1694-1738) = Ann Prather (1706-1738)
Thomas Odell (1726-1759) = Keziah Offutt (1735-1783)
Baruch Odell (1755-1789) = Margaret Offutt (1760-1820)
Cassandra Odell (1780-1832) = John Austin (1770-1857)
George Austin (1821-1867) = Amanda Thomas (1827-1899)
Christopher Austin (1854-1933) = Laura Ashford (1869-1957)
Bessie Iris Austin (1894-1967) = John William Ford (1900-1964)
William Darrell Ford (1931-2003) = Janet Harley (1930-living)
John Milo Ford, known as John M. Ford (1957-2006)
Matthew Howard (1609-1658) = Ann (1612-1659)
John Howard (1645-1696) = Susannah Norwood (b. 1620)
John Howard (d. 1704) = Katherine Greenbury (d. 1704)
Katherine Howard (b. 1697) = Orlando Griffith
Sarah Griffith (1718-1794) = Nicholas Dorsey (1712-1780)
Rachel Dorsey (1737-1805) = Anthony Lindsay (b. 1736)
Vachel Lindsay = Annie Quisenberry
Nicholas Lindsay = Martha Cave
Vachel Thomas Lindsay (b. 1843) = Esther Frazee
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, known as Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931)
Matthew Howard (1609-1658) = Ann (1612-1659)
John Howard (1645-1696) = Susannah Norwood (b. 1620)
John Howard (d. 1704) = Katherine Greenbury (d. 1704)
Katherine Howard (b. 1697) = Orlando Griffith
Sarah Griffith (1718-1794) = Nicholas Dorsey (1712-1780)
Rachel Dorsey (1737-1805) = Anthony Lindsay (b. 1736)
Anthony Lindsay (1767-1831) = Alice Cole (1769-1818)
Sarah Lindsay (1803-1851) = James Cole (1804-1827)
Zerelda Elizabeth Cole (1825-1911) = Robert Sallee James (1818-1850)
Alexander Franklin James, known as Frank James (1843-1915)
-- and his brother --
Jesse Woodson James, known as Jesse James (1847-1882)
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