Evan Ragland

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Evan Ragland, immigrant ancestor and claimed to have royal blood through the Barons Bergavenny (aka Abergavenny).
 
Evan Ragland, immigrant ancestor and claimed to have royal blood through the Barons Bergavenny (aka Abergavenny).
  
The royal lineage from Edward III was claimed by a book called  "Genealogies of the Ragland Families", by Margaret Miriam Hale Strong (1928).  
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The royal lineage from Edward III was claimed by a book called  "Genealogies of the Ragland Families", by Margaret Miriam Hale Strong (1928). (Thanks to John Higgins for this source.)
  
 
However another work ''The Raglands - The History of a British-American Family, Volume I and II'', by Charles Ragland, Jr, identified Evan Ragland's mother's ancestor James Morgan as '''base''' son of Sir Thomas Morgan, whose wife was Cicely Herbert. The claim to royal lineage arises from an allegation that Cicely Herbert were thusly James' mother (which was not claimed by Charles Ragland), not allowing for the higher likelihood that James were Thomas' natural-born son, whose mother were unknown.
 
However another work ''The Raglands - The History of a British-American Family, Volume I and II'', by Charles Ragland, Jr, identified Evan Ragland's mother's ancestor James Morgan as '''base''' son of Sir Thomas Morgan, whose wife was Cicely Herbert. The claim to royal lineage arises from an allegation that Cicely Herbert were thusly James' mother (which was not claimed by Charles Ragland), not allowing for the higher likelihood that James were Thomas' natural-born son, whose mother were unknown.

Latest revision as of 22:56, 19 November 2010

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