WHITE, Francis ¹

  General Notes:

Sir Richard and Lady Catherine were Catholics. Due to this they fled Hutton Hall in County Essex, England and emigrated to Rome. It is not known why they sent their young daughter to America. (Wurts, Magna Carta, c1943)

According to some 2nd hand Internet info Lady Catherine was a descendant of Charlemagne through the following progression. Dr.Richard Wells
m.Frances White 1622 co Essex, her father was Richard White who m.Katherine Weston; her father was Richard Weston 1577-1635 Earl of Portland who m. Frances Waldegrave, d. of Nicholas Waldegrave who married Catherine Brown. Catherine was the daughter of Sir Edward Waldegrave 1517-1561 who m.Francis Neville, d. of Sir Edward Neville Beheaded 1540, Sir Edward m.Eleanor Windsor, d. of Sir George Neville 1440-1492 who m.Margaret Fenne d.1485. Sir Edward Neville married Elizabeth Beauchamp, d. of Ralph De Neville. Richard De Beauchamp Earl of Winchester m.Joan of Beaufort 1379-1440, m.Isabel le despenser 1400-1439... John of Gaunt 1340-1399...Thomas le despenser 1373-1400 beheaded, m.Catherine Roelt who m.Constance Plantagenet. Both these lines go back to Charlemagne. ²

Francis married Dr. Richard WELLS. (Dr. Richard WELLS died after Jun 22, 1667 in , Anne Arundel, MD, USA.)