A challenge has been made to identify all 32 of our third-great-grandparents (3GGPs). Pass it on!
That’s a lot of names to find! As we push our pedigree chart of direct ancestors back to earlier times, the number of our grandparents doubles with each generation: 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, then 16 great-greats (2GGPs), and 32 great-great-great-grandparents (3GGPs), etc. 16 are on our father’s side (ancestral numbers 32 to 47), and 16 on our mother’s side (ancestral numbers 48 to 63).
After many years of family research I now know at least a bit about most of them, although there are still gaps and uncertainties. And one of my maternal couples is duplicated due to intermarriage (making them my ancestors in 2 different positions in my pedigree). My 32 ancestors in this generation were born in the late 1700s or early 1800s, when record coverage is more limited. It’s one of the reasons why most of us have gaps in our trees in these earlier generations, or at least some uncertainties due to a limited amount of substantiating records.
Summarized below are my 3GGP ancestor names that I already know, divided into 4 groups associated with each of my 4 grandparents. This list will come in handy for my DNA research when trying to identify possible common ancestors for my DNA matches who are estimated to be my 4th cousins.
That’s a lot of names to find! As we push our pedigree chart of direct ancestors back to earlier times, the number of our grandparents doubles with each generation: 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, then 16 great-greats (2GGPs), and 32 great-great-great-grandparents (3GGPs), etc. 16 are on our father’s side (ancestral numbers 32 to 47), and 16 on our mother’s side (ancestral numbers 48 to 63).
After many years of family research I now know at least a bit about most of them, although there are still gaps and uncertainties. And one of my maternal couples is duplicated due to intermarriage (making them my ancestors in 2 different positions in my pedigree). My 32 ancestors in this generation were born in the late 1700s or early 1800s, when record coverage is more limited. It’s one of the reasons why most of us have gaps in our trees in these earlier generations, or at least some uncertainties due to a limited amount of substantiating records.
Summarized below are my 3GGP ancestor names that I already know, divided into 4 groups associated with each of my 4 grandparents. This list will come in handy for my DNA research when trying to identify possible common ancestors for my DNA matches who are estimated to be my 4th cousins.
CLAUDIA'S 32 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS (3GGPs)
| HENSON LINE 3GGPs (Paternal Grandfather) 32 - William H "Billy" HENSON 1803 Wilkes NC - 1887 Washington AR 33 - Lavina OSBURN 1805 Knox KY - 1895 Washington AR 34 - Reuben FRALEY 1783 Russell VA - >1870 35 - Mary Polly FLANNERY (FLANARY) 1792 VA - <1840 36 - William ORRICK 1783 NC - c1859 Pike AR 37 - Celia Ola STRICKLAND 1787 NC - 1862 Pike AR 38 - Benjamin DYER 1798 Wilkes NC - 1835 Crawford AR 39 - Martha Patsy POGUE 1806 NC - 1882 Crawford AR HUNT LINE 3GGPs (Paternal Grandmother) 40 - John Thomas? HUNT 1798 NC - 1884 Crittenden KY 41 - Elizabeth ALLEN 1795 VA - 1865 Lawrence MO 42 - Joseph POLAND 1817 TN - 1879 Caroll AR 43 - America CALENDER ? ? - 1855 KY 44 - William CROW c1790 VA or OH - 1853 Warren IL 45 - Catherine SNOOK 1791 USA - 1889 Knox IL 46 - ? PATTERSON <unknown> ? NC - ? ? 47 - Margaret ? <unknown> 1788 SC - ? ? | ANDREW LINE 3GGPs (Maternal Grandfather) 48 - William ANDREW c1782 Cornwall/Devon England - 1833 Cornwall 49 - Honour GRIGG 1784 Cornwall - 1861 Cornwall 50 - William HOPGOOD <unknown, probably bef 1800 Cornwall> 51 - <unknown> 52 - Thomas Compton COMPTON c1789 Hampshire England - 1850 PEI Canada 53 - Hannah JEFFERY 1790 IofW England - 1871 PEI Canada 54 - James COATES 1790 Suffolk England - 1862 Suffolk England 55 - Sarah ROBINSON 1795 Suffolk England - 1862 Essex England RICHARDSON LINE 3GGPs (Maternal Grandmother) 56 - Henry Proctor RICHARDSON c1789 Sussex England - 1850 Sussex England 57 - Ann PACKHAM 1799 Kent England - 1838 Sussex England 58 - James HARRIS 1799 Gloucester England - 1877 Gloucester 59 - Lucy RANDALL 1797 Oxfordshire England - 1875 Gloucester 60 - William Spencer COMPTON c1799 ? - 1847 PEI Canada 61 - Harriet Clarissa HASZARD 1798 PEI Canada - 1841 PEI Canada 62 - Thomas Compton COMPTON <same as 52> 63 - Hannah JEFFERY <same as 53> |
As you can see, my father's ancestors lived in the USA and moved often, following the frontier where records weren't always kept. My mother's ancestors came from south England and PEI Canada - a small island where I have multiple connections to the COMPTON family. I have a brick wall in my maternal HOPGOOD line and in my paternal PATTERSON line. And there is some uncertainty in some of the other lines as well. More research is always needed!
I have already written stories about some of these ancestors (only 4 so far in this generation), and I have included links above where appropriate. It seems I also have lots more stories still to write!
The next generation back contains 64 direct ancestors (4GGPs). Oh no, that IS intimidating! I have many more gaps in that generation.
RSS Feed
