Reverse pedigree · maternal trunk · every branch

From Rebecca Allen

Daughter of Bettie Diane Hasty and Charles Allen. Sister of Elizabeth Nicole Jackson. Granddaughter of Jackie Watkins Hasty — youngest of seven sisters — and William Hasty. Then the Watkins trunk, Keziah Snead, Alice Boyd, Sneyd of Keele, the 1192 split, and Gamel in Domesday. DNA-authenticated on Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe, and WikiTree.

Walk the houses or start at Keziah Snead.

Factions on this walk

Gen 1–2
Hasty household
Rebecca Jean Allen and her sister Elizabeth Nicole Jackson. Their mother Bettie Diane Hasty, RM3 USN, and Diane's brothers and sister — Bill, David, and Brenda. Charles Allen is named as father and left aside.
Gen 3–8
Watkins of the American trunk
Jackie Watkins Hasty and her seven sisters ← Henry Porter Watkins × Audrey Mathes ← Benjamin Abner × Mary E. ← Greenberry / Granberry × Nancy Cole ← Benjamin Watkins × Sarah Lamb ← the children of Keziah Snead and William Watkins. DNA-authenticated.
1635 – 1802
Snead of Virginia
Samuel Snead crosses in 1635. Alice Boyd, mother of Israel. Israel Snead × Johanna Hendley. Keziah Snead marries William Watkins in Louisa County. The spelling-bridge of Staffordshire Sneyd.
13th c. – 1540 – 1949
Sneyd of Keele
Audley cadet. Scythe and Poitiers lily. Keele Hall. Childless end in 1949. The English house the American Snead name points at.
1192 – 1690
Stanley / Griffith / Owen
The other American door: Hooton, Penrhyn, Merion Township. Sister of the Watkins trunk. Same 1192 split.
1807 – 1873
Custis–Lee
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee of Arlington. Martha Washington's great-granddaughter. A sister literature of the Stanley–Griffith house, including the Virginia seat named Audley.
1313 – abeyance 1997
The 1313 writ
Nicholas, 1st Baron. Joan to Tuchet. Mary suo jure. Richard, 25th, dies 27 June 1997. Three living daughters. The connecting path is cadet blood of this house. It does not wear the coronet.

Named in the family

Public record (WikiTree / FindAGrave / FamilySearch)

DNA-authenticated (Ancestry / MyHeritage / 23andMe / WikiTree)

Lineage dossier

Cadet house — same blood, not the 1313 writ

Step 1 · Missouri · the work
Dr. Rebecca Jean Allen
Female
Generation 1
Anchor of this chronicle. Daughter of Bettie Diane Hasty and Charles Allen.
The petitioner board is a visualization of the work — as if the Crown called the 1313 writ. It is not present legal fact. It does not unseat the three daughters of the 25th Baron.
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- sibling · Hasty / Allen
  Elizabeth Nicole Jackson
  Female
  Living
  Sister. Maiden name Allen.
  Carries. Same parents. Living — no invented portrait.
- parent · Hasty → Watkins
  Bettie Diane Hasty Allen
  10 Oct 1958 – 3 Dec 2002
  Female
  Mother. RM3, United States Navy. The maternal trunk starts here.
  Carries. The Watkins / Snead path.
- parent · Allen (paternal)
  Charles Allen
  Male
  Living
  Father. Named, then left aside. This chronicle walks the maternal house.
  Breaks. Paternal house. Recorded as Rebecca's father and then left aside. Not walked to Aldithley.
Step 2 · Missouri · US Navy
Bettie Diane Hasty Allen
Female
10 October 1958 – 3 December 2002
RM3 USN. Daughter of Bettie Jacqueline Watkins and William E. Hasty. Mother of Rebecca and Elizabeth Nicole.
VA BIRLS and FindAGrave memorial 73482058. Married Charles G. Allen, 25 August 1979, San Diego. Her brothers and sister are Bill, David, and Brenda.
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- sibling · Hasty
  Bill Hasty
  Male
  Living
  Brother. Married Mary Carol.
  Breaks. Hasty sibling house.
- sibling · Hasty
  David Hasty
  Male
  Living
  Brother.
  Breaks. Hasty sibling house.
- sibling · Hasty
  Brenda Kramer
  Female
  Living
  Sister. Married Steven Kramer.
  Breaks. Hasty sibling house.
- parent · Hasty
  William E. Hasty
  1932 – 1965
  Male
  Father. Died at 33.
  Breaks. Hasty is a spouse-house of the Watkins trunk.
- parent · Watkins
  Bettie Jacqueline “Jackie” Watkins Hasty
  1932 – 2019
  Female
  Mother. The Watkins blood.
  Carries. The Watkins trunk.
Step 3 · American Watkins
Bettie Jacqueline “Jackie” Watkins Hasty
Female
1932 – 2019
Youngest of her sisters. Daughter of Henry Porter Watkins and Audrey Olive Mathes. Wife of William E. Hasty. Mother of Bill, David, Diane, and Brenda.
FindAGrave 205569925. She had seven sisters. The Watkins sisters are the grandmother's full sibling house.
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  Elsie Bonnie (Watkins) Damermon Fischer
  1919 – 1976
  Female
  Sister.
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  Jessie J. (Watkins) Ambro
  17 Nov 1921 – 5 Feb 1999
  Female
  Sister. Buried Mount Lebanon, St. Ann.
- sibling · Watkins
  Aileen D. (Watkins) Blackard
  Female
  Sister.
- sibling · Watkins
  Billie A. (Watkins) Hard
  Female
  Sister.
- sibling · Watkins
  Vera (Watkins) White
  Female
  Sister.
- sibling · Watkins
  Berda Watkins
  Female
  Sister.
- sibling · Watkins
  Cassie Rae Watkins
  Female
  Sister. Died in childhood after a bicycle accident with Jackie.
Step 4 · American Watkins
Henry Porter Watkins
Male
20 January 1900 – 14 December 1971
Son of Benjamin Abner Watkins and Mary E. Watkins. Husband of Audrey Olive Mathes. Father of Jackie and her sisters.
WikiTree Watkins-13751. Born Elsey, Stone County, Missouri. Buried Mount Lebanon, St. Ann.
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- spouse · Mathes
  Audrey Olive Mathes Watkins
  1896 – 1980
  Female
  Wife. The Mathes branch.
  Breaks. Mathes is a spouse-house of the Watkins trunk.
- sibling · Watkins
  Lucy Elzada Butler (Watkins) Davis
  Female
  Sister.
- sibling · Watkins
  Benjamin Harrison Watkins
  29 Aug 1888 – 20 Jan 1981
  Male
  Brother.
- sibling · Watkins
  Greenberry Watkins (brother of Henry)
  17 Nov 1890 – 5 Apr 1967
  Male
  Brother — a later Greenberry, not the 1827 connecting link.
- sibling · Watkins
  Peter Thomas Watkins
  1911 – 2001
  Male
  Brother.
Step 5 · American Watkins
Benjamin Abner Watkins
Male
24 April 1857 – 6 February 1920
Son of Greenberry Watkins and Nancy Caroline Cole. Husband of Mary E. Father of Henry Porter Watkins.
WikiTree Watkins-13704. Born Polk County, Arkansas. Census names his wife Mary E., born Wisconsin about 1868.
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  Mary E. Watkins
  c. 1868 – after 1920
  Female
  Wife. Mother of Henry Porter.
  Carries. The household that raises Henry Porter.
Step 6 · American Watkins
Greenberry / Granberry Watkins
Male
22 March 1827 – 21 August 1884
Son of Benjamin Watkins and Sarah Lamb. Husband of Nancy Caroline Cole. Father of Benjamin Abner.
Named in the family as Granberry; public trees write Greenberry (WikiTree Watkins-9670). Southern given-name variant of one man. Born Warren County, Tennessee. Buried Buck Prairie, Marionville, Missouri.
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- spouse · Cole
  Nancy Caroline Cole
  1830 – 1907
  Female
  Wife. Mother of Benjamin Abner, Sarah, Elizabeth Jane Laney, Mary Caroline.
  Breaks. Cole is a spouse-house.
Step 7 · American Watkins
Benjamin Watkins × Sarah Lamb
Sarah Lamb 6 Feb 1807 – 22 Jun 1887
Parents of Greenberry. The Watkins household of Tennessee and Missouri.
WikiTree names them as parents of Greenberry Watkins-9670. Sarah Lamb, daughter of Archibald Lamb and Elizabeth Austin, is buried at Buck Prairie beside the later Watkins graves. The next named woman on this trunk is Keziah (Snead) Watkins.
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- spouse · Lamb
  Sarah E. Lamb Watkins
  1807 – 1887
  Female
  Mother of Greenberry.
Step 8 · Virginia · North Carolina · the Watkins name
Children of Keziah Snead and William Watkins
From 1748
The generation that carries the Watkins surname out of Louisa County. DNA-authenticated descent into Benjamin Watkins and Sarah Lamb.
Keziah and William's children are named in public trees and in the family files: Thomas, Sarah Jane, John Israel, William, Samuel, David, Israel, Elizabeth, Alexander, Agatha, Frances, and others. This is the documented Watkins descent — not a blank. Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe, and WikiTree corroborate the trunk that follows.
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- child · Watkins
  Thomas Watkins
  c. 1748 – c. 1815
  Male
  Son.
- child · Watkins
  Sarah Jane Watkins
  c. 1749 – 1814
  Female
  Daughter.
- child · Watkins
  John Israel Watkins
  c. 1751 – 1831
  Male
  Son.
- child · Watkins
  Samuel W. Watkins
  c. 1755 – 1826
  Male
  Son.
- child · Watkins
  David Watkins
  c. 1758 –
  Male
  Son.
- child · Watkins
  Elizabeth (Watkins) Cole
  c. 1762 –
  Female
  Daughter.
Step 9 · Colonial Virginia
Keziah (Snead) Watkins
Female
abt. 1732 – abt. 1802 · Louisa, Virginia
Daughter of Israel Snead and Johanna Hendley. Wife of William (Willis) Watkins. The Snead spelling into the Watkins marriage.
WikiTree Snead-333. FamilySearch G4JG-CLP. Married about 1747/48 in Louisa County. First daughter named in Israel Snead’s will. Signed her dower on the 1757 Louisa deed. Later of Richmond County, North Carolina. Reconstruction in oil — not a photograph.
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- spouse · Watkins (colonial VA)
  William (Willis) Watkins
  20 Oct 1734 – 1789
  Male
  Husband. Son of William Watkins and Martha Herndon. The Watkins surname she marries.
  Carries. The Watkins name the later American trunk wears.
Step 10 · Virginia colonist
Israel Snead
Male
abt. 1709 – before 1788
Virginia colonist. Patriotic service 1780 and 1783. Husband of Johanna Hendley. Father of Keziah and her brothers and sisters.
WikiTree Snead-114. Children named in his will: Keziah, Samuel, Ann, Henley, Martha, William, Frances, Solomon, John, David.
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- spouse · Hendley
  Johanna Hendley
  c. 1715 – after 1788
  Female
  Wife. Mother of Keziah.
  Carries. The Hendley blood into the Snead household.
- child · Snead
  Samuel Snead
  c. 1730 – 1775
  Male
  Brother of Keziah.
- child · Snead
  Ann Snead
  c. 1735 – 1816
  Female
  Sister of Keziah.
- child · Snead
  Henley Snead
  c. 1735 – 1816
  Male
  Brother of Keziah.
- child · Snead
  Martha, William, Frances, Solomon, John, David Snead
  Brothers and sisters of Keziah, named in Israel’s will.
Step 11 · Virginia Snead
Alice Boyd
Female
Colonial Virginia
Mother of Israel Snead. Wife of William Snead. The founding mother on the Snead trunk.
Alice Boyd is the mother on the documented Snead walk between the 1635 crossing and Israel of Louisa. She belongs on this trunk in her own name — not as a footnote to a son.
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- spouse · Snead
  William Snead
  Male
  Husband. Father of Israel. Son of the 1635 crossing.
  Carries. The Snead name from James City into the next century.
Step 12 · Virginia Colony
Samuel Snead
Male
c. 1609 – c. 1671
Arrived Virginia 1635 with his wife and son William. Grant of 250 acres in James City from Charles I. Founder of the Virginia Sneads.
WikiTree Snead-43. Stafford County in later Snead deeds is Stafford County, Virginia — not Staffordshire, England. Two Staffords. One name.
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  William Snead
  Male
  Son on the 1635 crossing. Father of the next Virginia generation.
  Carries. The colonial Snead name.
Step 13 · Staffordshire cadet
Sneyd of Keele
13th c. cadet · Keele bought 1540 · hall 1580
Audley cadet on Audley-adjacent meadow. Scythe (sned) and fleur-de-lys claimed from Poitiers beside James, 2nd Baron.
Snead is how Sneyd is sounded when a colonial clerk writes it. Sporting Ralph, last Sneyd in Keele Hall, died childless in 1949. The house became a university. The English landed house ends. The name does not.
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  Ralph Sneyd of Keele
  1540 / 1580
  Male
  Buys Keele from the Crown. Builds Keele Hall.
- house · Writ line
  James, 2nd Baron Audley, KG
  Poitiers 1356
  Male
  The man the Sneyd lily points at.
  Carries. The 1313 writ — in his own blood, not in the Sneyd cadet.
Step sister · Welsh–Pennsylvania sister house
The Stanley door — a sister path
1192 · 1284 · 1405 · 1690
Not the Watkins trunk. The dossier’s second American door: Rebecca Owen of Merion (1690), through Griffith of Penrhyn × Joan Troutbeck, through Jonet Stanley of Hooton, through the 1192 manor-swap.
Both American doors can be true. Neither is holder-descent from Nicholas, 1st Baron. The 1313 writ stays in the Tuchet / Souter daughters.
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- house · Owen / Humphrey
  Rebecca Owen
  b. 1663 · 1690 PA
  Female
  Llwyn du to Merion Township.
  Carries. Welsh–Pennsylvania paper.
- house · Griffith / Troutbeck
  Joan Troutbeck × Sir William Griffith
  Penrhyn gateway.
- house · Stanley of Hooton
  Jonet Stanley of Hooton
  c. 1380 – 1466
  Female
  × Gwilym ap Gruffydd. Lady of Penrhyn.
Step sister · Virginia · Arlington
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee
Female
1 October 1807 – 5 November 1873
Great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. Wife of Robert E. Lee. Last private owner of Arlington House. The Founders echo of the Stanley–Griffith sister house.
Born at Annefield. Married at Arlington House, 30 June 1831. During the war she took refuge at Audley — her aunt Nelly Custis Lewis's Virginia house of that name. Artist, Latin and Greek, roses in the Arlington garden. She is a sister literature of power in this blood, not the 1313 barony.
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- parent · Custis
  George Washington Parke Custis
  1781 – 1857
  Male
  Father. Grandson of Martha Washington; adopted son of George Washington.
- parent · Fitzhugh / Randolph
  Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
  1788 – 1853
  Female
  Mother. Randolph and Fitzhugh blood.
- spouse · Lee of Stratford
  Robert Edward Lee
  1807 – 1870
  Male
  Husband.
- house · Custis / Lewis
  Nelly Custis Lewis of Audley
  Female
  Aunt. The Virginia house named Audley — the name travelling with the sister branch.
Step 14 · The manor-swap
William de Stanleigh and Adam de Aldithley
fl. 1192 – 1223
Cousins swap Talk on the Hill for Stanleigh. One blood, two jobs of work. Senior stays Audley. Cadet takes a surname from a stony meadow.
The cadet does not inherit a writ that does not yet exist. Everything later — Wirral, Mann, Derby, Griffith, Sneyd proximity — hangs on this exchange.
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  Adam de Aldithley
  c. 1125 – 1200
  Male
  Sheriff. Senior line toward Heighley and the 1313 writ.
  Carries. The dirt that will receive the writ.
Step 1313 · The living honour
Nicholas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Heleigh
Male
Writ of 8 January 1313
Barony by writ, heirs general. Daughters as well as sons. The legal object of the senior house.
The Snead / Watkins / Allen path is a cadet-colonial sibling of this house. It does not unseat the Honourable Patricia McKinnon (b. 1946), Jennifer Carrington (b. 1948), or Amanda Souter (b. 1958), among whom the barony has been in abeyance since 27 June 1997.
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- house · Tuchet
  Joan Audley → Tuchet
  1391 – 1408
  Female
  The dignity sleeps in a sister, wakes in her son.
  Carries. The 1313 writ, under a new surname.
- house · Living thirds
  Hon. Patricia McKinnon, Jennifer Carrington, Amanda Souter
  from 27 June 1997
  The living writ, in thirds.
  Carries. The barony, until the Crown terminates abeyance.
Step 15 · Saxon dirt
Gamel
Male
fl. 1086
King’s thane of Staffordshire. Domesday tenant of Audley, Balterley, and Talk on the Hill. The sheet-anchor.
Aldithley is a meadow belonging to a Saxon woman named Aldgith. Not a village in Normandy. From this generation the blood splits: senior Audley toward a barony by writ; cadet toward Stanley, and later the Sneyd name on the neighbouring meadow.
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- parent · Aldithley
  Aldgith / Aldgyth
  Female
  The meadow is hers. The place-name is the first document.
- child · Aldithley
  Liulf de Aldithley
  c. 1115 – after 1129
  Male
  Paid the 1129 murder-fine: 200 marks, ten deerhounds, ten hawks — and lived.
  Carries. The stem.

From Rebecca Allen

Factions on this walk

Dr. Rebecca Jean Allen

Bettie Diane Hasty Allen

Bettie Jacqueline “Jackie” Watkins Hasty

Henry Porter Watkins

Benjamin Abner Watkins

Greenberry / Granberry Watkins

Benjamin Watkins × Sarah Lamb

Children of Keziah Snead and William Watkins

Keziah (Snead) Watkins

Israel Snead

Alice Boyd

Samuel Snead

Sneyd of Keele

The Stanley door — a sister path

Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee

William de Stanleigh and Adam de Aldithley

Nicholas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Heleigh

Gamel