Lady Caroline de Bourgogne-12th Great-Grandmother
My12th Great-Grandmother was Lady Caroline de Bourgogne and yours, if your parent is a child of Moses Jefferson Pearson. She is on Edward Pearson’s (6th Great-Grandfather’s wife’s side of the family in the Moses J. Pearson’s (our grandfather) line. If for example, you’re a second cousin then she’d be your 13th great grandmother.
When Lady Caroline de Bourgogne was born in 1482 in Mayenne, Mayenne, France, her father, Sir, was 22. She had two sons and three daughters with William Ashton Ledbetter. She then married Sir Simon Gilman and they had one son together. She died in 1562 in Beaune, Côte-d’Or, France, having lived a long life of 80 years.
Lady Caroline de Bourgogne was born in 1482 in Mayenne, Mayenne, France, to Sir Richard Lommois de Amiens de Bourgogne, age 22.
Her son Hugh Donnington was born in 1500 in Middlesex, England. Her daughter Maude was born in 1510 in Cheshire, England. Her daughter Katherine was born in 1504 in Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, England. Her son Christopher Ashton was born in 1506 in Buckinghamshire, England. Her daughter Elizabeth Buckler was born in 1520 in Dorset, England.
Lady Caroline de Bourgogne married Sir Simon Gilman in 1524 when she was 42 years old.
Her son Simon was born in 1525 in England.
Her husband Sir Simon passed away in 1543 in Cîteaux, Côte-d’Or, France, at the age of 36. They had been married 19 years.
Hello, Lady Caroline Debourgogne and Robert Higginson are my direct ancestors via The Higginson line. My maiden name was Higginson and we’re mainly from Cheshire. My email is mickandjess301102@gmail.com Regards, Jess
Lady Carolina was my 12X and husband William Ashton Ledbetter….GemmaPenny11946@Gmail.com
You wouldn’t happen to be from SE Kansas, would you? My maiden name was Laura Ledbetter. My dad was Warren E. Ledbetter. His parents were James Marvin Ledbetter and Ramona Mae Goddard. James Marvin’s parents were Samuel Johnson Ledbetter and Banda R. Bowman.
No. Western Kentucky
Hello, I just got started in genealogy and I believe Lady Caroline De Bourgogne is my 14 X Great Grandmother. By way of her husband William Ashton Ledbetter. My Grandmother, born 1897, was a Ledbetter, her father was Noah Hampton II, 1871.Any info you could send me would be so appreciated. Thank you, Shelia Gephart.
My mother’s mother was a Ledbetter. I think Lady Caroline was my 15th Great Grandmother.
She was my 15th great-grandmother, through her son Simon’s daughter Marget and on through the Wightman line when they came to the US. My great grandmother was a Wightman.
Lady Caroline is my 15th Great Grandmother on my mother’s side by William Ashton Ledbetter.
Juanita Huffer
Can you share your sources on this? I may also descend from this line, but I am having trouble finding documents to support the line.
My 15th great grandparents were Lady Caroline De Bourgogue and William Ashon Ledbetter….His dad was WilliamAllen Ledbetter 1460-1500 and wife Martha Ashton.. I am looking for more information on Lady’s family in France…
I went and found her in my direct lineage, and got to her tree so you wouldn’t have to start where I started at my great grandpa Donald Eugene Ledbetter (I’m a young’un, turning 20 in January 2021). Interestingly enough, her tree shows her being married to some “Humphrey Lewis,” perhaps a third marriage after William and Sir Simon?
Anyway, you can just follow her tree, either from her father’s side or mother’s side. I haven’t explored her maternal tree, but I know the paternal tree has royalty up to Charibert. Doing a bit more research, the royalty continues. I found his father to be Caribert I, who was the son of Chlothachar, grandson of Clovis I. Clovis I’s father was Childeric I, who was the son of Merovech, grandson of Chlodio.
That’s where the legitimate royalty ends, because Chlodio’s father is unknown. The only person that is said to be his father is Pharamond, who is said to be made up, but may also be a real person, as there is only the reference of him in The non-contemporary Liber Historiae Francorum. Pharamond seems to also be the only son of King Marcomir (Marcomer). If Pharamond did indeed exist, this is where the legitimacy ends.
After Marcomer come the bosphoran kings. There is one problem with that though. I could never find a definite birth or death year for Marcomer, but the earliest year I could find was 5 years after the last bosphoran king died.
HOWEVER, since there is such a discrepancy in his lifespan, we can also safely assume that he could have been born before his earliest recorded documentation (also considering this is in the 4th century AD). So if he is in fact King Rhescuporis VI’ son, that leaves a lineage of kings (including the Spartacus line) up to King Archaeanax.
There’s a 240 year gap between Archaeanax and Sandakhshatra, but this is also pre 480 BC, there’s not much that’s been recovered in good condition from that long ago, especially when this was a period of volcanic activity around Greece.
We can follow Sandakhshatra to his father and grandfather, Tugdamme and Teuspa.
Now here’s where things get absolutely crazy. The bosphoran kings were said to descend from Helenus, son of Priam, which can be traced to Laomedon, Ilus, Iris, Eruchthonius, Dardanus, and last but certainly not least, Zeus himself.
That’s too farfetched for me to believe though, especially since there’s around a 1400 year gap between Teuspa and Helenus. Unless the war of troy happened MUCH later than we thought.
Anyway, I urge you to do your own research, who knows what you’ll uncover!
My last reply went so far into a tangent that I forgot to post the link. I apologise for that. You might have to make an account to see it, but registration is 100% free. Here’s the link:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L584-5Z8
According to what I am finding I am the 14th great granddaughter of Lady Caroline. Does anyone have information as to her descendants. My lineage comes from Winnie Ledbetter daughter of Beverly Ledbetter. I have Beverly, Arthur, William, John, Francis, Henry. From there I am not sure how it connects to Lady Caroline. All help is greatly appreciated.
This is my exact family line also!
hi cousin — here is the path continuing from henry.
henry’s father, thomas ledbetter (1600-1665)
thomas’ father, also thomas ledbetter (1586-1618)
thomas’ father, thomas ledbetter the first (1563-1586)
thomas the first’s father, william ledbetter (1543-1563?)
william’s father, hugh donnington ledbetter (1500-1588)
hugh’s mother is the lady caroline.
Thanks!
If Henry was born 1625 and died 1700, (The only henry on my direct lineage list), his father was named Thomas Ledbetter, B. 1600 D. 1665. Thomas’s father was also named Thomas Ledbetter, B. 1586 D. 1618.
Funnily enough, HIS father was named Thomas Ledbetter I, B. 1560 D. 1643.
Thomas I’s father was William Ledbetter, not yet William Ashton but close!!, B. 1543 D. 1563.
William’s Father was Hugh Donnington Ledbetter, B. 1500 D. 1588.
Finally we’re brought to William Ashton Ledbetter, B. 1480 D. 1543.
I hope this helped you!
Lady Caroline is my 13th Great Grandmother
Great! We’re distant cousins I guess!
Fascinating information! I am a Ledbetter and traced my ancestry to William Ashton Ledbetter, so we are distant, distant cousins!
Are you from SE Kansas?
No. Western Kentucky
Hello cousins. Lady Caroline appears to be my 15th great grandmother through the Ledbetter line. Interestingly, it seems Thomas Ledbetter emigrated to Virginia in the 1630s, arriving in Jamestown. Nearly 400 years later, here I am, living a few miles from Jamestown.
Lady Carolina de Bourgogne is my 16th great grandmother going down the Ledbetter line. For anyone interested, or for family tree reference to find your relation to me, here’s my direct lineage starting from me up to Lady Carolina:
Skyler Gene Ledbetter – 2001 – Present
Craig Allen Ledbetter – 1975 – Present
Rick Gene Ledbetter – 1951 – Present
Donald Eugene Ledbetter – 1928 – 2004
John Jackson Ledbetter – 1909 – 1988
John Jones Ledbetter – 1881 – 1962
George Melton Dallas Ledbetter – 1860 – 1932
Benjamin Laken C. Ledbetter – 1838 – 1863
Jones Ledbetter – 1799 – 1870
William Buckner Ledbetter – 1760 – 1840
Arthur Ledbetter – 1738 – 1814
John Drury Arthur Charles Ledbetter – 1719 – 1785
Richard Ledbetter – 1666 – 1767
Henry Ledbetter – 1625 – 1700
Thomas Ledbetter – 1600 – 1665
Thomas Ledbetter – 1586 – 1618
Thomas Ledbetter I – 1560 – 1643
William Ledbetter – 1543 – 1563
Hugh Donnington Ledbetter – 1500 – 1588
William Ashton Ledbetter – 1480 – 1543
This is going to be fun to explain. She is my 15th great-grandmother on my maternal grandmother’s side, but shes not direct. Starting at my grandmother’s 9th great-grandfather (direct ancestor) we go to his wife Elizabeth Flinton. Her grandfather’s name was Farrer Flinton and his mother was Lady Karherine. Her father father William Ashton Ledbetter and mother Caroline.
Cool… howdy Cuz!