Royal Families

Thousands of Americans are direct descendants of Samuel Appleton (1586-1670) of Ipswich, Massachusetts, who had royal and noble connections to William the Conqueror, and of his wife Judith Everard, whose ancestors included William's sister Adelaide, as well as Louis IV, King of the Franks. Following the format of "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," this third volume of Marston Watson's "Royal Families" series covers five generations (with their sixth generation children) of Samuel and Judith Appleton descendants, carrying them up to the period of the Revolutionary War and beyond.