Hail to the Chief
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. was born in Georgia. His family has primarily remained in the southeast United States since the late 1700s, although early ancestors originally settled as far north as Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island before moving to (primarily) South Carolina and Georgia. DeGregorio writes that Thomas Carter, Sr. emigrated from England to Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1613. Carter is of Scottish, Irish, German and English descent and is related to four other presidents (including two Harrisons, Harding and Nixon).
Surnames (with earliest recorded date and place of birth/residence) include: Almy (1663, RI); Ansley (1726, NJ); Barksdale (1715, VA); Brown (1760, VA); Brownlee (1757, Ireland); Burnley (1715, VA); Carter (1680, VA); Clinkscales (1720, Scotland to MD); Cowan (1742, SC); Cox (1669, NJ); Dawson (1750, NC); Gaines (1726, VA); Gordy (mid-1700s, MD); Helms (1720, PA); Kay (1694, VA); Marcus (1744, NC); Morris (1655, NJ); Nicholson (1740, SC); Nunn, (1713, GA); Potts (1677 England to NJ); Preslar (1708, Germany to MD); Scott (1755, DE); Seawright (Abt. 1712 Ireland to SC); Terrell (1692, VA).
George Bush is primarily of English Heritage, although some ancestors emigrated from Germany. Bush has the distinction of being descended from at least two Mayflower passengers who settled in Massachusetts. Although his earliest American ancestors were in Massachusetts (with the Bolling line being in Virginia), successive generations had no compunction for keeping put in one place for very long. For example, the Walker line, which arrived in the late 1700s from England, were found in New Jersey, Illinois, Missouri and Maine, with each generation born in a new location.
Bush is a fouth cousin seven times removed of Benedict Arnold, an eighth cousin once removed of Winston Churchill, a ninth cousin twice removed of Marilyn Monroe, a tenth cousin once removed of Dan Quayle (his vice president) and is said to be related to 15 presidents (including Washington, Fillmore, Pierce, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Nixon, and Gerald Ford) and is a distant relation to the wife of Woodrow Wilson. Finally, he is also descended from Henry I, Henry II, Edward I, William the Lion and Robert II of Scotland. It is also noted that Bush is a descendant of Dr. Samuel Prescott, who is credited with completing Paul Revere's famous ride.
Surnames (with earliest recorded date and place of birth/residence) include: Bangs
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