Always remember Andy Griffith, the actor from the Andy Griffith show!

Also for the very famous author, Ronald Verlin Cassill’s ancestry through Herman Op Den Graeff:
Hermann (Bishop) Isaacks Op den Graeff
Isaak Hermans Op den Graeff (his son)
Herman Op Den Graeff (his grandson)
Sytge Op Den Graeff (his 2nd generation great-granddaughter)
Yelles Julius CASSEL (his 3rd generation great-grandson)
Henry CASSEL OR CASSILL (his 4th generation great-grandson)
Henry CASSILL (his 5th generation great-grandson)
Henry CASSILL (his 6th generation great-grandson)
Albert CASSILL (his 7th generation great-granddaughter)
Orren Ervin CASSILL (his 8th generation great-grandson)
Howard Earl CASSILL (his 9th generation great-grandson)
Ronald Verlin Cassill (his 10th generation great-grandson)

Also for the very famous businessman, Ray Leon Triplett’s ancestry through Herman Op Den Graeff:
Herman Op Den Graeff
Agnes Neessgen Op Graeff (his daughter)
Gertrude Doors (his granddaughter)
Arnold Custer (his 2nd generation great-grandson)
Paul Custer (his 3rd generation great-grandson)
George Custer (his 4th generation great-grandson)
Lydia Custer (his 5th generation great-grandson)
Mary Eunice Bigelow (his 6th generation great-grandson)
Mabel Ida Spooner (his 7th generation great-grandson)
Ray Leon Triplett (his 8th generation great-grandson)

Also for the very famous actress, Esther Jane Williams’s ancestry through Herman Op Den Graeff:
Herman Op Den Graeff
Agnes Neessgen Op Graeff (his daughter)
Gertrude Doors (his granddaughter)
Johannes Custer (his 2nd generation great-grandson)
Mary Custer (his 3rd generation great-granddaughter)
Mordecai Michener (his 4th generation great-grandson)
John Michener (his 5th generation great-grandson)
Benjamin Michener (his 6th generation great-grandson)
Martha Michener (his 7th generation great-granddaughter)
Benjamin Stanton Williams (his 8th generation great-grandson)
Louis Stanton Williams (his 9th generation great-grandson)
Esther Jane Williams (his 10th generation great-granddaughter)

Always remember Esther Jane Williams, a very beautiful actress!

Also for the very famous general, Henry Harley Arnold’s ancestry through Herman Op Den Graeff:
Herman Op Den Graeff
Agnes Neessgen Op Graeff (his daughter)
Gertrude Doors (his granddaughter)
Hermanus Custer (his 2nd generation great-grandson)
Peter Custer (his 3rd generation great-grandson)
Herman Custer (his 4th generation great-grandson)
Mary Polly Custer (his 5th generation great-granddaughter)
Catherine Brumbach (his 6th generation great-granddaughter)
Elizabeth Johnson (his 7th generation great-granddaughter)
Anna Louise Harley (his 8th generation great-granddaughter)
Henry Harley Arnold (his 9th generation great-grandson)

Also for the very famous cartoon producer, Sering Dunham Wilson’s ancestry through Herman Op Den Graeff:
Herman Op Den Graeff
Agnes Neessgen Op Graeff (his daughter)
Gertrude DOORS (his granddaughter)
Johannes KUSTER (his 2nd generation great-grandson)
Margaret KOSTER (his 3rd generation great-granddaughter)
Cornelius DEWEES (his 4th generation great-grandson)
Cornelius DEWEES (his 5th generation great-grandson)
Ann Dewees (his 6th generation great-granddaughter)
Ellwood Wilson , M. D. (his 7th generation great-grandson)
Elwood Wilson , Jr. (his 8th generation great-grandson)
Francis Vaux Wilson (his 9th generation great-grandson)
Sering Dunham Wilson (his 10th generation great-grandson)

Also for the very famous student, Amelia Lynn Shambaugh’s ancestry through Herman Op Den Graeff:
Herman OpDenGraeff
Agnes OpDenGraeff (his daughter)
Cornelius Doors (his grandson)
Fanniske Tyson (his 2nd generation great-granddaughter)
Peter Hendricks (his 3rd generation great-grandson)
Catherine Hendricks (his 4th generation great-granddaughter)
Joseph SHAMBAUGH (his 5th generation great-grandson)
Levi Duffy SHAMBAUGH (his 6th generation great-grandson)
William J. Shambaugh (his 7th generation great-grandson)
Vernon Mills Shambaugh (his 8th generation great-grandson)
William J. Shambaugh (his 9th generation great-grandson)
Anthony J. Shambaugh (his 10th generation great-grandson)
Amelia Lynn Shambaugh (his 11th generation great-granddaughter)

Always Amelia Lynn Shambaugh, a victim of a shootings in Copley, Ohio and also an angel!
Best of all, the gunman who was responsible for the death of Amelia Lynn Shambaugh was shot dead by a Copley Police Officer, Ben Campbell! Campbell is also a Carpet cleaner.

In a letter written by Queen Anne to Lady Anne Shelton late 1535, early 1536, the Queen discusses Mary Tudor’s obstinance in refusing to deny the legality of her marriage to her mother, and directed Anne Shelton to not try to turn “her from any willful courses, because she could not do me any good or evil and do your duty about her, according to the King’s commands, as I am assured you do”.

Anne Boleyn’s fall from her high station culminated in her trial for adultery, treason and incest and her execution 19 May 1536 at the Tower of London. Her Shelton relations must have regarded Anne’s disgrace as a catastrophe, though in reality, the Sheltons did not suffer much from this setback. Princess Elizabeth, now illegitimate, was left for a time in the care of the Sheltons, though funds for her upkeep had dried up so considerably that Sir John Shelton wrote to Thomas Cromwell, 16 Aug 1536 complaining about the situation.

When Anne was executed, there was no one to give the necessary orders about the child´s clothing. To make matters worse, John Shelton, was disrupting the daily routine by imprudently insisting that Elizabeth should take her meals with everyone else in the hall instead of eating in her own nursery quarters. Much upset by this interference, Lady Bryan wrote to protest to the King, and at the end of Jun Henry gave orders for Elizabeth´s household to be reorganized, allowing her thirty-two servants. Elizabeth appears to have spent time through out her childhood in Shelton where there was a pew named Lady Elizabeth’s pew after her.

In 1538, Sir John Shelton was granted ownership of the 800 year old Carrow Abbey in Norwich where he fitted the windows with the arms of the Shelton family and their alliances. In 1539, he settled his manor of Sayer’s in Stratton on his wife Anne for her life.

He died 21 Dec 1539 aged 62 and is buried in Shelton Cancel with a brass monument over his head. The circumscription about the tomb in brass is,

Johannes Shelton, Miles quondam istius pagi Dominus,

Si Fortunam, si Vitam, is Felicitatem, scice cupis,

Hec Carmina tibi dicent

Lege, Vive, et Vale

Morboram vicia, et Vite Mala marima fugit,

Nunc careo pacis, pace fruor placida.

Virit Annos 62 Ao 1539.

Bene merenti Ucot posuit.

He was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1504; and the same yaer he presented Sir Robert Bunnynge as rector to the church in Hardwick. 28 Nov 1505 with his brother Richard and several hundred others in Norfolk, he received a pardon from the King for any offenses in regulating trade. Around this time, he married Anne, daughter of Sir William Boleyn of Blicking co Norfolk by his wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond; and sister of Thomas Boleyn.

He was knighted in 1509, and was present as Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Henry VIII. This is confirmed by the Book of Dignities (p259) At that time he had as his arms (azure, a plain cross , or) and for his crest a tawny Saracen’s head proper. The NRS says he was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1505 and 1523. NRS Muster Roll of 1523 shows that John held lands in Thirsford and Barney and was lord of Great Snoryng – John Clifton was his Steward at Great Snoryng. In 1518 he presented to the church at Thirsford as its patron. In 1523 he presented to the church at Shelton as its patron. In 1538 Sir John was granted the 800 year old Carrow Abbey in Norwich (Blomefield v4 p 513). He fitted the windows of the abbey with the arms of the Shelton family and their alliances. (Blomefield V4 p 259).

He was listed as being with Catalina of Aragon, Queen of England at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in France (Cambden Society ser 1 vol 21 p 36). In 1530 he presented Sir John Blomefield as rector to Moring-Thorp (Blomefield v 5 p 286). In 1536 to the same church he presented James Bothe as rector to the church in Hardwick (Blomefield v5 p222)

In Apr 1533, Anne Boleyn, daughter of Sir John Shelton’s brother-in-law, was crowned as Queen of England, and it is certain that her Shelton relations would have attended, and Margaret (called “Madge”) Shelton, daughter of Sir John Shelton and Anne Boleyn, personally attended the Queen. Sir John Shelton and his wife were appointed governors of the household of Princess Elizabeth. Anne Shelton became the governess of Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII first wife, Catalina of Aragon. While many “romantic” works have characterized the Shelton’s treatment of Mary as quite brutal, and while part of their mandate was to make it clear to Mary that she was no longer the King’s legitimate daughter and heir, their treatment could not have been as harsh as sometimes suggested. Mary in her Privy Purse expenditures gave small gifts to the Shelton daughters, settled an annuity on Lady Anne Shelton in her widowed hood and seems to have kept some good will with that family, which would have been unlikely if their treatment had been so harsh. Mary and Elizabeth remained in the Sheltons’ care until at least fall of 1536.

Thats the Ritchey blood line from my father

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These links should help clear up any confusion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_d%27Albret

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_Duke_of_J%C3%BClich-Cleves-Berg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduchess_Maria_of_Austria_(1531%E2%80%931581)