Erma Louise Stephenson Courtenay

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My mother, 1936-Present (m. Harold Edward Gardiner Mulford, 1921-Present), daughter of

Elizabeth Beatrice (Bessie Bea, 1900-1975) & James Louis (Jim Lewis, 1889-1956) Stephenson Courtenay, son of

James Marion Stephenson, 1853-1935, & Alice Louise White, 1863-1940, daughter of

Patrick "Paddy" White, 1818-1883, & Nancy Melissa Moody, 1824-1883, daughter of

Benjamin Epps Moody, 1786-1854 (m. Nancy Cass):

Abolitionist founder of Moody, Alabama and Veteran of the War of 1812. Son of Dr. Thomas Moody (son of Thomas Wyatt Moody & Mary Epps) & Mary Ann Cadet Young, daughter of Thomas Cadet Young, son of Michel Cadet Young (1694-1769), son of François Cadet and Marie Martha LeGrois, daughter of Michel LeGrois & Magdelaine Bourdeaux, of Chastelerault, Poitou, France.

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My mother's mother, Elizabeth Beatrice "Bessie Bea" Stephenson Courtenay, was the daughter of

Sarah "Sallie" Myers Brooks, 1867-1904, & James Nelson "Nels" Courtenay, 1864-1940, son of

Lydia Johnson, 1840-1917, & Samuel Courtenay, 1838-1920, son of

Elizabeth "Bettie" Ann Henry, 1813-1888, & Russell Courtenay, 1813-1878, son of

Catherine Wiseman & Jesse Courtenay, 1765-1798, son of

Mary & Jonathan Courtenay, son of

Abigail & Robert Courtenay, 1697-1751, son of

Susanna Gray, 1668-1727, & John Courtenay, son of

Robert Courtenay, son of

William Courtenay of Barbados and Antigua, son of

Henry Courtenay (also called "Sir Henry Courtney" in family records, escaping to America in the wake of his father's execution), son of

Gertrude Blount, 1504-1558, & Henry Courtenay (Courtney) of Windsor, son of

Katherine Plantagenet & William Courtenay of Devonshire, son of

Edward Plantagenet (Edward IV) & Elizabeth Wydeville, daughter of

Richard Wydeville & Jacquetta de Luxembourg, daughter of

Peter de Luxembourg & Margherita de Baux, 1394-1469, daughter of

Francesco de Baux & Sueva Orsini, daughter of

Jeanne de Sabran & Nicolo Orsini, 1331-1399, Senator of Rome, son of

Sueva de Baux & Roberto Orsini, 1295-1345, son of

Romano Orsini, 1268-1327, Senator of Rome & Anastasia de Montford, daughter of

Margherita Aldobrandesca & Guy de Montford (Moford), 1244-1299, son of

Alyanora of the Plantagenets & Simon de Munford (Monford) of Leicester, 1195-1265, father of

Richard de Mulford (Moford, m. Mary "Wellesbourne" Walesborn) of Shrophsire and Buckinghamshire, direct paternal line ancestor of

Harold Edward Gardiner Mulford, my father.