Talk:Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre

Descent to Taunton?

I have read through A Genealogical Memior of the Leonard family. It is never officially confirmed whether or not the Leonard's which ended up in Bridgewater or Taunton are descendants of this lineage. It's a constant "if" or "perhaps" with nothing confirmed. There is a specific line on pg 22 which states, It renders it more improbable that the Taunton Leonards were from the Dacre family, yet does not make it less probable that they are from an earlier offshoot of the same Lennard stock. Thomas Leonard, who is listed under the "descent chart" for Margaret Fiennes and Sampson Lennard, according to the book, stayed in Great Britain and never went to Taunton. He was not a son of Margaret and Sampson; the book says nothing about him being a son. The tree in the book that specifically starts out with Thomas Leonard of Great Britain states, who remained in Great Britain, had sons. Starting on pg 16 -- it states the whole tree of the Thomas of Great Britain which looks like someone has tried to link to Sampson Lennard, only this Thomas is not his son. The actual Thomas Leonard that came to New England is not this Thomas of Great Britain or in any way are they connected to the family according to the book. The Thomas who came to New England came with his father, James, son of the Thomas of Great Britain. With the tree of the Taunton Leonards, the book does not confirm a link to Sampson Lennard. Unless there is a better source or an official source stating these are the descendants of Margaret and Sampson, I propose taking this out. I notice that all this work was done under an IP address, no official tag or name registered. I also would like to note the obnoxious ancestry; a simple chart would do! Is someone trying to prove something? -- Lady Meg (talk) 08:33, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Also, the other "source" An Account of the families of Lennard and Barrett disproves this claim. See page 1 and 2. However, this book does mention a son Thomas, but he died d.s.p (no children, no heirs) in 1638 (pg 214). -- Lady Meg (talk) 09:21, 23 February 2013 (UTC)