Nancy Bates, daughter of Sir Ralph Bates and Anne Ellison, was born at Melbourne Hall, Northumberland, England, in 1777. Her son, Robert Turnbull (Jr.) was the first of the Bonner royal lineage to emigrate to Canada. The royal lines of the Bonner family pass through the Bates family, back to several members of medieval English aristocracy, as detailed in the biography of Sir Ralph Bates.
This article follows the lineages detailed in the biography of Sir Ralph Bates further back in time to several medieval kings and other historical figures, indicated in bold caps. The lineages below are taken from “Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700” by Frederick Lewis Weis[i]. The Bonner lineage to the ancestors underlined below is detailed in the biography of Sir Ralph Bates. Each person listed below is a direct Bonner ancestor. Prominent historical figures are highlighted in bold caps.
From Sir Ralph Bates
Elizabeth de Grey (d. 1427) (m. Henry Fitzhugh), daughter of:
Sir Robert Grey (m. Lora de Quintin), son of:
Sir John de Grey (bap.1300, d.1359) (m. Alice Marmion), son of:
Margaret de Odingsells (m. Sir John de Grey of Rotherfield d. 1311), daughter of:
Ela Fitz Walter (d.1312) (m. William de Odingsells), daughter of:
Walter Fitz Robert (d. bef.1258) (m. Ida Longespee), son of:
SIR ROBERT FITZ WALTER (d. 1235), leader of the revolt against King John in 1215 and obtained the Magna Charta (m. Rohese), son of:
Walter Fitz Robert (d.1198) (m. Maud de Bohun), son of:
Maud de St. Liz (d.1140) (m. Robert Fitz Richard), daughter of:
DAVID I “the SAINT” KING of SCOTS 1124-1153 (b. abt. 1080) {see also Branch A} (m. Maud of Huntingdon (b.1072)), son of:
MALCOLM III CANMORE, KING of SCOTS 1058-1093 (b. 1031) (m. MARGARET, ST. MARGARET of SCOTLAND), son of:
DUNCAN I MAC CRINAN, KING OF SCOTS 1034-1040, murdered by his cousin MACBETH
Branch A: from Maud of Huntingdon (b.1072) (m. David I “the Saint” King of Scots), daughter of:
Judith of Lens (b.1054) (m. 1070 WaltheroII), daughter of:
Adelaide of Normandy (b. abt. 1030, sister of William the Conqueror) (m. Enguerrand II), daughter of:
Robert I, Duke of Normandy (d. 1035) (mist. Herleve), son of:
Judith of Brittany (982-1017) (m. 1000 RICHARD II “the Good”), daughter of:
Ermengarde of Anjou (m. 980 Conan I of Rennes, Duke of Britany), daughter of:
Adelaide de Vermandois (950-975/8) (m. 979 Geoffroy I), daughter of:
Herbert II (d. 943) (m. Liegarde of France), son of:
Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (850-900/907) (m. Bertha of Morvois), son of:
Pepin (817/8- aft. 840), son of:
Bernard (797-818), King of Italy (m. Cunigunde), son of:
Pepin (781-810), King of Lombardy, son of:
CHARLEMAGNE (747-813/4), KING OF FRANCE, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, (m. Hildegarde), son of:
Pepin III the Short (714-768) {see also Branch B} (m. Berthe (d. 783)), son of:
Charles Martel (m. Rotrou), son of:
Pepin II of Heristal, son of:
Duke Ansegisel (m. St. Begga, dau. of Pepin I), son of:
ST. ARNULF OF METZ (m. Dode) (m. Dode)
Branch B: From Berthe (d. 783) (m. Pepin III the Short), daughter of:
Charibert (Herbert) (m. Gisele (Bertrade)), son of:
Berthe (Bertrée), a Merovingian princess, daughter of:
Thierry III (m. Clotilde), son of:
Clovis II (m. Bathilde), son of:
Dagobert I (m. Nanthilde), son of:
Clotaire II (m. Bertrade), son of:
Chilpéric I (m. Frédégonde), son of:
Cloitaire I (m. Arnégonde), son of:
CLOVIS I, FIRST KING OF THE FRANKS (m. St. Clothilde)
From Sir Ralph Bates:
Margaret Percy (m. Sir William Gasoigne d.1486), daughter of:
Sir Henry Percy, Knt (1421-1461) (m. Eleanor de Poynings), son of:
Eleanor Neville (d.1463) (m. Sir Henry Percy, K.G. (1392/3-1455)), daughter of:
Joan Beaufort (d.1440) (m. Ralph de Neville, K.G.), daughter of:
John of Guant (1340-1398/9) (m. Katherine), son of:
EDWARD III, KING OF ENGLAND 1327-1377 (m. Phillpa of Hainaut), son of:
EDWARD II, KING OF ENGLAND 1307-1327 (m. Isabella of France), son of:
EDWARD I “Longshanks”, KING OF ENGLAND 1272-1307 (m. Marguerite of France), son of:
HENRY III, KING OF ENGLAND 1216-1272 (m. Eleanor of Provence), son of:
JOHN “Lackland”, KING OF ENGLAND 1199-1216 (m. Isabella of Angouleme), son of:
HENRY II “Curtmantel”, KING OF ENGLAND 1154-1189 (m. Eleanor of Aquitaine), son of:
Matilda (1102/4-1167) (m. Geoffrey V (Plantagenet)), daughter of:
HENRY I, BEAUCLERC, KING OF ENGLAND 1100-1135 {see also Branch C} (m. Matilda of Scotland (1079-1118)), son of:
WILLIAM I, the CONQEROR (1027-1087), KING OF ENGLAND 1066-1087
Branch C
Matilda of Scotland (m. HENRY I, KING of ENGLAND), daughter of:
Margaret (St. Margaret of Scotland 1045-1093) (m. MALCOLM III, KING of SCOTS 1058-1093), daughter of:
Agatha 1020-1068 (m. Edward “the Atheling” called the Exile, d.1057), daughter of:
IAROSLAV I, GRAND PRINCE OF KIEV (m. Ingigerd of Sweden, daughter of KING OLAF OF SWEDEN), son of:
ST. VLADIMIR THE GREAT, GRAND PRINCE OF KIEV, married St. Anna, daughter of CONSTANTINE VII, EMPEROR OF BYZANTIUM