Who is your oldest ancestor you know about and where did they live ?

Question

for instance mine lived between 1500 and 1550. (from the ones I know)

Answer 1

well i know that one of the oldest guys my family knows lived in spain and then came to america, and he was born arround 1790's, but the oldest person that i actually met was my grand grand mother that died 2 years ago at the age of 99 years old.

so i hope it is enough for you

Answer 2

mid 1600's Flayle Payne(Paine), England.  Came to America late 1600's, settled in Maryland.  Another branch, Alexander Biles(Byles) same thing, came from England mid 1600's.

Answer 3

I`m just working on my family tree and so far have a g,g,g,grandad born in 1820 lived in London and was a Jeweller.

Answer 4

Interesting question, I though you meant personally know.  I have traced my family back to William the Conqueror (11 Century Normandy).  

Answer 5

The oldest ancestor that I know of was one of the Welsh mercenaries that fought at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

Answer 6

my great,great,great,grand father was born in colchester essex,1812 before settling in london(old street) in 1842.

Answer 7

My g g g g g grandfather, John Mackclocklin was born in about 1760 in London.  His family lived in Jersey, Channel Islands.

Answer 8

my great grandpa he lived until he was 102 and died 2 years ago.  

Answer 9

John Paine, father of William Paine b.1550 Braunton, Devon

His son, also called William was born 1570 in Newton Saint Cyres, Devon and he married Johan Aishlie on 13June1581

Unless you count my "Clan Mother" named as 'Una' whose DNA was lurking around the Middle East some 20,000 years ago.

Answer 10

Im related to a Norweigen viking

apparently people were really scared of him!

and my ancestors were on the second fleet to Australia;)

Answer 11

Lazarus Goetschi, born 1554 in Switzerland.  

Answer 12

My nan, just down the road.

Answer 13

I've identified more than four thousand of my mother's direct ancestors back at least twelve generations, virtually all of them in France. For most of these 9th great-grandparents (and some further back) I have only their names and locations, but many of my 8th great-grandparents, and most of my 7th and 6th-greatgrandparents, came to New France (Canada) between 1630 and 1660, and about them I have managed to learn quite a great deal. (And, in doing so, discovered that early Canadian history is a lot more fascinating when you take a personal interest!)

A couple of my favourites:

René Bénard de Bourjoly (1625-85/9), born at Villiers-au-Bouin, Angers, to Jean Besnard and Madeleine Maillard; migrated to Montreal as corporal of the garrison in 1653 (on the ill-fated last voyage of the St Nicolas de Nantes). On November 2, 1658, René was convicted of witchcraft---casting a spell of impotence on 14-year-old Marie Pontonnier's husband---and sentenced to death by burning at the stake. Fortunately his life was spared; he was jailed briefly and then exiled for life from Montreal. He married Marie Sedilot dit Jerlotte (1627-89) at Trois Rivières in 1661. (My 7th great-grandparents)

Marie Pontonnier (1643-1718), daughter of Urbain Pontonnier and Julienne Felicité Jamin, from Le Lude, Anjou, Sarthe, her first marriage annulled in 1660, married Pierre Martin LaRivière  on November 3, 1660; he was killed by the Iroquois four months later. She married Honoré Langlois dit LaChapelle on December 5, 1661, they had ten children. (My 9th and 8th great-grandparents)  .

Answer 14

According to Ancestry.com, I can trace my paternal grandfather's line back further, but it begins to get a little murky after the historical Lady M*cbeth, also known as Gruoch Ingen Boite, Queen Consort of Scotland (1040-1059).  Gruoch was possibly the niece of Malcom II and/or the granddaughter of Kenneth III of Scotland.  M*cbeth probably had something to do with the death of her first husband, Gillacomgain, but he was elected King of Scotland in place of Duncan's son, who was only a child.  M*cbeth ruled a stable-enough Scotland for him to go on a pilgrimage to Rome for a Papal Jubilee in 1050.  He is also known as one of the founder of the Scottish legal system.  After M*cbeth's death, Lady M's son, "Lulach, the Stupid," ruled before Malcolm seized power.  

William Shakespeare clearly performed a hatchet job on the M*cbeths, but literary historians must wonder what kind of play the Bard would have written if he had told the true story.  At any rate, Lady M. is an intriguing person to have as an ancestor.

P. S. -- It's bad luck to mention the name of "The Scottish Play"!