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{{quote|As a matter of fact, among my, uh, mother's side in the uh, ancestral traits *[[Stress sigh|sighs]]* we have uh, we have been traced down to Daniel Weston, who was on the main--''Mayflower'' voyage.|[[Captain's Log]], [[Chris Chan's Public Announcement|Stardate November 7th, 2007]]}} | {{quote|As a matter of fact, among my, uh, mother's side in the uh, ancestral traits *[[Stress sigh|sighs]]* we have uh, we have been traced down to Daniel Weston, who was on the main--''Mayflower'' voyage.|[[Captain's Log]], [[Chris Chan's Public Announcement|Stardate November 7th, 2007]]}} | ||
'''Daniel Weston''' is one of the people who Chris claims to be one of his illustrious ancestors. He was, according to Chris, aboard the ''[[Wikipedia:Mayflower|Mayflower]]'', the ship that sailed the [[Wikipedia:Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrim Fathers]] to [[United States of America|America]] in [[Pre-1980#Pre-1900|1620]];<ref name="publicannouncement">[[Chris Chan's Public Announcement]]</ref> however, according to all known passenger lists of the ''Mayflower'', there was never a man named Weston aboard.<ref>[http://genforum.genealogy.com/weston/messages/54.html Genealogy Forum]</ref> | '''Daniel Weston''' is one of the people who Chris claims to be one of his illustrious ancestors, through whom he is descended from [[Anne Boleyn]]<ref name="publicannouncement" />, [[Lies|whose only daughter died childless]]. He was, according to Chris, aboard the ''[[Wikipedia:Mayflower|Mayflower]]'', the ship that sailed the [[Wikipedia:Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrim Fathers]] to [[United States of America|America]] in [[Pre-1980#Pre-1900|1620]];<ref name="publicannouncement">[[Chris Chan's Public Announcement]]</ref> however, according to all known passenger lists of the ''Mayflower'', there was never a man named Weston aboard.<ref>[http://genforum.genealogy.com/weston/messages/54.html Genealogy Forum]</ref> Presuming against the fact that Weston did not exist and Anne Boleyn had no possible living descendants at the time of American colonisation, there is still no reason whatsoever why an Anglican English noble would flee Britain, let alone on the ''Mayflower'' (which was full of Puritans) in the first place. | ||
This is | There is a possibility that Chris actually meant to say [[wikipedia:Pilgrim Fathers|Thomas Weston]], an English merchant who funded The Mayflower, though this makes no more sense than the prior account. Chris later revised his theory that Daniel Weston was not on the ''Mayflower'' claiming that "he made his voyage later on."<ref>[[Mailbag 27#A family history of failure]]</ref> This highly nebulous revision is no more persuasive than the original account, and neither version of the story explains how he was descended from a queen who died childless. | ||
These flatly impossible notions may have been concocted by Chris, or spoonfed to him his [[Barbara Chandler|mother]] to make him feel special. In reality, Chris's earliest known paternal ancestor was a hick named William Wynn, whose grandson Robert was an adulterous [[alcohol]]ic.<ref>http://www.harveypowers.com/wynn/wynn/d118.html#P141</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 04:03, 3 November 2014
| “ | As a matter of fact, among my, uh, mother's side in the uh, ancestral traits *sighs* we have uh, we have been traced down to Daniel Weston, who was on the main--Mayflower voyage. | ” |
| Captain's Log, Stardate November 7th, 2007 | ||
Daniel Weston is one of the people who Chris claims to be one of his illustrious ancestors, through whom he is descended from Anne Boleyn[1], whose only daughter died childless. He was, according to Chris, aboard the Mayflower, the ship that sailed the Pilgrim Fathers to America in 1620;[1] however, according to all known passenger lists of the Mayflower, there was never a man named Weston aboard.[2] Presuming against the fact that Weston did not exist and Anne Boleyn had no possible living descendants at the time of American colonisation, there is still no reason whatsoever why an Anglican English noble would flee Britain, let alone on the Mayflower (which was full of Puritans) in the first place.
There is a possibility that Chris actually meant to say Thomas Weston, an English merchant who funded The Mayflower, though this makes no more sense than the prior account. Chris later revised his theory that Daniel Weston was not on the Mayflower claiming that "he made his voyage later on."[3] This highly nebulous revision is no more persuasive than the original account, and neither version of the story explains how he was descended from a queen who died childless.
These flatly impossible notions may have been concocted by Chris, or spoonfed to him his mother to make him feel special. In reality, Chris's earliest known paternal ancestor was a hick named William Wynn, whose grandson Robert was an adulterous alcoholic.[4]
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