Many Indian tribes were matriarchal; i. e. children were of their mothers’ clans. Since that was the Indian way (and male descent was barely kin) I thought it would be interesting to post the female lineage (by the way, this matches the mitochondrial DNA transmission through the generations). Here is what I have for our maternal lineage from Princess Mary of the Piscataway. If I ever get to Maryland, I would like to visit our cousins and their museum there; maybe meet the current Tayac/ emperor (it appears they are now using “Tayac” as a surname).
- Chitamachen (later Kittamaquund), Tayac of Piscataway tribe>
- Mary (married Giles Brent)>
- *Katherine Brent (married Richard Marsham)>
- Katherine Marsham (married Samuel Queen)>
- Margaret Queen (married John Belt)>
- Katherine Belt (married Benjamin Brashear III)>
- Sarah “Sallie” Brashear (married Christian Bingaman, Jr.)>
- Catharine Bingaman (married William Washington White)>
- Sarah Ann White (married Samuel Doherty)>
- Mary Catharine W(hite) Doherty (married Albert George Reily)> William Morgan Reily (male lineage)>>Barbara
- Sarah Ann Reily (married Robert Wesley Reiley, Jr.)> George Herndon Reily (male lineage)>> Larry
- Mary> Anne= DIRECT MATERNAL LINE
- Dolly> Patsy> Arlene= DIRECT MATERNAL LINE
* There is some dispute that Katherine Brent was a niece of Giles’. If there is a female- line descendant of Katherine Brent’s sister, a DNA comparison with Patsy, Anne, or Arlene could settle that question.
