CANTACUZENE-SPERANSKY

The Russian Princes Cantacuzène descend from the Magureanu-branch of Romanian Cantacuzino family. Nicolae Cantacuzino (1761-1841), grandson of the founder of this branch Matei Cantacuzino, was a Russian general. His grandson Mikhail Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzène(1847-1894) was created Count Speransky on 18-5-1872. The family was confirmed to be of princely rank by the Governing Senate of the Russian Empire on 29-4-1893.
The eldest proven ancestor of the family Cantacuzino is Dimitrie Cantacuzino (+ 1536) called Saitan, father of Mihai Cantacuzino (1515-1578) the ancestor of all present branches of the family. This Dimitrie could have been a son of another Dimitrie, mentioned in Hungary in 1474 and son of Manuel Cantacuzinos, despot of Magna Ragusa in 1466, a great grandson of Ioannes VI Cantacuzinos Emperor of Byzantium 1347-1358.

1a. Nicholas Mikhailovitch Prince Cantacuzene * 4-7-1999
1b. Elizabeth Mikhailovna Princess Cantacuzene * 2000/01
1c. Clarissa Mikhailovna Princess Cantacuzene * 2002/03

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2. Michael Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzene, Count Speransky * Washington 12-7-1961
x Washington, DC 6-6-1998
3. Elizabeth Edgeworth * …

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4. Rodion Mikhailovitch Prince Cantacuzene, Count Speransky * Chicago 22-10-1928 + Aldie, Virginia 16-3-2016
x Ellicott City, Maryland 24-9-1960
5. Melissa Merle MacNeille * New York City 1-2-1939
6. Arthur Bartholomew Edgeworth Jr. * New York 10-10-1929 + Chevy Chase, Maryland 24-8-2002; Lawyer
x ... (engaged ..-5-1955)
7. Elizabeth Dunlop Walker * 1933/34

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8. Mikhail Mikhailovitch Prince Cantacuzène, Count Speransky * St. Petersburg 27-7-1900 + Lake Forest, Illinois 25-12-1972
xI Boston 26-6-1921 (divorced 1935)
9. Clarissa Curtis * Boston 27-11-1899 + Boston 30-8-1939
10. Merrall MacNeille * New York 3-5-1909 + Butler, Baltimore co.19-11-2007; Farmer; xII 1950 Margie Fisher * …
x Roslyn, New York 26-7-1936 (divorced)
11. Adelaide Brevoort Close * Greenwich, Conn. 26-7-1908 + Maryland 31-12-1998; xI New York 19-1-1927 (divorced) Thomas Welles Durant * Waterbury, Conn. 18-10-1899 + Los Angeles 7-12-1984; Stockbroker; xIII Washington, DC 8-6-1948 Augustus Riggs * Maryland 11-8-1913 + Olney, Maryland 20-6-1975
12. Arthur Bartholomew Edgeworth * Conn. 24-12-1900 + 20-3-1990
x Dover, Delaware 5-11-1928
13. Alberta Salome Downes * Dover, Delaware 27-8-1900 + 3-7-2005
14. Oliver Mallory Walker * Alpine, Alabama ..-3-1898 + 2-2-1990; Mortgage banker, realtor
x 11-6-1932
15. Elizabeth Powell Dunlop * 20-5-1910 + 29-9-1970

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16. Mikhail Mikhailovitch Prince Cantacuzène, Count Speransky * Odessa 29-4-1875 + Sarasota, Florida 25-3-1955; Vice president Palmer Bank
xI Newport, Rhode Island 24-9-1899 (divorced 27-10-1934)
17. Julia Grant * Washington 7-6-1876 + 1975
18. Thomas Pelham Curtis * San Francisco 11-1-1873 (or Boston 7-9-1870) + Nahant, Mass. 23-5-1944; Winner 100 meter hurdles Olympic Games of 1896
x Baltimore 4-8-1894
19. Frances Kellogg Small * California ..-4-1872 + …
20. John Robert MacNeille * Brockton, Mass. 21-1-1876 + Scarsdale, New York 24-2-1928; Director The Investor's Agency Inc.
x New York 26-4-1906
21. Ada Louise Merrall * New York 3-1-1877 + Dedham, Mass. ..-12-1967
22. Edward Bennett Close * New York 23-1-1882 + Greenwich, Conn. 5-2-1955; Attorney, manufacturer
x New York 3-12-1905 (divorced 1919)
23. Marjorie Merriweather Post * Springfield, Illinois 15-3-1887 + Washington 12-9-1973
24. Bartholomew Edgeworth * Canada 1869/70; Emigrated in 1892/94 to USA
x ...
25. Mary Shannon * England 1875
26. James Albert Downes * Centerville, Maryland 27-9-1870 + Wilmington, Delaware 25-7-1949; xI Washington, DC 21-10-1891 Lulu Virginia Cox * …
xII Riverton, New Jersey 12-5-1897
27. Harriet Lucy Schoch * Franklin, Penn. 25-11-1866 + Dover, Delaware 15-11-1946
28. Samuel Walker * Autauga, Alabama 16-7-1859 + Chilton, Alabama 12-7-1913
x Talladega co., Alabama 22-12-1897
29. Ella Belle Mallory * 17-2-1869 + 20-3-1955
30. William Laird Dunlop Jr. * 29-6-1884 + Washington, DC 23-12-1945
x Round Hill, Virginia 3-3-1908
31. Bessie Lee Powell * Paxson, Virginia 27-2-1885 + Washington 23-10-1944

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32. Mikhail Rodionovitch Prince Cantacuzène, Count Speransky * St.Petersburg 5-10-1847 + Arcachon 25-3-1894
x Odessa 12-4-1874
33. Elisabeth Sicard * Odessa 11-3-1848 + Vanduzy, Moçambique 3-3-1934
34. Frederick Dent Grant * Saint Louis, Missouri 30-5-1850 + New York 11-4-1912
x Chicago 20-10-1874
35. Ida Marie Honore * Louisville, Kentucky 4-6-1854 + Washington, DC 1930
36. Herbert Pelham Curtis * … + …
x Boston 27-4-1865
37. Anna Isabella White * … + …
38. Michael P. Small * …
x ...
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40. Robert George Stephen MacNeille * Philadelphia 1-4-1841 + Roselle, New Jersey 19-10-1903
x New Haven, Conn. 16-7-1871
41. Ellen Louisa Coe * Illinois ..-6-1848 + Southern Pines 1928
42. William John Merrall * …
x ...
43. Mary Elizabeth Beard * ...
44. Edward Harvey Close * New York 1844 + New York 14-4-1888
x Manhattan, New York 6-1-1881
45. Emma Bennett * ... + …
46. Charles William Post * Springfield 26-10-1854 + Santa Barbara 9-5-1914
x Pawnee, Illinois 4-11-1874
47. Ella Letitia Merriweather * Springfield 18-4-1851 + Washington, DC 12-10-1912
48. N. Edgeworth * Ireland …
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52. Samuel T. Downes * Queen Annes, Maryland 15-8-1822 + Dover, Delaware 6-3-1880
xII …
53. Virginia Turner * Maryland 1837
54. Allen Schoch * Middleburg, Penn. 27-3-1839 + Audubon, New Jersey 1-3-1913
x Penn. 1862
55. Catherine Hassinger * Middleburg 25-1-1838 + Dover 29-3-1922
56. William Augustus Walker * Mecklenburg co., North Carolina 3-3-1812 + Chilton co., Alabama 28-1-1891; Carpenter and builder
xII Pratville, Alabama 9-5-1844
57. Sarah Virginia Shelton * Prattville, Alabama 7-3-1827 + Chilton 20-9-1874
58. James Oliver Mallory * Alabama 8-11-1841 + Talladega co., Alabama 14-9-1885
x Talladega co., Alabama 28-1-1868
59. Nannie Welch Riser * 30-7-1845 + Talladega co., Alabama 27-3-1919
60. William Laird Dunlop * 15-5-1830 + Washington 23-10-1916; Lawyer
x ...
61. Sarah Norfleet Peter * 30-5-1856 + Washington 16-5-1935
62. William L. Powell * Virginia 1855
x ...
63. Francis (Fannie) C. * Virginia 1864

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64. Rodion Nikolaievitch Prince Cantacuzène * 1812 + 1880; Zn van Nikolai Rodionovitch Prince C. (Kantakuzin) en Elena Alexandrovna Gennadi
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65. Maria Alexandrovna Frolova-Bagreeva * … + …; Dr van Alexander F.-B. en N. Mikhailovna Countess Speranskaya
66. Charles Karlovitch Sicard (*) Odessa 1809 + Taypole bij Viborg 1885; Zn van Charles S., merchant, founded the Black Sea Company in Odessa in 1816, Russian consul in Livorno in 1819
x …
67. Catherine Elizabeth Trumpi * …; Dr van
68. Ulysses S. Grant * Point Pleasant, Ohio 27-4-1822 + Mount McGregor, New York 23-7-1885; President of the United States 1869-1877; Zn van Jesse Root G. en Hannah Simpson
x Saint Louis 22/8/1848
69. Julia Boggs Dent * Saint Louis 26-1-1826 + Washington, DC 14-12-1902; Dr van Frederick Fayette D. en Ellen Bray Wrenshall
70. Henry Hamilton Honore * Louisville, Kentucky 19-2-1824 + 16-8-1916; Real estate developer in Chicago; Zn van plantation owner Francis H. en Matilda Lockwood
x …
71. Elizabeth d’Orsay Carr * … + …; Dr van John C.
72. Charles Pelham Curtis * Boston 22-6-1792 + 4-10-1864; Zn van Thomas C. en Helena Pelham
x 1815
73. Anna Wroe Scollay * … + Boston 25-10-1845; Dr van
74. Ferdinand Elliott White * Boston 21-8-1788 + 4-1-1853; Zn van Ebenezer W. en Abigail Bell
x Leominster, Mass. 29-10-1825
75. Dorothy Hancock Gardner * Leominster 10-4-1799 + 1892; Dr van John G. en Elizabeth Greenleaf
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80. Perry Robinson MacNeille * Engeland 1805 + Philadelphia 1864; Zn van Robert M. en Elizabeth
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81. Hannah Shepherdson * Philadelphia 1802 + Philadelphia 1881; Dr van
82. Watson V. Coe * Middlefield, Conn. ..-2-1814 + 1905; Zn van Bela C. en Hannah Ward
x 18-10-1837
83. Louisa Bacon * Middletown, Conn. 10-7-1819 + 4-10-1899; Dr van Nathaniel B. en Abigail
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88. Aaron Close * Greenwich, Conn. 1815 + 25-11-1894; Clothing dealer in New York; Zn van Harvey C. en Jemima Lockwood
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89. Harriet Priscilla Udell * Stephentown, New York 18-11-1818 + 3-2-1884; Dr van Samuel U. en Mary Grant
90. Joseph Bennett * … + …; Zn van
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91. Emma Morse * … + …; Dr van John M. en Isabella Brevoort
92. Charles Rollin Post * Cornwall, Vermont 5-1-1826 + Los Angeles 15-7-1919; Zn van Truman P. en Betsey Atwater
x ...
93. Caroline Cushman Lathrop * Ashord, Conn. 27-11-1824 + Fort Worth, Texas 17-10-1914; Dr van Erastus L. en Sarah Bailey
94. John Hood Merriweather * Maryland 2-7-1808 + Pawnee, Illinois 15-10-1863; Clerk, grocer, merchant, farmer; Zn van merchant and miller Nicolas M. en Elizabeth Hood
x Clark co., Ohio 5-3-1835
95. Elizabeth Hummel * Hummelsville, Ohio 24-10-1813 + Pawnee 18-8-1868; Dr van
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104. Hawkins Downes * Queen Annes ... + Queen Annes 1831; Zn van Solomon D. en Nancy Ann Banning
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105. Sarah Hall * Queen Annes ... + Queen Annes 10-1-1843; Dr van
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108. David Schoch * Penn. 27-7-1812 + Middleburg 16-10-1867; Zn van Jacob S. en Elizabeth Hendricks
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109. Maria Pawling * Penn. 4-12-1817 + Penn. 2-11-1870; Dr van Samuel P. en Elizabeth Woodling
110. Conrad Hassinger * 13-9-1794 + 14-12-1851; Farmer; Zn van Johannes/Jonathan H. en Eva Catherine Bobb
x 1822
111. Lucy Ann Snyder * 23-3-1802 + 2-8-1870; Dr van George S. en Margaret
112. Hugh Walker * North Carolina 16-6-1777 + North Carolina 1-7-1821; Zn van
x Mecklenburg co., North Carolina 12-1-1803
113. Margaret Carroll * 10-5-1782 + 15-6-1831; Dr van
114. Stephen (Gib) Shelton * Halifax, North Carolina 1797 + Bastrop, Louisiana 18-2-1860; Plantation owner in Autauga co., Alabama in 1830 with 26 slaves, moved to Louisiana in 1848; Zn van Burwell S. en Ann Lane
x Autauga co., Alabama 17-5-1822
115. Martha Graves * Oglethorpe, Georgia 1805 + Lowndes, Alabama 5-7-1875; Dr van William G. en Sarah Smith
116. James Mallory * Orange co., Virginia 16-4-1807 + Alpine, Alabama 28-10-1877; Owner of Selwood Plantation; Zn van Uriel M. en Melinda Welch
x Madison, Virginia 11-12-1832
117. Ann Maria Darby * Culpeper co., Virginia 1813 + Talladega co., Alabama 31-10-1889; Dr van Adam D.
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120. James Dunlop * Maryland 28-3-1793 + Georgetown, DC 6-5-1872; Associate Judge of the District Supreme Court; Zn van James D. en Elizabeth Peter
x DC 7-4-1818
121. Barbara Lucinda Laird * Maryland ca. 1795 + Georgetown 4-12-1872; Dr van John L.
122. George Peter * Montanverde 28-11-1829 + Rockville 9-8-1893; Zn van George P. en Sarah Freeland
x 20-10-1852
123. Elizabeth Lavinia Gassaway * ...; Dr van farmer John G. en Eliza Dorsey
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Sources:
Les familles princieres de l'ancien empire de Russie
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tmsidb0&id=I5783
http://www.genealogia.ru/gene/bpg/publication_view.asp?InfoID=146621&iabspos=14&vjob=vtype%2C21&vtkid=
http://bergergirls.com/getperson.php?personID=I077372&tree=Strausstown
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~opus/p37.htm
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=awlakey&id=I33288