Gunpower, Treason and Plot

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,

The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,

I know of no reason

Why the Gunpowder Treason

Should ever be forgot.

A contemporary engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by Crispijn van de Passe. 

The men pictured here are the group of English Catholics who conspired to blow up the King and Houses of Parliament. We remember the event with bonfires and fireworks on 5th November every year in England, though we now place a "Guy" on the bonfire rather than a "Pope".

In the engraving Guido Fawkes (or Guy Fawkes), 3rd from the left, is the 3rd cousin of the husband of my 3rd cousin 13x removed. I was trying to work out what the lineage was between me and Guy as there seemed various possibilities: Rossiter, Pulleyn, but it turned out (and I only just realised Ancestry did this) that it was through the Wangers. Ancestry providing the route!

Guy Fawkes

Edward Fawkes 1533-1578

Father of Guy Fawkes

William Fawkes 1500-1578

Father of Edward Fawkes

Henry Fawkes 1470-1549

Father of William Fawkes

John Fawkes 1440-1496

Father of Henry Fawkes

Nicholas Fawkes 1468-1554

Son of John Fawkes

Marmaduke Fawkes 1515-

Son of Nicholas Fawkes

Marmaduke Fawkes 1553-

Son of Marmaduke Fawkes

Michael Fawkes 1538-1647

Son of Marmaduke Fawkes

Mary Molyneux 1601-1672

Wife of Michael Fawkes

John Molyneux 1611-1640

Father of Mary Molyneux

Thomas Molyneux 1531-1596

Father of John Molyneux

Francis Molyneux

Father of Thomas Molyneux

Edward Molyneux

Father of Francis Molyneux

Mary Molyneux 1566-1609

Daughter of Edward Molyneux

Henry Disney 1569-1641

Son of Mary Molyneux

William Disney 1589-1656

Son of Henry Disney

Richard Disney -1650

Son of William Disney

Richard Disney 1633-

Son of Richard Disney

Elizabeth Disney 1658-1747

Daughter of Richard Disney

Elizabeth Barford

Daughter of Elizabeth Disney

John Stapleton 1719-

Son of Elizabeth Barford

John Stapleton 1752-1798

Son of John Stapleton

Thomas Stapleton 1785-1861

Son of John Stapleton

Elizabeth Stapleton 1814-1888

Daughter of Thomas Stapleton

John Stapleton 1846-1912

Son of Elizabeth Stapleton

Louisa Stapleton 1868-1945

Daughter of John Stapleton

Arthur George Henry Wanger 1894-1966

Son of Louisa Stapleton

Charles Arthur Wanger 1926-2018

Son of Arthur George Henry Wanger

Sylvia Ann Wanger 1951-

Daughter of Charles Arthur Wanger

Alison Elizabeth Benson

You are the daughter of Sylvia Ann Wanger