Wikipedia Bio for Francis Walsingham
How we relate to Francis Walsingham:
Bio from History of Parliament
Bio from Tudor Place, and excellent reference for early British families of rank.
Francis Walsingham, known as "The Spy Master" of the Court of Elizabeth I, played a well known role in the attempts to place an English colony into North America at Roanoke in the mid and late 1580's. There is a body of evidence that suggests he was part of a plot to sabotage the colony...
From Johns Hopkins Magazine, an article which touches on the role of Francis Walsingham in the Roanoke ventures of the 1580's.
List of Settlers and Known Support Staff for the Roanoke Colonies (from the National Park Service)
How we descend from the family of Francis Walsingham
Marian and Agnes Wilder were the daughters of
James Llewellyn Wilder, the son of
Francis L. Wilder, the son of
James M. Wilder, the son of
Grace Hosmer, the daughter of
Daniel Hosmer, Jr., the son of
Bethiah Conant, the daughter of
Lot Conant II, the son of
John Conant, the son of
Elizabeth Walton, the daughter of
Rev. William Walton, the son of
Margaret FitzWilliams, the daughter of
Winifred Mildmay, the daughter of
Mary Walsingham, the sister of Francis Walsingham.