This list organizes certain ancestors by attributes that I consider to be particularly interesting, shocking, or otherwise noteworthy. Within each category, the ancestors are in order by their ahnentafel numbers.
Criminals/Prisoners
10Curtis "Bub" Geiger — charged with incest, but found not guilty
12Henry I. Smith — moonshiner; punched a policeman
20Joseph Preston "Buck" Geiger — charged with enticing a woman to prostitution
162James Tillman — charged with assault and battery
7794Lucas Andrieszen — fined for ignoring a government order not to travel through hostile Indian territory
15590Laurens Corneliszen — banished from New Netherland for slandering the colony's Director; convicted smuggler; charged with adultery but found not guilty
32838Peter Maplesden — sentenced to be executed for trying to overthrow Queen Mary I, but pardoned before the sentence was carried out
2101624Robert Cheyne — imprisoned for "outlawry" by trespassing, but pardoned
Sir 4203240William Detling — violent gang-leader (ordered an enemy's wife to be beaten to death, and cut off part of a man's head with a Scottish axe)
8406498Robert de Shurland — rebelled against King Edward II; imprisoned in the Tower of London
Died Violently
158Wiley Hoffman — shot dead by his wife during a domestic dispute
174Thomas B. Logue — killed in action at the Battle of the Crater
Sir 4203240William Detling — killed during a brawl that broke out after two servants fought over who had the right to oats at a certain farm
2101624Robert Cheyne — allegedly died after his horse fell on him, although contemporary evidence is lacking
4203248William Cheyne — tortured to death for rebelling against King Edward II
8406496Alexander de Cheyne — seems to have died in combat during the Anglo-French War, although this isn't explicitly stated
134503952William de Say — may have been mortally wounded while laying siege to Burwell Castle, although the evidence is controvertible
Died Young
29Mary Lee Parlier
40Jackson Geiger
59Sallie McClellan
87Mary Logue
93Rebecca Hill
112Hiram Brown
158Wiley Hoffman
175Sarah Melton
325Catherine Chuning
326John C. Everett
Divorced, Separated, etc.
10Curtis "Bub" Geiger and 11Mary Clyde Black
12Henry Irvin Smith and 13Oma Mae Collins
14George Fred Brown and 15Evelyn Dunkin
348James Logue and 349Frances C. Hunter
366William Chambers — had a longterm affair/pseudo-marriage with a married woman named Rebecca Stuckey
67251978Richard de Clare and 67251979Amice of Gloucester
134503953Beatrice de Mandeville and her first husband Hugh de Talbot
Immigrated from Europe to America
332Angus Gillis — may have immigrated from Scotland, but not certain
452Peter Groover
640Hans Ulrich Geiger
1280Abraham Geiger
1281Cathrina Schellig
1864John Douthit
3898Teunis Elissen van Bunschoten
3906Thomas Keene
4104Francis Eppes
7795Aefje Laurens — likely immigrated from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City), but evidence is controvertible
8Bryant Knight — trained for World War I, but wasn't deployed
32Russell Knight — may have been a Confederate
36William M. Thigpen — Confederate
48William Harvey Smith — Confederate
50Robert Oxley — Confederate, wounded in action
52Josiah Collins — Georgia state militia during the Civil War
60John R. Dunkin — Confederate
62Isaac W. Brown — Southern Unionist during the Civil War
78Jordan Norris — Confederate, first sergeant; attended a Confederate veterans' reunion in the 1890's
90Benjamin Black — Confederate, prisoner of war
92John G. Tant — Confederate, mostly on detached duty due to disability
98Jesse Ammons — Confederate volunteer, but was discharged after 1 week due to old age
100Kenion Oxley — Georgia state militia during the Civil War
112Hiram Brown — Confederate, died of war-related disease
114John Wesley Hanes — Confederate, prisoner of war
116John W. T. Parlier — Confederate, artilleryman, corporal
120Peter E. Dunkin — Second Creek War
126Cain Waldrip — Cherokee removal, a.k.a. Trail of Tears
174Thomas B. Logue — Confederate, killed in action
224Silas Brown — investigated a suspected sympathizer of Abraham Lincoln
242 Henry Reid — defended Georgia's frontier against Indian attack
264James Price — took an oath in support of America's army during the Revolutionary War
324Joseph Tillman — War of 1812
430Jesse Doles — American patriot in the Revolutionary War
484George Reid — American patriot in the Revolutionary War
826James Ricks — American patriot in the Revolutionary War
932William Douthit — British loyalist/sympathizer in the Revolutionary War
972Thomas Harrison — lieutenant during the French and Indian War; gave material support to anti-Indian militia and to American patriots in the Revolutionary War
1304John Everett — American patriot in the Revolutionary War
1864John Douthit — provided material support to American patriots in the Revolutionary War
2052John Eppes — militia leader in colonial Virginia
4104Francis Eppes — fought Indians
7798Gerrit Thÿszen — French privateer during the Franco-Spanish War
16418Alexander Fisher — joined Wyatt's Rebellion to try to overthrow Queen Mary I
32838Peter Maplesden — joined Wyatt's Rebellion to try to overthrow Queen Mary I
262702Thomas at Towne — invaded Normandy during the Hundred Years' War
525406William Cheyne — contributed funds for an army during the Hundred Years' War
1050810John de Detlyng — knight
1050814John Salerne — organized a navy for an expedition, presumably as part of the Hundred Years' War
2101620William Brampton de Detling — knight
2101624Richard Cheyne — knight; fought in the Hundred Years' War
Sir 4203240William Detling — knight
4203248William Cheyne — rebelled against King Edward II
8406496Alexander de Cheyne — knight; served in Wales; seems to have died fighting in Gascony during the Anglo-French War
8406498Robert de Shurland — knight; served in Gascony and Scotland; later rebelled against King Edward II
16812994William de Say — fought for England in various conflicts in England, Wales, and France
33625988Geoffrey de Say — baron; participated in various actions in England and France
67251978Richard de Clare — baron; owned Tonbridge Castle, which became a baronial stronghold during the conflict in the wake of the Magna Carta
Miscellaneous
45Julia Black — live-in servant; may have been a single mother
52Josiah Collins — his eldest daughter murdered a man, and one of his slaves murdered somebody, too
80Washington Leonard Geiger — Baptist preacher; wrote a religious book; school principal; supported Prohibition
82Thomas Davis — music teacher
98Jesse Ammons — 2 of his children were killed by lightning
159Sarah Powell — killed her husband
226Philip Groover — Methodist preacher
288Travis Thigpen — received a passport to travel through the Creek nation
324Joseph Tillman — Georgia state senator
328Arthur Davis — his house was destroyed by a cyclone
486 Davis Harrison — Indians stole two of his horses
972Thomas Harrison — Harrisonburg, Virginia is named in his honor
1305Sarah Fagan — possibly my longest-lived ancestor
1652Isaac Ricks — co-owned an important mill site in colonial North Carolina
1952John Garner — testified in court about his neighbor's feces
2052John Eppes — brother was killed by Indians
3907Mary ___ — outlived three husbands
4104Francis Eppes — fought Indians; member of Virginia's House of Burgesses and Council of State
6608Isaac Ricks — Quaker
8208John Epes — lawyer in England
65672William Fisher — lawyer in England
15588 Andries Luycaszen — wounded in the face by an Indian with a pistol; knew Lenape language(s)
262702Thomas at Towne — member of England's Parliament
525404Thomas at Towne — lawyer in England
525406William Cheyne — member of England's Parliament
1050814John Salerne — refugee during the Hundred Years' War; member of England's Parliament; sheriff of Sussex and Surry counties in England
8406498Robert de Shurland — indentured servant
33625988Geoffrey de Say — Magna Carta surety baron
67251978Richard de Clare — Magna Carta surety baron
538015814Eudes — servant of William the Conqueror
