(1) Richard Cheesome, born 1631 in London, England, died 1670. Married Margaret Isham. Had sons James, William, and Alexander.

(2) James Cheasum, born 1657, died 1698. Son of Richard and Margaret Cheesome. Married Ann Carter, had sons John Chisum and James, Jr.

(3) John Chisum, born 1681, died 1734. Son of James and Ann Cheasum. Married Elizabeth Bradley, had sons William and John 11.

(4) John Chisum 11, born 1704, died 1792. Son of John and Elizabeth Chisum. Married Ellender (Elenor, Eleanor) Girlington. Had sons James, Adam, Elijah, Isham, Obidiah, Absalom, and John 111. Had daughters Sarah, Chloe, Elizabeth, Priscilla, and Anna.

(5) John Chisum 111, born 1732, died 1789. Son of John Chisum 11 and Ellender Girlington-Chisum. Married Margaret Chisum (third cousins). Had sons Isham, Elijah, Jesse, and John. Had daughters Phoebe, Chloe, Anna, and Sallie.

(6) Isham Russell Chisholm, born 1775, died 1829. Son of John 111 and Margaret Chisum. Married Amelia (Permelia) Roberts. Had sons Alexander, Claiborne, Isham Jr., and John. Had daughters Flora, Rhoda, and Anne.

(7) John Chisholm, born 1805 in South Carolina. Son of Isham Russell and Amelia Chisholm. Married Verlinda Harvey. Had sons Norman, Robert, John Thomas, Hugh, and William. Had daughters Amelia, Maragret, Sophronia, and Susan. Served in the War Between the States.

(8) John Thomas Chisholm, born 1847, died 1919. Son of John and Verlinda Chisholm. Married Bettie Houston. Had sons Rufus, Bonnie LaRou, William, Olar, John, and Ollie. Had daughters Rosa Lee and Mary.

(9) Bonnie LaRou Chisholm, born 1879, died 1963. Son of John Thomas Chisholm and Bettie Houston. Married first Lydia Jenny Henderson. Had sons Houston, Raymond, Clinton, Newton, Thomas, and Braxton. Had daughters Elgie May, Ruth, and Doris. Married Ruby Lou Thorton second. Was tall, large framed (6'2), played the banjo and was a photographer and farmer.

(10) Clinton Chisholm, born 1905, died 1997. Son of Bonnie LaRou and Lydia Jenny Chisholm. Married Thelma Higgenbotham. Had daughters Bobbie Lynn, Bonnie Jo, Betty Dyann, and Sharyon Gayle. Served in the South Pacific in WW2, a colonel under Paul B. Johnson.

(11) Gundred was sometimes thought to be a daughter of William the Conquerer and Matilda of Flanders, but that is generally belived to be incorrect. She is more often considered the daughter of Gerbod of St.Omer, advocate at St.Bertin.

(12) The story is that Richard was out hunting and became infatuated with the wife of the local forester. Her name was Senefrida and she wanted to be in favor with Richard but not wanting to leave her husband, she substituted her sister, Gunnor. Gunnor is sometimes said to be the daughter of the King of Denmark, Haraldblaafand, but it seems unlikely that a king's daughter would be married to a forester. For more information on Gunnor, visit this link.

(13) Byname Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054. He was vice-regent of Novgorod at the time of his father's death in 1015. Then his eldest surviving brother, Svyatopolk the Accursed, killed three of his older brothers and seized power in Kiev. Yaroslav, with the active support of the Novgorodians and the help of the Varangian (Viking) mercenaries, defeated Svyatopolk and became the grand prince in Kiev in 1019. Yaroslav began consolidating the Kievan state through both cultural and administrative improvements and through military campaigns. He promoted the spread of Christianity in the Kievan state, gathered a large collection of books, and employed many scribes to translate Greek religious texts into the slavic language. He founded churches and monasteries and issued statutes regulating the legal position of the Christian Church and the rights of the clergy. With the help of Byzantine architects and craftsmen, Yaroslav fortified the beautified Kiev along Byzantine lines. He built the majestic Cathedral of St. Sophia and the famous Golden Gate of the Kievan fortress. Under Yaroslav the codification of legal customs and princely enactments was begun, and this work served as the basis for a law code called the Russkaya Pravda ("Russian Justice"). Yaroslav persued an active foreign policy, and his forces won several notable military victories. He regained Galicia from the Poles, decisively defeated the nomadic Pechenegs on the Kievan state's southern frontier, and expanded Kievan possessions in the Baltic region, suppressing the Lithuanians, Estonians, and Finnish tribes. His military campaign against Constantinople in 1043 was a failure, however. Trade with the East and West played an important role in Kievan Rus in the 11th century, and Yaroslav maintained diplomatic relations with the European states. His daughters Elizabeth, Anna, and Anastasia were married respectively to Harald III of Norway, Henry I of France, and Andrew I of Hungary. In his testament, Yaroslav sought to prevent a power struggle among his five sons by deviding his empire among them and enjoining the younger four sons to obey the eldest, Izyaslav, who was to succeed his father as grand prince of Kiev. This advice had no lasting effect, and civil war ensued after Yaroslav's death.