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Example sentences for "lineal descendant"

  • Sussex) was a lineal descendant, in the ninth descent, of the aforesaid baronet of James the First's time.

  • The poet was no lineal descendant of the Justice of the Common Pleas, who may be fairly styled the founder of the Michelgrove House.

  • Her maiden name was Robinson, and she was a lineal descendant of the Reverend Mr. Robinson, pastor at Leyden of many of the Pilgrim Fathers.

  • The answer is in the fact that Percy was a son of the Duke of Northumberland, a lineal descendant of Earl Percy, one of the heroes of the battle of Chevy Chase, and who was there slain.

  • Mr. Trumbull is a lineal descendant, through his grandmother, of the Reverend John Robinson, the Puritan divine whose flock were the Pilgrim Fathers.

  • Her little son was undoubtedly a lineal descendant of the disinherited Rupert Lovel, but also, and alas!

  • His great-grandfather, Joseph Drake, was said to be a lineal descendant of Sir Francis Drake, of England, who died in 1794.

  • He married Maria Mould, daughter of Jonathan Mould, of the town of Montgomery, and a lineal descendant of Christoffel Mould, one of the earliest Dutch settlers of the Wallkill Valley.

  • She is said to be a lineal descendant of his Grace Bryan Maloney, one of the early dukes of Ireland.

  • Miss Maginness is a lineal descendant of Lord Rawdon Maginness, of Cork, who early in the seventeenth century commanded an army that drove the Italians out of Ireland.

  • We find that Henry is a lineal descendant of William the Conqueror.

  • On the balcony of one of our prison buildings was a prisoner of war, a lineal descendant of Francis Scott Key, overlooking the scene.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lineal descendant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    absolute reality; arranged according; diagrammatic representation; four degrees; four ounces; full work; good view; great genius; hinder from; lineal descendant; little gold; looking earnestly; los ojos; pecuniary difficulties; port wine; right judgment; satisfactory explanation; single game; step further; traced back; wave length; winged insects