Who are the relatives of Victoria Woodhull? Am I related to Victoria Woodhull?
Woodhull was her married name. Claflin was her maiden name. Her Claflin ancestry goes back to Robert Macklothan of Wenham, MA through his son Daniel. For further information on Claflin associations, visit the Clan MacLachlan Society web site. Other surnames related to Victoria Woodhull are: Davison, Deming, Edwards, Hummel, Pratt, Rockwood, Underwood. Victoria’s Hummel ancestry is uncertain. Most say Victoria’s mother was the daughter of John Hummel (b. 1764) and Margaret Moyer. Others say she was the daughter of John’s brother John Jacob Hummel (b. 1756) and Elizabeth Heffner. The Hummel family named all of their sons John and almost all of their daughters Mary, so it’s hard to tell who’s who. Any help from a Hummel genealogist who can clear up the confusion would be welcome. For years biographers have said Victoria Woodhull fabricated her relationship to the Hamilton family. They claim there was no Underwood-Hamilton marriage. They were wrong, because Victoria Woodhull & Copy has a c
