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.
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.
