Yes, it's true! I came from Granny Boadicea. My 66th Grandmother in fact. Here is the research done by my father establishing that. Thanks Dad.
Firstly let me say that I owe all this research to my Dad. During the latter days of his life he got involved in his ancestry and origins. It's a difficult subject and took a lot of years painstaking work but it helped keep his mind active right up to the time he passed away. I believe all the work is currently held somewhere on ancestry.com.
Below you will see my family tree heading back to Granny. Apart from Boudica (Boudicca) ICENI Queen of the Iceni (8AD - 62AD) the tree also includes such illustrious names as:
Baeldaeg "The Gentle" of SAXONY Archdruid (243 - 300)
Alfred (Ælfrēd) "The Great" WESSEX King of England (871-899) (849 - 901)
Brando Brond Wegbrand "The Blessed Archdruid" Deira of SAXONY
and unfortunately ... Baldrick ie Balderich (Baldric) Teutonicus de COURCY (970 - 1018)
Boudica (Boudicca) ICENI Queen of the Iceni (8AD - 62AD)
is my 66th great grandmother
Julia Victoria verch Prausutagus ICENI (85 - 91)
daughter of Boudica (Boudicca) ICENI Queen of the Iceni
Coel "Old King Coal" BRITAIN (108 - 158)
son of Julia Victoria verch Prausutagus ICENI
Lucius MAWR King (137 - 201)
son of Coel "Old King Coal" BRITAIN
Cadwalladr BRITAIN King of Britain (193 - 219)
son of Lucius MAWR King
Frigg Frear verch Cadwaladr ASALAND (219 - 310)
daughter of Cadwalladr BRITAIN King of Britain
Baeldaeg "The Gentle" of SAXONY Archdruid (243 - 300)
son of Frigg Frear verch Cadwaladr ASALAND
Brando Brond Wegbrand"The Blessed Archdruid" Deira of SAXONY
King of Saxony and Scandinavia (278 - 360)
son of Baeldaeg "The Gentle" of SAXONY Archdruid
Freothogar of SAXONY (299 - 390)
son of Brando Brond Wegbrand"The Blessed Archdruid" Deira of SAXONY
King of Saxony and Scandinavia
Offa (757-796)
Ecgberht (802-839)
Æthelwulf (839-856)
Æthelbald (856-860)
Æthelberht (860-866)
Æthelred I (866-871)
Ælfrēd (871-899)
Edward "The Elder" (899-924)
Æthelstan (924-939)
Edmund (939-946)
Edred (946-955)
Edwy (955-959)
Edgar (959-975)
Edward II "The Martyr" (975-979)
Ethelred II (979-1016)
Canute (1016-1035
Harold Harefoot (1035-1040)
Hardicanute (1035-1042)
Edward III "The Confessor" (1042-1066)
Freawine of SAXONY (327 - 418)
son of Freothogar of SAXONY
Wig Freawinesson of SAXONY of Saxony (355 - 446)
son of Freawine of SAXONY
Gewis de SAXONY (383 - 474)
son of Wig Freawinesson of SAXONY of Saxony
Esla de SAXONY (411 - 490)
son of Gewis de SAXONY
Ælle (Elesa) Elisens of SAXONY (439 - 514)
son of Esla de SAXONY
Cerdic WESSEX King of Wessex (519-534) (470 - 534)
son of Ælle (Elesa) Elisens of SAXONY
Cynric WESSEX King of Wessex (534-560) (495 - 560)
son of Cerdic WESSEX King of Wessex (519-534)
Ceawlin WESSEX King of Wessex (560-591) (535 - 591)
son of Cynric WESSEX King of Wessex (534-560)
Cuthwine WESSEX (564 - 592)
son of Ceawlin WESSEX King of Wessex (560-591)
Cutha Cathwulf WESSEX (593 - 679)
son of Cuthwine WESSEX
Ceolwald WESSEX Prince of Wessex (622 - 688)
son of Cutha Cathwulf WESSEX
Coenred WESSEX Prince of Wessex (640 - 694)
son of Ceolwald WESSEX Prince of Wessex
Ingild WESSEX Prince of Wessex (672 - 718)
son of Coenred WESSEX Prince of Wessex
Eoppa of WESSEX (706 - 737)
son of Ingild WESSEX Prince of Wessex
Eafa WEST SAXONS (718 - 762)
son of Eoppa of WESSEX
Ealhmund of KENT King of Kent (750 - 784)
son of Eafa WEST SAXONS
Ecgberht WESSEX King of Wessex (802-839) King of Mercia (829-830) (775 - 839)
son of Ealhmund of KENT King of Kent
Æthelwulf WESSEX King of Wessex (839-856) (795 - 857)
son of Ecgberht WESSEX King of Wessex (802-839) King of Mercia (829-830)
Alfred (Ælfrēd) 'The Great' WESSEX King of England (871-899) (849 - 901)
son of Æthelwulf WESSEX King of Wessex (839-856)
is my39th great grandfather
Edward "The Elder" of WESSEX King of England (899-924) (870 - 924)
son of Alfred (Ælfrēd) 'The Great' WESSEX King of England (871-899)
Edgiva (Eadgifu) of WESSEX Princess of England (902 - 955)
daughter of Edward "The Elder" of WESSEX King of England (899-924)
Charles de COURCY Carolingian (925 - 993)
son of Edgiva (Eadgifu) of WESSEX Princess of England
Wigelius (Charles Of Lorraine) (Teutonicus) de COURCY Duke Wigerius (952 - 1000)
son of Charles de COURCY Carolingian
Balderich (Baldric) Teutonicus de COURCY (970 - 1018)
son of Wigelius (Charles Of Lorraine) (Teutonicus) de COURCY Duke Wigerius
Richard (Ricardus Teutonicus de Nova Villa) de NEUVILLE (NEVILLE) (1020 - 1066)
son of Balderich (Baldric) Teutonicus de COURCY
Gilbert 'Admiral' le Teuton de NEVILLE Duc de Neuville (1035 - 1118)
son of Richard (Ricardus Teutonicus de Nova Villa) de NEUVILLE (NEVILLE)
Hervé de SUTTON 1st Lord de Sutton (1050 - 1091)
son of Gilbert 'Admiral' le Teuton de NEVILLE Duc de Neuville
William I "The Conqueror" (1066-1087)
William II "Rufus" (1087-1100)
Henry I "Beauclerc" (1100-1135)
Stephen & Matilda (1135-1154)
Hervé de SUTTON 2nd Lord of Sutton (1090 - 1154)
son of Hervé de SUTTON 1st Lord de Sutton
Syward de SUTTON (1100 - 1137)
son of Hervé de SUTTON 2nd Lord of Sutton
Sayer I de SUTTON (1129 - 1155)
son of Syward de SUTTON
Henry II "Curtmantle" (1154-1189)
Richard "Coeur de Lion" (1189-1199)
John "Lackland" (1199-1216)
William de SUTTON (1149 - 1264)
son of Sayer I de SUTTON
Amandus de SUTTON Earl of Arundel (1185 - 1208)
son of William de SUTTON
Saire (Sir) de SUTTON (1215 - 1306)
son of Amandus de SUTTON Earl of Arundel
Henry III (1216-1272)
Edward I "Longshanks" (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-1327)
Edward III (1327-1377)
Richard II (1377-1399)
Sayer (Sir) de SUTTON (1239 - 1290)
son of Saire (Sir) de SUTTON
John (Sir) de SUTTON 1st Baron Holderness (1270 - 1338)
son of Sayer (Sir) de SUTTON
Alexander (Sir) de SUTTON Knight. (1300 - )
son of John (Sir) de SUTTON 1st Baron Holderness
Joyce Josian SUTTON (1320 - )
daughter of Alexander (Sir) de SUTTON Knight.
William CLAPHAM (1340 - )
son of Joyce Josian SUTTON
William CLAPHAM (1360 - )
son of William CLAPHAM
Henry IV (1399-1413)
Henry V (1413-1422)
Henry VI (1422-1461) and (1470-1471)
John CLAPHAM (1380 - 1469)
son of William CLAPHAM
Thomas CLAPHAM (1400 - 1469)
son of John CLAPHAM
Thomas CLAPHAM (1423 - 1442)
son of Thomas CLAPHAM
Edward IV (1461-1470) and (1471-1483)
Edward V (Apr-Jun 1483)
Richard III (1483-1485)
William CLAPHAM (1443 - 1508)
son of Thomas CLAPHAM
Johanna CLAPHAM (1477 - )
daughter of William CLAPHAM
Henry VII (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-1547)
Edward VI (1547-1553)
Lady Jane Grey (10-19 July 1553)
Mary I "Bloody Mary" (1553-1558)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
John HARTLEY (1490 - 1532)
son of Johanna CLAPHAM
John HARTLEY (1513 - 1582)
son of John HARTLEY
Thomas HARTLEY (1543 - 1597)
son of John HARTLEY
Thomas HARTLEY (1583 - 1675)
son of Thomas HARTLEY
John (Johannes) HARTLEY (1615 - 1662)
son of Thomas HARTLEY
James I (1603-1625)
Charles I (1625-1649)
The Commomwealth (1649-1660)
Charles II (1660-1685)
James II (1685-1688)
Mary II & William III (1688-1702)
Anne (1702-1714)
Thomas HARTLEY (1647 - 1726)
son of John (Johannes) HARTLEY
John HARTLEY (1676 - 1749)
son of Thomas HARTLEY
William HARTLEY (1705 - 1759)
son of John HARTLEY
George I (1714-1727)
George II (1727-1760)
George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-1830)
William IV (1830-1837)
Victoria (1837-1901)
William HARTLEY (1734 - 1810)
son of William HARTLEY
William HARTLEY (1771 - 1827)
son of William HARTLEY
Squire HARTLEY (1799 - 1871)
son of William HARTLEY
David HARTLEY (1841 - 1908)
son of Squire HARTLEY
Edward VII (1901-1910)
John HARTLEY (1866 - 1936)
son of David HARTLEY
George V (1910-1936)
Edward VIII (Jan-Dec 1936)
George VI (1936-1952)
Elizabeth II (1952-
Maurice HARTLEY (1892 - 1967)
son of John HARTLEY
John Duncan HARTLEY (1926 - 2020)
son of Maurice HARTLEY
Richard Duncan Hartley (1955 - )
son of John Duncan HARTLEY