Foundation Matriarchs of the Thoroughbred
North American Numbered Families
| A 1 | *Janus Mare 1 | Her taproot descends through a single daughter by *Fearnought to Symme’s Wildair mare, Huntsman mare, Ella Crump x *Citizen to Maria West x Marion |
| A 2 | *Janus Mare 2 | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Dandridge’s Fearnought to *Buzzard mare to Butterfly x Sumpter |
| A 3 | *Medley Mare 1 | Her taproot descends through her daughter, The Pryor Mare x Bellair to Hart’s Maria |
| A 4 | *Medley Mare 2 | This mare is a branch of Family 21 |
| A 5 | *Fearnought Mare 1 | Her taproot descends through her daughter Kirtley Mare x Milo, Hall’s Union mare, Minerva x Melzar, Lewis’ Eclipse mare to Diamond x Turpin’s Florizel |
| A 6 | *Fearnought Mare 3 | Her taproot descends through a daughter x *Shark, *Medley mare, Burbridge’s mare x Americus, Grey Alfred mare, Algerine mare, Albert mare to Black-eyed Susan x Tiger |
| A 7 | *Fearnought Mare 4 | Her taproot descends through a daughter by *Shark, Tiger mare, Thornton’s Diomed mare, Thornton’s Rattler mare, American Eclipse mare, Countess x *Margrave to Katona x Voucher |
| A 8 | Midge x *Fearnought | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Wildair, Randolph’s Diomed mare to Princess x Pacolet |
| A 9 | *Fearnought Mare 2 | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Harlequin, *Bedford mare, Spot x Hampton’s Twigg, Betty Coons x Hephestion to Mary Hunt x Bertrand |
| A 10 | Harrison of Brandon Mare | A Spanish mare also called *Lovely Lass and *Merry Lass, and confused with another *Merry Lass (see A 13), her taproot descends through a daughter by *Monkey, Partner mare, *Jolly Roger mare, *Silvereye mare, Clodius mare, *Sterling mare, Chanticleer mare to Bet Bosley x Wilkes’ Wonder |
| A 11 | Brimmer Quarter Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Sir Charles to Minerva Anderson x *Luzborough |
| A 12 | Tristram Shandy Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Meade’s Celer, *Dion mare, *Knowsley mare to Diana x Virginian |
| A 13 | Meade’s Celer Mare | According to Harrison this mare is Fluvia, her taproot being Randolph of Chatsworth’s imported mare called *Merry Lass, whose daughter by *Tryall is listed as taproot of A 18. |
| A 14 | *Webb's Shepherdess | The *Babraham Mare is a member of Family 26 and her few descendants belong there. Webb's Sheperdess, a mare whose pedigree is erroneosly extended to *Babraham Mare and whose descendants make up all of A14, should head the family. |
| A 15 | *Miss Bell | *Miss Bell is a descendant of Family 19 |
| A 16 | Bellair Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Ball’s Florizel, Barksdale’s Grey Diomed mare to Sally Kirby x *Stockholder |
| A 17 | Pegasus Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by *Diomed, Potomac mare to Betsey Malone x Stockholder |
| A 18 | *Tryall Mare | A daughter of Randolph of Chatsworth’s imported mare, thus A 13, her taproot descends through a daughter by *Valiant. One of her daughters was by *Jolly Roger who foaled *Hobnob mare, Godolphin mare, Piccadilla x B & M’s Fearnought. *Valiant mare’s other daughter was by *Janus who foaled Partner mare, dam of Fluvia x Meade’s Celer |
| A 19 | *Jenny Dismal | This mare is a descendant of Family 6 |
| A 20 | *Dove Mare | The taproot descends from a daughter by Verrell's Silvertail, *Buzzard mare to Nell x Orphan. There was no *Silvertail at the time and place of *Dove, but Silvertail is documented. The family should be renamed for Silvertail Mare |
| A 21 | Quicksilver Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Duke of Bedford, Grey Diomed mare, Pacolet mare, Stockholder mare to Eliza Bailey x Columbus |
| A 22 | Buie Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Beeder, Lamplighter mare to Black Sophia x Top Gallant |
| A 23 | McKinney Roan Mare | Out of a mare by Rainbow, her taproot descends through 2 daughters, Nancy Taylor x *Spread Eagle and a daughter by Meade’s Celer, Decius mare, Hamlintonian mare, Blackburn’s Whip mare to Lavinia x American Eclipse |
| A 24 | *Vampire Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by *Fallower, Brent's Driver mare, Symme’s Wildair mare to *Saltram mare, dam of Jenny Cockracy x Potomac and Betsey Haxall x *Sir Harry |
| A 25 | Sultana | The daughter of *Black Sultan and *Barb Mare from Tunis. The Barb mare also had a daughter by *Citizen who foaled Junius mare, dam of Sally Burton x Sir Archy |
| A 26 | *Childers Mare | The family should be renamed as no record exists to substantiate this mare as being a taproot to Philadelphia (x Pilgrim – Mark Anthony - *Silver Eye - *Jolly Roger ) |
| A 27 | Meade's Tippoo Saib Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Old Union, Yellow Jacket x Albert, Cora x Trumpator to Ellen Swigert x Bulwer |
| A 28 |
Barksdale's Grey Diomed Mare |
Her taproot descends through 2 daughters, one by Symme’s Wildair, Debonair mare, *Bedford mare to Kitty Fisher x Gallatin, and one by Gallatin, Top Gallant mare, Pacolet mare, *Leviathan mare to Lucy Fowler x *Albion |
| A 29 | *Diomed Mare | A daughter of Lyle’s Thoroughbred Mare, her taproot descends through Old Pet x Comet and a daughter by *Knowsley, dam of Lucy Clark x Tennessee Oscar |
| A 30 | *Citizen Mare 1 | This mare is a sister of Sultana, A 25 |
| A 31 | *Monkey Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by *Silvereye, Young Aristotle mare, *Medley mare, *Saltram mare, Lucifer mare to Marcella x Sir Alfred |
| A 32 | George Martin Mare | The family descends from a *Citizen mare through her daughter by Kosciusko, *Glencoe mare, George Martin mare to Lady Emmal x Voucher |
| A 33 | Burwell's Brilliant Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Arion, Young Belford to Mary Jones x Kosciusko |
| A 34 | *Bolton Mare 1776 | A daughter of Sally Wright x Yorick, whose pedigree is uncertain. Sally Wright had 2 daughters, one by *Bolton 1776, one by Pegasus 1778. Her taproot descends through the *Bolton Mare’s daughters, Pegasus mare, Pennsylvania Farmer mare 1788 and Arminda 1790 x *Medley |
| A 35 | Jackson’s Pacolet Mare | The family descends through a daughter by Bellair (x Tayloe's Bellair), Cherokee mare, Bertrand mare, *Hedgeford mare to Prunella x *Glencoe |
| A 36 | *Medley Mare 3 | Her taproot descends through a daughter by *Alderman, *Speculator mare, *Dion mare, Cook's Whip mare, Grey Medoc mare to Sidney x Boston |
| A 37 | Anderson’s Grey Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Bompard, Blackburn’s Buzzard mare to Phoebe x Prince Richard |
| A 38 | Tayloe's Top Gallant Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by Sumpter, Haxall’s Moses mare to Patty Holmes x Brunswick |
| A 39 | Dandridge's Fearnought Mare | Her taproot descends through a daughter by *Wildair, *Diomed mare to Ledbetter Mare x Sir Archy |