The Guise Name, what kin are We Americans, to the Royalty of European Country Royalty People?

Question

I descend from a Peter Guise / Guice who had a son, Phillip Guise born 1755 in Maryland & who was sent to North Carolina for Military Assignment. He operated a River (Rapid) Crossing - Ferry Landing - Inn there for many years & raised his family.
Phillip's wife was Nancy Edwards. I descend from their daugher Ruth Guice.
In this Ancestry Lineage I descend from such names as: Kuykendall, Allen, Dalton, Davis, Floyd, Thompson.
It is said that the Guise / Guice (Gist) descendants are from the Same Ancestory Heritage as that of a Claude Guise of the House of Guise and from whom, Mary of Guise and her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots, descend.
Are any of you part of this Heritage?
It is said that American Tribal Chief: Chief Sequoyah is son of Nathaniel Gist (Guise), and an indian woman by the name of Wurteh, sister of Chief Cornstalk, who is of European Royalty, too.
Any information on this? TF

Answer 1

Geneology.com



But I´m pretty sure the Native American chiefs you mention were 100% American natives.

Answer 2

First of all, according to Ancestry.com, Philip Guise is listed by the American Genealogical Biographical Index as having been born in 1750 in Pennsylvania while an undocumented family tree lists Philip Guise as being born in 1755 in Frederick, Maryland; the undocumented source lists Guise as dying in 1830 in Buncombe, North Carolina. As mentioned above, Philip's wife is Nancy Edwards, and their son was Peter Guice (1788-1870). No mention is made of Philip Guise's parents.



Again, according to Ancestry.com "Guise" can be either an English or French surname ;however, the family history web site doesn't mention any royal connections, only noting that Guise is "a regional name for someone from the district of France with this name." Moreover, it looks like that at least part of the French de Guise clan eventually made it to England: http://www.guise.plus.com/History/Guise/index.htm



Back in the United States, most Guise households in 1920 lived in Pennsylvania, followed by Guise families in Ohio and Indiana. As for Sequoyah, or George Gist or Guess (1767-1843), he was the son of fur trader, Nathaniel Gist, who was supposedly a commissioner officer in the Continental Army. He may have also have been one-half Native American himself.

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P. S. -- Sequoyah wasn't a Cherokee chief, but the individual credited with the invention of the Cherokee alphabet.

Answer 3

Well Marie de Guise certainly did become Queen of Scotland - and later on Regent of Scotland (i.e. she had the same powers as a King or a Queen regnant). As such she is an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II of the UK.