Four or more generations of descendants of William Sumner Appleton (1840-1903) if they are properly linked:
1. William Sumner Appleton (1840-1903)
- 2. Eleanor Armistead Appleton (1872-1956)
- 2. William Sumner Appleton (1874-1947)
- 2. Marjorie Crane Appleton (1875-1913)
- 2. Dorothy Everard Appleton (1878-1965)
- 2. Gladys Hughes Appleton (1881-)