DEVEREUX: Genealogy of Reuben Devereus of the 58th generation of the Devereux family 1930By Alvaretta Devereux Reed & DeWitt C. Reed This is the ancient genealogy of thee Reuben Devereux family, of Penobscot, Maine (1813 1877), who was of the 58th generation of the Devereux family. He was a descendant of John Devereux of Marblehead, Mass., the earliest American ancestor. Further descended from Robert, First Duke of Normandy, who as "Rollo" originally, had gone from his native Norway and conquered the part of France known as Normandy.