Ancestry of
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
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1st Generation
1. (George) Orson Welles (1915–1985)
2nd Generation
2. Richard Head Welles (1872–1930)
3. Beatrice Ives (1881–1924)
3rd Generation
4th Generation
9. Mary Putnam
10. Orson Sherman Head (1817–1875)
5th Generation
6th Generation
32. Richard Wells
33. Rachel Hill
40. Jonathan Head (c1738–)
41. Ruth Little (1742–)
7th Generation
66. Richard Hill
67. Deborah Moore
80. Joseph Head (1705–p1742)
81. Bathsheba Palmer (1718–)
82. Fobes Little (1712/13–1801)
83. Sarah Baker (1713–p1756)
8th Generation
134. Mordecai Moore
135. Deborah Lloyd
160. Jonathan Head (c1678–c1748)
161. Susanna Wilcox (c1680–p1748)
162. John Palmer (1694–)
163. Alice Shaw (1695–)
164. John Little (1682/83–1767)
165. Constant Fobes (1686–1771)
166. Samuel Baker (c1676–1721)
167. Sarah Snow (1680–a1724/25)
9th Generation
270. Thomas Lloyd (1640–1694)
271. Mary Jones
320. Henry Head (c1647–1716)
321. Elizabeth Lovett (c1654–1748)
322. Daniel Wilcox (1632/33–1702)
323. Elizabeth Cooke (c1641–1715)
324. William Palmer (c1663–p1745/46)
325. Mary Richmond (c1668–)
326. Israel Shaw (c1660–)
327. Ruth Tallman (c1669–)
328. Ephraim Little (1650–1717)
329. Mary Sturtevant (1651–1717/18)
330. William Fobes (c1649–1712)
331. Martha Pabodie (c1650/1651–1711/12)
332. Samuel Baker
333. Ellen Winslow (c1636–1676)
334. Josiah Snow (–1692)
335. Rebecca Barker (c1649–1711)
10th Generation
540. Charles Lloyd
541. Elizabeth Stanley
542. (probable) Gilbert Jones
543. (probable) Mary Littleton
644. Edward Wilcox (1603/04–p1638)
645. Susanna Thomson
646. John Cooke (c1607–1695)
647. Sarah Warren (c1613–p1696)
652. Anthony Shaw (–1705)
653. Alice Stonard
654. Peter Tallman (c1623–c1708)
655. Joan Briggs (–c1685)
656. Thomas Little (–1671/72)
657. Anna Warren (c1612–)
658. Samuel Sturtevant (c1621–1669)
659. Ann ----- (c1625–p1697)
660. John Fobes (–1660)
661. Constant Mitchell
662. William Pabodie (c1620–1707)
663. Elizabeth Alden (c1624–1717)
666. Kenelm Winslow (1599–1672)
667. Ellen Newton (c1598–1681)
668. Anthony Snow (–c1692)
669. Abigail Warren (c1619–p1685)
670. Robert Barker (c1616–c1691/1692)
671. Lucy ----- (–p1681/82)
11th Generation
1080. John Lloyd
1081. Catrin Wynn
1084. Gilbert Jones
1085. Joan Moore
1086. Edward Littleton (1550/51–1622)
1087. Mary Walter (1567–1633)
1288. Daniel Wilcox (c1565–1605)
1292. Francis Cooke (c1583–1663)
1293. Hester le Mahieu (c1585–p1666)
1294. Richard Warren (c1578–1628)
1295. Elizabeth Walker (1583–1673)
1306. John Stonard
1314. Richard Warren (c1578–1628) — Same as #1294
1315. Elizabeth Walker (1583–1673) — Same as #1295
1322. Thomas Mitchell (c1566–)
1323. Maria Tromdin (–a1606)
1324. John Paybody
1325. Isabell -----
1326. John Alden (c1599–1687)
1327. Priscilla Mullins (c1603–p1651)
1332. Edward Winslow
1333. Magdalen Oliver
1338. Richard Warren (c1578–1628) — Same as #1294
1339. Elizabeth Walker (1583–1673) — Same as #1295
12th Generation
2162. Humphrey Wynn
2163. Mawd ferch Oliver
2168. Humphrey Jones
2169. Gainor Penrhyn
2172. John Littleton (–1560)
2173. Alice Thornes (–1596/97)
2174. Edmund Walter (–1592/93)
2175. Mary Hackluyt
2586. Jacques Mahieu
2587. Jeanne ----- (–p1604)
2590. Augustine Walker (–1614)
2630. Augustine Walker (–1614) — Same as #2590
2654. William Mullins (c1568–1621)
2655. (probable) Alice ----- (–c1620/21)
2664. Kenelm Winslow
2678. Augustine Walker (–1614) — Same as #2590
13th Generation
4324. John ap Ieuan ab Owain
4325. Margaret Kynaston
4326. Oliver ap Thomas
4338. William Penrhyn
4339. Alice Salway
4344. Thomas Littleton
4345. Anne Botreaux
4346. Richard Thornes
4348. Richard Walter
4349. Annes -----
4350. Thomas Hackluyt (–c1544)
4351. Katherine Trentham (–p1565)
14th Generation
8650. Humphrey Kynaston
8651. Elsbeth ferch Maredudd
8652. Thomas Pryce
8678. Richard Salway
8679. Anne Vaughan
8690. John Botreaux
8692. John Thornes (–p1534)
8693. Elizabeth Astley
8702. Thomas Trentham (a1487–c1519)
8703. Elizabeth Corbet
15th Generation
17300. Roger Kynaston
17301. Elizabeth Grey
17302. Maredudd ap Hywel
17358. Roger Vaughan
17359. Eleanor Cornewall
17384. Roger Thornes (a1469–1531)
17385. Jane Kynaston
17386. Richard Astley
17387. Joan Oteley
17404. Thomas Trentham
17405. Katherine Marshall
17406. Richard Corbet (c1451–1493)
17407. Elizabeth Devereux (–c1541)
16th Generation
34602. Henry Grey
34603. Antigone Plantagenet
34718. Thomas Cornewall
34719. Anne Corbet
34768. Thomas Thornes (–p1475)
34769. Mary Corbet
34770. Roger Kynaston — Same as #17300
34771. Elizabeth Grey — Same as #17301
34774. Thomas Oteley
34810. John Marshall
34812. Roger Corbet (–c1467)
34813. Elizabeth Hopton (c1426–1498)
34814. Walter Devereux (–1485)
34815. Anne Ferrers (1438–1468/69)
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