Ancestry of
Glenn Close
Movie, Television, and Stage Actress
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- 7th Great-grandmother of Glenn Close — 10th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 517
- Father:
- Joseph Ferris
- Mother:
- Ruth Knapp
- Birth Date:
- ABT 1662
- Birth Location:
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 17 Sep 1745
- Death Location:
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Spouse Name:
- Samuel Peck
- Marriage Date:
- 27 Nov 1688
- Marriage Location:
- Children:
Jeremiah Peck
Theophilus Peck (Ahnentafel No:258 )
- Notes:
Ruth is mentioned as one of two daughters in the 1699 will of her father Joseph Ferris. Published sources that give her uncle Peter as her father are incorrect.
Ruth Ferris
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Sources for Ruth Ferris
- 1 Biographical History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. 2, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1899), 854, incorrectly gives Ruth's father as Peter.
- 2 Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 5, p. 141.
- 3 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/29/2020).
- 4 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1931, Vol. 85, p. 227.
- 5 Mead, Spencer Percival, Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, New York: The Knickerbocker Press (1911), 541.
- 6 Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, Genealogical Record, Volume 2, Unknown: Printed by order of the Society (1916), 39, incorrectly gives Ruth's father as Peter.
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