Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

Samuel Norton

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 584 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Norton Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Mason   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Nov 1681 
  • Birth Location:
  • Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut  
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Jul 1767 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Durham Cemetery, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Dinah Birdseye
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Mar 1713 
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  • Child:

  Ebenezer Norton (Ahnentafel No:292 )

• Sources for Samuel Norton

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/12/2017).
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1900, Vol. 54, pp. 270, 274-275.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1850, Vol. 4, p. 139.
  • ⁴ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 1, p. 148.
  • ⁵ Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Baldwin Genealogy, From 1500 to 1881, Cleveland, Ohio: Leader Printing Company (1881), 423.

Christopher Reeve photo by Jbfrankel (CC BY-SA 3.0)