Ancestry of
Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

Thomas Hext

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Benton MacKaye — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7234 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Hext 
  • Mother:
  • Joane Fortescue   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1477 
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  • Burial Date:
  • 1 Dec 1555 
  • Burial Location:
  • Georgeham, Devonshire, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Wilmot Poyntz
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1510 
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  • Child:

  Margery Hext (Ahnentafel No:3617 )

• Sources for Thomas Hext

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 548.
  • ² Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 228.