Ancestry of
Ken Burns
Documentary Filmmaker
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- 7th Great-grandfather of Ken Burns — 10th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 772
- Father:
- Peleg Sherman
- Mother:
- Elizabeth Lawton
- Birth Date:
- 8 Oct 1666
- Birth Location:
- Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
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- Spouse Name:
- Alice Fish
- Marriage Date:
- 16 Nov 1697
- Marriage Location:
- Child:
Salisbury Sherman (Ahnentafel No:386 )
Peleg Sherman Jr.
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Sources for Peleg Sherman Jr.
- 1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1870, Vol. 24, pp. 67, 71.
- 2 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Newport County, Vol. 4, p. 1-90, Birth record for Peleg Shearman.
- 3 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Newport County, Vol. 4, p. 1-90, Birth records for children of Peleg and Alice Shearman.
- 4 Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 1783.
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