Ancestry of
Cokie Roberts

Author and TV Journalist

William Claiborne

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Cokie Roberts — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 96 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Claiborne 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Cole   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Jul 1748 
  • Birth Location:
  • King William County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Sep 1809 
  • Death Location:
  • Manchester, Virginia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Leigh
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1770 
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  Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne (Ahnentafel No:48 )

  William Charles Cole Claiborne

• Sources for William Claiborne

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A022044.
  • ² The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Virginia Historical Society, 1894, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 320-321.
  • ³ Arthur, Stanley Clisby, Old Families of Louisiana, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1999, originally published 1931), 145.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "William C. C. Claiborne", (accessed 11/07/2014).

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