Ancestry of
Mitt Romney

70th Governor of Massachusetts

John Rising

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Mitt Romney — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2030 
  • Father:
  • James Rising 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Hinsdale   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Apr 1660 
  • Birth Location:
  • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Dec 1719 
  • Death Location:
  • Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Hall
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1684 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Rising (Ahnentafel No:1015 )

  Ignace Raizenne-Shoentakouani

  • Notes: 

  • aka Jean Raizenne in French records of his captive son Josiah (aks Ignace).

• Sources for John Rising

  • ¹ History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1880-1889, Vol. 2, Deerfield, Massachusetts: Published by the Association (1898), 411-431.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2007, Vol. 161, p. 40.
  • ³ Andrews, Herbert Cornelius and Holman, Alfred L., ed., Hinsdale Genealogy: Descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, Lombard, Illinois: Printed for Alfred Hinsdale Andrews (1906), 63.
  • ⁴ Suffield Historical Society, "Family History of Timothy Hale", (accessed 07/24/2018).
  • ⁵ Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique database (PRDH).

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