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Matthew C. Perry

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John Christophers

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Matthew C. Perry — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 46 
  • Father:
  • Christopher Christophers 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Brewster   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Sep 1668 
  • Birth Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Feb 1702/1703 
  • Death Location:
  • Barbados, West Indies 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Mulford
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Jul 1696 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elizabeth Christophers (Ahnentafel No:23 )

  Esther Christophers

  • Notes: 

  • Illegitimate

• Sources for John Christophers

  • ¹ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 2, William Brewster, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2019), 125.
  • ² Perry, Rev. Calbraith Bourn, The Perrys of Rhode Island and Tales of Silver Creek: The Bosworth-Bourn-Perry Homestead, New York: Tobias A. Wright Printer and Publisher (1913), 50.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 13, 434, 476.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 615.
  • ⁵ Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed., The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America: A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the . . ., Chicago: multiple publishers (1925-), Vol. 1, p. 249.