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Katharine Hepburn

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Katharine Hepburn

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    Josiah Witter

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    • 6th Great-grandfather of Katharine Hepburn — 9th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 488 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1640 
    • Birth Location:
    • Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts 
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    • Death Date:
    • BY 24 Nov 1685 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 25 Feb 1661/1662 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts 
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    • Spouse:
    • Sarah Crandall
    • Marriage Date:
    • BEF 1677

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  • Sources for Josiah Witter

    • 3 Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Case #29732, 2 pages.
    • 5 Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 184-185.
    • 6 The Journal of American History, 1918, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 490-491, 503.
    • 7 Crandall, John Cortland, Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants, Woodstock, New York: Unknown (1949), 3, 5-6.
    • 8 McGhan, Judith, Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2006), 563.
    • 9 Merrick, Barbara Lambert and Scott Andrew Bartley, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 1, William Brewster, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2014), 250.
    • 10 Nye, Robert Glen, Button Families of America, San Diego, California?: Unknown (1971), 45.
    • 12 Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, Jr., The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, Boston, Massachusetts: American College of Genealogy (1914), 290.