Ancestry of
Geena Davis

Movie and TV Actress

Rebecca -----

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• • 8th Great-grandmother of Geena Davis — 11th Generation
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  • 1217 
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  • 26 Sep 1692 
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  • Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • William Chamberlain
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  John Chamberlain (Ahnentafel No:608 )

  Sarah Chamberlain

  Jacob Chamberlain

  Daniel Chamberlain

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  • Rebecca's maiden name may have been Shelley or Addington.

    Rbecca died in prison and was likely accused of witchcraft considering the hysteria of the time. No evidence has been found to confirm the reason for her being in prison.

• Sources for Rebecca -----

  • ¹ History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow), New Hampshire, 1741-1970 and Genealogical Data, Westmoreland, New Hampshire: Westmoreland History Committee (1976), 370.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Billerica, Vol. 1, p. 349, Death record for Rebecca Chamberlain at the prison in Cambridge.
  • ³ Chamberlain, George Walter, William Chamberlain of Billerica, Mass., and His Descendants, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1986), 103.
  • ⁴ Jaquith, George Oakes and Georgetta Jaquith Walker, The Jaquith Family in America, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1982), 9.
  • ⁵ Salem Witch Museum, "Site of Rebecca Chamberlain Homestead", (accessed 08/27/2023).

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