Ancestry of
Amanda Bearse

TV Actress

Elijah Childs

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Amanda Bearse — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 70 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Childs 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Hinckley   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1761 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Dec 1828 
  • Death Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Gorham
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Nov 1785 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Lucy Childs (Ahnentafel No:35 )

• Sources for Elijah Childs

  • ¹ Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892, p. 414, Marriage record for Elijah Childs and Mary Gorham.
  • ² Columbian Centinel (Boston, Massachusetts), 27 DEC 1828, p. 3, Death notice for Elijah Childs.
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Will of Elijah Childs, dated 07 OCT 1825, proved 10 FEB 1829.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Barnstable, Vol. 1, p. 268, Birth records for children of Elijah Childs and Mary Gorham.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Barnstable, Vol. 1, p. 268, Death record for Elijah Childs.
  • ⁶ Otis, Amos, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Being a Reprint of the Amos Otis Papers, Originally Published in . . ., Vol. 1, Barnstable, Massachusetts: F. B. and F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers (1888), 185.

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