Ancestry of
Sam Waterston

Stage, TV and Movie Actor

John Thompson

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Sam Waterston — 11th Generation
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  • 1702 
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  • 6 Nov 1626 
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  • London, England 
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  • Alice Freeman
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  • BEF 1 May 1616 
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  Dorothy Thompson

  Mary Thompson (Ahnentafel No:851 )

  Bridget Thompson

• Sources for John Thompson

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2011, Vol. 12.2, p. 40.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1995, Vol. 12, p. 66.
  • ³ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, pp. 29-30.
  • ⁴ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2007, Vol. 8.5, p. 39.
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 102.
  • ⁶ The American Genealogist, 2007, Vol. 82, pp. 258-259.
  • ⁷ The American Genealogist, 2007, Vol. 82, p. 260.
  • ⁸ The American Genealogist, 1980, Vol. 56, p. 80.
  • ⁹ Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 1976, Vol. 9, p. 12.
  • ¹⁰ Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 331.
  • ¹¹ Kidd, Charles, Debrett Goes to Hollywood, New York: St. Martin's Press (1986), 122.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#53 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Major Historical Figures Descended from Anne (Lloyd) (Yale) . . .", (accessed 11/29/2016).
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#78 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Ten Further Hollywood Figures (or Groups Thereof)", (accessed 10/06/2014).
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 21, 202, 222.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 18, 125.
  • ¹⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 643.
  • ¹⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 644.
  • ¹⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 541, 578.
  • ¹⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 32.
  • ²⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 567.
  • ²¹ Wheeler, Richard Anson, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, From its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, New London, Connecticut: Press of the Day Publishing Company (1900), 336.

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