Ancestry of
Sam Waterston

Stage, TV and Movie Actor

Amos Atkinson

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Sam Waterston — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • Amos Atkinson 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Knowlton   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 May 1792 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Greenleaf Sawyer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Apr 1818 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Edward Atkinson (Ahnentafel No:12 )

• Sources for Amos Atkinson

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 1, p. 25, Birth record for Amos Atkinson.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 2, p. 440, Marriage record for Amos Atkinson and Anna Greenleaf Sawyer.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Brookline, 1905, Cert No 359, Death certificate for son Edward Atkinson.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Boston, 1905, Cert No 453, Death certificate for son Edward Atkinson.

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