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Marilyn Monroe

Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer


    Samson Sherman

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    • 8th Great-grandfather of Marilyn Monroe — 11th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 1324 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1642 
    • Birth Location:
    • Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
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    • Death Date:
    • 27 Jun 1718 
    • Death Location:
    • Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 4 Mar 1674/1675 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
    • Children:

    • Sarah Sherman

      Abiel Sherman (Ahnentafel No:662 )

      Isabel Sherman

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  • Sources for Samson Sherman

    • 1 From Pilgrims and Indians to Kings and Indentured Servants, Taunton, Massachusetts: Printed for Private Distribution (1970), 166.
    • 2 Tripp-Wilcox and Allied Families, Hartford, Connecticut: States Historical Company (1943), 4, 24.
    • 3 American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, Spring 1983, Vol. 4, Iss. 1, Page 62.
    • 5 Baldwin, Charles C., Baldwin Genealogy: with Maternal Branches, Summit, New Jersey: Unknown (1945), 209.
    • 6 Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
    • 7 Sherman, Roy V., Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, the First Secretary of Rhode Island, Akron, Ohio: Unknown (1968), 24.
    • 8 Tripp, George H., Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches No. 26: Early Tripps in New England, New Bedford, Massachusetts: Old Dartmouth Historical Society (1909), 12.