Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

Benjamin Hall Bliven

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Marilyn Monroe — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 42 
  • Father:
  • James Bliven III 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Ross   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Jun 1787 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Oct 1870 
  • Death Location:
  • Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Meribah Nason
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1812 
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  • Child:

  Mary Lawton Bliven (Ahnentafel No:21 )

• Sources for Benjamin Hall Bliven

  • ¹ Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Index, p. 40772, Cemetery record for Benjamin Bliven.
  • ² Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Vol. 3, p. 166, Birth record for Benjamin Hall Bliven.
  • ³ 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 01/08/2014).