Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

Mary Chappell

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Marilyn Monroe — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 81 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1758 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Jan 1828 
  • Death Location:
  • Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • James Tennant
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Sep 1782 
  • Marriage Location:
  • South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island 
  • Children:
  
  

  Happy Tennant

  John Fowler Tennant (Ahnentafel No:40 )

  Mary Tennant

  • Notes: 

  • The death certificate for Mary's son James lists the name of his mother as Lydia Chappell.

• Sources for Mary Chappell

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A113480.
  • ² Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950, Death record for son John F. Tennant.
  • ³ Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950, Death record for daughter Happy S. Benlee.
  • ⁴ Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950, Death record for daughter Mary Almy.
  • ⁵ Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916, Marriage record for James Tennant and Mary Chappell.
  • 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).