Ancestry of
Ralph Waldo Emerson

American Poet

Joseph Emerson

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• • Great-grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Edward Emerson 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Waldo   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Apr 1700 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Jul 1767 
  • Death Location:
  • Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Moody
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Dec 1721 
  • Marriage Location:
  • York, York Co., Maine 
  • Child:

  William Emerson (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Joseph Emerson

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1885, Vol. 39, p. 324.
  • ² Graves, Eben W., The Descendants of Henry Sewall (1576-1656) of Manchester and Coventry, England and Newbury and Rowley, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts: Newbury Street Press (2007), 138.
  • ³ Jacobus, Donald Lines, The Bulkeley Genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley, Being an Account of his Career, his Ancestry ..., New Haven, Connecticut: unknown (1933), 146, 193-195.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 173.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 41.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "William Emerson (minister)", (accessed 01/09/2014).