Ancestry of
Caesar Rodney

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Philip le Despencer

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• • 11th Great-grandfather of Caesar Rodney — 14th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8520 
  • Father:
  • Philip le Despencer 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret de Goushill   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Apr 1313 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lincolnshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 or 23 AUG 1349 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joan de Cobham
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  Philip le Despencer (Ahnentafel No:4260 )

  Hawise le Despencer

  • Notes: 
  • Some older sources list this Philip le Despencer as the son of Philip and Joan (Strange) le Despencer and the grandson of Philip and Margaret (Gausille) le Despencer. More recent sources list this Philip as the son of Philip and Margaret (Gausille) le Despencer.

• Sources for Philip le Despencer

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1991, Vol. 145, Page 268.
  • ² Esarey, Logan, History of Indiana: from its Exploration to 1922, Vol. 3, Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Historical Publishing Company (1922), 212.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. III, p. 410.
  • ⁴ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2005), 159.