Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

John Ripley

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1552 
  • Father:
  • William Ripley 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth -----   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 1 Jan 1622 
  • Christening Location:
  • Wymondham, Norfolk, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 3 Feb 1683/1684 
  • Death Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Hobart
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  • Child:

  Joshua Ripley (Ahnentafel No:776 )

• Sources for John Ripley

  • ¹ Early New England Families, 1641-1700, Peter Hobart (m. 1628), p. 5.
  • ² The Mayflower Descendant, 1917, Vol. 19, pp. 188, 190.
  • ³ The Mayflower Descendant, 1930, Vol. 28, p. 97.
  • ⁴ Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1913), 601.
  • ⁵ Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 22, William Bradford, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2004), 20.
  • ⁶ Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings, 2nd Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1997), 20.

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