Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

Richard Thornes

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• • 12th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 15th Generation
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  • John Thornes 
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  Ralph Thornes

  William Thornes

  Alice Thornes (Ahnentafel No:8765 )

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  • Richard Thornes's wife may have been Margaret (maiden name unknown) or Joan, daughter of Ieuan Llwyd Fychan.

• Sources for Richard Thornes

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. III, p. 587.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 110.

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