Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

Samuel Preston

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 10th Generation
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  • 546 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1665 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Sep 1743 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rachel Lloyd
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Jul 1688 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sussex County, Delaware 
  • Child:

  Hannah Preston (Ahnentafel No:273 )

  • Notes: 

  • Mayor of Philadephia, 1711

• Additional marriages for Samuel Preston

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Burton

• Sources for Samuel Preston

  • ¹ Carpenter, Edward and Gen. Louis Henry Carpenter, Samuel Carpenter and His Descendants, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. (1912), 39, 42.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#77 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: An Assortment of Famous Actors", (accessed 10/02/2014).

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