Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

Richard Corbet

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• • 14th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 17th Generation
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  • 70142 
  • Father:
  • Roger Corbet 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Hopton   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1451 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Dec 1493 
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  • Elizabeth Devereux
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  Robert Corbet

  Catherine Corbet

  Anne Corbet

  Mary Corbet

  Elizabeth Corbet (Ahnentafel No:35071 )

• Sources for Richard Corbet

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1999, Vol. 16, p. 119.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 188.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 291.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 500.
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 67.

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