Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

Nicholas Purefoy

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• • 14th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 17th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 79308 
  • Father:
  • John Purefoy 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1473 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Feb 1457 
  • Death Location:
  • Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Alice Denton
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1494 
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  Edward Purefoy (Ahnentafel No:39654 )

  Isabel Purefoy

  Alice Purefoy

• Additional marriages for Nicholas Purefoy

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  • Spouse:
  • Clemence Lydiard

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  • Spouse:
  • Katherine Brayfield

• Sources for Nicholas Purefoy

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. 2, pp. 475-476.

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