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Christopher Reeve

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    Adam Winthrop III

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    • 11th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 14th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 9916 
    • Birth Date:
    • 10 Aug 1548 
    • Birth Location:
    • London, England 
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    • Burial Date:
    • 28 Mar 1623 
    • Burial Location:
    • Groton, Suffolk, England 
    • Marriage Date:
    • 20 Feb 1579/1580 
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    • Children:

    • Anne Winthrop

      John Winthrop (Ahnentafel No:4958 )

      Lucy Winthrop

    • Notes: 
    • Lord of the Manor of Groton
  • Additional marriages for Adam Winthrop III


    • Spouse:
    • Alice Still
    • Marriage Date:
    • 16 Dec 1574

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  • Sources for Adam Winthrop III

    • 3 Cocks, George William, History and Genealogy of the Cock, Cocks, Cox Family: Descended from James and Sarah Cock . . ., Somerville, New Jersey: The Unionis-Gazette Association (1914), 296-297.
    • 4 Jacobus, Donald Lines and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1978, reprinted from 1952), 516.
    • 5 Muskett, Joseph James, ed., Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton, co. Suffolk, England, Priv. print.: (1896), 25, 41, 82, 99.
    • 7 Thomas, Lawrence Buckley, The Thomas Book: Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., the Thomas Family Descended from . . ., New York: The Henry T. Thomas Company (1896), 554-555.
    • 8 Winthrop, Robert C. and others, Committee of Publication, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. I - Fifth Series: The Winthrop Papers, Cambridge: John Wilson and Son (1871), xxxiii.

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