Ancestry of
Ken Burns

Documentary Filmmaker

Gerardus Clarkson

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Ken Burns — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 164 
  • Father:
  • Matthew Clarkson 
  • Mother:
  • Cornelia Bancker de Peyster   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 26 Dec 1738 
  • Christening Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Death Date:
  • 19 Sep 1790 
  • Death Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Peters Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Flower
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 May 1761 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Children:
  
  

  Joseph Clarkson (Ahnentafel No:82 )

  William Clarkson

• Sources for Gerardus Clarkson

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A022802.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/15/2014).
  • ³ New Netherlands Connections, Berkeley, California: Dorothy A. Koenig (1996-2010), 2003, Vol. 8, p. 104.
  • ⁴ Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, January 4, 1907, Vol. XI, No. 1, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Reprinted from the New Era (1907), 383.
  • ⁵ Banker, Howard James, A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker Families of America, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, Printers (1907), 297.
  • ⁶ College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia: Dornan, Printer (1887), 43-44.
  • ⁷ Youngs, Florence E., ed., Genealogical Record: Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, Vol. 1, New York: Printed by order of the Society (1905), 41.

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