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Ken Burns

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Ken Burns

Documentary Filmmaker


    Peleg Sherman Jr.

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    • 7th Great-grandfather of Ken Burns — 10th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 772 
    • Birth Date:
    • 8 Oct 1666 
    • Birth Location:
    • Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
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    • 16 Nov 1697 
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  • Sources for Peleg Sherman Jr.

    • 2 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Newport County, Vol. 4, p. 1-90, Birth record for Peleg Shearman.
    • 3 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Newport County, Vol. 4, p. 1-90, Birth records for children of Peleg and Alice Shearman.
    • 4 Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 1783.

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