Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Alexander St. John

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 12th Generation
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  • Sibyl ferch Morgan   
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  Henry St. John (Ahnentafel No:1508 )

• Sources for Alexander St. John

  • ¹ Blaydes, Frederic Augustus, ed. , The Visitations of Bedfordshire, Annis Domini 1566, 1582, and 1634 , London: (1884) , 55, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ² Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor , Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study i n Colonial and Medieval Families, 2011 Edition , Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011) , 479-480.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Royal Descents of 600 Immig rants to the American Colonies or the United States , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008) , 443.
  • ⁴ Scoville, S. G. , Smith, Morrill, and Allied Families , Somerville, New Jersey: American Historical Society (1930) , 282, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis , Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 , Lancaster, Mass: (1950) , 88.