Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick

Elizabeth Bessiles

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• • 13th Generation — 10th Great-grandmother of Robert Gould Shaw
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  • William Bessiles   
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  • Alice Harcourt   
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  • Richard Fettiplace
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  • Anne Fettiplace 

• Sources for Elizabeth Bessiles

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. 2, p. 476.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 215.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 361.