Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

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

Elizabeth Bessiles

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• • 10th Great-grandmother of Robert Gould Shaw — 13th Generation
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  • William Bessiles   
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  • Alice Harcourt   
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  Anne Fettiplace (Ahnentafel No:2871 )

• 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 Immig rants to the American Colonies or the United States , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008) , 215.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp. , Ancestor s of American Presidents , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009) , 361.