Ancestry of
George H. W. Bush

41st U.S. President

Silence Kingsley

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of George H. W. Bush — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 179 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Kingsley 
  • Mother:
  • Mary -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Aug 1727 
  • Birth Location:
  • Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Samuel Herrick
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Feb 1754 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  (probable) Sarah Herrick (Ahnentafel No:89 )

  • Notes: 
  • Sources disagree on whether or not Silence was born 30 AUG 1727 in Easton, Massachusetts, or 26 FEB 1736 in Norwich, Connecticut.

• Sources for Silence Kingsley

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A054353.
  • ² U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #34625, Membership application for Edgar Ovet Blake.
  • ³ Herrick, Gen. Jedediah and Lucius C. Herrick, M.D., Herrick Genealogy: A Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick, Columbus, Ohio: Privately Printed (1885), 104.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 10.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 437.
  • ⁶ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 274.