Ancestry of
John Steinbeck

Author of The Grapes of Wrath

Joseph Russ

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of John Steinbeck — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 182 
  • Father:
  • John Russ 
  • Mother:
  • Deborah Osgood   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 May 1688 
  • Birth Location:
  • Andover, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Priscilla Moore
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Oct 1709 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Andover, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  Priscilla Russ (Ahnentafel No:91 )

• Sources for Joseph Russ

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Andover, Vol. 1, p. 322, Birth record for Joseph Russ.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Andover, Vol. 2, p. 291, Marriage record for Joseph Russ and Priscilla More.
  • ³ Noyes, Charles Phelps, Noyes-Gilman Ancestry: Being a Series of Sketches, with a Chart of the Ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes . . ., New York: Gilliss Press (1907), 414.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#66 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: New England Ancestors of Depression-Era Novelist John Steinbeck", (accessed 10/15/2014).