Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

John Whitcomb

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Richard Gere — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2274 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Whitcomb 
  • Mother:
  • Joanna Pope   
  • Birth Date:
  • BY 1598 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Sep 1662 
  • Death Location:
  • Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Frances Coggan
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Nov 1623 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Mary's Magdalene, Taunton, Somersetshire, England 
  • Child:

  Catherine Whitcomb (Ahnentafel No:1137 )

• Sources for John Whitcomb

  • ¹ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 368.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VII, T-Y, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2011), 326-331.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. I, A-B, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1999), 425.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Richard [Tiffany] Gere", (accessed 10/10/2014).

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