Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

Joan -----

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• • 9th Great-grandmother of Richard Gere — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3217 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Jan 1669/1670 
  • Death Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Robert Hempstead
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  • Child:

  Joshua Hempstead (Ahnentafel No:1608 )

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  • Joan's given name is also seen as Joanna.

    Joan's maiden name is said to have been Willey or Willie. Evidence is needed to support this claim.

• Additional marriages for Joan -----

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  • Spouse:
  • Andrew Lester

• Sources for Joan -----

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 2008, Vol. 83, p. 68.
  • ² The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 28, New York: James T. White and Company (1940), 184.

Richard Gere photo by Francesco (spaceodissey) (CC BY 2.0)