Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

Joseph Sylvester Jr.

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Richard Gere — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 566 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Silvester 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Barstow   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Nov 1664 
  • Birth Location:
  • Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • BY 4 Mar 1754 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Bartlett
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT Apr 1690 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Solomon Sylvester

  Hannah Sylvester

  Joseph Silvester

  Mary Sylvester (Ahnentafel No:283 )

  Thankful Sylvester

  Content Sylvester

  Ebenezer Sylvester

• Sources for Joseph Sylvester Jr.

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Richard [Tiffany] Gere", (accessed 10/10/2014).
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 323, 799.
  • ³ Wakefield, Robert S. and Judith H. Swan, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 18, Part 1, Richard Warren, 68-69.

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