Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

Rhodolphus Elmes Jr.

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Richard Gere — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 568 
  • Father:
  • Rhodolphus Elmes 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine Whitcomb   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 May 1668 
  • Birth Location:
  • Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Bethiah Dodson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Feb 1695/1696 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  Ignatius Elmes (Ahnentafel No:284 )

  Mary Elmes

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  • Rhodolphus Elmes's given name is also seen as Rolophus.

• Sources for Rhodolphus Elmes Jr.

  • ¹ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. II, C-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001), 426.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Richard [Tiffany] Gere", (accessed 10/10/2014).
  • ³ Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 8, 2nd ed., Degory Priest, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2008), 175.
  • ⁴ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 256.

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