Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

Obadiah Richards

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Richard Gere — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 614 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Richards 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Nov 1702 
  • Death Location:
  • Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Andrews
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1666 
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  Rachel Richards (Ahnentafel No:307 )

• Sources for Obadiah Richards

  • ¹ New England Marriages to 1700, Vol. 2, p. 1269, Marriage record for Obadiah Richards and Hannah Andrews.
  • ² New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 6, p. 1384.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1959, Vol. 35, p. 84.
  • ⁴ Andrews, Alfred, Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews, Who Settled in Farmington, Conn., 1640, Chicago: A. H. Andrews and Co. (1872), 52.
  • ⁵ 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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