Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

Bridget Deverell

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• • 10th Great-grandmother of Richard Gere — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6255 
  • Father:
  • (probable) Robert Deverell 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Grisell Button   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 25 Feb 1598/1599 
  • Christening Location:
  • Hurley, Berkshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 25 Oct 1672 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • William Varney
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Apr 1629 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England 
  • Child:

  Rachel Varney (Ahnentafel No:3127 )

  • Notes: 
  • Walter Davis states that Bridget's will mentions her sons "Jeffrey Parsons and Humphrey Varney" and leaving 20 pounds to her daughter "Rachel Vinson (the wife of William Vinson)." Also see notes for daughter Rachel.

• Sources for Bridget Deverell

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1988, Vol. 142, p. 248.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 2006, Vol. 81, pp. 164-171.
  • ³ The Newport Historical Magazine, Newport, Rhode Island: Newport Historical Publishing Co., 1883, Vol. 4, p. 188.
  • ⁴ Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Nicholas Davis, 1753-1832, of Limington, Maine, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press (1956), 225.

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