Ancestry of
Tennessee Williams

Author of A Streetcar Named Desire

William Cavendish

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Tennessee Williams — 13th Generation
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  • 5594 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Cavendish 
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  • Alice Smith   
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  • 25 Oct 1557 
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  • Margaret Bostock
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  Anne Cavendish (Ahnentafel No:2797 )

• Additional marriages for William Cavendish

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Conyngsby

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Hardwick
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Aug 1547
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bradgate, Leicestershire, England

• Sources for William Cavendish

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 208.
  • ² Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 837.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. 1, p. 275.
  • ⁴ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 3, pp. 362-364.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 271.