Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

Sylvanus Gibbs

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Bill Gates — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 214 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Feb 1754 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jun 1834 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Hillside Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Betty Elmer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Sep 1777 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  Delia Gibbs (Ahnentafel No:107 )

• Sources for Sylvanus Gibbs

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 54.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A044699.
  • ³ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 4, p. 780.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/04/2017).
  • ⁵ Tupper, Eleanor, Ph.D., Tupper Genealogy 1578-1971, North Conway, New Hampshire: The Reporter Press (1972), 759.

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