Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

Adam Winthrop Jr.

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• • 13th Great-grandfather of Bill Gates — 16th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 52524 
  • Father:
  • Adam Winthrop 
  • Mother:
  • Joane Burton   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Oct 1498 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lavenham, Suffolk, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • From 20 SEP 1562 to 05 JAN 1562/1563 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Agnes Sharpe
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jul 1534 
  • Marriage Location:
  • London, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  John Winthrop

  Adam Winthrop III (Ahnentafel No:26262 )

• Additional marriages for Adam Winthrop Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Alice Henry

• Sources for Adam Winthrop Jr.

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1906, Vol. 60, p. 223.
  • ² Cocks, George William, History and Genealogy of the Cock, Cocks, Cox Family: Descended from James and Sarah Cock . . ., Somerville, New Jersey: The Unionis-Gazette Association (1914), 296.
  • ³ Muskett, Joseph James, ed., Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton, co. Suffolk, England, Priv. print.: (1896), 25, 41.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 30.
  • ⁵ Thomas, Lawrence Buckley, The Thomas Book: Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., the Thomas Family Descended from . . ., New York: The Henry T. Thomas Company (1896), 554.

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