Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

Nicholas Poyntz

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• • 20th Great-grandfather of Bill Gates — 23rd Generation
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  • 7176384 
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  • Hugh Poyntz 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Maud de Acton
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 9 Feb 1308/1309 
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  John Poyntz (Ahnentafel No:3588192 )

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  • 2nd Lord Poyntz

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth la Zouche
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 20 Jan 1287/1288

• Sources for Nicholas Poyntz

  • ¹ Berry, William, County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper (1830), 352.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Part V, p. 413.
  • ³ 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. 2, p. 267.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 526.
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 211-212.
  • ⁶ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 78.

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