Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

Ruth Smith

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• • 7th Great-grandmother of Bill Gates — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 825 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Rachel Marvin   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1687 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Nov 1734 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Jonah Keeler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Nov 1713 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut 
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  Jonah Keeler Jr. (Ahnentafel No:412 )

  Lydia Keeler

  Samuel Keeler

• Sources for Ruth Smith

  • ¹ North American Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscripts, 1642-1977, CT, Fairfield: Wilton (Mss A2777), pp. 12, 149, Death of Ruth (Smith) Keeler.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1948, Vol. 25, p. 76.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#61 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Notable Descendants of the Stanleys of Hartford", (accessed 11/11/2014).

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