Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

Abraham George Claypoole

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• • 7th Generation — 4th Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 106 
  • Father:
  • James Claypoole   
  • Mother:
  • Mary Chambers   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1756 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Feb 1827 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Steele
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Nov 1795 
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  • Child:
  • Alice Ann Claypoole 

• Additional marriages for Abraham George Claypoole

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Popplewell Falconer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Feb 1789
  • Marriage Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania

• Sources for Abraham George Claypoole

  • ¹ American Biographical Library, Entry for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A022878.
  • ³ Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821, Marriage record for Abraham George Claypool and Elizabeth Popwel Thompson, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁴ Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 2nd Ed., Philadelphia: Porter and Coates (1891), 161-162.
  • ⁵ Graff, Rebecca Irwin, Genealogy of the Claypoole Family of Philadelphia 1588-1893, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1893), 67, 79-82, Google Books (Digital Library).

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