Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

William Joseph Whiting

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 110 
  • Father:
  • John Whiting 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Ingersoll   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Oct 1760 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Feb 1794 
  • Death Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Lyman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1784 
  • Marriage Location:
  • First Church, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Martha Whiting (Ahnentafel No:55 )

• Sources for William Joseph Whiting

  • ¹ Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, Death record for William J. Whiting.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 24.
  • ³ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 5, p. 1119.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/07/2017).
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 10.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 54.

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