Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

Benjamin Kissam

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 200 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Kissam 
  • Mother:
  • Deborah Whitehead   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 12 Jun 1748 
  • Christening Location:
  • St. George's Church, Hempstead, Nassau, New York 
  • Death Date:
  • 25 Oct 1782 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Catherina Rutgers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Oct 1755 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Trinity Church, New York, New York 
  • Child:

  Peter Rutgers Kissam (Ahnentafel No:100 )

• Sources for Benjamin Kissam

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 23.
  • ² U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #4064, Membership application for George W. Vanderbilt.
  • ³ Duyckinck, Whitehead Cornell and Rev. John Cornell, The Duyckinck and Allied Families: Being a Record of the Descendants of Evert Duyckinck Who Settled in . . ., New York: Tobias A. Wright, Publisher (1908), 6, 12.
  • ⁴ Kissam, Edward, The Kissam Family in America from 1644 to 1825, New York: Dempsey and Carroll's Art Press (1892), 16, 20-21.

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