Ancestry of
Meryl Streep

Movie Actress

Mary -----

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• • 8th Great-grandmother of Meryl Streep — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1575 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Jun 1674 
  • Death Location:
  • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Henry Howland
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  • ABT 1623 
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  Abigail Howland (Ahnentafel No:787 )

  Zoeth Howland

  John Howland

  Mary Howland

  Samuel Howland

  Sarah Howland

  Elizabeth Howland

  Joseph Howland

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources state that Mary's maiden name was Newland, but no reliable evidence has yet been found to support this.

• Sources for Mary -----

  • ¹ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 7, pp. 956-957.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 2, G-O, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1018.
  • ³ Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
  • ⁴ Johnson, Caleb H., "Henry Howland of Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire: Father of Mayflower Passenger John Howland", (accessed 06/09/2020).
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#55 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Notable Descendants of Henry and Margaret (----) Howland of . . .", (accessed 10/29/2014).
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 28, 117, 127.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 608, 609, 615-616, 618-623, 625-627.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 447.

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