Ancestry of
Ted Danson

TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”

Joel Sperry

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Ted Danson — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 170 
  • Father:
  • David Sperry 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Perkins   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Aug 1752 
  • Birth Location:
  • Amity, Woodbridge, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 30 Aug 1752 
  • Christening Location:
  • Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 2 Feb 1826 
  • Death Location:
  • Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • West Avon Cemetery, Avon, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Wheeler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Jan 1778 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Nabby Abigail Sperry (Ahnentafel No:85 )

• Sources for Joel Sperry

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Woodbridge, p. 14, Birth record for Joel Sperry.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestors #A107173.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/31/2015).
  • ⁴ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 7, pp. 1674, 1690-1691.
  • ⁵ Abbott, Susan Woodruff, Woodruff Genealogy: Descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut: The Harty Press, Inc. (1963), 120.
  • ⁶ Andrews, Alfred, Memorial: Genealogy and Ecclesiastical History, Chicago, Illinois: Published by A. H. Andrews (1867), 420.
  • ⁷ Bailey, Frederic W., Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, 1st Book, New Haven: Price, Lee and Adkins Co., Print (1896), p. 14, Marriage record for Joel Sperry and Abigail Wheeler.

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