Ancestry of
Ted Danson

TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”

Jane Deverdier Woodruff

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Ted Danson — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 21 
  • Father:
  • Truman Woodruff 
  • Mother:
  • Mary S. Benton   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Sep 1832 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Aug 1878 
  • Death Location:
  • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Thomas Humphrey Cushing Allen
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jun 1852 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Child:

  William Mercer Allen (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • Jane Woodruff's given name is also seen as Jennie.

• Sources for Jane Deverdier Woodruff

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A001852.
  • ² Abbott, Susan Woodruff, Woodruff Genealogy: Descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut: The Harty Press, Inc. (1963), 231.
  • ³ Phinney, Mary Allen, Allen Genealogy: A Brief History of Lewis Allen (of Fisher's Island and New London, Conn.) and His Descendants . . ., Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. (1954), 142-143.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 321.
  • ⁵ Smith, H. Allen, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Conn., with Mention of . . ., Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers (1889), 169.
  • ⁶ Stoddard, Mrs. Frances M., Genealogical History of the Allen Family and of Some of Their Connections, Boston: Privately printed (1891), 76-77.

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