Ancestry of
John Kerry

68th U.S. Secretary of State

Simon Digby

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• • 11th Great-grandfather of John Kerry — 14th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14772 
  • Father:
  • William Digby 
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  • Rose Prestwich   
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  • 28 Mar 1570 
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  • Anne Grey
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  Everard Digby (Ahnentafel No:7386 )

  • Notes: 

  • Simon Digby of Bedale, Yorkshire, was executed in 1570 for high treason after having been implicated in teh Rebellion of 1569.

• Sources for Simon Digby

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 463.
  • ² Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 103.