Ancestry of
Thomas Pynchon

American Novelist

William Henry Chichele Pynchon

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• • Grandfather of Thomas Pynchon — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • William Lyon Pynchon 
  • Mother:
  • Annie Payne Cogswell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Apr 1867 
  • Birth Location:
  • Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Jan 1910 
  • Death Location:
  • Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Nassau, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Carrie Susan Moyses
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Sep 1896 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York 
  • Child:

  Thomas Ruggles Pynchon (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for William Henry Chichele Pynchon

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/29/2018).
  • ² New England Ancestors Magazine, 2002, Vol. 3.5, p. 35.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#48 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Ancestry of Novelist Thomas Pynchon", (accessed 11/28/2018).
  • 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), 188.