Ancestry of
Janis Joplin

Singer and Songwriter

Persis Gunn

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Janis Joplin — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 113 
  • Father:
  • Asahel Gunn Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Lucy Gunn   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Feb 1779 
  • Birth Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Nov 1814 
  • Death Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Pine Nook Cemetery, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Hoar alias Hanson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Jan 1797 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  John Milton Hanson (Ahnentafel No:56 )

• Sources for Persis Gunn

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A055851 and #A048371.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/13/2015).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Montague, Vol. 1, p. 25, Birth record for Persis Gunn.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Deerfield, Vol. 1, p. 66, Birth record for son John Milton Hanson.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Montague, Vol. 1, p. 80, Marriage record for William Hoar and Persis Gunn.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Montague, Vol. 1, p. 137, Death record for Persis Gunn.