Ancestry of
Allen Dulles

5th Director of the C.I.A.

Joseph Dulles

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Allen Dulles — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • William Dulles 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1754 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Dublin, Ireland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Jan 1818 
  • Death Location:
  • Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sophia Heatly
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Feb 1785 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Joseph Heatly Dulles (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • Joseph Dulles was an Irish immigrant who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1779. He fought against the British in the American Revolution and was taken prisoner when Charleston fell. He survived the war and founded an import business in Charleston.

• Sources for Joseph Dulles

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A203819.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/23/2015).
  • ³ Carey, Patrick W., Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ: A Model Theologian 1918-2008, Mahwah, New Jersey: Published by Paulist Press (2010), 2.