Ancestry of
Oliver Platt

Movie Actor

Eliphalet Platt

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Oliver Platt — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 128 
  • Father:
  • John Platt Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Jemima Lewis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Jul 1733 
  • Birth Location:
  • Huntington, Suffolk, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Jul 1795 
  • Death Location:
  • Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Scudder
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Dec 1757 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  John Platt (Ahnentafel No:64 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sources disagree on wether Eliphalet Platt was born in Huntington, New York, or Trenton, New York.

• Sources for Eliphalet Platt

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A089599.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/12/2015).
  • ³ Platt, Charles, Jr., Platt Genealogy in America From the Arrival of Richard Platt in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1638, New Hope, Pennsylvania: Unknown (1963), 81.
  • ⁴ Platt, G. Lewis, The Platt Lineage: A Genealogical Research and Record, New York: Thomas Whittaker (1891), 141, 147.
  • ⁵ Purdy, Clayton C., et. al., Three Brothers: Joseph, Daniel, Samuel Purdy, Born and Died Rye, NY, ca 1680-1768, Syosset, New York: Manuscript (1993), 5937.

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