Ancestry of
Adlai Stevenson III

U.S. Senator from Illinois

Richard Christophers

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Adlai Stevenson III — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 842 
  • Father:
  • Christopher Christophers 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Berry   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Jul 1662 
  • Birth Location:
  • Churston Ferrers, Torbay, Devonshire, England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Jun 1726 
  • Death Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Ancient Cemetery, New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Grace Turner
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Sep 1691 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Joanna Christophers (Ahnentafel No:421 )

• Additional marriages for Richard Christophers

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  • Spouse:
  • Lucretia Bradley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Jan 1681
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut

• Sources for Richard Christophers

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/21/2015).
  • ² New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1919, Vol. 50, pp. 326, 330, 334.
  • ³ Leffingwell, Albert and Charles Wesley Leffingwell, The Leffingwell Record: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell, 1637-1897, Aurora, New York: Leffingwell Publishing Company (1897), 46-47.
  • ⁴ Merrick, Barbara Lambert and Scott Andrew Bartley, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 24, Part 1, William Brewster, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2014), 125, 135-136, 225-227, 265-267.
  • ⁵ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, comp., Mayflower Families in Progress: William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, 3rd edition, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000), 20, 53-55, 72-73.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 26, 62, 80, 111.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 322, 482, 785.
  • ⁸ Stoddard, Mrs. Frances M., Genealogical History of the Allen Family and of Some of Their Connections, Boston: Privately printed (1891), 30.