Ancestry of
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
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- 3rd Great-grandmother of John Lithgow — 6th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 39
- Father:
- Amos Whittemore
- Mother:
- Helen Wesson
- Birth Date:
- 21 Apr 1788
- Birth Location:
- West Cambridge (now Arlington), Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 2 Feb 1878
- Death Location:
- Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spouse Name:
- Jonas Prentiss
- Marriage Date:
- 22 Feb 1807
- Marriage Location:
- West Cambridge (now Arlington), Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Child:
Ellen Prentiss (Ahnentafel No:19 )
Helen Whittemore
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Sources for Helen Whittemore
- 1 Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death record for Helen Prentis.
- 2 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Cambridge, Vol. 2, p. 315, Marriage intention for Jonas Prentice and Helen Whittemore.
- 3 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1908, Vol. 62, Supplement, pp. lxxiv - lxxv.
- 4 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1954, Vol. 108, p. 249.
- 5 Binney, Charles James Fox, The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, Etc., from 1631 to 1883, 2nd Edition, Boston: Published by the Editor (1883), 86-87, gives Helen's father as Thomas Whittemore and states Amos simply as a relative.
- 6 Cutter, Dr. Benjamin and William Richard Cutter, A History of the Cutter Family of New England, Boston: David Clapp and Son (1871), 232.
- 7 Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908), 1802.
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