Ancestry of
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
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- 4th Great-grandfather of John Lithgow — 7th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 78
- Father:
- Thomas Whittemore
- Mother:
- Anna Cutter
- Birth Date:
- 19 Apr 1759
- Birth Location:
- West Cambridge (now Arlington), Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 27 Mar 1828
- Death Location:
- West Cambridge (now Arlington), Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spouse Name:
- Helen Wesson
- Marriage Date:
- 18 Jun 1781
- Marriage Location:
- Child:
Helen Whittemore (Ahnentafel No:39 )
- Notes:
Revolutionary War veteran
Inventor of the Card Machine (used for the manufacture of cotton and wool cards)
Amos Whittemore
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Sources for Amos Whittemore
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/22/2022).
- 2 Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death record for daughter Helen Prentis.
- 3 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1954, Vol. 108, pp. 29, 249.
- 4 Cutter, Dr. Benjamin and William Richard Cutter, A History of the Cutter Family of New England, Boston: David Clapp and Son (1871), 231-232, 338-344.
John Lithgow photo by David Shankbone (CC BY-SA 3.0)