Ancestry of
Gene Roddenberry

Creator of Star Trek

Henry Jackson Roddenberry Jr.

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• • Great-grandfather of Gene Roddenberry — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Henry Roddenberry 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Ellis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Apr 1840 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ware County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Jun 1893 
  • Death Location:
  • Charlton County, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Folkston, Charlton, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Novenia Adella Sheffield
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Mar 1865 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Charlton County, Georgia 
  • Child:

  Leon E. Roddenberry (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • According to their tombstones, Henry Roddenberry and his wife Novenia share the same birthdate of 22 APR 1840.

• Sources for Henry Jackson Roddenberry Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A097935.
  • ² Federal Census, GA, Charlton County, 1880, Traders Hill, E.D. 14, p. 1, Image 1 of 9.
  • ³ Federal Census, GA, Charlton County, 1870, p. 91, Image 18 of 48.
  • ⁴ Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960, Application for spouse Novenia Roddenberry.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/26/2016).
  • ⁶ McQueen, Alex S., History of Charlton County, Atlanta, Georgia: Stein Printing Company (1932), 250-251.

Gene Roddenberry photo by NASA on the Commons