Ancestry of
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

American “Fireside” Poet

Jacob Wendell

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• • Great-grandfather of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. — 4th Generation
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  • Johannes Wendell 
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  Oliver Wendell (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for Jacob Wendell

  • ¹ Boston, MA: Births 1700-1800, Birth record for son Oliver Wendell.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1865, Vol. 19, p. 102.
  • ³ Dudley, Dean, History of the Dudley Family: With Genealogical Tables, Pedigrees, &c., Number 6, Boston: David Clapp and Son, Printers (1892), 678.
  • ⁴ Kennedy, William Sloane, Oliver Wendell Holmes: Poet, Littérateur, Scientist, Boston: S. E. Cassino and Company (1883), 17-19, 23, 26.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 182.