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Richard Henry Lee

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

William de Bohun

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• • 14th Generation — 11th Great-grandfather of Richard Henry Lee
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11518 
  • Father:
  • Humphrey de Bohun   
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Plantagenet   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1312 
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  • Death Date:
  • Sep 1360 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth de Badlesmere
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1335 
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  • Child:
  • Elizabeth de Bohun 
  • Notes: 

  • 1st Earl of Northampton.

• Sources for William de Bohun

  • ¹ Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 2nd Ed., Philadelphia: Porter and Coates (1891), 160.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 62.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 308, 312, 314, 328, 336, 342, 353, 359.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 500, 558.
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis, Eight Lines of Descent of John Prescott, Founder of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1645, Dublin, New Hampshire: (1957), 46.
  • ⁶ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 25.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton", (accessed 09/23/2011).
  • ⁸ Wurts, John S., Magna Charta, New York: Brookfield Publishing Company (1893), 1594, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).