Ancestry of
Benedict Cumberbatch

Movie, Television and Stage Actor

Ann Bowes

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• • 8th Great-grandmother of Benedict Cumberbatch — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1063 
  • Father:
  • George Bowes 
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  • Burial Date:
  • 26 Jan 1700/1701 
  • Burial Location:
  • Whickham, Durham, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Francis Blakiston
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Jul 1656 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wolsingham, Durham, England 
  • Child:

  Elizabeth Blakiston (Ahnentafel No:531 )

• Sources for Ann Bowes

  • ¹ Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Ireland, and Scotland, 2nd ed., London: Scott, Webster, and Geary (1844), 65.
  • ² Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 275.
  • ³ Fordyce, William, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham: Comprising a Condensed Account of . . ., Vol. 2, London and Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co. (1857), 54.
  • 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), 101.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "William Bowes", (accessed 04/11/2014).

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