Ancestry of
Benedict Cumberbatch

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George Curwen

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2482 
  • Father:
  • John Curwen 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Dec 1610 
  • Birth Location:
  • Workington, Cumberland, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Jan 1684/1685 
  • Death Location:
  • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Herbert
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1634 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Abigail Curwen (Ahnentafel No:1241 )

  John Corwin

  Jonathan Corwin

  Hannah Corwin

  Abigail Corwin

  Hannah Corwin

  Elizabeth Corwin

  • Notes: 

  • George Curwen's surname is also seen as Corwin and Curwin.

• Additional marriages for George Curwen

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Winslow
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Sep 1669
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

• Sources for George Curwen

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1996, Vol. 150, pp. 180-185, 190-197.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 85.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. II, C-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001), 266.
  • ⁴ McGuyre, Ruth C., et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 5, 2nd ed., Edward Winslow - John Billington, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1997), 8-9.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 183.

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