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Benedict Cumberbatch

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William Chaloner

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 66 
  • Father:
  • William Chaloner 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Finney   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1750 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1813 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Emma Harvey
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Aug 1771 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. James, Westminster, London, England 
  • Child:

  Caroline Chaloner (Ahnentafel No:33 )

• Sources for William Chaloner

  • ¹ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Baptism record for daughter Caroline Chaloner.
  • ² England Marriages, 1538-1973, Marriage record for William Chaloner and Emma Harvey.
  • ³ Ancestry.com, "The Surprising Link Between Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle", (accessed 06/27/2017).
  • ⁴ Furness, Hannah, "Benedict Cumberbatch and Alan Turing are related, genealogists claim", The Telegraph, (accessed 06/30/2017).
  • ⁵ Howard, Joseph Jackson, ed., Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Vol. 3, Second Series, London: Mitchell and Hughes (1890), 336.
  • ⁶ 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.

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