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Benedict Cumberbatch

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William Griffith

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• • 14th Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 17th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 78582 
  • Father:
  • William Griffith 
  • Mother:
  • Joan Troutbeck   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1480 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1531 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Jane Stradling
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  William Griffith

  Edward Griffith

  Rhys Griffith

  John Griffith

  Hugh Griffith

  Grace Griffith

  Jane Griffith

  Elin Griffith

  Catherine Griffith

  Anne Griffith

  Elizabeth Griffith

  Dorothy Griffith (Ahnentafel No:39291 )

  Margaret Griffith

• Additional marriages for William Griffith

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  • Spouse:
  • Jane Puleston
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 2 Aug 1522

• Sources for William Griffith

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 209.
  • ² Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, London: Scott, Webster, and Geary (1888), 510.
  • ³ Dwnn, Lewys, Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches: Between the Years 1586 and 1613 . . ., Volume 2, Llandovery: William Rees (1846), 168.
  • ⁴ National Library of Wales, "Welsh Biography Online: Stradling family, Glam.", (accessed 03/01/2010).
  • ⁵ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 1, p. 560.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 193, 244, 847.
  • ⁷ 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), 375, 900.
  • ⁸ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 182.

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