Ancestry of
William H. Macy

TV and Movie Actor

James Gaines

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of William H. Macy — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 114 
  • Father:
  • William Henry Gaines 
  • Mother:
  • Isabella Pendleton   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1742 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1829 
  • Death Location:
  • Sullivan County, Tennessee 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Strother
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1776 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Edmund Pendleton Gaines

  George Strother Gaines

  Martha "Patsey" Gaines (Ahnentafel No:57 )

  • Notes: 

  • James and his sister Anne Gaines have been traditionally said to have been twins.

• Additional marriages for James Gaines

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  • Spouse:
  • - - - - - - White
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1762

• Sources for James Gaines

  • ¹ Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), Vol. 1, p. 180.
  • ² Armstrong, Zella, comp., Notable Southern Families: Volume 1, Chattanooga, Tennessee: The Lookout Publishing Company (1918), 86, 88-89.