Ancestry of
Burt Reynolds

Movie Actor

George W. Wilcox

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Burt Reynolds — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 22 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1814 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 1 Jan 1847 to 30 Apr 1847 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Plains Cemetery, Aurelius, Ingham, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lauria Sophronia Olmsted
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1834 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Aaron Demetrius Wilcox

  Susan Elizabeth Wilcox

  Matilda Sophronia Wilcox

  Ann Eliza Wilcox (Ahnentafel No:11 )

  • Notes: 

  • There is an Elijah Wilcox mentioned in George Wilcox's probate file and a Donald Wilcox (b.c. 1846) found with his family in the 1860 and 1870 federal census records. Their relationship to George is unknown but they are not listed as heirs with his widow and four minor children in his probate records.

• Sources for George W. Wilcox

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/17/2019).
  • ² Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Death certificate for daughter Mrs Ann Eliza Thompson.
  • ³ Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980, Case #384, Probate file for George W. Wilcox.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 318.

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