Orson Welles to Diana
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| − | In the book ''American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales'', by Gary Boyd Roberts & William Addams Reitwiesner. Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore, 1984. they gives details for how [[Orson Welles]] is related to Diana, the Princess of Wales. On | + | In the book ''American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales'', by Gary Boyd Roberts & William Addams Reitwiesner. Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore, 1984. they gives details for how [[Orson Welles]] is related to [[Diana Spencer]], the Princess of Wales. On [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=49024&pageno=59 page 59] they give Orson's relevant lineal ascent as follows: "Richard Head Welles & Beatrice Ives; Richard Jones Welles & Mary Blanche Head; Orson Sherman Head & Mary Jane Treadwell; Jonathan Head, Jr. & Hepzibah Livermore; Jonathan Head & Ruth Little; Fobes Little & Sarah Baker; John Little & Constant Fobes; William Fobes & Martha Pabodie; 52-3" |
52-3 refers to where William fits in the genealogical chart for Dr Joseph Strong. | 52-3 refers to where William fits in the genealogical chart for Dr Joseph Strong. | ||
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| + | [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=49024&iid=FLHG_AmericanCousinsPrincessOfWales-0030 Page 30] of this same work tells us who 52-3 were : "52 John Fobes, d Bridgewater, Mass, 1660. In 1656 m as her first husband 53 Constant Mitchell who secondly in 1662 married John Briggs of Portsmouth, RI." | ||
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| + | 26 Caleb Fobes d Preston 25 Aug 1710 m at Norwich 30 Jun 1681 | ||
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| + | 27 Sarah Gager | ||
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| + | 12 Samuel Bishop Jr b Ipswich, Mass Feb 1678/9 | ||
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| + | 13 Sarah Fobes b Norwich 24 Jun 1684 | ||
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| + | 6 Caleb Bishop b Norwich 16 Mar 1715/6 | ||
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| + | 7 Keziah Hibbard b Windham Conn 19 May 1722 | ||
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| + | 2 Benajah Strong b Coventry, Conn 13 Oct 1740 | ||
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| + | 3 Lucy Bishop b Norwich, Conn 21 Dec 1747 | ||
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| + | 1 Dr Joseph Strong 1770-1812 | ||
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| + | And then on [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=49024&iid=FLHG_AmericanCousinsPrincessOfWales-0021 Page 21] - 25 we find the descent from Dr Joseph Strong to Diana given as | ||
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| + | 1 Dr Joseph Strong b South Coventry, Conn 10 Mar 1770 | ||
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| + | 2 Eleanor Strong b Philadelphia about 1802/3 | ||
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| + | 3 Ellen Wood b Chillicothe 18 July 1831 | ||
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| + | 4 Frances Eleanor Work b New York City 27 Oct 1857 | ||
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| + | 5 Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy b Chelsea, England 15 May 1885 | ||
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| + | 6 Ruth Burke Roche b Sandringham 20 Jan 1936 | ||
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| + | 7 Diana, Princess of Wales b Sandringham 1 Jul 1961 | ||
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| + | So Diana and Orson Welles are fifth cousins with the common ancestor Dr Joseph Strong b 1770. | ||
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