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Ann Thompson

The New Netherland Ancestors of

ANN THOMPSON,

the wife of ELBRIDGE GERRY



- for Elbridge Gerry

Constitutional Convention Delegate, Continental Congress Delegate, Declaration of Independence Signer, Governor (Massachusetts), House of Representatives, Vice President of the United States





       __James Thompson1
      |
ANN THOMPSON1
the wife of ELBRIDGE GERRY
      |
      |               __Thomas Walton2,3
      |              |
      |          __William Walton2
      |         |    |
      |         |    |     __Thomas Lawrence2,3
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |__Mary Lawrence2,3
      |         |         |
      |         |         |__Mary (__)3
      |         |
      |     __Jacob Walton1,2
      |    |    |
      |    |    |     __Jacob Abrahamszen Van Santvoort2
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |__Maryken Santvoort2
      |    |         |
      |    |         |     __Tielman Van Vleck2,4
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |__Magdaleentje Van Vleck2
      |    |              |
      |    |              |     __(Johan or Jean) Herlin4
      |    |              |    |
      |    |              |__Magdalena Herlin4
      |    |                   |
      |    |                   |__Magdalena (Ketwick or Ketwig)
      |    |
      |__Catharine Walton1
	   |
	   |          __Wilhelmus Beekman2,5
	   |         |
	   |     __GERARDUS WILLEMSE BEEKMAN2
	   |    |    |
	   |    |    |     __Hendrick de Boog5
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |__Catalina de Boogh2,5
	   |    |         |
	   |    |         |__(__) Slagboom5
	   |    |
	   |__Maria Beekman1,2
		|
		|     __Stoffel Janszen Abeel2
		|    |
		|__Magdalena Abeel2
		     |
		     |     __Jan Croon
		     |    |
		     |__Neeltje Jans Croon2
			  |
			  |__(__)



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Biography of ELBRIDGE GERRY

 
GERRY, Elbridge, a Delegate and a Representative from Massachusetts and a Vice President of the United States; born in Marblehead, Mass., July 17, 1744; pursued classical studies and graduated from Harvard College in 1762; engaged in commercial pursuits; member, colonial house of representatives 1772-1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1776-1780 and 1783-1785; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787; refused to sign the instrument, but subsequently gave it his support; elected to the First and Second Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1793); sent to France on a diplomatic mission in 1797; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1801 and again in 1812; Governor of Massachusetts 1810-1811; elected Vice President of the United States on the ticket with James Madison in 1812 and served from March 4, 1813, until his death in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1814; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume One, Santa Clarita:  Carl
       Boyer, 3rd, 1998.  151.
   2.  Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of the American Presidents, First
       Authoritative Edition.  Santa Clarita:  Carl Boyer, 3rd, 1995.  79-86
   3.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  911.
   4.  Ibid., p. 1677.
   5.  Ibid., p. 393.

 

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