Ancestry of Tom Hanks
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Tom Hanks should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.  
 
Robert Battle and Christopher Challender Child contributed to this report.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com
 
 
Ancestry of Tom Hanks
1 Thomas J ... ("Tom") Hanks, b. Contra Costa Co., Cal., 9 July 1956
PARENTS
2 Amos Mefford Hanks, b. Glenn Co., Cal., 4 March 1924, d. Alameda, Cal., 31 Jan. 1992 [SSDI 565-26-1539]  
m.
3 Janet Marylyn Frager, b. Alameda Co., Cal., 18 Jan. 1932
GRANDPARENTS
4 Ernest Buel Hanks, b. ... , Cal., ... Sept. 1890, d. Willows, Cal., 14 May 1935  
m. Willows, Cal., 16 June 1916
5 Gladys Hilda Ball, b. ... , Iowa, 6 March 1888, d. San Mateo Co., Cal., 2 June 1965
6 Clarence P ... Frager, b. ... , Cal., 2 Nov. 1903, d. Alameda Co., 16 Jan. 1945, bur. St. Augustine's Catholic Cemetery, Alameda Co., Cal.  
m. ... 1924
7 Elexio Norrine Rose, b. ... , Cal., 5 Feb. 1907, d. Alameda Co., Cal., 9 Feb. 1955, bur. St. Augustine's Catholic Cemetery, Alameda Co., Cal.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Daniel Boone Hanks, b. Boonesville, Ky., 10 Sept. 1847, d. Tehama Co., Cal., 19 Apr. 1921  
m. ... , Cal., ... 1873
9 Mary Catherine Mefford, b. Hunnewell, Mo., 8 Sept. 1855, d. Tehama Co., Cal., 27 Aug. 1923
10 Amos Ball, b. Launceston, co. Cornwall, 13 May 1849, d. Long Beach, Cal., ... 1934  
m.
11 Selina Scoble, b. ... , co. Devon, 24 May 1849, d. Chicago, Ill., 16 Jan. 1907
12 William Frager, b. ... , Cal., 8 Dec. 1879, d. Alameda Co., Cal., 2 Jan. 1943, bur. St. Augustine's Catholic Cemetery, Alameda Co., Cal.  
m.
13 Frances Enos, b. ... , Cal., 6 Jan. 1886, d. Alameda Co., Cal., 9 Oct. 1958, bur. St. Augustine's Catholic Cemetery, Alameda Co., Cal.
14 Emmanuel Rose, b. ... , Portugal, ... , d. ...  
m.
15 Josephine Borge, b. ... , Cal., ... [ca. 1887], d. ... [living 1930]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Thomas Hanks, b. ... , Ky., 15 May 1819, d. ... , Mo., ... [after 1880]  
m.
17 Rachel Rayburn Cull, b. ... , Ky., 27 May 1817, d. ...
18 Jacob M ... Mefford, b. Newport, Ky., 10 July 1829, d. Shelby Co., Mo., 7 Aug. 1921  
m. Owen Co., Ky., ... June 1852
19 Sarah F ... Critchlow, b. ... , d. ...
24 Frank G ... Frager/Fraga, b. West Isle ... [ca. 1848], d. ... 13 Nov. 1912, bur. St. Augustine's Catholic Cemetery, Alameda Co., Cal.  
m.
25 Barbara N ... Silveria, b. West Isle ... [ca. 1850], d. ... 7 March 1917 bur. St. Augustine's Catholic Cemetery, Alameda Co., Cal.
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Thomas Hanks, b. Richmond Co., Va., 11 March 1791, d. Carroll Co., Ky., 20 Jan. 1882  
m. ... 22 Dec. 1812
33 Sarah Tandy, b. Lexington, Ky., 23 June 1791, d. Carroll Co., Ky., 11 Feb. 1862
36 John Mefford, b. ... 1798, d. ...  
m.
37 Mary Parker, b. ... , d. ...
38 Johnson R ... Critchlow, b. ... , Ky., ... 1807, d. ...  
m.
39 Rebecca Stafford, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Thomas Hanks, b. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1763, d. Johnson Co., Ind., 5 Sept. 1846  
m. ... 1787
65 Mary Dale, b. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1765, d. Gallatin Co., Ky., ... 1805
66 John Tandy, b. Caroline Co., Va., 9 Dec. 1751, d. Gallatin Co., Ky., 8 Dec. 1816  
m. ... 1790
67 Mary Louise Rowland, b. ... , d. ...
72 James Mefford, b. Frederick Co., Md., ... 1762, d. Campbell, Co., Ky., 14 Dec. 1844  
m. Scott Co., Ky., 20 Aug. 1793
73 Eleanor ... , b. ... , d. ...
74 John K ... Parker, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
75 ... , b. ... , d. ...
76 John Critchlow, b. Cumberland Co., Pa., ... 1766, d. Owen Co., Ky., ... 1830  
m.
77 Nancy Brown, b. ... , Ky., 23 March 1776, d. Lawrence Co., Ind., 15 Oct. 1864
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
128 John Hanks, b. Richmond Co., 4 May 1728, d. Woodford Co., Ky., ... 1810  
m.
129 Susannah ... , b. ... 1730, d. ...
130 Thomas Dale, b. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 20 April 1730, d. ... 1773  
m.
131 Alice Dodson, b. Richmond Co., Va., 15 March 1733, d. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1802
132 William Tandy, b. ... [ca. 1727], d. ... , Ky., ... March 1794  
m. Orange Co., Va., ... 1750
133 Jane Quarles, b. ... , d. ...
144 Johannes Meffert, b. Oberdorfelden, Hessen, 24 Jan. 1731, d. Scott Co., Ky., ... 1796  
m.
145 Catherine Barbara Lutz, b. ... , d. ...
152 William Critchlow, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
153 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 John Hanks, b. Richmond Co., Va., 2 Nov. 1680, d. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1740  
m.
257 Catherine ... , b. ... 1693, d. ...
260 Abraham Dale, b. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1683, d. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1740  
m.
261 Winnefred Southern, b. ... , Va., 8 March 1692/3, d. ...
262 Fortunatus Dodson, b. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., ... 1704, d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 9 Sept. 1737  
m. Richmond Co., Va., 9 Sept. 1726
263 Alice Goad, b. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., ... 1704 d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 27 Aug. 1767
266 Moses Quarles, b. ... 1704, d. ...  
m.
267 ... Linton, b. ... , d. ...
288 Andreas Meffert, b. Wachbuchen, Hessen, 2 Jan. 1707, d. Chester, Pa., 12 Aug. 1760  
m. Oberdorfelden, Hessen, 2 Feb. 1729
289 Magdalena Haas, b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
512 William Hanks, b. Richmond Co., Va., 1 Feb. 1654, d. Richmond Co., Va., 7 Feb. 1704  
m. Richmond Co., Va., 1 May 1678
513 Sarah ... , b. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1653, d. ...
520 Reuben Dale, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
521 Elizabeth Simmonds, b. ... , d. ...
522 Thomas Southern, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
523 Eleanor ... , b. ... , d. ...
524 Charles Dodson, b. ... , Md., ... 1679, d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 1 Aug. 1715  
m.
525 Anne Stone, b. ... , d. Richmond Co., Va., ... 1718
526 Abraham Goad, b. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 10 May 1667, d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 11 April 1734  
m.
527 Katherine Williams, b. Richmond Co., Va., ... [1668 or 1674], d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., 23 May 1741
532 John Quarles, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
533 Jane Mallory, b. ... , d. ...
576 Johann Conradt Meffert, b. ... [ca. 1666], d. Wachenbuchen, Hessen, 22 July 1731  
m. Wachenbuchen, Hessen, 3 Feb. 1706
577 Anna Maria Koch, b. ... , d. ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1024 Thomas Hanks, b. ... , d. Gloucester Co., Va., 8 Apr. 1674  
m.
1025 Elizabeth ... , b. ... , d. ...
1048 Charles Dodson, b. ... , d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., ... 1705  
m.
1049 Ann ... , b. ... , d. ...
1052 Richard Goad, b. ... , d. Old Rappahannock, Va., ... 1719  
m.
1053 Phoebe Hawes, b. ... , Va., ... [ca. 1630], d. Lancaster Co., Va., 28 Dec. 1678
1054 John Williams, b. ... , Va., ... [before 1652], d. ... Va., ... [ca. 1681]  
m.
1055 Eve ... , b. ... , d. North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Va., ... [before 4 Oct. 1705]
1066 Capt. Roger Mallory, b. ... , d. ... [by 1697]  
m.
1067 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1152 Hans Heinrich Meffert, b. ... , d. Wachenbuchen, Hessen, 10 June 1704  
m.
1153 Anna Margarethe Emmel, b. ... , d. ...
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

1930 - Eden Twp., Alameda Co., CA, e.d. 249, sheet 13a

Mahoney, Jeremiah    Head     M W 53 M 51   CA Ireland  Ireland      retired
         Josephine   Wife     F W 42 M 23   CA Portugal Portugal
Rose, Marie          StDau    F W 19 M      CA Portugal CA
      Helen          StDau    F W 17 S      CA Portugal CA
      Alfred         StSon    M W 15 S      CA Portugal CA

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
256 & 257 have other descendants, such as:  
 
John Hanks m. Catherine ----
.Joseph Hanks m. Anne "Nancy" Lee
 .James Hanks m. Lucy Shipley (who m2. Henry Sparrow)
  .Nancy Hanks m. Thomas Lincoln
   .ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865), US President
 
 
 
 
1062 -- RD600 395-396.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FURTHER NOTES
 
 
 
 
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) publishes a Patriot Index, a list of persons whose honorable service in the cause of independence during the American Revolution renders their female descendants eligible for membership in the NSDAR. Several ancestors of Tom Hanks appear in the Patriot Index, including:


    William Tandy (number 132)

While Mr. Hanks is not eligible for membership in the NSDAR (by not being female), he is eligible for membership in the equivalent organization for men, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
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William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com