The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bill Clinton is taken almost verbatim from Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995].
| Ancestry of Bill Clinton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
William Jefferson Blythe IV,
from 12 June 1962 William Jefferson Clinton
* Hope, Ark., 19 Aug. 1946 m. Fayetteville, Ark., 11 Oct. 1975 Hillary Diane Rodham * Edgewater Hospital, Chicago, Ill., 26 Oct. 1947 daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and of Dorothy Emma Howell. Further details of her ancestry can be found here. Issue:
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| PARENTS | |||
| 2 |
William Jefferson Blythe III
* Sherman, Tex., 27 Feb. 1918 + near Sikeston, Mo., 17 May 1946 m. Texarkana, Ark., 3 Sept. 1943 | ||
| 3 |
Virginia Dell Cassidy
* Bodcaw, Ark., 7 June 1923 + Hot Springs, Ark., 6 Jan. 1994 | ||
| GRANDPARENTS | |||
| 4 |
William Jefferson Blythe II
* Tippah Co., Miss., 21 Jan. 1884 (or 1886) + Grayson Co., Tex., 5 Feb. 1935 m. Tippah Co., Miss., 19 Aug. 1906 | ||
| 5 |
Lou Birchie Ayers
* Tippah Co., Miss., 9 Feb. 1893 + Sherman, Tex., 15 Feb. 1946 | ||
| 6 |
(James) Eldridge Cassidy
* Parker, Ark., 19 Aug. 1898 + Hope, Ark., 11 March 1957 m. Nevada Co., Ark., 3 Jan. 1922 | ||
| 7 |
Edith V[allie/aleria] Grisham
* Bodcaw, Ark., 2 Nov. 1901 + Hope, Ark., 17 Jan. 1968 | ||
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
| 8 |
Henry Patton Foote Blythe
* Tippah Co., Miss., 18 Sept. 1851 + Tippah Co., Miss., 3 July 1898 m. Ripley, Miss., 29 Oct. 1874 | ||
| 9 |
Frances Ellen "Fannie" Hines,
* Tippah Co., Miss., 2 Dec. 1857 + Grayson Co., Tex., 11 July 1936 | ||
| 10 |
Simpson Green "Dick" Ayers
* ... , Ga., 27 Oct. 1820 + Tippah Co., Miss., 27 May 1897 m. ... [by 1872, possibly by 1870] | ||
| 11 |
Hattie Hayes
* ... [Florida or at sea], ... [1852 or 23 July 1858 [but not 26 July 1863, the birth date on her death record] + Kossuth, Miss., 16 Aug. 1935 | ||
| 12 |
James M ... Cassidy
* Coffee Co., Ala., ... Nov. 1855 + Covington Co., Ala., ... [ca. 1908] m. ... [ca. 1880] | ||
| 13 |
Sarah Louisa Russell
* Butler [now Crenshaw] Co., Ala., ... Nov. 1858 + Parker, Ark., 9 April 1945 | ||
| 14 |
Lemma (Lemar) Newell Grisham
* Union Parish, La., 22 June (or ... Sept.) 1879 + ... [Nevada Co. or Hope], Ark., 28 Sept. 1954 m. Nevada Co., Ark., 27 Jan. 1901 | ||
| 15 |
Edna Earl Adams
* Hempstead Co., Ark., 19 April 1878 + ... [probably Hope, Ark.], 8 Aug. 1952 | ||
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
| 16 |
Thomas Jefferson Blythe
* ... , Ala., [12 or 14] Aug. 1829 + Tippah Co., Miss., 6 Aug. 1907 m. Marshall Co., Miss., 1 Jan. 1849 | ||
| 17 |
Esther Elvira Baum
* ... [probably Rutherford Co.], Tenn., ... [ca. 1825] + ... [possibly Marshall Co., Miss., ca. 1865] | ||
| 18 |
John Francis Hines
* ... , Tenn., ... [ca. 1833] + Parker Co., Tex., 11 Nov. 1902 m. Tippah Co., Miss., 9 May ... [1851 or 1852] | ||
| 19 |
Eliza Ellen Lockhart
* ... [probably Anson Co.], N. C., 18 Oct. 1832 + Tippah Co., Miss., 27 Dec. 1904 | ||
| 20 |
... Ayers
* ... , Ireland, ... + m. | ||
| 21 |
...
* ... , U. S. A., ... + | ||
| 22 |
... Hayes
* ... , Ireland, ... + m. | ||
| 23 |
...
* ... , Ireland, ... + | ||
| 24 |
(George) Washington Cassidy
* Chesterfield District, S. C., ... [ca. 1829] + Red Level, Covington Co., Ala., 13 May 1886 m. ... [ca. 1852] | ||
| 25 |
Nancy Ann / Josephine Snelgrove
* Early Co., Ga., ... [ca. 1836/8] + Red Level, Covington Co., Ala., 20 April ... | ||
| 26 |
William James Russell
* ... , S. C., 14 Jan. 1825 + Parker, Ark., 23 Jan. 1897 m. Montgomery Co., Ala., 25 Aug. 1846 | ||
| 27 |
Mary Elizabeth Spradley
* Camden, S. C., 31 Oct. 1828 + Parker, Ark., 18 April 1900 | ||
| 28 |
James B ... Gresham / Grisham
* ... (Macon Co.), Tenn., 18 Feb. 1843 + Parker, Ark., 19 April 1915 m. Nevada Co., Ark., 22 Jan. 1874 | ||
| 29 |
Hattie Rebecca Mitchell
* ... , Ark., 22 Jan. 1858 + Parker, Ark., 7 Jan. 1912 | ||
| 30 |
Martin Franklin Adams
* Hempstead Co., Ark., ... [ca. 1851] + Hempstead Co., Ark., ... [before 16 Dec. 1884] m. Hempstead Co., Ark., 24 March 1870 | ||
| 31 |
Sarah Jane May
* ... , Ark., ... Nov. 1848 + ... [probably Hempstead Co., Ark., ca. 1909] | ||
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
| 32 |
Andrew J ... Blythe
* ... , S. C., ... [ca. 1801] + ... [probably Marshall Co.], Miss., ... [by 1860] m. | ||
| 33 |
Jane ...
* ... , Tenn., ... [ca. 1808] + ... [living Tippah Co. Miss., in 1870] | ||
| 34 |
Moses Baum
* ... , N. C., 25 Feb. 1804 + Marshall Co., Miss., 4 May 1853 m. | ||
| 35 |
Mary Elizabeth Farr
* ... , Ky., 3 July 1802 + Marshall Co., Miss., 24 Nov. 1862 | ||
| 36 |
Elias Hines
* ... , N. C., ... + Tippah Co., Miss., 30 May 1846 m. | ||
| 37 |
Mary / Polly ...
* ... , S. C., ... [ca. 1808] + Tippah Co., Miss., 6 April 1893 | ||
| 38 |
John W ... Lockhart
* ... [probably Princess Ann Co., Va., ca. 1790-1800] + ... [probably Anson Co., N. C., 1840-1850] m. | ||
| 39 |
Martha / "Maittie" Henry
* ... [probably Anson Co.], N. C., ... [ca. 1797] + ... [living Tippah Co., Miss., 1880] | ||
| 50 |
Jesse Snelgrove
* Orangeburg District, S. C., 25 Feb. 1792 + Longstreet, Ala., 23 July 1876 m. Laurens Co., Ga., 29 July 1815 | ||
| 51 |
Elizabeth Howard
* ... , S. C., 4 June 1790 + Longstreet, Ala., 19 Dec. 19 Dec. 1884 | ||
| 52 |
Simon Russell
* Darlington District, S. C., ... [ca. 1800] + ... [probably Montgomery Co., Ala., ca. 1863] m. ... , S. C., ... [ca. 1823] | ||
| 53 |
Nancy Russell
* + Montgomery Co., Ala., ... [1841 or later] | ||
| 54 |
Bryant Spradley
* near Camden, S. C., ... [ca. 1792] + Lowndes Co., Ala., 3 May 1870 m. ... [ca. 1815] | ||
| 55 |
Frances "Fanny" Payne
* ... [probably Kershaw District, S. C., ca. 1794] + Lowndes Co., Ala., 23 June 1863 | ||
| 60 |
Martin Adams
* ... , Tenn., ... [ca. 1810] + Hempstead Co., Ark., ... 1886 m. Hempstead Co., Ark., 31 Oct. 1839 | ||
| 61 |
Clarinda Wilson
* ... , Ark., 11 Dec. 1821 + ... [living 16 Dec. 1884] | ||
| 62 |
Benjamin May
* ... , N. C., ... [ca. 1812] + ... [probably Hempstead Co., Ark., after 1880] m. Hempstead Co., Ark., 25 Feb. 1840 | ||
| 63 |
Clara McBride
* ... , Ark., ... [ca. 1822] + ... [probably Hempstead Co., Ark., after 1880] | ||
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
| 70 |
Ephraim Farr
* + ... [living Rutherford Co., Tenn., in 1830] m. Mecklenburg Co., N. C., 14 July 1801 | ||
| 71 |
Esther Latta
* + | ||
| 76 |
Adam Lockhart
* Princess Anne Co., Va., 6 Sept. 1765 + Anson Co., N. C., 10 Jan. 1833 m. Princess Anne Co., Va., 9 Feb. 1786 | ||
| 77 |
Sally Wickens / Wickins / Wickings / Wiggins
* + ... [after 27 Dec. 1832 | ||
| 78 |
Philip Henry
* + Anson Co., N. C., ... [between 16 Feb. 1846 and Oct. 1847] m. | ||
| 79 |
Sarah Kirby
* + ... [probably Anson Co., N. C., before 1846] | ||
| 104 |
Michael Russell
* + Darlington Co., S. C., ... [between 14 July and 21 Aug. 1824] m. | ||
| 105 |
Martha / Massey ...
* + | ||
| 108 |
James Spradley
* ... [probably Colleton Districy, S. C., ca. 1767] + near Camden, S. C., ... [early Aug. 1808] m. | ||
| 109 |
Mary ...
* + ... [m2. 9 Oct. 1813 Samuel Bradley] | ||
| 122 |
John Wilson
* Green Co., Ky., 26 Oct. 1791 + Hempstead Co., Ark., ... [ca. May 1866] m. ... , Mo., 14 Nov. 1816 | ||
| 123 |
Jane (Reaves?)
* Christian Co., Ky., 16 April 1799 + Hempstead Co., Ark., 27 Nov. 1879 | ||
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
| 140 |
Ephraim Farr
* ... [probably York Co.], Pa., ... [ca. 1765] + m. | ||
| 141 |
Jane ...
* + | ||
| 152 |
Lemuel Lockhart
* + Northampton Co., N. C., ... [ca. 1785] m. | ||
| 153 |
...
* + | ||
| 216 |
Bryant Spradley
* ... [probably Goochland Co., Va., ca. 1737] + Camden, S. C. (or nearby), ... [early Oct. 1817] m. | ||
| 217 |
...
* + ... [possibly Camden, S. C., Oct. (or late Sept.) 1821] | ||
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |||
| 280 |
Ephraim Farr
* + ... , N. C., ... 1784 m. | ||
| 281 |
Hannah ...
* + | ||
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