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10th Great-Grandparents

Samuel Hinckley

Married Sarah Soole: May 17, 1617

Died: Oct. 31, 1662 in Barnstable Mass.

It sure would be an awkward family reunion. But, believe it or not, Barack Obama is related to both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

OK, distantly related: Obama and Bush are 11th cousins.

That's because they share the same great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great grandparents -- Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole Hinckley of 17th century Massachusetts.

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Sarah Soole
Died: Aug 18,1656

Died: Aug. 18, 1656 in Barnstable Mass.

9th Great-Grandparents

John Smith
Died: Oct 2, 1710

Married Susannah Hinckley: June 13, 1643 in Barnstable Mass.

Died: Oct. 2, 1710 in Sandwich, Mass.

Susannah Hinckley
Died: Nov 6,1675

Died: Nov. 6, 1675 in Barnstable Mass.

Mareen Duvall
Died: 1694 in Maryland

Died: 1694 in Anne Arundel Co., Md.

Married Susanna Basseur: Between 1673 and 1674

Born Mareen DuVal, Obama's great- great-great- great- great- great- great- great- great grandfather was a French Protestant -- called Huguenots -- who fled his homeland sometime around 1650 to escape religious persecution from Catholics and the French Crown. After a stay in England, he settled in Maryland, changing his name along the way to Duvall.

Mareen Duvall is also the link between Barack Obama and Harry S Truman (Duvall is his ninth-great grandfather as well) and Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney (Duvall is Cheney's eighth-great grandfather). Read More

Susanna Brasseur
Died: 1692

8th Great-Grandparents

Samuel Smith
Oct 20,1644-Dec 15,1719

Born: Oct., 20, 1644

Died: Dec. 15, 1719

Elizabeth Peirce

Jonathon Singletary alias Dunham

Born: Jan. 17, 1639 or 1640 in Newbury, Mass.

He is the eldest son of Richard Singletary and Susannah.

Married Mary Bloomfield: About 1657 in Haverill, Mass.

Died: Before Sept. 6, 1706 in Woodbridge, N.J.

It makes some of today's political attacks look pretty tame.

In 1664, Obama's great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great grandfather Jonathan Singletary was found guilty of slander and defamation in a colonial Massachusetts court for accusing John Godfrey of witchcraft. Read More

Mary Bloomfield
Jan 5,1642-1705

Born: Jan 5., 1642 in Mass.

Died: 1705 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Other Children of Mary Bloomfield and Jonathon Singletary (Dunham):

Mary Singletary (Born Dec. 29, 1661)

Mary Singletary (Born Feb. 3, 1663 or 1664)

Sarah Singletary (Born Feb. 3, 1663)

Ruth Singletary (Born 1666)

Unis Singletary alias Dunham (Born in 1668-1669)

Jonathan Dunham (Born Sept. 24, 1672)

David Dunham (Born March 10, 1674)

Joanna Dunham (1675)

Nathaniel Dunham (Born Feb. 8, 1677)

Nathaniel Dunham the Second (Born April 10, 1679).

John Rolph

Mary Sculliard

Mareen Duvall
Died: June 1741

Married Elizabeth Jacob: Oct. 21, 1701

Died: June 1741

Born Mareen DuVal, Obama's great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great grandfather was a French Protestant -- called Huguenots -- who fled his homeland sometime around 1650 to escape religious persecution from Catholics and the French Crown. After a stay in England, he settled in Maryland, changing his name along the way to Duvall.

Mareen Duvall is also the link between Barack Obama and Harry S Truman (Duvall is his ninth-great grandfather as well) and Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney (Duvall is Cheney's eighth-great grandfather). Read More

Elizabeth Jacob

John Bunch

Born: About 1690

Died: Before March 14, 1742

Rebecca
abt.1699-Mar 16,1770

Born: About 1699

Died: March 16, 1770

Other Children of Rebecca and John Bunch:

John Bunch (Born about 1715)

William Bunch (Born 1718)

Henry Bunch (Born 1720)

David Bunch (Born June 26, 1722)

James Bunch (Born 1724)

Lucretia Bunch (Born 1728)

7th Great-Grandparents

Shubael Smith
Jan 2,1692-May 31,1769

Born: Jan. 2, 1692 in New Castle, Del.

Married Prudence FitzRandolph: 1716

Died: May 31, 1769 in Woobridge N.J.

Prudence FitzRandolph
Aug 20,1696-Sept 12,1766

Born: Aug. 20, 1696 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Died: Sept. 12, 1766 in Woobridge, N.J.

Benjamin Dunham
Aug 22,1681-Dec 31,1715

Born: Aug. 22, 1681 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Occupation: Innkeeper, Woodbridge, N.J.

Married Mary Rolph: About 1706

Died: Dec. 31, 1715 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Mary Rolph
Born: 1681

Born: 1681 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Other children of Mary Rolph and Benjamin Dunham:

Richard Dunham (Born May 28, 1707)

Katherine Dunham (Born May 12, 1708)

Benjamin Dunham (Born Dec. 4, 1712)

Hannah Dunham (Born about 1714)

Johann Philip Straub

Barbara

Ulrich Stehle

Anna
Died: May 1793

Died: May 1793 in Mifflin Co., Pa.

John Overall
1701-1743

Born: 1701 in Virginia

Married Mary Elliott: Oct. 8, 1722 in Prince William Co., Va.

Died: 1743 in Prince William Co., Va.

Mary Elliot
1703-1738

Born: 1703

Died: July 24, 1738 in Prince William Co., Va.

William Whitledge
abt.1712-Aug 5,1782

Born: Aug. 22, 1712

Married Frances Overall: Oct. 27, 1732 in King George Co., Va.

Died: Aug. 5, 1782 in Prince William Co., Va.

Frances Overall
Aug 22,1716-after 1745

Born: Aug. 22, 1716

Died: After 1745

John Browning
1728-Dec 1803

Born: 1728 in Culpeper Co., Va.

Married Elizabeth Demarest: 1744

Fought in the American Revolution

Died: December 1803

Elizabeth Demarest
1728-1803

Born: 1728 in New Castle, Del.

Died: 1803

James Hickman
March 3,1723-April 16,1816

Born: March 3, 1723 in Culpeper Co., Va

Married Hannah Lewis: March 14, between 1743-1744 in Albemarle Co., Va.

Fought in the American Revolution

Died: April 16, 1816 in Clark Co., Ky.

Hannah Lewis
Oct 6,1721-June 4,1822

Born: Oct. 6, 1721 in Hanover Co., Va.

Died: June 4, 1822 in Clark Co., Ky.

Jacob Duvall
April 19,1715-March 7,1796

Born: April 19, 1715 in Prince George's County, Md.

Married Mary Miles (Bourne?): 1740

Died: March 7, 1796

Mary Miles (Bourne?)
Born: 1719

James Tarleton
Died: April 10,1756

Died: April 10, 1756 in St. Mary's Co., Md.

Ann Henning

Samuel Bunch
1726 - 1783

Born: 1726 in Hanover Co., Va.

Died: 1783 in Louisa Co., Va.

Mary Hudson
1726-Jan 31, 1792

Born: 1726 in Hanover Co., Va.

Died: Jan. 31, 1792

Other children of Mary Hudson and Samuel Bunch:

Rebecca Bunch (Born about 1748)

James Bunch (Born about 1750)

Samuel Bunch (Born about 1754)

Ann Bunch (Born about 1756)

Judith Bunch (Born about 1759)

Mary Bunch (Born about 1761)

George Bunch (Born about 1763-1765)

John Bunch (Born about 1770)

John Bellamy
abt.1735 - 1815

Born: About 1735 in Louisa Co., Va.

Died: 1815 in Louisa Co., Va.

Susan Roe
Born: abt.1738

Born: About 1738

6th Great-Grandparents

Mary Smith
Dec 27, 1717 - 1791

Born: Dec. 27, 1717

Died: 1791

Other likely children of Mary Smith and Jonathon Dunham:

Ephraim Dunham (Born about 1730)

Experience Dunham

Jonathan Dunham

Joseph Dunham

Daniel Dunham (Born about 1733)

Benjamin Dunham (Born Nov. 17, 1738)

Elizabeth Dunham (Born Dec. 27, 1740)

Asher Dunham (Born July 15, 1744)

William Smith Dunham (Born Nov. 24, 1746)

Hannah Dunham (Born Aug. 5, 1748)

Jonathon Dunham
Jan 1710 - Sept 21,1748

Born: Between Jan. 7-12, 1710 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Married Mary Smith: About 1728-1730

Died: Sept. 21, 1748 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Christian Gutknecht-Goodnight

Died: Dec. 26, 1795

Two brothers slain by Native Americans -- and a niece who was kidnapped and made an American Indian bride.

If Obama's great- great- great- great- great- great- grandfather Christian Gutknecht had an adventurous life, it's lost to history. But the fate of his brothers and their families could fill a TV mini-series. Read More

Maria Magdalena

Leonhard Berkheimer

Maria Catharina

John Stroup
Died: Feb. 4. 1832

Died: Feb. 4, 1832 in Madison Co., Ohio

Mary Stehle
Died: Nov. 4, 1835

Died: Nov. 4, 1836 in Madison Co., Ohio

John Overall
1735 - March 16, 1821

Born: 1735

Fought in The American Revolution

Died: March 16, 1821 in Bullitt Co., Ky.

Frances Whitledge
Oct 27, 1732 - Dec 5, 1816

Born: Oct. 27, 1732 in Virginia

Died: Dec. 5, 1816 in Bullitt Co. Ky.

James Browning

Born: About 1745 in Culpeper Co., Va.

Fought in The American Revolution, possibly as a captain

Died: About 1812 in Clark, Ky.

Susannah Hickman
abt. 1745 - before 1833

Born: About 1745 in Culpeper Co., Va.

Died: Before 1833 in Harrison Co., Ky.

John Miles Duvall
abt. 1745 - 1787

Born: About 1745 in Prince George Co., Md.

Married Anne Roselle Philomena Tarleton: 1771

Fought in the American Revolution

Died: 1787 in St. Mary's Co., Md.

John Miles Duvall had a pretty adventurous life.

He served in the Revolutionary War. And, after that, he traded along the Atlantic Coast, but met his end at the hands of pirates in 1787, according to Kentucky: A History of the State (1887). Read More

Anne Roselle Philomena Tarleton

Born: About 1754

Died: June 6, 1823 in Nelson Co., Ky.

James Wilborn

Mary Isabel Teague

Solomon Allred
1734(?) - 1790

Born: Possibly 1734 in Northumberland, Va.

Died: 1790

Mary
1726 - 1792

Born: 1726

Died: 1792

Charles Bunch
1765 - Jan 9, 1792

Born: 1765 in Louisa Co., Va.

Married Mary Bellamy: Jan 9, 1792 in Louisa Co., Va.

Mary Bellamy
1769-1792

Born: 1769 in Louisa Co., Va

Died: 1792

Other children of Mary Bellamy and Charles Bunch:

Charles Bunch (Born between 1791-1800)

Susan Bunch (Born about 1797)

5th Great-Grandparents

Samuel Dunham

Born: May 11, 1742 in Woodbridge, N.J.

Married Hannah: 1775

Occupation: Farmer from at least 1783 on in Berkeley Co., Va., owning 611 acres of land by the time of his death.

He owned two slaves in 1810.

He reported in the Winchester, Va., newspaper in 1792 that one of his horses was stolen from his stable in Mills Gap, in Berkeley Co., descendant of David Lee Dunham reports on http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Died: Feb. 18, 1824 In Berkeley Co., Va. (Now W.V.)

Hannah
abt.1758 - 1826

Born: About 1758

Died: 1826 in Butler Co., Ohio

Other children Hannah and Samuel Dunham:

Ruth Dunham (Born about 1771)

Mary Dunham (Born about 1773)

Samuel Dunham (Born about 1774)

David Dunham (Born about 1776)

Hannah Dunham (Born about 1779)

Amos Dunham (Born June 14, 1781)

Sina Dunham (Born 1784)

Benjamin Washington Dunham (Born about 1785)

Aaron Dunham (Born about 1790)

Samuel Goodnight
1761 - 1845

Born: 1761

Died: 1845 in Fayette Co., Ohio

Magdalena Berkheimer
Born: abt.1764

William Stroup
April 27, 1785 - Nov 3, 1863

Born: April 27, 1785 in Pennsylvania

Married to Ann Thomas: Dec. 31, 1809 in Ross Co., Ohio

Died: Nov. 3, 1863 in Tipton Co., Ind.

Ann Thomas
abt.1790 - 1868

Born: About 1790 in Maryland

Died: 1868 in Tipton Co., Ind.

Robert Overall
abt.1770 - March 12, 1801

Born: About 1770

Married Annie Browning: March 12, 1801

Died: About 1835

Annie Browning
1780 - 1820

Born: 1780 in Culpeper Co., Va.

Died: After 1820

Gabriel Duvall
Oct 3, 1787 - Aug 1, 1827

Born: Oct. 3, 1787 in Annapolis, Md.

Married Mary Grable: August 9, 1814 in Nelson Co., Ky.

Died: August 1, 1827 in Nelson Co., Ky.

Gabriel Duvall Sr. lived a short life. But he didn't do too bad for himself.

Born in Maryland in 1787, Barack Obama's great- great- great- great- great grandfather moved with his family to Kentucky as a child and became a prosperous farmer and cooper before he died in 1827. Read More

Mary Grable
Oct 13, 1791 - Aug 6, 1868

Born: Oct. 13, 1791 in in Kentucky

Died: Aug. 6, 1868.

Note: She was a slave owner

Christopher Columbus Clark was Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather, not his great-great grandfather, as Obama wrote in his book Dreams From My Father.

Clark's in-laws owned slaves -- a revelation that caused a minor flap when the Baltimore Sun revealed that part of Reitwiesner's research earlier this year. Read More

John Block

Unknown

George Taylor
1787 - After 1850

Born: 1787 in Virginia

Died: After 1850

Mary Thomas
1787 - abt.1840

Abraham Wright
1755 - March 23, 1833

Born: 1755 in Pennsylvania

Died: March 23, 1833 in Licking Co., Ohio

Naomi
1757 - June 26, 1823

John McCurry

Lydia Williams

Ruth Wilburn
Born in N.C.

Born: in North Carolina

Barack Obama apparently has Irish roots on multiple branches of his family tree.

A fair amount of attention has been given to Falmouth (or Fulmuth) Kearney, Obama's great- great- great grandfather on his grandfather's side. Kearney sailed from Ireland -- Moneygall, County Offaly, according to some researchers -- to New York in 1850, when he was about 18. Read More

John Wilson
Died: abt. 1830

Died: About 1830 in Missouri

Barack Obama apparently has Irish roots on multiple branches of his family tree.

A fair amount of attention has been given to Falmouth (or Fulmuth) Kearney, Obama's great- great- great grandfather on his grandfather's side. Kearney sailed from Ireland -- Moneygall, County Offaly, according to some researchers -- to New York in 1850, when he was about 18. Read More

John Allred
June 7, 1772 - Nov 5, 1828

Born: June 7, 1772 in Randolph N.C.
Died: Nov. 5, 1828 in Newton Co., Ark.

Phoebe Thompson
Born: 1787 in Randolph N.C.

Nathaniel Bunch
4.23.1793 - 4.16.1859

Born: April 23, 1793 in Louisa Co., Va.

Married: November 15, 1810 in Overton Co., Tenn.

Occupation: 1850 Mechanic/Blacksmith in Osage Township, Newton Co., Arkansas

Died: Februray 16, 1859 in Dinsmore, Newton Co., Ark

Regardless of whether Jefferson Davis is in his family background, Barack Obama does have ancestors with links to the Confederate cause.

Obama's great- great- great- great- great grandparents Nathaniel and Sarah Bunch had a son who served the Confederacy as a captain in the Arkansas Infantry during the Civil War. Read More

Sarah Wade Ray
1793 - 1874

Born: 1793 in Overton Co., Tenn.

Died: 1874 in Dinsmore, Newton Co., Ark.

Other children:

Mary “Polly” Bunch (Born 1811)

John Bunch (Born Dec. 1, 1812)

Charles Bunch (Born: Oct. 29, 1815)

Calvin B. Bunch (Born March 4, 1817)

Bradley Bunch (Born Dec. 9, 1818)

Obedience Bunch (Born March 12, 1820)

Nathaniel Bunch Jr. (Born June 14, 1824, Died Feb. 27, 1896)

Nancy Bunch (Born Jan. 24, 1826)

Larkin C. Bunch (Born Oct. 24, 1827) | More infor on Larkin

4th Great-Grandparents

Jacob Dunham
May 1, 1795 - July 30, 1865

Born: June 1, 1795 in Berkeley Co., Va. (Now W.V.)

Married Catherine Goodnight: Oct. 21, 1819 in Berkeley Co., Va. (Now W.V.)

Occupation: 1850 Farmer in Prairie, Tipton Co., Ind.

Died: July 30, 1865 in Tipton Co., Ind.

Catherine Goodnight
1794 - after 1870

Born: 1794 in Montgomery Co., Pa.

Died: After 1870 in Tipton, Ind.

Other Children of Catherine Goodnight and Jacob