Jennifer Love Hewitt

Hewitt in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Place of Birth: Waco, McLennan, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 21, 1979

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, remote French

Jennifer Love Hewitt is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and director. Her roles include the I Know What You Did Last Summer films, Can’t Hardly Wait, and Heartbreakers, and the series Party of Five and Ghost Whisperer.

Jennifer is the daughter of Patricia Mae and Herbert Daniel Hewitt. She was raised in Nolanville in Central Texas. She is married to actor Brian Hallisay, with whom she has three children.

Jennifer’s documented ancestry includes English, Scottish, German, and remote French.

On an Instagram live feed on March 9, 2018, Jennifer said that she also has Dutch and Native American ancestry. It is not clear if Jennifer’s Native American ancestry has been verified/documented. All of Jennifer’s grandparents and great-grandparents are listed as “White” on United States Censuses. It is not clear if Jennifer has Dutch ancestry either.

Jennifer is sometimes described on the internet as being of Italian descent. This is not accurate.

Jennifer’s paternal grandfather was Herbert James Hewitt (the son of Herbert/Bert Edward Hewitt and Pearl Beard). Jennifer’s grandfather Herbert was born in Texas. Jennifer’s great-grandfather Herbert was born in Manchester, England, the son of Benjamin F. Hewitt and Levina Clowe. Pearl was the daughter of James Rose Beard and Temperance Lottie Hobbs.

Jennifer’s paternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Ogle (the daughter of Daniel/Dan E. Ogle and Etta M. Patterson). Mary Elizabeth was born in Mississippi. Daniel was the son of William Ogle and Ida P. Davis. Etta was the daughter of Henry C. Patterson.

Jennifer’s maternal grandfather was Lemuel Houston Shipp (the son of Solomon David “Pete” Shipp and Donna/Dona Mae Jones). Lemuel was born in Texas. Solomon was the son of William A. Shipp and Bertha Lee Durst.

Jennifer’s maternal grandmother was Charlotte/Charloette Grace/Brace Weagley (the daughter of Omer/Homer/Omar Frederick Weagley and Lula Grace Kendall). Charlotte was born in Maryland. Omer was the son of William F. Weagley and Ida M. Kinsel. Lula was the daughter of William Wesley Kendall and Martha Alice Kuhn.

Sources: Genealogies of Jennifer Love Hewitt – http://gw.geneanet.org
http://familypedia.wikia.com
https://www.geni.com

Jennifer’s paternal grandfather, Herbert James Hewitt, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Herbert James Hewitt on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Jennifer’s paternal grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Ogle, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Jennifer’s paternal great-grandmother, Daniel/Dan E. Ogle, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Jennifer’s maternal grandfather, Lemuel Houston Shipp, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Lemuel Houston Shipp on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Jennifer’s maternal grandmother, Charlotte/Charloette Grace/Brace Weagley, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary and genealogy of Jennifer’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Martha Alice (Kuhn) Kendall – http://www.findagrave.com

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101 Responses

  1. dimitris says:

    and scottish

  2. This is what I’ve been trying to enter on WikiPedia but some jerk keeps taking it down. Both you and the House of Names agree….”Hewitt” IS British/English in ethnicity.

    JLH has rarely,though,dated any British/English guys….exception,being
    Paul Nicholls (from her film “if Only”).

    THANKS FOR YOUR SITE.

    • Trol says:

      The British are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the english are the people borned in the nation of England and with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  3. Faizzia_Sharma says:

    English people can have dark skin,dark eyes…etc The Celts who settled in England were originally short,dark & hairy.The pale English people have mainly Germanic/scandinavian ancestry.Most English people are a mix.The Welsh are more Celtic,and the Scots are more Pictish.Some claim the Picts migrated from the black sea region.

    Some even claim that the Saxons descend from the Scythians which were described as being ginger with blue eyes,and the romans called them Sacae(c prononced as a s),the Scythians were an Iranian people from Asia.English and Persian look slighty similar : Daughter (English) = Dokhter/Dekheter (kh prononced as a strong French r).

    So yeah,who ever says dark English people don’t exist or try to invent false ancestry for dark English people can rou7 Taati off as they say in Algiers.

    • Alice says:

      “The Celts who settled in England were originally short,dark & hairy.” You’re not describing Celts there. Most likely Neolithic people but not Celts who only came on the scene about 2,000 years ago. Anyway the ginger gene is highest in these “Celtic” populations. Anyway someone like Jennifer Love Hewitt who has brown eyes and dark hair isn’t particularly dark by world standards.

  4. Marc says:

    List of beauty Britain girls from cinema,tv or sport is really very massive.When i say Britain,i mean people from Brit Islands (geographicaly,not politically,including Ireland) and people whose all or mostly part ancestors fom there.

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