Jason Mewes
08/24/2012 – Jason Mewes – Jason Mewes Visits The Morning Show in Toronto on August 24, 2012 – The Morning Show Street Front Studios – Toronto, Canada – Photo Credit: Robin Wong / PR Photos
Birth Name: Jason Edward Mewes
Place of Birth: Highlands, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 12, 1974
Ethnicity:
*mother – English, Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Jason Mewes is an American actor, comedian, film producer, and podcaster. He is known for playing Jay opposite Kevin Smith‘s Silent Bob.
Jason is often said to be of Polish descent. It is not clear if this is accurate.
He is married to Jordan Monsanto, with whom he has a daughter.
Jason’s maternal grandfather was Morris Robert Blackman Mewes (the son of Henry George Mewes and Gladys I. Stevens Blackman). Morris was born in New Jersey. Henry was the son of Henry/Heinrich John Mewes, whose parents were German, with roots in Bavaria, and of Minnie Bell, whose father was born in Austria. Gladys was the daughter of Walter Tracy Blackman and Elizabeth B. Lee “Libbie” Stevens, whose parents were from Northern Ireland, with roots in Derry.
Jason’s maternal grandmother was Jean/Jeanne Elizabeth Duncan (the daughter of Opferman Somers Duncan and Adelaide Margaret “Ruth” McNiesh). Jean was born in New York City or New Jersey. Opferman was the son of John Edward Duncan and Adelia Jane Clark “Delia” Foster. Adelaide was the daughter of George Philip/Phillip McNiesh and Philippina/Philipina Sophie Bear, whose father and maternal grandparents were German.
Sources: Jason’s maternal great-grandparents, Henry George Mewes and Gladys I. Stevens Blackman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jason’s maternal great-grandfather, Henry George Mewes, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jason’s maternal great-grandfather, Opferman Somers Duncan, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jason’s maternal great-great-grandparents, George Philip/Phillip McNiesh and Philippina/Philipina Sophie Bear – https://www.familysearch.org
possibly some eastern european. Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian as well as british/Irish
Elizabeth B. Lee “Libbie” Stevens’ parents were Irish: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKYQ-K5N
her father was specifically from Derry, Northern Ireland.
Genealogy of Gladys Blackman: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LYMY-W2N
Genealogy of Jean Elizabeth Duncan: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/G9PZ-8VB
Philippina Sophie Bear was ethnically 100% German:
Adelaide Margaret “Ruth” McNiesh on the 1910 U.S. Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5SK-Q9N
Jason has strong Colonial roots. He descends to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Savage_(major)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Chauncy
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32982352/obituary/
His mother’s obituary
Gayle’s marriage record to a man named Anderson.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9D-2ZJY
Her mother’s obituary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTZ-5LGZ
If so:
Jason’s maternal grandfather was Robert Morris Mewes (the son of Henry George Mewes and Gladys B.). Robert was born in New Jersey. Henry was the son of Henry/Heinrich J. Mewes, whose parents were German, and of Minnie B., whose parents were born in Austria and either Tennessee or Germany, respectively.
Jason’s maternal grandmother was named Jeanne Elizabeth Duncan
Duncan is a Scottish surname
Good post follers
Not sure where his Polish ancestry should come from
His wife has to be at least partly Sephardi Jewish with a surname like that.
and Afro-Caribbean probably