Stockard Channing

Channing in 2004, photo by Starfrenzy/bigsotck.com

Birth Name: Susan Antonia Williams Stockard

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 13, 1944

Ethnicity: Irish, English

Stockard Channing is an American actress. Her roles include Grease, Six Degrees of Separation, and The West Wing. She is the daughter of Mary Alice (English) and Lester Napier Stockard.

Stockard’s paternal grandfather was Samuel Fountain Stockard (the son of Samuel S. Stockard and Maria Louisa Lester). Maria Louisa was the daughter of Fountain Lester and Sarah Fox Napier.

Stockard’s paternal grandmother was named Lucy Hawkins Williams.

Stockard’s maternal grandfather was Matthew/Matty Aloisius English (the son of James English and Margaret Ryon/Ryan). Matthew was born in New York, to Irish parents.

Stockard’s maternal grandmother was Catherine Elizabeth “Katie” Spellman (the daughter of Daniel Joseph Spellman and Anne/Annie J. McCoy). Catherine was born in New York. Daniel had Irish ancestry. Anne was born in New York, to Irish parents, Michael McCoy and Winifred Hines.

Sources: Genealogy of Stockard Channing (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Marriage record of Stockard’s parents – https://familysearch.org

Stockard’s mother on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth record of Stockard’s maternal grandfather, Matthew/Matty Aloisius English – https://familysearch.org

Stockard’s maternal grandfather, Matthew/Matty Aloisius English, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Stockard’s maternal grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth “Katie” Spellman, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy and obituary of Stockard’s maternal grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth “Katie” (Spellman) English – https://www.findagrave.com