Birth Name: Jeffrey Dean Isbell
Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana, US
Date of Birth: April 8, 1962
Ethnicity: English, Irish, possibly other
Family Info: Izzy Stradlin is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the rock band Guns N’ Roses. He is said to have English, French and Scottish ancestry.
Izzy was born to Richard Clyde “Dick” Isbell and Sonja LaVern “Sonny” Reagan.
Izzy’s paternal grandfather was Ralph Thomas Isbell Jr. (the son of Thomas William Isbell).
Izzy’s maternal grandfather was James Reagan.
Izzy’s patrilineal line traces back to Edmund Isbell, Sr., born c. 1547 in East Newlyn, Cornwall, England, UK.
One of Edmund descendants was Captain Godfrey Isbell (the son of Henry Pendleton Isbell Jr./II and Hannah), born c. 1750 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, US.
Source: Genealogy of Izzy’s father
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/isbell/2807/
Capt.. Isbell on Geni
http://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Godfrey-Isbell/6000000009299886558
Izzy’s paternal fourth-great-grandfather : http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102379287
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