His father, William, escaped from a plantation in his teens and eventually became the minister of Princeton's Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in 1881.

Witherspoon will play Margaret Keane, an artist who produces wide-eyed portraits that became a sensation in the 1960s but were sold under the name of her husband Walter Keane ( played by Ryan Reynolds ), creating conflict between them.

After the finalization of Witherspoon's divorce in October 2007, Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon became more open with their relationship, particularly due to the release of paparazzi pictures that showed the couple vacationing together in Rome.

Escapees included the author John Home, and a minister, John Witherspoon, who later moved to the American colonies and became a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.

However, Reese Witherspoon became pregnant so it was necessary to speed up both pre-production and filming.

Finley was born to James Finley and Ann Angrest, James was born 1737 in Glasgow, Scotland where he was trained as a yarn merchant and where he became acquainted with Rev John Witherspoon who was then a pastor in the town of Paisley about six miles from Glasgow.

David Letterman and John Witherspoon became such good friends that Witherspoon asked Letterman to be the Godfather to both his children, John David and Alexander.

In 1977, Witherspoon became a regular on the series The Richard Pryor Show ', an NBC American comedy series.

An advocate of Natural Law within a Christian and republican Cosmology, which Witherspoon considered Moral Philosophy vital for ministers, lawyers, and those holding positions in government ( magistrates ).

According to the terms of John Witherspoon ’ s will, the ferry was then vested in J. D. Witherspoon, executor, for a term of 14 years, “ in trust for and having the sole benefit of the incorporated Presbyterian Church at Aimwell on the Pee Dee River.

John Witherspoon, was a former minister of one its Church of Scotland parishes between 1745-1757.

William Drew Robeson I ( July 27, 1844 – May 17, 1918 ) was the father of Paul Robeson and the minister of Witherspoon Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901.

Associated with the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, this facility was built for its black members.

Robeson served as minister of the Witherspoon Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 until 1901.

It was built for the black members of the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church.

* 1880 Called to Witherspoon Church in Princeton

* 1901 End tenure at Witherspoon Church in Princeton

Maria Louisa Bustill Robeson ( November 8, 1853 – January 20, 1904 ) was a Quaker schoolteacher ; the wife of the Reverend William Drew Robeson of Witherspoon Church in Princeton, New Jersey and the mother of Paul Robeson and his siblings.

It was organized in 1789 under the leadership of John Witherspoon in the wake of the American Revolution and existed until 1958 when it merged with the United Presbyterian Church of North America to form the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.

Edinburgh is the home town of the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, who was born in the city and attended Fettes College ; Robin Harper the co-convener of the Scottish Green Party ; and John Witherspoon, the only clergyman to sign the United States Declaration of Independence, and later president of Princeton University.

Two years later in 1990, Witherspoon was in the New Line Cinema comedy House Party.

Bebe Drake-Massey and John Witherspoon had played a couple in House Party, and were reunited for the film, this time playing the character Gerard's parents.

Jimmy Witherspoon, Blues singer ( and a good one ), and the Ike Isaacs Trio, which has done such wonderful work for two afternoons now, helping him with the musical examples.

* 1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer ( d. 1997 )

Scots-born migrants that played a leading role in the foundation and development of the United States included cleric and revolutionary John Witherspoon, sailor John Paul Jones, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell.

After graduation, Madison remained at Princeton to study Hebrew and political philosophy under the university president, John Witherspoon, before returning to Montpelier in the spring of 1772.

" James Witherspoon, president of Princeton, teacher of James Madison and later a member of the Continental Congress, and one of the most influential thinkers in the Colonies, joined the cause of the Revolution with a widely publicized sermon based on Psalm 76, identifying the American colonists with the people of Israel.

In 1900, a disagreement between William and white financial supporters of Witherspoon arose with apparent racial undertones, which were prevalent in Princeton.

John Witherspoon, the only minister to sign the Declaration of Independence.

However, Witherspoon et al.

From 1986 to 1988, Wright was married to actor Dane Witherspoon, whom she met in 1984 on the set of the soap-opera Santa Barbara.

* 1997 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer ( b. 1920 )

Oliver Parker, an English director who had previously adapted other plays by Wilde, made a film in 2002 ; it stars Colin Firth ( Jack ), Rupert Everett ( Algy ), Dame Judi Dench ( Lady Bracknell ), Reese Witherspoon ( Cecily ), Frances O ' Connor ( Gwendolen ), Anna Massey ( Miss Prism ), and Tom Wilkinson ( Dr. Chasuble ).

* November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, American actress ( b. 1890 )

** Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer ( d. 1997 )

* November 15 – John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( b. 1723 )

* February 15 – John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( d. 1794 )

Starring Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp and Natasha Little from the television miniseries of ' Vanity Fair ' as Lady Jane Sheepshanks.

* Cora Witherspoon as Mrs. Burns-Norvell, a talkative acquaintance of the Allenburys

Among the notables who died either without a valid will or no will at all are Ross Alexander, Fatty Arbuckle, Anura Bandaranaike, Madhav Prasad Birla, Sonny Bono, George Brent, Lenny Bruce, Jacob A. Cantor, Kurt Cobain, Russ Columbo, Sam Cooke, James Dean, Sandy Dennis, John Denver, Divine, Duke Ellington, Cass Elliot, Chris Farley, Bobby Fischer, Redd Foxx, Mary Frann, James A. Garfield, Marvin Gaye, Ulysses S. Grant, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Shemp Howard, Howard Hughes, Andrew Johnson, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ernie Kovacs, Harry Langdon, Bruce Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Peter Lorre, Jayne Mansfield, Rocky Marciano, Karl Marx, Steve McNair, Sal Mineo, Carmen Miranda, Keith Moon, Rosa Parks, Pablo Picasso, Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Tupac Shakur, Don Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, William Desmond Taylor, Sharon Tate, Tiny Tim, Ritchie Valens, Hervé Villechaize, Barry White, and Jimmy Witherspoon.

Her most recent films include Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon, The Namesake, and Amelia.

After the success of Monsoon Wedding, Nair collaborated with writer Julian Fellowes on her 2004 adaptation of Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair, starring Reese Witherspoon.