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Elizabeth Ann Woodhead 1520–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 10 May 1587

Death Location: Corton, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Wodhead

Mother: Mary Rhodes\Rodes

Spouse(s): James Sowerby

Children(s): Elizabeth Sowerby, Thomas Foxcroft, Benjamin Foxcroft

Elizabeth Ann Woodhead was born in 1520 in Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the child of Thomas Woodhead Wodhead And Mary Rhodes Rodes. Elizabeth Ann Woodhead married James Nichols Foxcroft Of Sowerby, and had children including Benjamin Foxcroft, Elizabeth Sowerby, Thomas Foxcroft. Elizabeth Ann Woodhead passed away in 1587 in Corton, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Ann Woodhead was born in 1520 in Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the child of Thomas Woodhead Wodhead And Mary Rhodes Rodes.
  • Elizabeth Ann Woodhead married James Nichols Foxcroft Of Sowerby, and had children including Benjamin Foxcroft, Elizabeth Sowerby, Thomas Foxcroft.
  • Elizabeth Ann Woodhead passed away in 1587 in Corton, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

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Elizabeth Woodhead's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Woodhead
1520–1587
Birth Place: Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Thomas Woodhead \ Wodhead
1505–1578
Barkisland, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
Mary Rhodes\Rodes
1504–1545
Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Woodhead's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Ann) Woodhead (1520–10 May 1587) m. James (Nichols Foxcroft of) Sowerby (Abt. 1510–5 Nov 1569)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Sowerby 1540–1560 m. Thomas Schollck 1540–1560
    1. 1. Maud (Joan) Scullick 1560–1596 m. Sir (Richard (Sailor) Cooke, Lord Knight of Gidea) II 1557–1598
      1. 1. Sir (Phillip Cooke) (Knight) 1589–1630 m. Elizabeth Covington\Christopher 1590–1615
        1. 1. William, (Cooke, a Knight) Sir 1613–1679 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Miles 1614–1716
  2. 2. Thomas Foxcroft 1545–1795
  3. 3. Benjamin Foxcroft –1770

Elizabeth Woodhead's Timeline

4 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Elizabeth Ann Woodhead in Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1545
1545
Age 25
Elizabeth Ann Woodhead was married in Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1587
15 Sep 1587
Age 67
Death of Elizabeth Ann Woodhead in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
1587
10 May 1587
Age 67
Burial of Elizabeth Ann Woodhead in Corton, Suffolk, England
Corton, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Illingworth, York, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1587
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers
    [2] Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts
    [3] Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; Thornton-in-Lonsdale, 1576-1812
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 10 May 1587
    Event Place: Corton, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers
    [2] Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts
    [3] Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; Thornton-in-Lonsdale, 1576-1812

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