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Henry Watson 1534–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1534

Birth Location: Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 June 1597

Death Location: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Watson

Mother: Margaret Sothern

Spouse(s): Prudence Hewley

Children(s):

In 1534, Henry Watson entered the world in Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir John James Ii 1St Lord Watson And Margaret Sothern. Henry Watson married Prudence Hewley. Henry Watson passed away in 1597 in Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1534, Henry Watson entered the world in Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir John James Ii 1St Lord Watson And Margaret Sothern.
  • Henry Watson married Prudence Hewley.
  • Henry Watson passed away in 1597 in Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Henry Watson's Ancestors

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Henry Watson
1534–1597
Birth Place: Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson
1500–1568
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Margaret Sothern
1502–1568
Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John) Watson
1472–1521
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Plantagenent
1479–1527
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Edward England
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard, York
1411–1460
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1415–1472

Henry Watson's Timeline

2 Records

1534
1534
Birth of Henry Watson in Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1597
7 June 1597
Age 63
Death of Henry Watson in Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 June 1597
    Event Place: Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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