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Henry William Whittaker 1538–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1589

Death Location: Northwoods, Lancashire, England

Father: Sir Whitaker

Mother: Lady (Whitaker)

Spouse(s): Margaret Whittaker

Children(s): John Foxe

Henry William Whittaker was born in 1538 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker And Lady Joan Wolcott Whitaker. Henry William Whittaker married Margaret Alice Lady Asey Whittaker, and had children including John Widick Whittaker Foxe. Henry William Whittaker passed away in 1589 in Northwoods, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Henry William Whittaker was born in 1538 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker And Lady Joan Wolcott Whitaker.
  • Henry William Whittaker married Margaret Alice Lady Asey Whittaker, and had children including John Widick Whittaker Foxe.
  • Henry William Whittaker passed away in 1589 in Northwoods, Lancashire, England.

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Henry Whittaker's Ancestors

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Henry Whittaker
1538–1589
Birth Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker
1528–1582
Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England
Lady (Joan Wolcott) (Whitaker)
1530–1582
High Acre, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Lady (Alice Nowell,) Whitaker
1500–1554
Read, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Whittaker's Descendants

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Henry (William) Whittaker (1538–1589) m. Margaret (Alice Lady Asey) Whittaker (1540–1617)
  1. 1. John (Widick Whittaker) Foxe 1556–1627 m. Jone\Joane Barnard 1557–1619
    1. 1. Elizabeth ("Annie" () Whittaker\Collins 1581–1636 m. John (Henry Collins) Collen 1579–1636
      1. 1. J.Henry (Collins\Collines I (starchmaker), Salem) Sr 1606–1687
        1. 1. Joseph (F Collins) Sr 1664–1734

Henry Whittaker's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Henry William Whittaker in Burnley, Lancashire, England
Burnley, Lancashire, England
1589
1589
Age 51
Death of Henry William Whittaker in Northwoods, Lancashire, England
Northwoods, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1589
    Event Place: Northwoods, Lancashire, England

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