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Hugh Whitney 1479–1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1479

Birth Location: Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 6 AUG 1554

Death Location: Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Father: Robert Whitney

Mother: Elizabeth Vaughan

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Hugh Whitney was born in 1479 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, the child of Robert De Whitney And Elizabeth Or Alice Vaughan. Hugh Whitney passed away in 1554 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh Whitney was born in 1479 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, the child of Robert De Whitney And Elizabeth Or Alice Vaughan.
  • Hugh Whitney passed away in 1554 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

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Hugh Whitney's Ancestors

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Hugh Whitney
1479–1554
Birth Place: Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Parents
Robert de Whitney
1436–1494
Herefordshire, England
Elizabeth (or Alice) Vaughan
1452–
Kington, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
Eustace (de) Whitney
1411–1481
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Jennet Trussell
1414–1441
Elmsthorpe, Leicestershire, England
Thomas Vaughan
1400–1469
Glasbury, Breconshire, Wales
Ellen (Gethin ferch) Dafydd
1402–1482
Glasbury, Breconshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1390–1443
Wenillian Oldcastle
1392–1450
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1348–1402
Mary Cromwell
1352–1395
Thomas Oldcastle
1364–1404
Alice Pembridge
1372–1435

Hugh Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1479
1479
Birth of Hugh Whitney in Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Nantwich, Cheshire, England
1554
6 AUG 1554
Age 75
Death of Hugh Whitney in Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1479
    Event Place: Nantwich, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 AUG 1554
    Event Place: Nantwich, Cheshire, England

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