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James Gawen Braithwaite 1547 – 1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1547

Birth Location: of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England

Death Date: June 1583

Death Location: of Ambleside Hall, Ambleside, Westmorland, England

Father: Robert Braithwaite

Mother: Alice Williamson

Spouse(s): Jane Benson

Children(s): Isabel Braithwaite

James Gawen Braithwaite was born in 1547 in of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England, the child of Robert Braithwaite and Alice Williamson. James Gawen Braithwaite married Jane Benson, and had children including Isabel Braithwaite. James Gawen Braithwaite passed away in 1583 in of Ambleside Hall, Ambleside, Westmorland, England.

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Biography

  • James Gawen Braithwaite was born in 1547 in of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England, the child of Robert Braithwaite and Alice Williamson.
  • James Gawen Braithwaite married Jane Benson, and had children including Isabel Braithwaite.
  • James Gawen Braithwaite passed away in 1583 in of Ambleside Hall, Ambleside, Westmorland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Braithwaite
1530 – 1629
Birth Location: Burnside Manor, Bowness On Windermere, Westmoreland, England
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Alice Williamson
1532 – 1625
Birth Location: Burnside Manor, Bowness On Windermere, Westmoreland, England
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Spouses(s)

Jane Benson
1546 – 1639
Birth Location: Rydal and Loughrigg, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Isabel Braithwaite
1569 – 1639
Birth Location: Gi
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James Braithwaite's Ancestors

Self
James Braithwaite
1547 – 1583
Birth Place: of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England
Parents
Robert Braithwaite
1530 – 1629
Burnside Manor, Bowness On Windermere, Westmoreland, England
Alice Williamson
1532 – 1625
Burnside Manor, Bowness On Windermere, Westmoreland, England
Grandparents
Sarah (Ann) Sandys
1515 – 1579
Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England
Sir (Thomas II) Boleyn
1508 – 1536
Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Sandys
1490 – 1548
Margaret Dixon
1496 – 1546
Sir &Amp,
1477 – 1539
Lady Sussex
1497 – 1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Braithwaite's Descendants

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James (Gawen) Braithwaite (ABT 1547 – June 1583) m. Jane Benson (1546 – 15 June 1639)
  1. 1. Isabel Braithwaite (1569 – 15 June 1639) m. Daniel Fleming (1575 – 2 August 1621)
    1. 1. Dorothy Fleming (1605 – 25 MAR 1682) m. Andrew Huddleston (27 Nov 1603 – 24 May 1672)
      1. 1. Mary (Huddleston) Senhouse (20 Sep 1633 – 1667 /1682) m. John Senhouse (1635 – 1694)
        1. 1. John (Humphrey) Senhouse (23 May 1669 – 04 Apr 1738)

James Braithwaite's Timeline

2 Records

1547
ABT 1547
Birth of James Gawen Braithwaite in of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England
of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England
1583
June 1583
Age 36
Death of James Gawen Braithwaite in of Ambleside Hall, Ambleside, Westmorland, England
of Ambleside Hall, Ambleside, Westmorland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1547
    Event Place: of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: June 1583
    Event Place: of Ambleside Hall, Ambleside, Westmorland, England
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