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Janet Hurst 1547–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 May 1547

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: December 1581

Death Location: West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Ovenden

Mother: Jennett Nettleton

Spouse(s): Edmund Wood

Children(s): Robert Wood

In 1547, Janet Hurst entered the world in Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Humphrey Humphreye Omfrey Humfrey 1St De Hurst Hirst Of Ovenden And Jennett Hall Nettleton. Janet Hurst married Edmund Wood, and had children including Robert Wood. Janet Hurst passed away in 1581 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1547, Janet Hurst entered the world in Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Humphrey Humphreye Omfrey Humfrey 1St De Hurst Hirst Of Ovenden And Jennett Hall Nettleton.
  • Janet Hurst married Edmund Wood, and had children including Robert Wood.
  • Janet Hurst passed away in 1581 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Janet Hurst's Ancestors

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Janet Hurst
1547–1581
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Humphrey (Humphreye, Omfrey, Humfrey) (1st), de Hurst (Hirst), of Ovenden
1525–1586
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Jennett (Hall) Nettleton
1522–1583
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Dirck Hurst de) Ovenden
1505–1538
Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Hurst's Descendants

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Janet Hurst (4 May 1547–December 1581) m. Edmund Wood (6 March 1546–21 July 1615)
  1. 1. Robert Wood 1575–1652 m. Frances Clarke 1579–1610
    1. 1. Alice Wood 1607–1644 m. Col (William Alexander Taylor) 14 1605–1687
      1. 1. John (Taylor) 13 1627–1702 m. Alice Gascoyne 1628–1702 m. Mary James 1628–1703
        1. 1. Capt. (John Henry) Taylor 1660–1718 m. Elizabeth 1653–1718
    2. 2. Ezekiel (Humphrey) Wood 1607–1628

Janet Hurst's Timeline

2 Records

1547
4 May 1547
Birth of Janet Hurst in Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1581
December 1581
Age 34
Death of Janet Hurst in West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 May 1547
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: December 1581
    Event Place: West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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