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John Weekes 1566–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Honeychurch, Devon, ENG

Death Date: 17 Oct 1655

Death Location: Wiltshire, England

Father: Sir Wicks

Mother: Arminell Yeo

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John Weekes was born in 1566 in Honeychurch, Devon, ENG, the child of Sir William Weeks Weekes Wicks And Arminell Yeo. John Weekes passed away in 1655 in Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Weekes was born in 1566 in Honeychurch, Devon, ENG, the child of Sir William Weeks Weekes Wicks And Arminell Yeo.
  • John Weekes passed away in 1655 in Wiltshire, England.

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John Weekes's Ancestors

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John Weekes
1566–1655
Birth Place: Honeychurch, Devon, ENG
Parents
Sir William Weeks Weekes Wicks
1526–1600
Hatherleigh, Devon, , England
Arminell Yeo
1534–1602
Hatherleigh, Devon, England
Grandparents
Simon (Weekes of) Honichurch
1500–1600
Honeychurch, Devon, England
Matilda (Ann) Haywood\Hopwood
1501–1600
Honeychurch, Devon, England
Sir (John Hugh Yeo, Baron Yeo of) Heatherley
1500–1597
Hatherleigh, Devonshire, ENG
Mary (Anne) Honeychurch
1510–1573
Spreyton, Devonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Weekes
1464–1500
Lady Pilfold
1480–1560
Symon Haywood
1475–1560
Mrs. Haywood
1480–
Sir Knight
1476–1527
Lady Yeo
1484–1519
William Honeychurch
1470–1547
Lady Coles
1485–1540
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Honeychurch
1474–
Mary Fitz
1474–
John Coles
1455–

John Weekes's Timeline

3 Records

1566
1566
Birth of John Weekes in Honeychurch, Devon, ENG
Honeychurch, Devon, ENG
1655
abt 1655
Age 89
Death of John Weekes in Bideford, Devon, England
Bideford, Devon, England
1655
17 Oct 1655
Age 89
Burial of John Weekes in Wiltshire, England
Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Honeychurch, Devon, ENG

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source: London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COLCHDFR020520-0526

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1655
    Event Place: Bideford, Devon, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1655
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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