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Margaret Hesketh 1566–1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 May 1606

Death Location: St Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England

Father: Thomas Hesketh

Mother: Alice Holcroft

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Abigail Thompson

Margaret Hesketh was born in 1566 in Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Hesketh And Alice Holcroft. Margaret Hesketh had children including Abigail Thompson. Margaret Hesketh passed away in 1606 in St Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Hesketh was born in 1566 in Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Hesketh And Alice Holcroft.
  • Margaret Hesketh had children including Abigail Thompson.
  • Margaret Hesketh passed away in 1606 in St Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England.

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Margaret Hesketh's Ancestors

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Margaret Hesketh
1566–1606
Birth Place: Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Hesketh
1534–1588
Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Alice Holcroft
1520–1604
Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Hesketh
1504–1539
Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Grace Townley
1500–1543
Townley Hall, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Towneley
1473–1539
Isabel Pilkington
1471–1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Hesketh's Descendants

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Margaret Hesketh (1566–12 May 1606)
  1. 1. Abigail Thompson 1602–1642 m. William Thompson 1597–1666
    1. 1. John Tomson 1616–1696 m. Mary Tomson 1625–1714
      1. 1. John Thomson 1649–1725 m. Mary Tomson 1661–1731 m. Elizabeth (Lysbeth Janse Van) Hammel 1686–1759
        1. 1. John Thomson 1707–1785 m. Elizabeth Thomson 1710–1759
        2. 2. Mary Tomson 1681–1742
        3. 3. Ephraim Tomson 1682–1744
        4. 4. Jacob Tomson 1703–1751
        5. 5. Shubael Tomson 1686–1733
        6. 6. Thomas Thomson 1688–1781
        7. 7. Francis Thomson –1734

Margaret Hesketh's Timeline

3 Records

1566
1566
Birth of Margaret Hesketh in Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1606
10 May 1606
Age 40
Death of Margaret Hesketh in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
1606
12 May 1606
Age 40
Burial of Margaret Hesketh in St Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
St Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Rufford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1606
    Event Place: Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 12 May 1606
    Event Place: St Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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