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Margaret Starkey 1554–1628 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1554

Birth Location: Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND

Death Date: 1 FEB 1628

Death Location: Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, ENGLAND

Father: Thomas Starkey

Mother: Catherine Mainwaring

Spouse(s): George Wightman

Children(s): Richard Wightman, Zachariah Wightman, Samuel Wightman, William Wightman, Thomas Wightman

In 1554, Margaret Starkey entered the world in Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND, born to Thomas Starkey And Catherine Mainwaring. Margaret Starkey married George Wightman, and had children including Richard Wightman, Samuel Wightman, Thomas Wightman, William Wightman, Zachariah Wightman. Margaret Starkey passed away in 1628 in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, ENGLAND.

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Biography

  • In 1554, Margaret Starkey entered the world in Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND, born to Thomas Starkey And Catherine Mainwaring.
  • Margaret Starkey married George Wightman, and had children including Richard Wightman, Samuel Wightman, Thomas Wightman, William Wightman, Zachariah Wightman.
  • Margaret Starkey passed away in 1628 in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, ENGLAND.

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Margaret Starkey's Ancestors

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Margaret Starkey
1554–1628
Birth Place: Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND
Parents
Thomas Starkey
1519–1581
Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND
Catherine Mainwaring
1526–1613
Ightfield, Shropshire, ENGLAND
Grandparents
John Starkey
1498–
Douce Warburton
1492–
Richard Mainwaring
1494–
Dorothy Corbet
1495–
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Starkey
1480–1529
Maud Mainwaring
1472–1537
John Mainwaring
1475–1518
Joan Lacon
1475–
Robert Corbet
1477–1513
Elizabeth Vernon
1477–1563
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Starkey
1460–1529
Anne Egerton
1456–1487
John Mainwaring
1445–1495
Margaret Legh
1456–1512
Thomas Mainwaring
1437–1508
Jane Sutton
1434–
Richard Lacon
1453–1503
Margery Hoord
1443–1475
Richard Corbet
1449–1493
Elizabeth Devereux
1452–1516
Henry Vernon
1445–1515
Anne Talbot
1445–1494

Margaret Starkey's Descendants

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Margaret Starkey (1554–1 FEB 1628) m. George Wightman (1549–1625)
  1. 1. Richard Wightman 1570–1625 m. Sibell Cadell 1576–1605
    1. 1. John Whitman 1598–1692 m. Ruth Alcock 1605–1662
      1. 1. Thomas Whitman 1629–1712 m. Abigail Byram 1637–1712
        1. 1. Nicholas Whitman 1675–1746 m. Sarah Vining 1675–1713
        2. 2. John Whitman 1658–1727 m. Hannah Pratt 1665–1712
        3. 3. Susanna Whitman 1660–1758 m. Benjamin Willis 1657–1696
        4. 4. Mary Whitman 1662– m. Seth Leach 1655–
        5. 5. Naomi Whitman 1664–1711 m. William Snow 1659–1726
        6. 6. Hannah Whitman 1666– m. David Leach 1655–1757
        7. 7. Ebenezer Whitman 1673–1732 m. Deborah Richards 1684–1760 m. Abigail Burnham 1680–1752
      2. 2. Mary Whitman 1634–1716 m. John Pratt 1634–1716
      3. 3. John Whitman 1631–1713 m. Abigail Hollis 1641–1673 m. Ruth Reed 1642–1662
      4. 4. Elizabeth Whitman 1638–1720 m. Joseph Green 1620–1700
      5. 5. Judith Whitman 1643–1711 m. Philip King 1645–1710
      6. 6. Sarah Whitman 1639–1718 m. Abraham Jones 1632–1718
      7. 7. Zachariah Whitman 1644–1726 m. Sarah Alcock 1650–1715
      8. 8. Abiah Whitman 1646–1727 m. Mary Ford 1647–1715
      9. 9. Hannah Whitman 1641–1674 m. Stephen French 1641–1718
    2. 2. George Whitman 1597–1648
    3. 3. Zachariah Whitman 1595–1666 m. Sarah Biscoe 1606–1670
    4. 4. Elizabeth Whitman 1599–1672 m. John Otis 1581–1657
  2. 2. Zachariah Wightman 1560–1626 m. Alice Eaton 1562–1626 m. Sibell Cadell 1576–1605
  3. 3. Samuel Wightman 1572–
  4. 4. William Wightman 1574–
  5. 5. Thomas Wightman 1578–

Margaret Starkey's Timeline

2 Records

1554
1554
Birth of Margaret Starkey in Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND
Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND
1628
1 FEB 1628
Age 74
Death of Margaret Starkey in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, ENGLAND

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Wrenbury Cum Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 FEB 1628
    Event Place: Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, ENGLAND

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