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Mary Fairfax 1616–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 May 1616

Birth Location: Fewston, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1678

Death Location: York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Ferdinand Fairfax

Mother: Mary Sheffield

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Mary Fairfax was born in 1616 in Fewston, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Ferdinand Fairfax And Mary Sheffield. Mary Fairfax married Henry Arthington. Mary Fairfax passed away in 1678 in York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Mary Fairfax was born in 1616 in Fewston, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Ferdinand Fairfax And Mary Sheffield.
  • Mary Fairfax married Henry Arthington.
  • Mary Fairfax passed away in 1678 in York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Mary Fairfax's Ancestors

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Mary Fairfax
1616–1678
Birth Place: Fewston, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Ferdinand Fairfax
1584–1648
Denton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Sheffield
1588–1619
Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Edmund (Sheffield 1st Earl of) Mulgrave
1564–1646
Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Ursula Tyrwhitt
1547–
Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Sheffield
1538–1568
Lady Stafford
1542–1608
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Sheffield
1521–1549
Anne VERE
1522–1572
William Garter?
1510–1573
Katherine. Gamage
1518–1535

Mary Fairfax's Timeline

2 Records

1616
4 May 1616
Birth of Mary Fairfax in Fewston, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Fewston, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1678
1678
Age 62
Death of Mary Fairfax in York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 May 1616
    Event Place: Fewston, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Colonial Families of the USA
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1678
    Event Place: York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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