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Mary Sheffield 1585–1619 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 June 1619

Death Location: Bolton Percy, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England

Father: Edmund Essex

Mother: Ursula Mulgrave

Spouse(s): Lord Fairfax

Children(s): Lady Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Ella Fairfax, John Fairfax, Frances Widdrington, Charles Fairfax, Elianor Selby, Mary Arthington, Ursula Cartwright

The story of Mary Sheffield began in 1585 in Near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. Mary Sheffield married Lord Ferdinando Fairfax, and had children including Charles Fairfax, Elianor Selby, Ella L Fairfax, Frances Widdrington, John Fairfax, Lady Ursula Fairfax, Mary Arthington, Thomas Fairfax, Ursula Cartwright. Mary Sheffield passed away in 1619 in Bolton Percy, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Sheffield began in 1585 in Near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Mary Sheffield married Lord Ferdinando Fairfax, and had children including Charles Fairfax, Elianor Selby, Ella L Fairfax, Frances Widdrington, John Fairfax, Lady Ursula Fairfax, Mary Arthington, Thomas Fairfax, Ursula Cartwright.
  • Mary Sheffield passed away in 1619 in Bolton Percy, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Sheffield's Ancestors

Self
Mary Sheffield
1585–1619
Birth Place: Near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave and 3rd Lord of Essex
1565–1646
Butterwicke, Lincoln, Ireland
Ursula (Sheffield Tyrwhitt Countess of) Mulgrave
1553–1618
Wyberton, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Lady (Douglas) Stafford
1535–1608
England
Robert Tyrwhitt
1526–1581
Leighton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
LADY (ELIZABETH OXENBRIDGE) (Tyrwhitt)
1526–1589
Scotter, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord Effingham
1510–1573
Sir Lincoln
1503–1541
Tyrwhitt, Askew-Ayscough-Girlington
1495–1560
Sir Oxenbridge
1501–1540
Lady Puttenham
1500–1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Howard
1443–1524
Agnes Tilney
1488–1545
Robert Tyrwhitt
1482–1548
Matilda Tallboys
1477–1557
Goddard Oxenbridge
1478–1531
Elizabeth Echingham
1453–1531
Thomas Echingham
1425–1486

Mary Sheffield's Descendants

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Mary Sheffield (1585–4 June 1619) m. Lord (Ferdinando) Fairfax (29 March 1584–14 March 1648)
  1. 1. Lady (Ursula) Fairfax 1619–1702 m. Sir (John William) Cartwright 1617–1674
    1. 1. Lady (Jane Reyton) Ruyton 1642–1742 m. Lord (John) Cartwright 1640–1680 m. Sir (John William) Cartwright 1618–1674 m. Lord (John) Cartwright 1640–1740
      1. 1. Lady (Jane) Cartwright 1661–1700 m. Alexander Berryhill 1661–1725
        1. 1. James (McRee) Berryhill 1754–1832 m. Elizabeth James 1798–1856
  2. 2. Thomas Fairfax 1611–1671
  3. 3. Ella (L.) Fairfax 1847–1671
  4. 4. John Fairfax 1619–1619
  5. 5. Frances Widdrington 1612–1640
  6. 6. Charles Fairfax 1615–1644
  7. 7. Elianor Selby 1610–1671
  8. 8. Mary Arthington 1616–1678
  9. 9. Ursula Cartwright 1647–1702

Mary Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1585
1585
Birth of Mary Sheffield in Near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1619
4 June 1619
Age 34
Death of Mary Sheffield in Steeton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Steeton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Near Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 June 1619
    Event Place: Steeton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bolton Percy, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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