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Matthew Carol Whitfield Sr, Sir Knight 1618–1646 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1618

Birth Location: Surry, England (or Isle of Wight, VA USA?)

Death Date: Aft. 1646

Death Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Father: Henry Whitfield

Mother: Dorothy Sheaffer

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Matthew Carol Whitfield Sr, Sir Knight was born in 1618 in Surry, England (or Isle of Wight, VA USA?), the child of Henry Whitfield And Dorothy Sheaffer. Matthew Carol Whitfield Sr, Sir Knight passed away in 1646 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Matthew Carol Whitfield Sr, Sir Knight was born in 1618 in Surry, England (or Isle of Wight, VA USA?), the child of Henry Whitfield And Dorothy Sheaffer.
  • Matthew Carol Whitfield Sr, Sir Knight passed away in 1646 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA.

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Matthew Knight's Ancestors

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Matthew Knight
1618–1646
Birth Place: Surry, England (or Isle of Wight, VA USA?)
Parents
Henry Whitfield
1592–1657
Mortlake, Surrey, , England
Dorothy Sheaffer
1601–1669
Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Grandparents
Thomas (Whitfield Sir of Mortlake in Surrey, attended Oxford and Inner) Temple
1545–1629
Wadhurst, Sussex, , England
Mildred (Fortune Manning - Whitfield Descendant of Geoffrey) Chaucer
1560–1627
Ockley, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
Thomas (Sheafe Sheaffer. Dr of Divinty Rev (11GGF) from King's College, Cambridge, Rector of Welford, Berks., Canon of St. George's Chapel,) Windsor.
1562–1639
Cranbrook, Kent, England
Maria (Marie Mary Wilson (fthr William or) Thomas?)
1576–1613
Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Ralph Whitfield
1529–1607
Dorothy Ridley
1530–
Henry Maker
1521–1582
Catherine Kerkener
1535–1596
Thomas (12GGF)
1532–1604
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1536–1609
William III
1542–1615
Isabell Woodhall
1546–1617
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Matthew Whitfield
1500–1547
Sir Rydlye
1498–1555
Isabella Heron
1495–1588
Erasmus King)
1495–1567
Agnes Waller
1500–1591
Richard Sheaffe
1505–1557
Thomas Harman
1500–1547
Elizabeth Courthorpe
1500–1547
John Woodhall
1519–1572
Elizabeth Grindall
1523–1583

Matthew Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1618
1618
Birth of Matthew Carol Whitfield Sr, Sir Knight in Surry, England (or Isle of Wight, VA USA?)
Surry, England (or Isle of Wight, VA USA?)
1646
Aft. 1646
Age 28
Death of Matthew Carol Whitfield Sr, Sir Knight in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1618
    Event Place: Surry, England (or Isle of Wight, VA USA?)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1646
    Event Place: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA

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