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Nicholas Webb Sir Knight 1577–1663 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Sep 1577

Birth Location: Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 15 February 1663 /1664

Death Location: Sutcombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Father: Edmond Shakespeare

Mother: Joane Wilmote

Spouse(s): Elinore Waighte

Children(s): Mary Webb

Nicholas Webb Sir Knight was born in 1577 in Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Edmond Nicholas Webb Shakespeare And Joane Hunte Wilmote. Nicholas Webb Sir Knight married Elinore Waighte, and had children including Mary Margaret Webb. Nicholas Webb Sir Knight passed away in 1663 in Sutcombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Nicholas Webb Sir Knight was born in 1577 in Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Edmond Nicholas Webb Shakespeare And Joane Hunte Wilmote.
  • Nicholas Webb Sir Knight married Elinore Waighte, and had children including Mary Margaret Webb.
  • Nicholas Webb Sir Knight passed away in 1663 in Sutcombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmond Shakespeare
1560–1653
Birth Location: St. Dunstan in the East, London, England
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Joane Wilmote
1560–1637
Birth Location: Ippolits, Hertfordshire, England
JW

Spouses(s)

Elinore Waighte
1580–1652
Birth Location: England, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Mary Webb
1601–1683
Birth Location: Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England
MW

Nicholas Knight's Ancestors

Self
Nicholas Knight
1577–1663
Birth Place: Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edmond Nicholas Webb Shakespeare
1560–1653
St. Dunstan in the East, London, England
Joane (Hunte) Wilmote
1560–1637
Ippolits, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
William (Webbe Sir Mayor of) London
1540–1599
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Margaret (Benedicta) Draper
1535–1604
St. Mary Woolnoth, London, England
Mary (Ann Hunte, Butler, Webbe 13th) GGM
1540–1628
Gosfield, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Webbe
1506–1571
Draper, 1566
1500–1581
Lady Essex
1505–1578
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Iv
1502–1578

Nicholas Knight's Descendants

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Nicholas (Webb Sir) Knight (30 Sep 1577–15 February 1663 /1664) m. Elinore Waighte (1580–1652)
  1. 1. Mary (Margaret) Webb 1601–1683 m. Samuel (Lawrence Bridger 13 Bridges Reverend,) Archbishop 1584–1650
    1. 1. Richard (Joseph) Bridger 1627–1686 m. Hester Pitt 1628–1711
      1. 1. Martha (Esther) Bridger 1646–1697 m. Henry Mills 1642–1685
        1. 1. Ann Mills 1668–1707 m. James (Ladstone) Riddick 1650–1749

Nicholas Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1577
30 Sep 1577
Birth of Nicholas Webb Sir Knight in Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1663
15 February 1663 /1664
Age 86
Death of Nicholas Webb Sir Knight in Sutcombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Sutcombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Sep 1577
    Event Place: Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 February 1663 /1664
    Event Place: Sutcombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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