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Nicholas Whitney 1540–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England

Death Date: 1589

Death Location: Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Father: Robert Whitney

Mother: Sybil Baskerville

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Nicholas Whitney was born in 1540 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, the child of Robert Whitney And Sybil Baskerville. Nicholas Whitney passed away in 1589 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Nicholas Whitney was born in 1540 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, the child of Robert Whitney And Sybil Baskerville.
  • Nicholas Whitney passed away in 1589 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England.

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Nicholas Whitney's Ancestors

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Nicholas Whitney
1540–1589
Birth Place: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Parents
Robert Whitney
1525–1567
Icomb, Gloucestershire, England
Sybil Baskerville
1522–1566
Eardisley, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Magistrate of Gloucestershire) Whitney
1491–1541
Whitney on Wye, Herefordshire, England
Margaret Wye
1495–1614
Icoomb, Gloucestershire, England
James Baskerville
1492–1556
Kington, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Breynton
1495–1542
Eardisley, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Wye
1465–1545
Joan Wye
1465–1550
Walter Baskerville
1456–1508
Ann Morgan
1455–1494
John Brereton
1458–1527
Sybil Milbourne
1471–1537
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Wye
1440–
Maud Whittington
1444–1465
James Baskerville
1440–1485
Morgan Verch-Morgan
1410–1472
Margred Mathew
1440–
Thomas Brereton
1436–1500
Anne Harper
1440–

Nicholas Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Nicholas Whitney in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
1589
1589
Age 49
Death of Nicholas Whitney in Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 15 Sep 2020), entry for Nicholas Whitney, person ID LH7B-SQ5.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1589
    Event Place: Whitney, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 15 Sep 2020), entry for Nicholas Whitney, person ID LH7B-SQ5.

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