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Nicholas Whitney 1540–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Somers

Mother: Lady Parrey

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Nicholas Whitney was born in 1540 in Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Somers And Lady Mary Parrey. Nicholas Whitney passed away in 1590 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Nicholas Whitney was born in 1540 in Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Somers And Lady Mary Parrey.
  • Nicholas Whitney passed away in 1590 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Nicholas Whitney's Ancestors

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Nicholas Whitney
1540–1590
Birth Place: Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Somers
1520–1570
Groton, Surrey, England
Lady (Mary) Parrey
1522–1600
Bredwardine, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1505–1549
Bramhall, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Owen) Parrey
1500–1550
Bredwardine, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Margery) Vaun
1515–1576
Llechryd, Breconshire, Wales
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Nicholas Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Nicholas Whitney in Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1590
1590
Age 50
Death of Nicholas Whitney in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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