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Prudence Perkins 1487–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1487

Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Edward Perkins

Mother: Mary Wentworth

Spouse(s): Sir I, Thomas Short

Children(s): Sir York

In 1487, Prudence Perkins entered the world in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, born to Edward Perkins And Mary Prudence Brewster Wentworth. Prudence Perkins married Sir Knight William Brewster Of Hatfield I, Thomas Anthony Short, and had children including Sir William Ii Brewster Of Hatfield Archbishop Of York. Prudence Perkins passed away in 1590 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1487, Prudence Perkins entered the world in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, born to Edward Perkins And Mary Prudence Brewster Wentworth.
  • Prudence Perkins married Sir Knight William Brewster Of Hatfield I, Thomas Anthony Short, and had children including Sir William Ii Brewster Of Hatfield Archbishop Of York.
  • Prudence Perkins passed away in 1590 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Prudence Perkins's Ancestors

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Prudence Perkins
1487–1590
Birth Place: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
Edward Perkins
1512–1577
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary ((Prudence) Brewster) Wentworth
1516–1574
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Henry) Peck\Pake\Peake
1476–1525
Carlton Colville, Suffolk, , England
Lady (Margaret Anselm) Peck\Pake\Peake
1480–1525
Bedfordshire, England
Sir (John Gascoigne, 5th Lord) Lasingcroft
1490–1557
Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Annabella "Anna" "Anne") Vavasour
1506–1554
Lasingcroft, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Waters
1459–1545
Lady Preston
1463–1524
William Gascoigne
1448–1521
Margaret Kighley
1470–1554
JOHN VAVASOUR
1460–1535
CICELY LANGDALE
1467–1506
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas (Haines)(14GGF)
1435–1468
Elizabeth (14GGM)
1439–1468

Prudence Perkins's Descendants

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Prudence Perkins (1487–1590) m. Sir (Knight William Brewster of Hatfield) I (1469–1521) m. Thomas (Anthony) Short (1534–.1602)
  1. 1. Sir (William II Brewster of Hatfield, Archbishop of) York 1510–1558 m. LADY (MARGARET "MAUDE") MANN 1510–1558
    1. 1. Benjamin (Brewster (Brother to William "Mayflower") Brewster) 1556–1644 m. Anna (Snape) Dart 1560–1624
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Brewster 1584–1611 m. Francis (Brown) (Browne) 1584–1625 m. Francis Smith 1583–1626
        1. 1. Francis (Brown) Browne 1595–1666 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Brown 1600–1693

Prudence Perkins's Timeline

3 Records

1487
1487
Birth of Prudence Perkins in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
1560
1560
Age 73
Prudence Perkins was married
None
1590
1590
Age 103
Death of Prudence Perkins in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1487
    Event Place: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1560

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1620; Page Number: 170

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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