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Richard Williams Cromwell 1495 – 1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1547

Death Location: Stepney

Father: Morgan Williams

Mother: Katherine Cromwell

Spouse(s): Frances Murfyn

Children(s): Henry Cromwell

Richard Williams Cromwell was born in 1495 in Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom, the child of Morgan Ap Williams and Katherine Elizabeth Cromwell. Richard Williams Cromwell married Frances Murfyn, and had children including Henry Williams Cromwell. Richard Williams Cromwell passed away in 1547 in Stepney.

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Biography

  • Richard Williams Cromwell was born in 1495 in Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom, the child of Morgan Ap Williams and Katherine Elizabeth Cromwell.
  • Richard Williams Cromwell married Frances Murfyn, and had children including Henry Williams Cromwell.
  • Richard Williams Cromwell passed away in 1547 in Stepney.

Immediate Family

Parents

Morgan Williams
1465 – 1494
Birth Location: –
MW
Katherine Cromwell
1476 –
Birth Location: –
KC

Spouses(s)

Frances Murfyn
1499 – 1533
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Henry Cromwell
1535 – 1604
Birth Location: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
HC

Richard Cromwell's Ancestors

Self
Richard Cromwell
1495 – 1547
Birth Place: Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Parents
Morgan Ap Williams
1465 – 1494
Katherine (Elizabeth) Cromwell
1476 –
Grandparents
William (Ap) Yevan
Joan (of Jasper) Tudor
1443 –
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Cromwell's Descendants

1.
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Richard (Williams) Cromwell (1495 – 1547) m. Frances Murfyn (1499 – 1533)
  1. 1. Henry (Williams) Cromwell (1535 – 6 January 1604) m. Joan Warren (1535 – 22 August 1584)
    1. 1. Frances (Williams) Cromwell (5 August 1575 – 21 February 1664) m. Sir (Richard Whaley, Esquire and Member of Parliament) (MP) (1569 – 1620)
      1. 1. Theophilus (Robert) Whaley (1616 – 14 February 1720) m. An Dun m. Elizabeth Mills (1654 – February 1715)
        1. 1. Mary (Sweeney) Whellan (1657 – 1751) m. Edmund New (1655 – 8 August 1726)

Richard Cromwell's Timeline

6 Records

1493
1493
Birth of Richard Williams Cromwell in Lanishen, Glamorganshire (South Wales) Gb
Lanishen, Glamorganshire (South Wales) Gb
1495
1495
Birth of Richard Williams Cromwell in Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1495
1495
Birth of Richard Williams Cromwell in Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1502
1502
Age 7
Birth of Richard Williams Cromwell in Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1544
20 October 1544
Age 49
Death of Richard Williams Cromwell in Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1547
1547
Age 52
Death of Richard Williams Cromwell in Stepney
Stepney

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1502
    Event Place: Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1493
    Event Place: Lanishen, Glamorganshire (South Wales) Gb
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: The Parlin Genealogy : The descendants of Nicholas Parlin of Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 October 1544
    Event Place: Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Stepney
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: The Parlin Genealogy : The descendants of Nicholas Parlin of Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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