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Richard Fenton 1495–1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1549

Death Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Fenton

Mother: Elyse Alicia

Spouse(s): Jennie MORTON, Cecily Fenton

Children(s): Richard Fenton, Emmotta Derneley, Emmotta Derneley, Anne Fenton, Anne Fenton, Elizabeth Fenton, Ellinoure Fenton, Emmotta Fenton, Katherine Fenton, Marie Fenton, Phebe Fenton, William Fenton

Richard Fenton was born in 1495 in Staffordshire, England, the child of Richard Fenton And Elyse Alicia. Richard Fenton married Cecily Fenton, Jennie Abbie Morton, and had children including Anne Phoebe Fenton, Anne Fenton, Dorothie Fenton, Elizabeth Fenton, Ellinoure Fenton, Emmotta Derneley, Emmotta Fenton, Katherine Fenton, Marie Fenton, Phebe Anne Fenton, Richard Fenne Or Fenton, William Fenton. Richard Fenton passed away in 1549 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Fenton was born in 1495 in Staffordshire, England, the child of Richard Fenton And Elyse Alicia.
  • Richard Fenton married Cecily Fenton, Jennie Abbie Morton, and had children including Anne Phoebe Fenton, Anne Fenton, Dorothie Fenton, Elizabeth Fenton, Ellinoure Fenton, Emmotta Derneley, Emmotta Fenton, Katherine Fenton, Marie Fenton, Phebe Anne Fenton, Richard Fenne Or Fenton, William Fenton.
  • Richard Fenton passed away in 1549 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Richard Fenton's Ancestors

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Richard Fenton
1495–1549
Birth Place: Staffordshire, England
Parents
Richard Fenton
1460–1549
York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Elyse Alicia
1463–
York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Fenton's Descendants

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Richard Fenton (1495–1549) m. Jennie (Abbie) MORTON (1525–) m. Cecily Fenton (1500–)
  1. 1. Richard (Fenne OR) Fenton 1540–1613 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Fenton 1540–
    1. 1. Christopher (Finden) (Fenton) 1568–1596 m. Sarah (Isabella Newbill (Newball)) (Newbell) 1570–1652
      1. 1. Thomas (or John Finden) (Fenton) 1585–1633 m. Jana Dirdin 1600–1667
        1. 1. Dorothy Finden 1620– m. Henry Caiger –1675
      2. 2. Thomas (or John Finden) (Fenton) 1585–1633
      3. 3. John (Finden or) Fenton 1592–1631
      4. 4. John Fenton 1592–1633
    2. 2. Elizabeth Fiennes 1580–1675
  2. 2. Emmotta Derneley 1521–1592
  3. 3. Emmotta Derneley –1592
  4. 4. Anne ((Phoebe)) Fenton 1528–1628
  5. 5. Anne Fenton 1528–1592
  6. 6. Elizabeth Fenton 1525–
  7. 7. Ellinoure Fenton 1521–1592
  8. 8. Emmotta Fenton 1521–1592
  9. 9. Katherine Fenton 1531–
  10. 10. Marie Fenton 1527–1527
  11. 11. Phebe (Anne) Fenton 1528–1626
  12. 12. William Fenton 1523–1577

Richard Fenton's Timeline

3 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Richard Fenton in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England
1516
21 July 1516
Age 21
Richard Fenton was married in Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1549
1549
Age 54
Death of Richard Fenton in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 21 July 1516
    Event Place: Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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