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Richard W 1st Fitz Harding 1540 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Sep 1540

Birth Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 20 Jul 1596

Death Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Reverend Botley

Mother: Joan Bennynge

Spouse(s): Lady Woodfall

Children(s): Isabel(Isabella) Cholesbury

The story of Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr began in 1540 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr married Lady Katherine Woodfall, and had children including Isabel(Isabella) Harding of Cholesbury. Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr passed away in 1596 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr began in 1540 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.
  • Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr married Lady Katherine Woodfall, and had children including Isabel(Isabella) Harding of Cholesbury.
  • Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr passed away in 1596 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Reverend Botley
1513 – 1576
Birth Location: Farnworth (near Prescot), Lancashire, England
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Joan Bennynge
1517 – 1565
Birth Location: Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Woodfall
1541 – 1596
Birth Location: Farnworth, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

Isabel(Isabella) Cholesbury
1577 – 1633
Birth Location: of Cholesbury, Buckingham, England, Great Britain
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Richard Harding's Ancestors

Self
Richard Harding
1540 – 1596
Birth Place: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Reverend Edward Thomas Harding of Botley
1513 – 1576
Farnworth (near Prescot), Lancashire, England
Joan (Jane Bonynge) Bennynge
1517 – 1565
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Harding
1497 – 1556
Cambridge, Gloucestershire, England
Joane\Jane Barley
1500 – 1572
Cambridge, Gloucestershire, England
Richard Benning
1490 – 1517
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary) Vining
1490 – 1575
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Harding
1476 – 1545
Isabel Harding
1480 – 1540
John Barley
1460 – 1541
Philippa Bradbury
1470 – 1530
Richard Bonynge
1465 – 1555
Mary VIining
1470 – 1521
Sir Vynynge
1475 – 1550
Elizabeth Vining
1450 – 1500
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Harding
1439 – 1495
Margaret Oswald
Duke Chesham
1439 – 1495
Lady Chesham)
1440 – 1472
Sir Barley
1430 – 1463
Lady Poyntz
1434 – 1462
Sir Braughing
1430 – 1465
Margaret Cain
1434 – 1472
John (Benning)
1440 – 1500
Elizabeth Hardy
1443 – 1521
John Vining
1444 – 1520
Lady Wincanton
1439 – 1500

Richard Harding's Descendants

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Richard (W 1st Fitz) Harding (9 Sep 1540 – 20 Jul 1596) m. Lady (Katherine) Woodfall (20 Feb 1541 – 11 Oct 1596)
  1. 1. Isabel(Isabella) (Harding of) Cholesbury (Abt 1577 – 16 May 1633) m. Richard Baldwin (3 June 1576 – May 1633)
    1. 1. Joseph (I. Baldwin of) Cholesbury* (Oct 1609 – 2 Nov 1684) m. Hannah Whitlock (19 Oct 1616 – 08 Dec 1676)
      1. 1. Benjamin Baldwin (1642 – 19 Jun 1729) m. Hannah Sargeant (10 Aug 1651 – 1721)
        1. 1. Sarah (Ann) Baldwin (1672 – 1 Nov 1726) m. Robert (Albert (Adair)) Young (11 Aug 1663 – 7 Nov 1726)
      2. 2. Martha Baldwin (01 Mar 1645 – 7 Jan 1676) m. John Hawkes (13 Aug 1643 – 1733)
        1. 1. Solomon Hakes (16 Jan 1688 – 1752) m. Anna (Comstock) Billings (7 Oct 1681 – 1752)

Richard Harding's Timeline

4 Records

1540
9 Sep 1540
Birth of Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
1545
9 Jul 1545
Age 5
Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr was baptized in Chesham,Buckingham,England
Chesham,Buckingham,England
1596
20 Jul 1596
Age 56
Death of Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
1598
31 May 1598
Age 58
Richard W 1st Fitz Harding Sr was married in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1540
    Event Place: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 9 Jul 1545
    Event Place: Chesham,Buckingham,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 31 May 1598
    Event Place: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Sawbridgeworth, Herts., Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1596
    Event Place: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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