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Sir Hamnet Atherton 1440–1530 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1440

Birth Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1530

Death Location: Atherton, Lancashire, England

Father: Sir Atherton

Mother: Douce Massey

Spouse(s): Lady Stanley

Children(s): Thomas Atherton, Ellen Atherton, Thomas Bickerstaffe, Thomas Atherton, Sir ATHERTON, Thomas Atherton

Sir Hamnet Atherton was born in 1440 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Henry Atherton And Douce Massey. Sir Hamnet Atherton married Lady Alice Harrington De Stanley, and had children including Ellen Stanley Atherton, Sir Thomas Stanley Atherton, Thomas Atherton, Thomas Massey Atherton, Thomas Massey Atherton Of Bickerstaffe. Sir Hamnet Atherton passed away in 1530 in Atherton, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Hamnet Atherton was born in 1440 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Henry Atherton And Douce Massey.
  • Sir Hamnet Atherton married Lady Alice Harrington De Stanley, and had children including Ellen Stanley Atherton, Sir Thomas Stanley Atherton, Thomas Atherton, Thomas Massey Atherton, Thomas Massey Atherton Of Bickerstaffe.
  • Sir Hamnet Atherton passed away in 1530 in Atherton, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Atherton
1415–
Birth Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
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Douce Massey
1414–
Birth Location: Rixton Old Hall, Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Warrington, Cheshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Stanley
1412–1477
Birth Location: Clifton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Atherton
1462–1488
Birth Location: Atherton Hall, Leigh, Lancashire, England
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Ellen Atherton
1460–1550
Birth Location: Atherton, Lancashire, England
EA
Thomas Bickerstaffe
1463–
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Atherton
1450–
Birth Location: –
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Sir ATHERTON
1466–1514
Birth Location: Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, , England
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Thomas Atherton
1466–1488
Birth Location: Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, , England
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Sir Atherton's Ancestors

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Sir Atherton
1440–1530
Birth Place: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir Henry Atherton
1415–
Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Douce Massey
1414–
Rixton Old Hall, Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Warrington, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Nicholas Atherton
1401–1424
Elizabeth Pilkington
1402–1440
Pilkington Manor,Oldham,Lancashire,England
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Atherton
–1420
Sir Pilkington
1364–1420
The Verdon
1365–1436
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Atherton's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Hamnet) Atherton (Abt. 1440–1530) m. Lady (Alice Harrington de) Stanley (1412–26 November 1477)
  1. 1. Thomas Atherton 1462–1488 m. Johann Warren 1461–1505
    1. 1. Margaret Atherton 1486–1516 m. James Scarisbrick 1482–1516
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Scarisbrick) Stanley 1508–1596 m. Sir (Peter Stanley of) Brickenstaff 1487–1592
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Clifford) Stanley 1540–1613 m. Sir (Henry "Earl of Derby") STANLEY 1531–1593
      2. 2. Henry Scarisbrick 1517–1582
      3. 3. Elizabeth Stanley 1516–1560
  2. 2. Ellen (Stanley) Atherton 1460–1550
  3. 3. Thomas (Massey Atherton of) Bickerstaffe 1463–
  4. 4. Thomas (Massey) Atherton 1450–
  5. 5. Sir (Thomas Stanley) ATHERTON 1466–1514
  6. 6. Thomas Atherton 1466–1488

Sir Atherton's Timeline

2 Records

1440
Abt. 1440
Birth of Sir Hamnet Atherton in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
1530
1530
Age 90
Death of Sir Hamnet Atherton in Atherton, Lancashire, England
Atherton, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1440
    Event Place: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Atherton, Lancashire, England
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