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Sir Nicholas Curwen 1550–1604 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Workington Hall, Workington. Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 January 1604

Death Location: Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Curwen

Mother: Lady Belasye

Spouse(s): Anne Musgrave

Children(s): Lady Curwen

In 1550, Sir Nicholas Curwen entered the world in Workington Hall, Workington. Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Henry Sherrif Cumberland Curwen And Lady Mary Margaret Fairfax Curwen Belasye. Sir Nicholas Curwen married Anne Musgrave, and had children including Lady Mary Margaret Curwen. Sir Nicholas Curwen passed away in 1604 in Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1550, Sir Nicholas Curwen entered the world in Workington Hall, Workington. Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Henry Sherrif Cumberland Curwen And Lady Mary Margaret Fairfax Curwen Belasye.
  • Sir Nicholas Curwen married Anne Musgrave, and had children including Lady Mary Margaret Curwen.
  • Sir Nicholas Curwen passed away in 1604 in Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Curwen's Ancestors

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Sir Curwen
1550–1604
Birth Place: Workington Hall, Workington. Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Henry (Sherrif Cumberland) Curwen
1521–1597
Workington Hall, Cumberland, England
Lady (Mary Margaret Fairfax - Curwen -) Belasye
1528–1631
Gilling East, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Curwen,) Knight
1493–1543
Workington Hall, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Strickland
1490–1543
Sizergh, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
SIR (KNIGHT NICHOLAS FAIRFAX *.) -30-
1504–1570
Gilling Castle, Waltin, Yorkshire, England
Jane Palmes
1501–1582
Naburn, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Fairfax
1475–1520
Agnes Gascoigne
1474–1504
Guy Palmes
1475–1516
Lady Drew
1477–1570
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Curwen's Descendants

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Sir (Nicholas) Curwen (1550–16 January 1604) m. Anne Musgrave (1551–21 October 1586)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Margaret) Curwen 1572–1630 m. Sir (Thomas Strickland, Knight of the) Bath 1564–1612
    1. 1. Capt. (John William Strickland - Immigrant by 1629) (Soldier) 1584–1672 m. Jannete ("Jane" Elizabeth) Fenwick 1590–1663
      1. 1. Elizabeth Strickland 1621–1687 m. Jonas ("Oram") Wood 1614–1689 m. John Seaman 1610–1695
        1. 1. Phebe Wood 1647–1697 m. Epenetus ((Capt) Platt) Esquire 1640–1693
        2. 2. Solomon Seaman 1651–1733
        3. 3. Nathaniel Seaman 1672–1759
        4. 4. Benjamin Seaman 1649–1732
        5. 5. Thomas Seaman –1724
        6. 6. Samuel Seaman 1667–1731
        7. 7. Richard Seaman 1673–1749
        8. 8. Johnathan Seaman 1647–1733
        9. 9. Elizabeth Seaman 1653–
        10. 10. Sarah Mott 1666–1733
        11. 11. Mary Pearsall 1658–1748
        12. 12. Deborah Kirk 1677–1694
    2. 2. Sir (Jacob) Strickland 1596–1635

Sir Curwen's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Sir Nicholas Curwen in Workington Hall, Workington. Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Workington Hall, Workington. Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
1604
16 January 1604
Age 54
Death of Sir Nicholas Curwen in Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Workington Hall, Workington. Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts; Year: 1629; Page Number: 1785

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] The Corwin genealogy (Curwin, Curwen, Corwine) in the United States
    [2] Our royal ancestors

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 January 1604
    Event Place: Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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