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SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON 1504–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 31 Oct 1557

Death Location: Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Father: Willem END

Mother: Lady END

Spouse(s): LADY THWAITES

Children(s): Sir Fairfax

The story of SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON began in 1504 in Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON married Lady Elizabeth Isabel Thwaites, and had children including Sir Gabriel Fairfax. SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON passed away in 1557 in Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON began in 1504 in Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
  • SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON married Lady Elizabeth Isabel Thwaites, and had children including Sir Gabriel Fairfax.
  • SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON passed away in 1557 in Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Willem END
1450–1514
Birth Location: Steeton, Yorkshire
WE
Lady END
1465–1560
Birth Location: Etall Castle, Etall, The Dale, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Glendale, Northumberland, England
LE

Spouses(s)

LADY THWAITES
1495–1540
Birth Location: Denton Castle, Yorkshire, England
LT

Children(s)

Sir Fairfax
1520–1584
Birth Location: Steeton, Yorkshire, England
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SIR DENTON's Ancestors

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SIR DENTON
1504–1557
Birth Place: Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Parents
Willem Sir Fairfax van Denton END
1450–1514
Steeton, Yorkshire
Lady (Elizabeth Manners Lady of Etall,3rd Baroness Sandys of the Vyne) END
1465–1560
Etall Castle, Etall, The Dale, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Glendale, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

SIR DENTON's Descendants

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SIR (WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF) DENTON (1504–31 Oct 1557) m. LADY (ELIZABETH ISABEL) THWAITES (Jan 1495–Feb 1540)
  1. 1. Sir (Gabriël) Fairfax 1520–1584 m. Elsabeth (Aske) (Fairfax) 1517–1571 m. Dorothy Gale 1523–1596
    1. 1. Maria Fairfax 1560–1625 m. Sir (Thomas Gower van Sittenham II Marshal of) Berwick 1569–1665
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas "1st Baronet Sittenham") Gower 1584–1655 m. Anne (D'Oyley -Gower) Baroness 1583–1633 m. Margery (Moore) Howell 1583–1630
        1. 1. Joan (Questenbury) Gower 1610–1672 m. John (Seamore Clark) Rev 1609–1664

SIR DENTON's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON in Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
1557
31 Oct 1557
Age 53
Death of SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX OF DENTON in Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1557
    Event Place: Steeton, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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