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Sir Nicholas Hilliard 1547–1619 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Exeter, England

Death Date: 7 January 1619

Death Location: St Martin In The Fields, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Devon*

Mother: Elizabeth Wall*

Spouse(s): Alice Brandon

Children(s): Mary Hillard

Sir Nicholas Hilliard was born in 1547 in Exeter, England, the child of Sir Richard Hilliard High Sheriff Of Devon And Elizabeth Laurence Lauren Wall. Sir Nicholas Hilliard married Alice Brandon, and had children including Mary Hillard. Sir Nicholas Hilliard passed away in 1619 in St Martin In The Fields, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir Nicholas Hilliard was born in 1547 in Exeter, England, the child of Sir Richard Hilliard High Sheriff Of Devon And Elizabeth Laurence Lauren Wall.
  • Sir Nicholas Hilliard married Alice Brandon, and had children including Mary Hillard.
  • Sir Nicholas Hilliard passed away in 1619 in St Martin In The Fields, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Devon*
1519–1593
Birth Location: Winestead, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
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Elizabeth Wall*
1522–1571
Birth Location: London, London, England
EW

Spouses(s)

Alice Brandon
1555–1615
Birth Location: London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
AB

Children(s)

Mary Hillard
1597–1638
Birth Location: Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
MH

Sir Hilliard's Ancestors

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Sir Hilliard
1547–1619
Birth Place: Exeter, England
Parents
Sir Richard Hilliard, High Sheriff of Devon*
1519–1593
Winestead, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth (Laurence Lauren) Wall*
1522–1571
London, London, England
Grandparents
John Wall
1500–1579
London City, Middlesex, England
Agnes (Joan "Lady Blackwell" Townsend) Brounker
1500–1577
Melksham, Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Hilliard's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Nicholas) Hilliard (1547–7 January 1619) m. Alice Brandon (5 March 1555–1615)
  1. 1. Mary Hillard 1597–1638 m. Samuel Ward 1593–1682
    1. 1. Esther (Hester) Ward 1614–1679
      1. 1. Mary (Flowers Kettle) Kendall 1630–1719 m. Thomas Whitney 1627–1719
        1. 1. Isaiah Whitney 1671–1712 m. Sarah Woodward 1675–1715
        2. 2. Thomas (Kettle) Whitney 1656–1721
    2. 2. Henry Ward 1635–1715

Sir Hilliard's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Sir Nicholas Hilliard in Exeter, England
Exeter, England
1619
7 January 1619
Age 72
Death of Sir Nicholas Hilliard in St Martin In The Fields, London, London, England, United Kingdom
St Martin In The Fields, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Exeter, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 January 1619
    Event Place: St Martin In The Fields, London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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