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Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons 1575–1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Nov 1575

Birth Location: Great Torrington, Devonshire

Death Date: 10 February 1625

Death Location: Canterbury, Kent

Father: John Parsons)

Mother: Anne Smyth

Spouse(s): Margaret Hoskins\Hoskyns

Children(s): Cornet Immigrant

Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons was born in 1575 in Great Torrington, Devonshire, the child of John Parsonage Parsonidge Persons Or Parsons And Anne Joan Smyth. Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons married Margaret Agnes Hoskins Hoskyns, and had children including Cornet Joseph Parsons Immigrant. Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons passed away in 1625 in Canterbury, Kent.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons was born in 1575 in Great Torrington, Devonshire, the child of John Parsonage Parsonidge Persons Or Parsons And Anne Joan Smyth.
  • Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons married Margaret Agnes Hoskins Hoskyns, and had children including Cornet Joseph Parsons Immigrant.
  • Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons passed away in 1625 in Canterbury, Kent.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Parsons)
1555–1635
Birth Location: Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England
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Anne Smyth
1555–1617
Birth Location: Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Hoskins\Hoskyns
1584–1655
Birth Location: Beaminister, Dorset, Canterbury Province, England
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Children(s)

Cornet Immigrant
1620–1683
Birth Location: Beaminster, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
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Sir Parsons's Ancestors

Self
Sir Parsons
1575–1625
Birth Place: Great Torrington, Devonshire
Parents
John Parsonage (Parsonidge, Persons, or Parsons)
1555–1635
Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England
Anne (Joan) Smyth
1555–1617
Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Roger Nicholls (or Nicholas) Parsonage (Parsonidge, Person, Parsone, or Parsons),) Knight
1520–1566
Alvechurch, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Joane ((Joozijne) Gillisse) Heuse
1536–1574
Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Parsons's Descendants

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Sir (Knight William Hugh) Parsons (27 Nov 1575–10 February 1625) m. Margaret (Agnes) Hoskins\Hoskyns (1584–15 April 1655)
  1. 1. Cornet (Joseph Parsons,) Immigrant 1620–1683 m. Mary ("Polly") Bliss 1616–1711
    1. 1. Thomas Parsons 1645–1680 m. Sarah (Jane) Dare 1646–1674
      1. 1. Elizabeth Parrsons 1670–1730 m. John Gray 1661–1732

Sir Parsons's Timeline

2 Records

1575
27 Nov 1575
Birth of Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons in Great Torrington, Devonshire
Great Torrington, Devonshire
1625
10 February 1625
Age 50
Death of Sir Knight William Hugh Parsons in Canterbury, Kent
Canterbury, Kent

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1575
    Event Place: Great Torrington, Devonshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 February 1625
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent
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