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Sir Nicholas Richardson 1549–1616 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Jan 1549

Birth Location: Palantine, Durham, England

Death Date: 1616

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

Father: Lady Copper

Mother: Sir Richardson

Spouse(s): Lady Wake

Children(s): Richard Dewhyche

Sir Nicholas Richardson was born in 1549 in Palantine, Durham, England, the child of Lady Elizabeth Copper And Sir Frederick Richard Richardson. Sir Nicholas Richardson married Lady Margaret Mary Midgley Of Wake, and had children including Richard Richardson Dewhyche. Sir Nicholas Richardson passed away in 1616 in Tong, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Nicholas Richardson was born in 1549 in Palantine, Durham, England, the child of Lady Elizabeth Copper And Sir Frederick Richard Richardson.
  • Sir Nicholas Richardson married Lady Margaret Mary Midgley Of Wake, and had children including Richard Richardson Dewhyche.
  • Sir Nicholas Richardson passed away in 1616 in Tong, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lady Copper
1534–1585
Birth Location: Rotingdean, Sussex, England
LC
Sir Richardson
1525–1596
Birth Location: Westmill, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Wake
1553–1577
Birth Location: Clayton, Yorkshire, England
LW

Children(s)

Richard Dewhyche
1576–1634
Birth Location: Earith, Huntingdonshire, England
RD

Sir Richardson's Ancestors

Self
Sir Richardson
1549–1616
Birth Place: Palantine, Durham, England
Parents
Lady Elizabeth Copper
1534–1585
Rotingdean, Sussex, England
Sir (Frederick Richard) Richardson
1525–1596
Westmill, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George Copper
1505–1584
England
Lady (Eliza Thiryer) Roots
1510–
Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England
Sir (Thomas Benjamin) Richardson
1510–1563
Hertfordshire, Westmill, Jersey, Channel Islands, England
EN (Lady MARY MARGARET BEESTON BUSTON CHAMPNEY) (Richardson)
1503–1584
Beeston, Castle, Beeston, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Richardson
1455–1520
Lady Mychiell
1462–1503
Lord Beeston
1478–1543
Katherine Calveley
1482–1502
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Beeston
1458–1518
Lady Beeston
1459–1542
Sir Lea
1456–1515
Lady Dutton
1457–1516

Sir Richardson's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Nicholas) Richardson (2 Jan 1549–1616) m. Lady (Margaret Mary Midgley , of) Wake (Abt. 1553–Aug 1577)
  1. 1. Richard (Richardson) Dewhyche 1576–1634 m. Anne Pollard-Richardson 1580–1625
    1. 1. Sarah (Frances) Rivers 1592–1621 m. John (Prentice Turner , Signer of the Mayflower Compact, Mayflower) Settler 1563–1762
      1. 1. Humpfry Turner 1593–1621 m. Lydia Gamer 1602–1669
        1. 1. John Turner 1620–1666 m. Mary Brewster 1627–

Sir Richardson's Timeline

18 Records

1549
2 Jan 1549
Birth of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Palantine, Durham, England
Palantine, Durham, England
1549
2 Jan 1549
Birth of Sir Nicholas Richardson in County Durham, England
County Durham, England
1549
2 Jan 1549
Birth of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Durham, Durham, England
Durham, Durham, England
1549
2 Jan 1549
Birth of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Palantine, Durham, England
Palantine, Durham, England
1559
1559
Age 10
Birth of Sir Nicholas Richardson in , Durham, , England
, Durham, , England
1559
1559
Age 10
Birth of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Durham, England, United Kingdom
Durham, England, United Kingdom
1559
1559
Age 10
Birth of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Durham, England, United Kingdom
Durham, England, United Kingdom
1572
1572
Age 23
Sir Nicholas Richardson was married in Clayton, Yorkshire, England or Tong, York, England
Clayton, Yorkshire, England or Tong, York, England
1576
ABT 1576
Age 27
Sir Nicholas Richardson was married in of Tong, Yorkshire, England
of Tong, Yorkshire, England
1616
1616
Age 67
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1616
1616
Age 67
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1617
1617
Age 68
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1617
1617
Age 68
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1617
1617
Age 68
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1617
1617
Age 68
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1617
1617
Age 68
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1617
1617
Age 68
Death of Sir Nicholas Richardson in Bierley, Yorkshire, England
Bierley, Yorkshire, England
1856
October 1856
Age 307
Sir Nicholas Richardson was married in Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
Durham, Durham, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1549
    Event Place: Palantine, Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: , Durham, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Durham, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Durham, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1549
    Event Place: County Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1549
    Event Place: Durham, Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1549
    Event Place: Palantine, Durham, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1572
    Event Place: Clayton, Yorkshire, England or Tong, York, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: ABT 1576
    Event Place: of Tong, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: October 1856
    Event Place: Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1616
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1616
    Event Place: Bierley, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tong, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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