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Sir William John Waters 1540–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Sep 1540

Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: John III

Mother: Lady Clark

Spouse(s): Alice Canon

Children(s): Alice Waters

The story of Sir William John Waters began in 1540 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Sir William John Waters married Alice Canon, and had children including Alice Tatam Waters. Sir William John Waters passed away in 1590 in Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William John Waters began in 1540 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Sir William John Waters married Alice Canon, and had children including Alice Tatam Waters.
  • Sir William John Waters passed away in 1590 in Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Waters's Ancestors

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Sir Waters
1540–1590
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
John Elder of Beccles Waters III
1490–1547
Beccles, Waveney District, Suffolk, England
Lady (Margaret Ingold) Clark
1503–1558
Beccles, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Waters
1427–1521
Ermine Whitacre
1470–1538
Nantwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Richard (Hustinges) Clark
1480–1557
Welbourn, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Winslow
1482–1558
North Weston, Oxfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Waters's Descendants

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Sir (William John) Waters (13 Sep 1540–1590) m. Alice Canon (1542–13 Feb 1602)
  1. 1. Alice (Tatam) Waters 1554–1611 m. Richard (Rudd) Rootes 1552–1610
    1. 1. Mary (Alice Rootes) Rudd 1580–1611 m. Edmund Atherton 1576–1613
      1. 1. Maj. (Gen. Humphrey) Atherton 1608–1661 m. Mary (Wales'E-Mass) Atherton 1626–1668
        1. 1. Mary Atherton 1636–1718 m. William Billing 1629–1712
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Catherine) Atherton 1628–1678 m. William Weeks 1628–1677

Sir Waters's Timeline

2 Records

1540
13 Sep 1540
Birth of Sir William John Waters in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1590
1590
Age 50
Death of Sir William John Waters in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Sep 1540
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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