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SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER 1440–1531 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1440

Birth Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1531

Death Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England

Father: Thomas Whitaker

Mother: Lady Burnley

Spouse(s): Lady Whittaker

Children(s): Sir DeHardwicke, Thomas Whitacre, Jane Whitaker, Margaret Holme

In 1440, SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER entered the world in Burnley, Lancashire, England, born to Thomas Henry Whitaker And Lady Elizabeth Burnley. SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER married Lady Mary Elizabeth Greenwood Whittaker, and had children including Jane Whitaker, Margaret Holme, Sir Robert William Whitaker Wyttkar Dehardwicke, Thomas Cromwell Whitacre. SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER passed away in 1531 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1440, SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER entered the world in Burnley, Lancashire, England, born to Thomas Henry Whitaker And Lady Elizabeth Burnley.
  • SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER married Lady Mary Elizabeth Greenwood Whittaker, and had children including Jane Whitaker, Margaret Holme, Sir Robert William Whitaker Wyttkar Dehardwicke, Thomas Cromwell Whitacre.
  • SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER passed away in 1531 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Whitaker
1405–1448
Birth Location: Simonstone Hall, Clivinger Burnley, Lancashire, England
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Lady Burnley
1407–1455
Birth Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Whittaker
1440–1530
Birth Location: Grimston, Yorkshire, England
LW

Children(s)

Sir DeHardwicke
1517–1631
Birth Location: Lancashire, England
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Thomas Whitacre
1458–1529
Birth Location: the Holme, Lancashire, England
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Jane Whitaker
1460–
Birth Location: Of, Lancashire, England
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Margaret Holme
1465–1485
Birth Location: England
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SIR WHITAKER's Ancestors

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SIR WHITAKER
1440–1531
Birth Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England
Parents
Thomas Henry ** Whitaker
1405–1448
Simonstone Hall, Clivinger Burnley, Lancashire, England
Lady (Elizabeth **) Burnley
1407–1455
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard DeWhitaker Estate Holme) Jr
1360–1468
Symonstone Hall, Lancashire, England
Lady (Margraret) Wallingscott
1384–1434
Symonstone Hall, Lancashire, England
Nichola (Nowell) Burnely
1370–1437
England
Mary Pollard
1374–1434
England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

SIR WHITAKER's Descendants

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SIR (ROBERT ** WILLIAM) WHITAKER (1440–1531) m. Lady (Mary Elizabeth Greenwood) Whittaker (1440–1530)
  1. 1. Sir (Robert William Whitaker (Wyttkar)) DeHardwicke 1517–1631 m. Jenet (Alene Alave) Wright 1522–1582
    1. 1. Thomas Whitaker 1548–1617 m. Margaret Ackroyd 1545–1583
      1. 1. Edward Whittakers 1548–1612 m. Margery Allott 1548–1622
        1. 1. Thomas Whitaker 1607–1670 m. Mary Liversidge 1608–1635
        2. 2. Dorothy Whittakers 1587–
    2. 2. Anna Whitaker 1542–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Whitaker 1545–
    4. 4. Dorothy Whitaker 1549–
    5. 5. Margaret Whitaker 1551–
    6. 6. Elizabeth Whitaker –1625
    7. 7. Elizabeth Whitaker –1811
  2. 2. Thomas (Cromwell) Whitacre 1458–1529
  3. 3. Jane Whitaker 1460–
  4. 4. Margaret Holme 1465–1485

SIR WHITAKER's Timeline

2 Records

1440
1440
Birth of SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER in Burnley, Lancashire, England
Burnley, Lancashire, England
1531
1531
Age 91
Death of SIR ROBERT ** WILLIAM WHITAKER in Burnley, Lancashire, England
Burnley, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1440
    Event Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England
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