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Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker 1528–1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 April 1582

Death Location: Padiham, Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England

Father: Henry Whittaker

Mother: Alice Nowell

Spouse(s): Isabell Hoult, Lady Willascott

Children(s): John Whitaker, William Whitaker

Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker was born in 1528 in Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Whittaker And Alice Nowell. Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker married Elena Starkhe, Isabell Hoult, Lady Joan Willascott, and had children including John Whitaker, William Whitaker. Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker passed away in 1582 in Padiham, Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker was born in 1528 in Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Whittaker And Alice Nowell.
  • Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker married Elena Starkhe, Isabell Hoult, Lady Joan Willascott, and had children including John Whitaker, William Whitaker.
  • Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker passed away in 1582 in Padiham, Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Whitaker's Ancestors

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Sir Whitaker
1528–1582
Birth Place: Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Whittaker
1506–1599
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Alice Nowell
1500–1554
Read, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John, Esquire of Read) Nowell
1470–1526
Read Hall, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth (Kaye) Lancaster
1476–1519
Widdell, Bury Lancashire
Great-Grandparents
Roger Nowell
1438–1496
Grace Towneley
1439–1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Laurence Towneley
1447–1530
Isabel Sherburne
1450–1530

Sir Whitaker's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas Laurence) Whitaker (1528–22 April 1582) m. Isabell Hoult (–October 1606) m. Lady (Joan) Willascott (1530–1600)
  1. 1. John Whitaker 1556–1622 m. Elizabeth Wilbye 1582–1640
    1. 1. Hugh Whitaker 1602–1679 m. Ellinor 1610–1674
      1. 1. Hugh Whitaker 1636–1700 m. Mary Barton 1645–1762 m. Margaret ((Mary)) Lisle 1652–1686 m. Margaret Lisle 1639–1686
        1. 1. Humphrey Whitaker 1676– m. Elizabeth 1694–
    2. 2. Laurence Whitaker 1588–
  2. 2. William Whitaker 1548–1595

Sir Whitaker's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker in Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1582
22 April 1582
Age 54
Death of Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker in Northwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Northwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 April 1582
    Event Place: Northwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Padiham, Burnley Borough, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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