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Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead 1550 – 1647 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Mile End, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1647

Death Location: Birchenleigh, England, United Kingdom

Father: Arthur Faweth

Mother: Eliza BENNETT

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Avery

Children(s): Edmund Whithead

In 1550, Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead entered the world in Mile End, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom, born to Arthur Whitehead de Faweth and Eliza Sarah BENNETT. Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead married Elizabeth "Whitehead" Avery, and had children including Edmund Whithead. Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead passed away in 1647 in Birchenleigh, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1550, Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead entered the world in Mile End, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom, born to Arthur Whitehead de Faweth and Eliza Sarah BENNETT.
  • Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead married Elizabeth "Whitehead" Avery, and had children including Edmund Whithead.
  • Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead passed away in 1647 in Birchenleigh, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Arthur Faweth
1520 – 1603
Birth Location: Dearnlegh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
AF
Eliza BENNETT
1530 – 1625
Birth Location: England
EB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Avery
1555 – 1597
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
EA

Children(s)

Edmund Whithead
1571 – 1596
Birth Location: Lancashire, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
EW

Sir Whitehead's Ancestors

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Sir Whitehead
1550 – 1647
Birth Place: Mile End, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Arthur Whitehead de Faweth
1520 – 1603
Dearnlegh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Eliza (Sarah) BENNETT
1530 – 1625
England
Grandparents
Roger (Whitehead de) Faweth
1500 – 1547
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Richard) Bennett
1500 – 1567
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Elizabeth Stevens
1508 – 1587
Leicester, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Whitehead's Descendants

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Sir (William Edmond Bennet) Whitehead (1550 – 1647) m. Elizabeth ("Whitehead") Avery (1555 – 16 April 1597)
  1. 1. Edmund Whithead (1571 – 21 January 1596) m. Isabell Burrow (1575 – 1596)
    1. 1. Arthur (Lazarus) Whitehead (30 March 1595 – 1686) m. Dorothy (Elizabeth) Lightowlers (1598 – 1670)
      1. 1. Arthur (Edmund) Whitehead (7 February 1618 – 1655) m. Catherine (Ellen) Ruffin (1632 – 24 Aug 1687)
        1. 1. Arthur (II William) Whitehead (1648 – 11 January 1711) m. Mary Godwin (1647 – 21 November 1710)

Sir Whitehead's Timeline

4 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Mile End, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Mile End, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
1571
1571
Age 21
Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead was married in London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
1647
19 Apr 1647
Age 97
Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead was married in London, England
London, England
1647
1647
Age 97
Death of Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Birchenleigh, England, United Kingdom
Birchenleigh, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Mile End, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1571
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 19 Apr 1647
    Event Place: London, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1647
    Event Place: Birchenleigh, England, United Kingdom
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