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Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead 1550 – 1647 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Mile End, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 1647

Death Location: Birchenleigh, England

Father: Arthur Faweth

Mother: Mrs. Whitehead

Spouse(s): Elling Smith

Children(s): William Whithead

In 1550, Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead entered the world in Mile End, Middlesex, England, born to Arthur Whitehead de Faweth and Mrs. Eliza Whitehead. Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead married Elling Smith, and had children including William Edmund Whithead. Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead passed away in 1647 in Birchenleigh, England.

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Biography

  • In 1550, Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead entered the world in Mile End, Middlesex, England, born to Arthur Whitehead de Faweth and Mrs. Eliza Whitehead.
  • Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead married Elling Smith, and had children including William Edmund Whithead.
  • Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead passed away in 1647 in Birchenleigh, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Arthur Faweth
1520 – 1604
Birth Location: , Lancashire, , England
AF
Mrs. Whitehead
1530 – 1625
Birth Location: England
MW

Spouses(s)

Elling Smith
1555 – 1597
Birth Location: Bury, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

William Whithead
1572 – 1596
Birth Location: Saint Mary, Oldham, Lancashire, England
WW

Sir Whitehead's Ancestors

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Sir Whitehead
1550 – 1647
Birth Place: Mile End, Middlesex, England
Parents
Arthur Whitehead de Faweth
1520 – 1604
, Lancashire, , England
Mrs. (Eliza) Whitehead
1530 – 1625
England
Grandparents
Roger (William Whitehead-de) Faweth\Fyweth
1500 – 1547
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Richard) Bennett
1500 – 1567
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Dearnley
1480 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Whitehead's Descendants

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Sir (William Edmond Bennet) Whitehead (1550 – 1647) m. Elling Smith (1555 – 16 Apr 1597)
  1. 1. William (Edmund) Whithead (04 Mar 1572 – 21 Jan 1596) m. Isabella Burrow (1575 – 1596)
    1. 1. Authure WHITEHEAD (30 Mar 1595 – 1686) m. Dorothy (Elizabeth) Lightowlers (1598 – 1670) m. Dorothy (Katherine) Lightowlers (1598 – 1670)
      1. 1. Elbert Whitehead (1607 – 1655)
      2. 2. Arthur WHITEHEAD (1625 – 1655) m. Susan Heaton (5 Jun 1625 – abt 1639) m. Katherine Ruthven (1632 – 1687) m. Widow Thornton (1620 – )
        1. 1. Grace Whitehead (1640 – )
        2. 2. Abraham Whitehead (17 Apr 1642 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Whitehead (17 Jan 1646 – )
        4. 4. Edmund Whitehead (4 Aug 1644 – abt 1655)
        5. 5. Rebecca Whitehead (1645 – 1687)
        6. 6. Michael Whitehead (1650 – Jan 11, 1710)
        7. 7. Daughter Whitehead (1650? – 1710/11)
        8. 8. Arthur WHITEHEAD (Abt 1654 – Jan 11, 1710) m. Barbary George (1652 – 21 November 1710) m. Mary Godwin (1652 – Nov 21, 1710) m. Isabella Purcell (1670 – 12 March 1744)
        9. 9. Lazarus Whitehead (Abt 1655 – )
        10. 10. Stephen Whitehead
        11. 11. Sarah Whitehead ( – abt 1698)

Sir Whitehead's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Mile End, Middlesex, England
Mile End, Middlesex, England
1647
1647
Age 97
Death of Sir William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Birchenleigh, England
Birchenleigh, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Mile End, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1647
    Event Place: Birchenleigh, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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