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Sir Robert Whitney 1517 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 May 1517

Birth Location: Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 August 1567

Death Location: Whitney, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Whitney

Mother: Margaret Wye

Spouse(s): Sybil Baskerville

Children(s): Sir Whitney, Thomas Whitney

Sir Robert Whitney II was born in 1517 in Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Robert Whitney and Margaret Wye. Sir Robert Whitney II married Sybil Baskerville, and had children including Sir Robert Whitney, Thomas Whitney. Sir Robert Whitney II passed away in 1567 in Whitney, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Whitney II was born in 1517 in Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Robert Whitney and Margaret Wye.
  • Sir Robert Whitney II married Sybil Baskerville, and had children including Sir Robert Whitney, Thomas Whitney.
  • Sir Robert Whitney II passed away in 1567 in Whitney, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Whitney
1491 – 1541
Birth Location: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
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Margaret Wye
1495 –
Birth Location: Icomb, Gloucestershire
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Spouses(s)

Sybil Baskerville
1522 – 1546
Birth Location: Eardisley, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Sir Whitney
1543 – 1612
Birth Location: Whitney, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Whitney
Birth Location: –
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Sir Whitney's Ancestors

Self
Sir Whitney
1517 – 1567
Birth Place: Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Robert Whitney
1491 – 1541
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
Margaret Wye
1495 –
Icomb, Gloucestershire
Grandparents
Sir. (James) Whitney
1465 – 1500
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
Blanche Milbourne
1470 –
Great-Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1430 –
Constance Touchet
Simon Milbourne
Jane Baskerville
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eustache Whitney
1410 – 1468
Jane Russell
1410 – 1441
John Touchett
1398 – 1459
Eleanor Holland

Sir Whitney's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Robert) Whitney (10 May 1517 – 5 August 1567) m. Sybil Baskerville (1522 – 13 November 1546)
  1. 1. Sir (Robert) Whitney (1543 – 19 December 1612) m. Elizabeth (Cromwell Wiliams) Whitney (1530 – 22 November 1568)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Whitney (1559 – 12 January 1604)
    2. 2. James Whitney (1561 – 1564)
    3. 3. William Whitney (1561 – 1588)
    4. 4. James Lord (1562 – )
    5. 5. Anne Whitney (1562 – 1563)
    6. 6. Margaret Whitney (1562 – 1563)
    7. 7. Thomas Whitney (1563 – 14 April 1637) m. Mary Bray (22 May 1563 – 25 September 1629)
      1. 1. Francis Whitney (1580 – )
      2. 2. Margaret Whitney (18 October 1584 – 12 January 1604)
      3. 3. Thomas Whitney (25 July 1587 – 19 August 1587)
      4. 4. John Whitney (1588 – 1 June 1673) m. Eleanor Arnold (1599 – 11 May 1659)
        1. 1. Mary Whitney (23 May 1619 – 15 February 1626)
        2. 2. John Whitney (14 September 1621 – 12 Oct 1692) m. Ruth Reynolds (1623 – 1695)
        3. 3. Richard Whitney (6 January 1624 – 20 September 1719)
        4. 4. Nathaniel Whitney (1625 – 1635)
        5. 5. Thomas Whitney (10 December 1627 – 20 September 1719)
        6. 6. Jonathan Whitney (15 February 1635 – 1 January 1702)
        7. 7. Joshua Whitney (15 July 1635 – 17 August 1719)
        8. 8. Caleb Whitney (12 July 1640 – 5 December 1640)
        9. 9. Benjamin Whitney (6 April 1643 – 26 Mar 1723) m. Mary Poor (29 September 1647 – 14 November 1690) m. Mary Whitney
        10. 10. Son Whitney (1645 – )
      5. 5. Henry Whitney (11 November 1588 – 4 January 1589)
      6. 6. Arnwave Whitney (2 February 1590 – 11 August 1591)
      7. 7. Nowell Whitney (30 October 1594 – 28 February 1597)
      8. 8. Francis Whitney (27 January 1598 – August 1643)
      9. 9. Mary Whitney (2 August 1600 – 8 August 1600)
      10. 10. Thomas Whitney (10 November 1604 – )
      11. 11. Robert Whitney (10 November 1605 – 1662)
    8. 8. Jonathan Whitney (1563 – 15 April 1637)
    9. 9. Nicholas Whitney (1565 – 1566)
    10. 10. Lady (Margaret) Whitney (18 October 1565 – 12 January 1628)
    11. 11. Richard Whitney (1568 – 1588)
    12. 12. Margaret Powell (1570 – 1628)
    13. 13. Margaret Whitney (1570 – 12 January 1604)
    14. 14. Anne (Whitney) Robredge (1571 – 1670)
    15. 15. Anne Whitney (1571 – 1670)
    16. 16. Thomas Whitney (1579 – 1637)
    17. 17. Sir (Nicholas) Whitney (1586 – 1660)
    18. 18. Richard Whitney (1590 – )
    19. 19. Lady (Margaret) Whitney (1592 – 12 January 1628)
    20. 20. Eleanor Whitney
  2. 2. Thomas Whitney

Sir Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1517
10 May 1517
Birth of Sir Robert Whitney II in Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1567
5 August 1567
Age 50
Death of Sir Robert Whitney II in Whitney, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Whitney, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 May 1517
    Event Place: Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 August 1567
    Event Place: Whitney, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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