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Sir Robert Whitney 1517–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 5 Aug 1567

Death Location: Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Father: Sir Whitney

Mother: Margaret Wye

Spouse(s): Mary Berkeley, Sybil Baskerville

Children(s): Robert Whitney

Sir Robert Whitney was born in 1517 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir Robert Knight Whitney And Margaret Wye. Sir Robert Whitney married Mary Berkeley, Sybil Baskerville, and had children including Robert Whitney. Sir Robert Whitney passed away in 1567 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Whitney was born in 1517 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir Robert Knight Whitney And Margaret Wye.
  • Sir Robert Whitney married Mary Berkeley, Sybil Baskerville, and had children including Robert Whitney.
  • Sir Robert Whitney passed away in 1567 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England.

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Children(s)

Sir Whitney's Ancestors

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Sir Whitney
1517–1567
Birth Place: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Sir Robert, Knight Whitney
1491–1541
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Margaret Wye
1495–1541
Icomb, Gloucester, England
Grandparents
Sir (James) Whitney
1465–1500
Whitney on Wye, Herefordshire, , England
Blanche Milbourne
1469–1498
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Robert Wye
1465–1495
Icomb, Gloucestershire, England
Joan Whitney
1469–1550
Whitney, Herefordshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Whitney
1436–1480
Lady Whitney
1443–1531
Sir Hereforeshire
1435–1522
Jane Baskerville
1439–1491
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Whitney
1410–1470
Jeanette Trussell
1414–1441
James Touchett
1398–1459
Eleanor
1400–1450
Sir Milbourne
1404–1436
Elizabeth Devereux
1397–1475
Sir Esq
1410–1455
Anne Blackett
1412–1442

Sir Whitney's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Whitney (1517–5 Aug 1567) m. Mary Berkeley (abt 1508–1588) m. Sybil Baskerville (1522–13 Nov 1546)
  1. 1. Robert Whitney 1543–1612 m. Elizabeth Guillims 1544–1568
    1. 1. Margaret Whitney 1592–1604 m. William Powell 1585–1623
      1. 1. Alice Powell 1626–1650 m. Thomas Warren 1624–1670
        1. 1. Elizabeth Warren 1644–1728 m. William Walker 1649–1723 m. Ansolme Bailey 1640–1688

Sir Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Sir Robert Whitney in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
1567
5 Aug 1567
Age 50
Death of Sir Robert Whitney in Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Aug 1567
    Event Place: Whitney, Herefordshire, England

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