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Sir Robert Whitney 1517–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Icomb, Glouchester, England

Death Date: 5 Aug 1567

Death Location: Whitney, Herefordshire, England

Father: Robert Whitney

Mother: Margaret Wye

Spouse(s): Sybil Baskerville

Children(s): Robert Whitney, Blanche Whitney, Elizabeth Whitney, James Whitney, William Whitney, Eustace Whitney

Sir Robert Whitney was born in 1517 in Icomb, Glouchester, England, the child of Robert Whitney And Margaret Wye. Sir Robert Whitney married Sybil Baskerville, and had children including Anne Whitney, Blanche Whitney, Elizabeth Whitney, Eustace Whitney, James Whitney, Robert Whitney, William 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 Icomb, Glouchester, England, the child of Robert Whitney And Margaret Wye.
  • Sir Robert Whitney married Sybil Baskerville, and had children including Anne Whitney, Blanche Whitney, Elizabeth Whitney, Eustace Whitney, James Whitney, Robert Whitney, William Whitney.
  • Sir Robert Whitney passed away in 1567 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Whitney's Ancestors

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Sir Whitney
1517–1567
Birth Place: Icomb, Glouchester, England
Parents
Robert Whitney
1491–1541
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Margaret Wye
1495–1541
Icombe, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Sir (James) Whitney
1465–1541
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Blanche Milbourne
1469–1496
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Robert Wye
1465–1495
Ircomb, Gloucestershire, England
Joan Whitney
1465–1550
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Whitney
1436–1494
Constance Touchet
1443–1531
Sir Milbourne
1435–1522
Jane Baskerville
1439–1471
William Wye
1440–
Maud Whittington
1444–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Whitney
1411–1468
Jennet Russell
1406–1441
Sir Touchet
1398–1459
Eleanor DeHoland
1405–1459
John Milbourne
1404–1436
Elizabeth Devereaux
1419–1475
Sir BASKERVILLE
1410–1442
Anne Blackett
1412–1442

Sir Whitney's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Whitney (1517–5 Aug 1567) m. Sybil Baskerville (1522–13 Nov 1548)
  1. 1. Robert Whitney 1543–1612 m. Elizabeth Guillims 1536–1568
    1. 1. Thomas Whitney 1560–1637 m. Mary Bray 1564–1629
      1. 1. John Whitney 1589–1673 m. Elinor Arnold 1599–1659
        1. 1. Benjamin Whitney 1643–1723 m. Jane Poor 1647–1690
  2. 2. Blanche Whitney 1541–1612
  3. 3. Elizabeth Whitney 1548–1562
  4. 4. James Whitney 1531–
  5. 5. William Whitney 1547–1548
  6. 6. Eustace Whitney 1538–1598

Sir Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Sir Robert Whitney in Icomb, Glouchester, England
Icomb, Glouchester, 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: Icomb, Glouchester, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Aug 1567
    Event Place: Whitney, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

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