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Sir Henry Whittaker 1550–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: , , , England

Death Date: Feb 1589

Death Location: Prescot, Lancashire, England

Father: Laurence Whitaker

Mother: Joan Willascott

Spouse(s): Lady Northwood

Children(s): Richard Whittaker

Sir Henry Whittaker was born in 1550 in , , , England, the child of Laurence Whitaker And Joan Willascott. Sir Henry Whittaker married Lady Mary Northwood, and had children including Richard Whittaker. Sir Henry Whittaker passed away in 1589 in Prescot, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Henry Whittaker was born in 1550 in , , , England, the child of Laurence Whitaker And Joan Willascott.
  • Sir Henry Whittaker married Lady Mary Northwood, and had children including Richard Whittaker.
  • Sir Henry Whittaker passed away in 1589 in Prescot, Lancashire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Whittaker's Ancestors

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Sir Whittaker
1550–1589
Birth Place: , , , England
Parents
Laurence Whitaker
1528–1582
Simonstone Hall, Lancashire, England
Joan Willascott
1530–1582
Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Henry) Whitaker
1506–1599
Brumbay, Lancashire, England
Lady (Isabell) Hoult
1508–1599
Northwoods, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Whittaker's Descendants

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Sir (Henry) Whittaker (1550–Feb 1589) m. Lady (Mary) Northwood (1553–1589)
  1. 1. Richard Whittaker 1576–1640 m. Anne Hale 1576–1638
    1. 1. Henry Whittaker 1600–1684 m. Anne Brown 1602–1684
      1. 1. George Whittaker 1623–1672 m. Isabelle Gill 1624–1675
        1. 1. Marie Whittaker 1646–1712 m. Edmund, (Earl of Kildare) Fitzgerald 1645–1708
        2. 2. Richard Whitaker 1640–1705

Sir Whittaker's Timeline

3 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Sir Henry Whittaker in , , , England
, , , England
1589
1589
Age 39
Death of Sir Henry Whittaker in , , , England
, , , England
1589
Feb 1589
Age 39
Burial of Sir Henry Whittaker in Prescot, Lancashire, England
Prescot, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: , , , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1589
    Event Place: , , , England
    Record Source: Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Feb 1589
    Event Place: Prescot, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

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