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Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby 1500–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Risley, Derbyshire, England

Death Date: 10 May 1553

Death Location: Near the Kola Peninsula, Russia

Father: Thomas Willoughby

Mother: Issabell Bradborne

Spouse(s): Margaret Mollineux

Children(s): Dorothy Willoughby, George Willoughby

The story of Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby began in 1500 in Risley, Derbyshire, England. Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby married Margaret Mollineux, and had children including Dorothy Willoughby, George Elafe Willoughby. Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby passed away in 1553 in Near the Kola Peninsula, Russia.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby began in 1500 in Risley, Derbyshire, England.
  • Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby married Margaret Mollineux, and had children including Dorothy Willoughby, George Elafe Willoughby.
  • Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby passed away in 1553 in Near the Kola Peninsula, Russia.

Immediate Family

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Children(s)

Sir Willoughby's Ancestors

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Sir Willoughby
1500–1553
Birth Place: Risley, Derbyshire, England
Parents
Thomas Willoughby
1475–1691
Risley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Issabell Bradborne
1475–1550
Hough, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Willoughby's Descendants

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Sir (Hugh"The Navigator") Willoughby (1500–10 May 1553) m. Margaret Mollineux (1495–1552)
  1. 1. Dorothy Willoughby 1537–1626 m. Sir (John Wheatley) JR 1547–1609
    1. 1. Rachel (Wheatley Brackett) Saunders 1595–1651 m. Martin ((Martyn)) Saunders 1592–1658
      1. 1. MARY SAUNDERS 1619–1697 m. Deacon (Francis Eliot - English) Immigrant 1615–1677
        1. 1. Mary Eliot 1641–1675
      2. 2. Leah (Saunders) Wheatley 1623–1707
    2. 2. Sir (Nathaniel) Wheatleigh\Wheatley 1571–1620 m. Precilla Throgmorton 1576–1630
      1. 1. John Wheatley 1598–1691
      2. 2. Nathaniel Wheatley 1600–
      3. 3. Thomas Wheatley 1611–
    3. 3. Samuel Wheatley 1576–1614
    4. 4. Israel Wheatley 1572–1609
    5. 5. Phillip Wheatley 1576–1614
    6. 6. Elizabeth Wheatleigh 1574–1609
  2. 2. George (Elafe) Willoughby 1520–

Sir Willoughby's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby in Risley, Derbyshire, England
Risley, Derbyshire, England
1518
1518
Age 18
Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby was married in England
England
1553
10 May 1553
Age 53
Death of Sir Hugh"The Navigator" Willoughby in Near the Kola Peninsula, Russia
Near the Kola Peninsula, Russia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Risley, Derbyshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1553
    Event Place: Near the Kola Peninsula, Russia
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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