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Thomas Fairfax 1560–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Bilbrough, North Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1 May 1640

Death Location: Otley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Father: Thomas Fairfax

Mother:

Spouse(s): Ellen Aske

Children(s): Ferdinando Fairfax, Henry Fairfax, Anne Wentworth, Mary Fairfax, Dorothy Constable, Charles Fairfax, Anne Wentworth

In 1560, Thomas Fairfax entered the world in Bilbrough, North Yorkshire, England, born to Thomas Fairfax And Dorothy Gale. Thomas Fairfax married Ellen Aske, and had children including Anne Wentworth, Charles Fairfax, Dorothy Constable, Ferdinando Fairfax, Henry Fairfax, Mary Fairfax. Thomas Fairfax passed away in 1640 in Otley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1560, Thomas Fairfax entered the world in Bilbrough, North Yorkshire, England, born to Thomas Fairfax And Dorothy Gale.
  • Thomas Fairfax married Ellen Aske, and had children including Anne Wentworth, Charles Fairfax, Dorothy Constable, Ferdinando Fairfax, Henry Fairfax, Mary Fairfax.
  • Thomas Fairfax passed away in 1640 in Otley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Thomas Fairfax's Ancestors

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Thomas Fairfax
1560–1640
Birth Place: Bilbrough, North Yorkshire, England
Parents
Thomas Fairfax
1527–
Grandparents
William Fairfax
1504–
Great-Grandparents
William Fairfax
1460–1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Guy Fairfax
1420–1495
Isabel Babthorpe
1446–

Thomas Fairfax's Descendants

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Thomas Fairfax (1560–1 May 1640) m. Ellen Aske (–1620)
  1. 1. Ferdinando Fairfax 1584–1648 m. Mary Fairfax –1619
    1. 1. Francis (Fairfax) Widdrington 1612–1649 m. Sir (Thomas) Widdrington 1608–1664
      1. 1. Samuel (Edward) Widdrington 1640–1717 m. Effie Sherley 1640–1682
  2. 2. Henry Fairfax 1589–1665
  3. 3. Anne Wentworth 1600–1624
  4. 4. Mary Fairfax 1588–
  5. 5. Dorothy Constable 1590–1656
  6. 6. Charles Fairfax 1597–1673
  7. 7. Anne Wentworth 1600–1624

Thomas Fairfax's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Thomas Fairfax in Bilbrough, North Yorkshire, England
Bilbrough, North Yorkshire, England
1640
1 May 1640
Age 80
Death of Thomas Fairfax in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England
Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Bilbrough, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1640
    Event Place: Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Otley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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