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Thomas Fairfax 1560–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1560

Birth Location: Bilbrough, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1 May 1640

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

Father: Thomas Denton

Mother: Dorothea Gale

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Ferdinando Cameron

In 1560, Thomas Fairfax entered the world in Bilbrough, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England, born to Thomas Fairfax Of Denton And Dorothea Gale. Thomas Fairfax had children including Ferdinando Fairfax 2Nd Baron 2Nd Lord Of Cameron. 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, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England, born to Thomas Fairfax Of Denton And Dorothea Gale.
  • Thomas Fairfax had children including Ferdinando Fairfax 2Nd Baron 2Nd Lord Of Cameron.
  • 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, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
Parents
Thomas Fairfax of Denton
1521–1600
Denton Castle (Now Denton Hall), Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Dorothea Gale
1523–1596
Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lady (Isabella Elizabeth Thwaites) Fairfax
1495–1540
Denton Castle, Denton, Yorkshire
George Gale
1497–1557
North Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Fairfax's Descendants

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Thomas Fairfax (Jan 1560–1 May 1640)
  1. 1. Ferdinando (Fairfax, 2nd Baron, 2nd Lord of) Cameron 1584–1648 m. Mary Sheffield 1584–1619

Thomas Fairfax's Timeline

2 Records

1560
Jan 1560
Birth of Thomas Fairfax in Bilbrough, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
Bilbrough, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
1640
1 May 1640
Age 80
Death of Thomas Fairfax in Denton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Denton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1560
    Event Place: Bilbrough, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The ancestors and descendants of Colonel David Funsten and his wife Susan Everard Meade
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1640
    Event Place: Denton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The ancestors and descendants of Colonel David Funsten and his wife Susan Everard Meade
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    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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