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Thomas Wentworth 1501–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 3 Mar 1551

Death Location: Wooley, York, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Wentworth

Mother: Anne Tyrell

Spouse(s): Margaret Fortescue

Children(s): Elizabeth Wentworth

Thomas Wentworth was born in 1501 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, the child of Richard Wentworth And Anne Tyrell. Thomas Wentworth married Margaret Fortescue, and had children including Elizabeth Wentworth. Thomas Wentworth passed away in 1551 in Wooley, York, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas Wentworth was born in 1501 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, the child of Richard Wentworth And Anne Tyrell.
  • Thomas Wentworth married Margaret Fortescue, and had children including Elizabeth Wentworth.
  • Thomas Wentworth passed away in 1551 in Wooley, York, Yorkshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Thomas Wentworth's Ancestors

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Thomas Wentworth
1501–1551
Birth Place: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Parents
Richard Wentworth
1480–1528
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Anne Tyrell
1481–1539
England
Grandparents
Henry Wentworth
1455–1499
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Anne Saye
1448–1494
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Philip Wentworth
1426–1464
Mary Clifford
1416–1478
John Saye
1419–1478
Elizabeth Cheney
1422–1473
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wentworth
1400–1465
Mary DeSpencer
1405–1467
John Clifford
1388–1420
Elizabeth Percy
1390–1437
John Saye
1381–1468
Maud Broxbourne
1390–1430
Edmund Cheney
1401–1430
Alice Stafford
1400–1448

Thomas Wentworth's Descendants

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Thomas Wentworth (1501–3 Mar 1551) m. Margaret Fortescue (1515–12 May 1551)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Wentworth 1536–1570 m. Ralph Dunham 1522–1610
    1. 1. Thomas Dunham 1560–1652 m. Jane (Janet) Bromley 1566–1655
      1. 1. John Dunham 1589–1669 m. Abigail Billiou 1600–1669
        1. 1. Jonathan (Dunham) Reverend 1632–1717 m. Mary Cobb 1637–1677
        2. 2. Abigail Dunham 1627–1684 m. Stephen Atwood 1616–1694

Thomas Wentworth's Timeline

2 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Thomas Wentworth in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
1551
3 Mar 1551
Age 50
Death of Thomas Wentworth in Wooley, York, Yorkshire, England
Wooley, York, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The royal lineage of the Hamlins : being the branch of the Hamlin family descended through Mary Dun

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1551
    Event Place: Wooley, York, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The royal lineage of the Hamlins : being the branch of the Hamlin family descended through Mary Dun

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