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Thomas Whitney 1560 – 1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Jul 1560

Birth Location: Lambert Marsh (Surrey) Gb

Death Date: April 14 1637

Death Location: Westminster, London, England

Father: Sir **

Mother: Lady Guilliams

Spouse(s): Mary Braye

Children(s): Lady Whitney,

Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) was born in 1560 in Lambert Marsh (Surrey) Gb, the child of Sir Robert Baskerville Whitney III ** and Lady Elizabeth Morgan Guilliams. Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) married Mary Beth Bray Braye, and had children including Lady Margaret (Stitts) Whitney,. Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) passed away in 1637 in Westminster, London, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) was born in 1560 in Lambert Marsh (Surrey) Gb, the child of Sir Robert Baskerville Whitney III ** and Lady Elizabeth Morgan Guilliams.
  • Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) married Mary Beth Bray Braye, and had children including Lady Margaret (Stitts) Whitney,.
  • Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) passed away in 1637 in Westminster, London, England.

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Thomas Whitney's Ancestors

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Thomas Whitney
1560 – 1637
Birth Place: Lambert Marsh (Surrey) Gb
Parents
Sir Robert Baskerville Whitney III **
1543 – 1612
Whitney, Herefordshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Morgan) Guilliams
1544 – 1568
Whitney, Herefordshire, , England
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Robert Lord of Baskerville Whitney) II
1517 – 1567
Icomb Manor, Icombe, Gloucestershire, England
Sybille Baskerville
1522 – 1546
Eardisley, Herefordshire
Sir (Knight Morgan James Guillims Williams aka) Cromwell
1514 – 1587
Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Katherine (Elizabeth Cromwell Lady of St.) Alban's
1517 – 1567
Putney, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Gloucestershire
1491 – 1541
Lady Wye
1495 – 1541
Sir Knight
1450 – 1527
Sybil Milbourne
1471 – 1537
Sir Essex
1438 – 1516
Lady (Cromwell)
1457 – 1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Whitney's Descendants

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Thomas Whitney (14 Jul 1560 – April 14 1637) m. Mary (Beth Bray) Braye (12 May 1563 – 25 Sep 1629)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret (Stitts)) Whitney, (1589 – 12 Jan 1626) m. Sir (Captain William I Powell, Gentleman, Knight of Surrey, Captain of the Governor's Guard, Commander of) Jamestown, (16 Mar 1577 – 20 Jan 1623)
    1. 1. Capt. (James George) Powell (23 Jan 1622 – 1650) m. Agnes (Margaret) Martiau (1627 – 1650)
      1. 1. Margaret (Agnes) Powell (abt 1647 – 4 May 1718) m. Capt. (Thomas Cocke, sheriff and) legislator (10 Dec 1639 – 1 Apr 1697)
        1. 1. William (Powell) Cox (11 JAN 1670 – 02 JUN 1717) m. Sarah Perrin (1669 – 1711)

Thomas Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1560
14 Jul 1560
Birth of Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) in Lambert Marsh (Surrey) Gb
Lambert Marsh (Surrey) Gb
1637
April 14 1637
Age 77
Death of Thomas Whitney Sir Knight of Lambert Marsh (5th Great Grandfather of Inventor Eli Whitney) in Westminster, London, England
Westminster, London, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1560
    Event Place: Lambert Marsh (Surrey) Gb

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: April 14 1637
    Event Place: Westminster, London, England

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