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William 'Thomas' Acton 1544 – 1616 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1544

Birth Location: Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, UK

Death Date: 1616

Death Location: Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK

Father: Sir Acton

Mother: Cecelia GGM

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William 'Thomas' Acton was born in 1544 in Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, UK, the child of Sir William Dryland Acton and Cecelia Wrottesley Cressett 14th GGM. William 'Thomas' Acton passed away in 1616 in Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK.

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Biography

  • William 'Thomas' Acton was born in 1544 in Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, UK, the child of Sir William Dryland Acton and Cecelia Wrottesley Cressett 14th GGM.
  • William 'Thomas' Acton passed away in 1616 in Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK.

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William Acton's Ancestors

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William Acton
1544 – 1616
Birth Place: Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, UK
Parents
Sir William Dryland Acton
1497 – 1567
Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England
Cecelia (Wrottesley Cressett 14th) GGM
1505 – 1575
Kingston, Upton Cressett, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Acton of Aldenham Servant to the 4th Earl of) Shrewsbury
1467 – 1538
Aldenham, Morville, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth Coombs
1467 – 1569
Acton, Morville, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Acton's Timeline

2 Records

1544
Abt. 1544
Birth of William 'Thomas' Acton in Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, UK
Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, UK
1616
1616
Age 72
Death of William 'Thomas' Acton in Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK
Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1544
    Event Place: Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1616
    Event Place: Chelmarsh, Shropshire, UK

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