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William Henry Bedell 1510 – 1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1603

Death Location: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: William Catworth

Mother: Goditha Villiers

Spouse(s): ( Heydon, Margaret Jakes

Children(s): Elizabeth Bedell

William Henry Bedell was born in 1510 in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Bedell De Catworth and Goditha Villiers. William Henry Bedell married ( not confirmed ) Elizabeth ( or Emmeline ?) Heydon, Margaret Jakes, and had children including Elizabeth Emily Bedell. William Henry Bedell passed away in 1603 in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Henry Bedell was born in 1510 in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Bedell De Catworth and Goditha Villiers.
  • William Henry Bedell married ( not confirmed ) Elizabeth ( or Emmeline ?) Heydon, Margaret Jakes, and had children including Elizabeth Emily Bedell.
  • William Henry Bedell passed away in 1603 in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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William Bedell's Ancestors

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William Bedell
1510 – 1603
Birth Place: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Bedell De Catworth
1498 – 1560
Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Goditha Villiers
1500 – 1560
Leiceshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas (Bedell DE) Catworth
1472 – 1555
Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Audrey Lynn
1475 – 1532
Great Waltham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
John (VIII) Villiers
1462 – 1506
Brooksby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Digby
1468 – 1505
Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Bedell's Descendants

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William (Henry) Bedell (1510 – 1603) m. ( (not confirmed ) Elizabeth ( or Emmeline ?)) Heydon (1504 – abt 1584) m. Margaret Jakes (1507 – 1580)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Emily) Bedell

William Bedell's Timeline

2 Records

1510
1510
Birth of William Henry Bedell in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1603
1603
Age 93
Death of William Henry Bedell in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1603
    Event Place: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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