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William Carey 1491 – 1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jun 1491

Birth Location: Greenwich, Kent, England

Death Date: 28 January 1547

Death Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England

Father: Henry Ireland

Mother: ** England

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The story of William Carey began in 1491 in Greenwich, Kent, England. William Carey passed away in 1547 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William Carey began in 1491 in Greenwich, Kent, England.
  • William Carey passed away in 1547 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.

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William Carey's Ancestors

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William Carey
1491 – 1547
Birth Place: Greenwich, Kent, England
Parents
Henry Tudor VII, King of England, Wales, Lord of Ireland
1457 – 1509
Pembroke, Wales, Gb
** (Elizabeth "Lizzie" Myberry Woodville Plantagenet, Duchess of York, Queen) England
1465 – 1503
Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Edmund Tudor
1430 – 1456
Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, Gb
Margaret Beaufort
1443 – 1509
Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Gb
Edward (IV Plantagenet, King of) England
1442 – 1483
Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Lady (Elizabeth 'Lucy' Woodville Queen Consort of England, Lady of the) Garter
1437 – 1492
Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard York
1411 – 1460
Cecily Plantagenet
1415 – 1495
Richard Rivers
1415 – 1469
Jacqueline Pol
1415 – 1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Cambridge
1376 – 1415
Anne Mortimer
1388 – 1411
Ralph Neville
1364 – 1425
Lady ggm
1379 – 1440

William Carey's Timeline

2 Records

1491
28 Jun 1491
Birth of William Carey in Greenwich, Kent, England
Greenwich, Kent, England
1547
28 January 1547
Age 56
Death of William Carey in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1491
    Event Place: Greenwich, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 January 1547
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England

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