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William Chavis 1506 – 1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1506

Birth Location: Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 Feb 1557

Death Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England

Father: Sir Hobart

Mother: Margaret Naunton

Spouse(s): Joane Denny

Children(s): Edmund Chavis

William Chavis was born in 1506 in Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir James Hobart and Margaret Naunton. William Chavis married Joane Denny, and had children including Edmund Hobart Chavis. William Chavis passed away in 1557 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • William Chavis was born in 1506 in Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir James Hobart and Margaret Naunton.
  • William Chavis married Joane Denny, and had children including Edmund Hobart Chavis.
  • William Chavis passed away in 1557 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Children(s)

William Chavis's Ancestors

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William Chavis
1506 – 1557
Birth Place: Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir James Hobart
1436 – 1517
Monks Eleigh, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Margaret Naunton
1440 – 1494
Loddon, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas Hobart
Layham, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Chavis's Descendants

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William Chavis (1506 – 22 Feb 1557) m. Joane Denny (1506 – 1560)
  1. 1. Edmund (Hobart) Chavis (11 January 1530 – 1600) m. Margaret Dewey (1530 – 23 Jun 1649)
    1. 1. Jane Chavis (1567 – 20 February 1632) m. John (Yeo) Banges (1567 – 11 Feb 1631)
      1. 1. Pandora (Rebecca) Bangs (1605 – 27 Mar 1661) m. Richard (O) Sparrow (21 Nov 1602 – 08 Jan 1660)
        1. 1. Mary Sparrow (1630 – 1707) m. William Burton (1630 – 10 Oct 1709)

William Chavis's Timeline

3 Records

1506
1506
Birth of William Chavis in Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1557
22 Feb 1557
Age 51
Death of William Chavis in Norwich, Norfolk, England
Norwich, Norfolk, England
1559
1559
Age 53
Death of William Chavis in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 52.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SAB
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Great Plumstead, North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Findagrave, Miles Hobart 1557

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1557
    Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Plumstead, North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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