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William Walter Childress 1599 – 1645 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Apr 1599

Birth Location: Cantley, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 8 Feb 1645

Death Location: Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States

Father: Sir Childress

Mother: Lady Webster

Spouse(s): Anne Ramsden

Children(s): Susannah Childers

The story of William Walter Childress , of Jamestown began in 1599 in Cantley, Yorkshire, England. William Walter Childress , of Jamestown married Anne Ramsden, and had children including Susannah Childers. William Walter Childress , of Jamestown passed away in 1645 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of William Walter Childress , of Jamestown began in 1599 in Cantley, Yorkshire, England.
  • William Walter Childress , of Jamestown married Anne Ramsden, and had children including Susannah Childers.
  • William Walter Childress , of Jamestown passed away in 1645 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Childress's Ancestors

Self
William Childress
1599 – 1645
Birth Place: Cantley, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir William Hugh Childress
1555 – 1645
York, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Mary Anne) Webster
1560 – 1645
Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Hugh) Childress
1500 – 1571
East Retford, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Margaret 'Maude') Hardy
1532 – 1612
Wetwang, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (William John) Webster
1510 – 1575
Cossington, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Isabel) Rynzza
1491 – 1573
England, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Childress
1480 – 1571
Lady Hamilton
1480 – 1531
Sir Hardy
1510 – 1545
Lady Stanley
1500 – 1597
John Webster
1485 – 1554
Lady Welles
1486 – 1558
William Rynzza
1450 – 1563
Isabelle Kythin
1450 – 1560
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Stanley
1460 – 1503
Lady Strange
1463 – 1514

William Childress's Descendants

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William (Walter) Childress (20 Apr 1599 – 8 Feb 1645) m. Anne Ramsden (14 Oct 1604 – 1624)
  1. 1. Susannah Childers (1618 – 1 Dec 1699) m. John Greenhaugh (5 Mar 1614 – 1696)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Greenhaugh (1650 – abt 1728) m. Col (William) Hatcher (1644 – 27 Jun 1750)
      1. 1. Martha Hatcher (1686 – 18 July 1770) m. Thomas Cottrill (11 Apr 1690 – 22 Apr 1718)
        1. 1. Edward (Thomas 'Billy') Cottrell (April 1711 – May 1762) m. Susannah Patterson (2 April 1711 – 14 December 1764)

William Childress's Timeline

4 Records

1597
Apr 1597
William Walter Childress , of Jamestown was baptized in Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
1599
20 Apr 1599
Birth of William Walter Childress , of Jamestown in Cantley, Yorkshire, England
Cantley, Yorkshire, England
1645
8 Feb 1645
Age 46
Death of William Walter Childress , of Jamestown in Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
1649
8 Feb 1649
Age 50
Death of William Walter Childress , of Jamestown in Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Apr 1599
    Event Place: Cantley, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: Apr 1597
    Event Place: Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP53/1/1/4

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1649
    Event Place: Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1645
    Event Place: Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States

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