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William Fairfax 1405–1453 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1405

Birth Location: Steeton (Yorkshire) England

Death Date: 1453

Death Location: Wetherby, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Fairfax

Mother: Eustachia Carthorpe

Spouse(s): Catherine Fairfax

Children(s): Sir Fairfax

William Fairfax was born in 1405 in Steeton (Yorkshire) England, the child of Richard Fairfax And Eustachia Carthorpe. William Fairfax married Catherine Fairfax, and had children including Sir Thomas Fairfax. William Fairfax passed away in 1453 in Wetherby, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Fairfax was born in 1405 in Steeton (Yorkshire) England, the child of Richard Fairfax And Eustachia Carthorpe.
  • William Fairfax married Catherine Fairfax, and had children including Sir Thomas Fairfax.
  • William Fairfax passed away in 1453 in Wetherby, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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William Fairfax's Ancestors

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William Fairfax
1405–1453
Birth Place: Steeton (Yorkshire) England
Parents
Richard Fairfax
1401–1480
Steeton, Bolton Percy, England
Eustachia Carthorpe
1380–1454
Carthorpe, Yorkshire, , England
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William Fairfax's Descendants

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William Fairfax (1405–1453) m. Catherine Fairfax (1428–1463)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Fairfax 1451–1505 m. Elizabeth Sherburne 1450–1505
    1. 1. Thomas Fairfax 1461–1520 m. Agnes (Ann) Gascoigne 1455–1504
      1. 1. Nichaloe Canning 1499–1571 m. Jane Palmer 1501–1535
        1. 1. Thomas Fairfax 1560–1640 m. Ellen Aske 1560–1620

William Fairfax's Timeline

2 Records

1405
1405
Birth of William Fairfax in Steeton (Yorkshire) England
Steeton (Yorkshire) England
1453
1453
Age 48
Death of William Fairfax in Wetherby, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Wetherby, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1405
    Event Place: Steeton (Yorkshire) England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1453
    Event Place: Wetherby, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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