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William Harcourt 1520 – 1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Wincham, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1576

Death Location: Cheshire, England

Father: John Harcourt

Mother: Margaret Burley

Spouse(s): Margaret Leftwicke

Children(s): Elisabeth Harcourt, Richard Harcourt, Margaret Harcourt, Thomas Harcourt, Simon Harcourt

William Harcourt was born in 1520 in Wincham, Cheshire, England, the child of John Harcourt and Margaret Burley. William Harcourt married Margaret Catherine Leftwicke, and had children including Elisabeth Harcourt, Richard Harcourt, Margaret Harcourt, Thomas Harcourt, Simon Harcourt. William Harcourt passed away in 1576 in Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Harcourt was born in 1520 in Wincham, Cheshire, England, the child of John Harcourt and Margaret Burley.
  • William Harcourt married Margaret Catherine Leftwicke, and had children including Elisabeth Harcourt, Richard Harcourt, Margaret Harcourt, Thomas Harcourt, Simon Harcourt.
  • William Harcourt passed away in 1576 in Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Harcourt's Ancestors

Self
William Harcourt
1520 – 1576
Birth Place: Wincham, Cheshire, England
Parents
John Harcourt
1500 – 1552
Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Burley
1482 –
Bronscroft, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Harcourt
1456 –
Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Isabel Egerton
1460 – 1529
Wrinehill, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Harcourt's Descendants

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William Harcourt (1520 – 1576) m. Margaret (Catherine) Leftwicke (1520 – 1588)
  1. 1. Elisabeth Harcourt (1540 – 1609) m. Richard Guiville (1530 – 1610)
    1. 1. Anne Guiville (1565 – 1614)
    2. 2. Ann Gunville (1576 – 1615) m. Richard Warde (13 April 1565 – 15 January 1614)
      1. 1. Andrew Ward (Abt 1597 – )
      2. 2. Ann Ward (1604 – 25 February 1684) m. John Barlow (5 Jul 1600 – 1674)
        1. 1. Master (Barlow) Infant (1616 – 1618)
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Ward) Barlow (1620 – 13 August 1686) m. Daniel (Barker) Frost (17 January 1612 – 23 February 1682)
        3. 3. Edmund Barlow (1 October 1626 – 19 December 1697)
        4. 4. Deborah Barlow (14 November 1627 – 1700)
        5. 5. Anne Barlow (1628 – 17 October 1632)
        6. 6. Ruth Barlow (1630 – )
        7. 7. John (Barlow,) Jr. (1630 – 6 March 1691)
        8. 8. Isabella Barlow (1632 – 17 February 1698)
        9. 9. Martha Barlow (1632 – 27 March 1698)
  2. 2. Richard Harcourt (1564 – 1628)
  3. 3. Margaret Harcourt (1564 – )
  4. 4. Thomas Harcourt (1566 – 1640)
  5. 5. Simon Harcourt (1568 – )

William Harcourt's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of William Harcourt in Wincham, Cheshire, England
Wincham, Cheshire, England
1576
1576
Age 56
Death of William Harcourt in Cheshire, England
Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Wincham, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1576
    Event Place: Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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