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William Hesketh 1317–1355 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1317

Birth Location: Gawsworth, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1355

Death Location: Gawsworth, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Hesketh

Mother:

Spouse(s): Marcilla Twenge

Children(s): Thomas Hesketh

William Hesketh was born in 1317 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir John De Hesketh And Alice Fytton. William Hesketh married Marcilla Alias Dodingsells Twenge, and had children including Thomas Hesketh. William Hesketh passed away in 1355 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Hesketh was born in 1317 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir John De Hesketh And Alice Fytton.
  • William Hesketh married Marcilla Alias Dodingsells Twenge, and had children including Thomas Hesketh.
  • William Hesketh passed away in 1355 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Hesketh
1220–1347
Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Marcilla Twenge
1317–
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Hesketh
1347–1387
Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England
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William Hesketh's Ancestors

Self
William Hesketh
1317–1355
Birth Place: Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir John de Hesketh
1220–1347
Rufford, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Thomas DEHESKETH
1195–
Hesketh, Lancashire, England
Alice deBispam
1197–
Hesketh, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
William DeHesketh
1170–1230
Maude deFitton
1172–1243
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hesketh
1150–1183
Annabilla Stafford
1154–1183

William Hesketh's Descendants

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William Hesketh (1317–1355) m. Marcilla (Alias Dodingsells) Twenge (1317–)
  1. 1. Thomas Hesketh 1347–1387 m. Margaret Bannester 1347–1377
    1. 1. Nicholas Hesketh 1377–1416 m. Margaret Minshull 1377–1418
      1. 1. WILLIAM HESKETH 1407–1459 m. Sibyl Lawrence 1410–1460
        1. 1. Thomas (Lord Hesketh Rufford) Hesketh 1420–1458 m. Margaret Mascye 1424–1456
        2. 2. Thomas Hesketh 1420–1458
    2. 2. Robert Hesketh 1378–1406

William Hesketh's Timeline

3 Records

1317
1317
Birth of William Hesketh in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
1320
1320
Age 3
Birth of William Hesketh in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
1355
1355
Age 38
Death of William Hesketh in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
Gawsworth, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1320
    Event Place: Gawsworth, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1355
    Event Place: Gawsworth, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1317
    Event Place: Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File
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