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William De Hilton 1501–1537 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Nappa, Settle, East Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1537

Death Location: Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

Father: William Hylton

Mother: Margaret Bowes

Spouse(s): Sibill Lumley

Children(s): William Hilton

William De Hilton was born in 1501 in Nappa, Settle, East Yorkshire, England, the child of William Hylton And Margaret Margery Bowes. William De Hilton married Sibill Lumley, and had children including William Lord Hilton. William De Hilton passed away in 1537 in Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.

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Biography

  • William De Hilton was born in 1501 in Nappa, Settle, East Yorkshire, England, the child of William Hylton And Margaret Margery Bowes.
  • William De Hilton married Sibill Lumley, and had children including William Lord Hilton.
  • William De Hilton passed away in 1537 in Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Hilton's Ancestors

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William Hilton
1501–1537
Birth Place: Nappa, Settle, East Yorkshire, England
Parents
William Hylton
1437–1506
Durham, Durham, England
Margaret (Margery) Bowes
1438–1503
Streatlam Castle, Durham, England
Grandparents
William Hilton
1405–1457
Hilton Castle, Northumberland, England
Mary (Jane Lady) Stapleton
1407–1470
Edenhall Manor, Edenhall, Cumbria, England
Great-Grandparents
Maud Westmoreland
1391–1442
Robert Hilton
1400–1448
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Hilton's Descendants

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William (De) Hilton (1501–1537) m. Sibill Lumley (1485–1518)
  1. 1. William ((Lord)) Hilton 1516–1562 m. Margaret Metcalfe 1520–1565
    1. 1. William ((Sir)) Hilton 1533–1600 m. Anne Yorke 1536–1600
      1. 1. Thomas ((Baron)) Hilton 1558–1598 m. Anne Bowes 1559–1608
        1. 1. John Hilton 1598–1655 m. Thomasine Warter 1605–
        2. 2. Jane Hilton 1584–1645 m. Ralph Delaval 1577–1628
    2. 2. Captain (Mark Roger) Hilton 1560–1605 m. Ellen Mainwaring 1562–1606
    3. 3. Sibyl Hilton 1543–
    4. 4. Anne Hilton 1548–1585

William Hilton's Timeline

2 Records

1501
1501
Birth of William De Hilton in Nappa, Settle, East Yorkshire, England
Nappa, Settle, East Yorkshire, England
1537
1537
Age 36
Death of William De Hilton in Sunderland, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Sunderland, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Nappa, Settle, East 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: 1537
    Event Place: Sunderland, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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