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William Jenks 1536–1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1536

Birth Location: Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 22 Jun 1636

Death Location: Clun, Shropshire, England

Father: Hugh Jenks

Mother: Lady Wentworth

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William Jenks was born in 1536 in Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England, the child of Hugh Jenks And Lady Anne Agnes Wentworth. William Jenks passed away in 1636 in Clun, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Jenks was born in 1536 in Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England, the child of Hugh Jenks And Lady Anne Agnes Wentworth.
  • William Jenks passed away in 1636 in Clun, Shropshire, England.

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William Jenks's Ancestors

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William Jenks
1536–1636
Birth Place: Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England
Parents
Hugh Jenks
1510–1551
Holdenbred, Shropshire, England
Lady (Anne Agnes) Wentworth
1515–1575
New Chapel, Clun Parish, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
William (Jenkes) Sir
1480–1558
Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England
Elizabeth Adams
1480–1558
London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Rowland Jenkes
1446–1535
Mary Lady
1460–1500
William Sir
1460–1480
Elizabeth Reynolds
1411–1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Jenkes
1414–1500
Agnes Lady
1418–1446
Richard Moore
1408–1500
Mary Perkes
1420–1510
John Adams
1430–1471
Jane Rennebaugh
1440–1475

William Jenks's Timeline

2 Records

1536
1536
Birth of William Jenks in Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England
Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England
1636
22 Jun 1636
Age 100
Death of William Jenks in Clun, Shropshire, England
Clun, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1536
    Event Place: Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1636
    Event Place: Clun, Shropshire, England

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