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William I Needham 1550–1621 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Shavington, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1621

Death Location: Bolton, Leicestershire, England

Father: Thomas Needham

Mother: Anne, Talbot

Spouse(s): Prudence Peck

Children(s): William II

William I Needham was born in 1550 in Shavington, Shropshire, England, the child of Thomas Needham And Anne Countess Of Pembroke Needham Talbot. William I Needham married Prudence Peck, and had children including William Needham Ii. William I Needham passed away in 1621 in Bolton, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • William I Needham was born in 1550 in Shavington, Shropshire, England, the child of Thomas Needham And Anne Countess Of Pembroke Needham Talbot.
  • William I Needham married Prudence Peck, and had children including William Needham Ii.
  • William I Needham passed away in 1621 in Bolton, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Needham
1510–1570
Birth Location: Shavington, Shropshire, England
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Anne, Talbot
1515–1588
Birth Location: Grafton Flyford, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Prudence Peck
1556–1616
Birth Location: Knossington, Leicestershire, England
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Children(s)

William II
1580–1643
Birth Location: Bolton, Leicestershire, England
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William Needham's Ancestors

Self
William Needham
1550–1621
Birth Place: Shavington, Shropshire, England
Parents
Thomas Needham
1510–1570
Shavington, Shropshire, England
Anne, (Countess of Pembroke, Needham) Talbot
1515–1588
Grafton Flyford, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
Hon. (Lord Sir Robert de Needham, of) Shaverton,
1476–1556
Cranage, Cheshire, England
Agnes Mainwaring
1485–1516
Sandbach, Cheshire, England
George ((Knight of the Garter) Talbot, Sir Knight of Bath, Cpt in Army, Lt Gen 1st Div of Army in France (4th Earl of Shrewsbury and) Waterford),
1468–1538
Shifnal Manor, Shropshire
Countess (Mary Elizabeth) Waldron
1491–1567
Erith, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
William Needham
1450–1556
Lady Bromley
1455–1560
Sir Mainwaring
1445–1495
Maud Leigh
1448–1512
John III
1448–1473
Catherine Lady
1445–1476
Sir (Walderne)
1471–1536
Lady Davenport
1460–1515
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Needham
1398–1463
Lady Brereton
1420–1497
Sir Bromley
1425–1490
Johanna Hexstall
1413–1469
William Peover
1410–1470
Ellen Butler
1425–1469
Sir Leigh
1415–1478
Isabella Ridley
1426–1476
Sir Treasurer
1413–1460
Lady Waterford
1421–1473
Humphrey Stafford;
1402–1460
Lady Suffolk
1404–1480
Sir crest
1439–1474
Baroness Whetehill
1446–1518
Sir Davenport
1419–1478
Cicely Warren
1424–1478

William Needham's Descendants

1.
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William (I) Needham (1550–1621) m. Prudence Peck (1556–Dec 1616)
  1. 1. William (Needham) II 1580–1643
    1. 1. Rachel Needham 1622–1670 m. Edward (Spaulding (Spaldyngge), "Immigrant" ( 1st Settler of Jamestown,) Virginia) 1596–1670
      1. 1. Dinah Spaulding 1649–1706 m. Eleazer (Brown) (Deacon) 1649–1719

William Needham's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of William I Needham in Shavington, Shropshire, England
Shavington, Shropshire, England
1621
1621
Age 71
Death of William I Needham in Bolton, Leicestershire, England
Bolton, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Shavington, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1621
    Event Place: Bolton, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
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