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William SANDYS 1493–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1493

Birth Location: Furness Fells, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1540

Death Location: Church, Lancashire, England

Father: George Sandys

Mother: Margaret Curwen

Spouse(s): Margaret DIXON

Children(s): Edwin Sandys

William SANDYS was born in 1493 in Furness Fells, Lancashire, England, the child of George Sandys And Margaret Curwen. William SANDYS married Margaret Dixon, and had children including Edwin Sandys. William SANDYS passed away in 1540 in Church, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • William SANDYS was born in 1493 in Furness Fells, Lancashire, England, the child of George Sandys And Margaret Curwen.
  • William SANDYS married Margaret Dixon, and had children including Edwin Sandys.
  • William SANDYS passed away in 1540 in Church, Lancashire, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William SANDYS's Ancestors

Self
William SANDYS
1493–1540
Birth Place: Furness Fells, Lancashire, England
Parents
George Sandys
1470–1513
Furnace, Lancashire, England
Margaret Curwen
1469–
, Lancashire, , England
Grandparents
William Sandys
1447–1470
Fells, Lancashire, , England
Margaret Rawson
1450–1470
Furness, , , England
Garrat Curwen
1440–1530
Turvey, Bedfordshire, England
Margaret (Garrat) Curwen
1452–1469
Workington Hall, Cumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
William Sandys
1407–1447
Bonham Bohun
1416–1457
William Rawson
1410–
William Rawson
1414–
Curwen
1415–
Anne Pennington
1422–1440
Sir Curwen
1430–1499
Anne Pennington
1422–1440
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bohun
1361–1431
Anne Halsham
1390–1448
John Pennington
1393–1470
Katherine Tunstall
1395–
John Pennington
1393–1470
Katherine Tunstall
1395–

William SANDYS's Descendants

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William SANDYS (1493–1540) m. Margaret DIXON (1497–1548)
  1. 1. Edwin Sandys 1516–1588 m. Cicely Wilford 1516–1611 m. Mary SANDYS 1522–1555
    1. 1. Sir (Edwin) Sandys 1561–1629 m. Katherine Bulkely 1559–1634 m. Elizabeth Nevinson 1552–1605 m. Margaret Eveleigh 1565–1588 m. Elizabeth Nevinson 1570–1604
      1. 1. Richard Sands 1610–1669 m. Hester Aucher 1638–1699
        1. 1. Stephen Sandes 1658–1732 m. Jane Cowgill 1663–1699

William SANDYS's Timeline

2 Records

1493
1493
Birth of William SANDYS in Furness Fells, Lancashire, England
Furness Fells, Lancashire, England
1540
1540
Age 47
Death of William SANDYS in Church, Lancashire, England
Church, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1493
    Event Place: Furness Fells, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Furness Furness, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire: - Calendar of Parsons Commemorated in Monumental Inscriptions, Abstracts of Wills, and Administrations
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: General, England
    Record Source: England, Extracted Parish and Court Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior To 1800, Part 5
    Record Source: England, Extracted Parish and Court Records

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Wiltshire: - Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into The Court of Chancery in The Reign of Charles 1st
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Church, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Millennium File

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