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William Thomas Speight 1557–1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1557

Birth Location: Darrington Parish, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: abt 1620

Death Location: Wakefield, Yourkshire, England

Father: Alice Bramley

Mother: Jacobus Speight

Spouse(s): Alicia Woode

Children(s): WILLIAM II)

William Thomas Speight was born in 1557 in Darrington Parish, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Alice Wood Bramley And Jacobus Speight. William Thomas Speight married Alicia Woode, and had children including William Of Bierley Frederick Speight 1 To Henry I 4Th Link To Henry Ii. William Thomas Speight passed away in 1620 in Wakefield, Yourkshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Thomas Speight was born in 1557 in Darrington Parish, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Alice Wood Bramley And Jacobus Speight.
  • William Thomas Speight married Alicia Woode, and had children including William Of Bierley Frederick Speight 1 To Henry I 4Th Link To Henry Ii.
  • William Thomas Speight passed away in 1620 in Wakefield, Yourkshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Speight's Ancestors

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William Speight
1557–1620
Birth Place: Darrington Parish, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Alice Wood Bramley
1540–1613
Saxton in Elmet Yorkshire England
Jacobus Speight
1539–1620
Halifax, County Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Woode
1521–1584
Saxton in Elmet Yorks, Yorkshire, England
ALICE HUNGAIT
1524–1605
Saxton in Elmet Yorkshire England
Thomæ Speight
1518–1563
Halifax, County Yorkshire, England
Lady (Johanna "Jane" Halliday) Speight
1520–1561
County Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Willis WOOD
1500–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Speight's Descendants

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William (Thomas) Speight (1 Jan 1557–abt 1620) m. Alicia Woode (5 Feb 1559–1597)
  1. 1. WILLIAM ('Of Bierley' (Frederick?) SPEIGHT (1) TO HENRY I + (4th link to Henry) II) 1582–1640 m. ELIZABETH Rhodes 1573–1618
    1. 1. william speight 1603–1621 m. Elizabeth (1598 Cooldwell Coldwell) Caldwell 1598–1625
      1. 1. William SPEIGHTS 1620–1666 m. Helene Gressam 1626–1662
        1. 1. William (I) Speights 1659–1720 m. Mary Seawell 1660–1728

William Speight's Timeline

2 Records

1557
1 Jan 1557
Birth of William Thomas Speight in Darrington Parish, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Darrington Parish, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
1620
abt 1620
Age 63
Death of William Thomas Speight in Wakefield, Yourkshire, England
Wakefield, Yourkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1557
    Event Place: Darrington Parish, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1620
    Event Place: Wakefield, Yourkshire, England

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