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William Sykes 1500–1577 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: May 1577

Death Location: Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Dyke

Mother: Grace Stock

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Mawson, Ann Morris, Anne Morris

Children(s): Margaret SYKES, Edmund Sykes, Edmund Sykes, Richard Sykes, Richard Sykes, William Sykes, James Sykes

The story of William Sykes began in 1500 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. William Sykes married Ann Morris, Anne Morris, Elizabeth Mawson, and had children including Agnes Sykes, Edmund Sykes, James Sykes, Margaret Sykes, Richard Sykes, William Sykes. William Sykes passed away in 1577 in Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William Sykes began in 1500 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
  • William Sykes married Ann Morris, Anne Morris, Elizabeth Mawson, and had children including Agnes Sykes, Edmund Sykes, James Sykes, Margaret Sykes, Richard Sykes, William Sykes.
  • William Sykes passed away in 1577 in Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

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William Sykes's Ancestors

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William Sykes
1500–1577
Birth Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Richard of Sykes Dyke
1450–1525
Sykes Dyke, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grace Stock
1455–
Kirkheaton, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Sykes's Descendants

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William Sykes (1500–May 1577) m. Elizabeth Mawson (1486–1575) m. Ann Morris (1510–1576) m. Anne Morris (1510–1576)
  1. 1. Margaret SYKES 1515–1590 m. John (BEAUMONT of) Netherton 1505–1541
    1. 1. Sir (Humphrey Beaumont, of Over Hockton (Sir) Lord) 1540–1614
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Beaumont of Over Hockton,) Worthley 1570–1626 m. Alfred (Guilielmi Guileilmi) WORTHLEY 1570–1630
        1. 1. William (H.) Worthley 1588–1640 m. Dorothy (Worthley) Fakner 1590–1625
        2. 2. Johannes ((John) Worthley) * 1615–1692
      2. 2. Humfrey Beamont –1628
  2. 2. Edmund Sykes 1532–1587
  3. 3. Edmund Sykes 1532–1587
  4. 4. Richard Sykes 1530–1626
  5. 5. Richard Sykes 1536–1576
  6. 6. William Sykes 1512–1575
  7. 7. James Sykes –1577

William Sykes's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of William Sykes in Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1531
1531
Age 31
William Sykes was married in Leeds, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Leeds, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1577
May 1577
Age 77
Death of William Sykes in Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1577
    Event Place: Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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