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William Waters 1540–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 September 1540

Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John ***

Mother: Margaret ***

Spouse(s): Lady Canon

Children(s): Julia Waterhouse

In 1540, William Waters entered the world in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, born to John James Elder Of Beccles Waterhouse And Margaret Ingold Clark. William Waters married Lady Alice Canon, and had children including Julia Alice Waterhouse. William Waters passed away in 1590 in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1540, William Waters entered the world in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, born to John James Elder Of Beccles Waterhouse And Margaret Ingold Clark.
  • William Waters married Lady Alice Canon, and had children including Julia Alice Waterhouse.
  • William Waters passed away in 1590 in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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William Waters's Ancestors

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William Waters
1540–1590
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John James, Elder of Beccles Waterhouse ***
1500–1547
Beccles, Suffolk, England, UK
Margaret (Ingold Clark) ***
1503–1556
Beccles, Suffolk, England, UK
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Waters's Descendants

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William Waters (13 September 1540–1590) m. Lady (Alice) Canon (1542–13 Feb 1602)
  1. 1. Julia (Alice) Waterhouse 1554–1610 m. Richard (Rudd) Rootes 1552–1610 m. Richard Rudd 1559–1582
    1. 1. Mary (Catherine) Rudd 1580–1611 m. Edmund Atherton 1576–
      1. 1. Maj (General Humphrey) Atherton 1608–1661 m. Mary (Wales) Atherton 1613–1672
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Catherine (Weeks)(Mather)) ATHERTON 1628–1678 m. Rev. (William) Weeks 1628–1677 m. Timothy Mather 1628–1684
        2. 2. Isabele Atherton 1630–1661
        3. 3. Consider Atherton 1646–1687
        4. 4. Thankful (Atherton) Bird 1644–1719
        5. 5. Mary (Atherton) Weeks 1636–1692
        6. 6. Jonathan Atherton 1627–1673
        7. 7. Reverend (Hope) Atherton 1646–1677
        8. 8. Patience Atherton 1654–1691
        9. 9. Watching Atherton 1651–1672
        10. 10. Increase Atherton 1641–1673
        11. 11. Rest Atherton 1637–1708
        12. 12. Margaret Atherton 1638–1672
        13. 13. Elizabeth Atherton 1628–1678
      2. 2. James Atherton 1626–1710
      3. 3. Anne Atherton 1611–
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Isabella) Atherton 1611–1661
      5. 5. Hausfrau Atherton 1600–
      6. 6. Henrie Atherton 1606–1661
      7. 7. Hope Atherton 1621–1646
      8. 8. Mary Atherton 1600–
    2. 2. Edmund Rootes 1582–1613
    3. 3. Ellen Rootes 1578–
    4. 4. Margaret (Berman) Rootes 1600–1659
    5. 5. Margaret Rootes 1578–
    6. 6. Syndeny Rootes 1578–
    7. 7. William ((1)) Rootes 1578–
    8. 8. William Rootes 1590–
    9. 9. Margaret Rudd 1578–
    10. 10. Syndeny Rudd 1578–
    11. 11. William Rudd 1578–

William Waters's Timeline

2 Records

1540
13 September 1540
Birth of William Waters in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1590
1590
Age 50
Death of William Waters in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 September 1540
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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