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William Edmond Bennet Whitehead 1550 – 1648 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Mile End, Middlesex, England

Death Date: Abt. 1648

Death Location: Birchenleigh, England

Father: Arthur Faweth

Mother: Eliza BENNETT

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Avery, Elling Smith

Children(s): Edmund Whithead, William Whitehead, Sally Whitehead

William Edmond Bennet Whitehead was born in 1550 in Mile End, Middlesex, England, the child of Arthur Whitehead de Faweth and Eliza Sarah BENNETT. William Edmond Bennet Whitehead married Elizabeth Ann Avery, Elling Smith, and had children including Edmund Whithead, William Henry Holliday Whitehead, Sally Whitehead. William Edmond Bennet Whitehead passed away in 1648 in Birchenleigh, England.

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Biography

  • William Edmond Bennet Whitehead was born in 1550 in Mile End, Middlesex, England, the child of Arthur Whitehead de Faweth and Eliza Sarah BENNETT.
  • William Edmond Bennet Whitehead married Elizabeth Ann Avery, Elling Smith, and had children including Edmund Whithead, William Henry Holliday Whitehead, Sally Whitehead.
  • William Edmond Bennet Whitehead passed away in 1648 in Birchenleigh, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Arthur Faweth
1520 – 1603
Birth Location: Dearnlegh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
AF
Eliza BENNETT
1530 – 1625
Birth Location: England
EB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Avery
1555 – 1597
Birth Location: St Martins, St Dunstin East, London, England
EA
Elling Smith
1555 – 1597
Birth Location: London, , Middlesex, England
ES

Children(s)

Edmund Whithead
1571 – 1596
Birth Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
EW
William Whitehead
1578 – 1787
Birth Location: London, England
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Sally Whitehead
Birth Location: –
SW

William Whitehead's Ancestors

Self
William Whitehead
1550 – 1648
Birth Place: Mile End, Middlesex, England
Parents
Arthur Whitehead de Faweth
1520 – 1603
Dearnlegh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Eliza (Sarah) BENNETT
1530 – 1625
England
Grandparents
Roger (William Whitehead-de) Faweth\Fyweth
1500 – 1547
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Isabell Barrow
1500 – 1596
Mirfield, Yorkshire, England
Richard Bennett
1500 – 1567
England
Elizabeth Stevens
1508 – 1587
Leicester, England
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Dearnley
1480 –
Thomas Bennett
1479 – 1563
Lady Gill
1484 – 1520
Richard Stevens
1484 – 1552
Sibbell Marchand
1490 – 1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Whitehead's Descendants

1.
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William (Edmond Bennet) Whitehead (1550 – Abt. 1648) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Avery (Abt. 1555 – 16 Apr 1597) m. Elling Smith (abt 1555 – 16 Apr 1597)
  1. 1. Edmund Whithead (1571 – 21 Jan 1596) m. Isabell Burrow (1575 – 1596) m. Agnes Ewan m. Margaret Ludge (1567 – )
    1. 1. Ellin Whiteheade (1589 – Date and place unknown) m. Thomas Crosse (5 October 1587 – 1658)
      1. 1. John Crosse (16 December 1616 – 23 January 1671)
    2. 2. Willm (Abt 1598 – 1655)
  2. 2. William (Henry Holliday) Whitehead (1578 – abt 1787)
  3. 3. Sally Whitehead

William Whitehead's Timeline

7 Records

1550
1550
Birth of William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Mile End, Middlesex, England
Mile End, Middlesex, England
1567
8 Jun 1567
Age 17
William Edmond Bennet Whitehead was baptized in Middlesex, England
Middlesex, England
1571
About 1571
Age 21
William Edmond Bennet Whitehead was married in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1574
4 Feb 1574
Age 24
William Edmond Bennet Whitehead was baptized in Whittington in Lonsdale, Lancashire, England
Whittington in Lonsdale, Lancashire, England
1647
1647
Age 97
Death of William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Birchenleigh, England
Birchenleigh, England
1647
1647
Age 97
Death of William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Birchenleigh, England
Birchenleigh, England
1648
Abt. 1648
Age 98
Death of William Edmond Bennet Whitehead in Birchenleigh, England
Birchenleigh, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Mile End, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 8 Jun 1567
    Event Place: Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1574
    Event Place: Whittington in Lonsdale, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: About 1571
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : modified 10 November 2023, 09:40), entry for William Edmond Bennet Whitehead (PID ); contributed by various users.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1647
    Event Place: Birchenleigh, England
    Record Source: England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Fri Nov 17 15:45:52 UTC 2023), Entry for William Whitehead, 11 Jul 1646.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1647
    Event Place: Birchenleigh, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1648
    Event Place: Birchenleigh, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bingley, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Fri Nov 17 15:45:52 UTC 2023), Entry for William Whitehead, 11 Jul 1646.
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