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William Whitmore 1540–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 August 1593

Death Location: St Edmund King Lombard, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Claverley

Mother: Frances Barker

Spouse(s): Anne Bond

Children(s): Sir Whittmore

In 1540, William Whitmore entered the world in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Whitmore Of Aston Hopstone And Claverley And Frances Knott Barker. William Whitmore married Anne Bond, and had children including Sir George Whittmore. William Whitmore passed away in 1593 in St Edmund King Lombard, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1540, William Whitmore entered the world in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Whitmore Of Aston Hopstone And Claverley And Frances Knott Barker.
  • William Whitmore married Anne Bond, and had children including Sir George Whittmore.
  • William Whitmore passed away in 1593 in St Edmund King Lombard, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

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William Whitmore's Ancestors

Self
William Whitmore
1540–1593
Birth Place: Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Whitmore of Aston, Hopstone, and Claverley
1500–1573
Aston, Claverly, Shropshire, England
Frances (Knott) Barker
1517–1583
London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard Whitmore
1460–1504
Claverly, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Gravenor
1475–1522
Claverley, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Whitmore's Descendants

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William Whitmore (1540–8 August 1593) m. Anne Bond (1543–9 October 1615)
  1. 1. Sir (George) Whittmore 1561–1654 m. Maria Copcotes 1565–1657
    1. 1. Elizabeth Robeson 1620–1695 m. John Robeson 1617–1681 m. Andrew (Robeson) I 1640–1694
      1. 1. Andrew (Robeson) II 1654–1720 m. Maria ("Mary") Helm 1666–1716
        1. 1. Margaret Doughty 1710–1742 m. Thomas York 1708–1764
      2. 2. Samuel Robeson –1699

William Whitmore's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of William Whitmore in Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1593
8 August 1593
Age 53
Death of William Whitmore in St Edmund King Lombard, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
St Edmund King Lombard, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 August 1593
    Event Place: St Edmund King Lombard, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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