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William Wilkes 1529 – 1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1529

Birth Location: Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 1557

Death Location: Lightfield, Shropshire, England

Father: Francis Wilkes

Mother: Anne Kytley

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Ellow

Children(s): Frances Wilkes

William Wilkes was born in 1529 in Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, the child of Francis Wilkes and Anne Kytley. William Wilkes married Elizabeth Ellow, and had children including Frances Wilkes. William Wilkes passed away in 1557 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Wilkes was born in 1529 in Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, the child of Francis Wilkes and Anne Kytley.
  • William Wilkes married Elizabeth Ellow, and had children including Frances Wilkes.
  • William Wilkes passed away in 1557 in Lightfield, Shropshire, England.

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Children(s)

William Wilkes's Ancestors

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William Wilkes
1529 – 1557
Birth Place: Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Francis Wilkes
1504 – 1555
Willenhall, Staffordshire, England
Anne Kytley
1510 – 1560
Burnells Brome, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
George Wilkes
1468 – 1524
Willenhall, Staffordshire, England
Katherine (de Walshall) (Walshale)
1475 – 1508
Great-Grandparents
William Wilkes
1440 – 1507
Rose Willenhall
1440 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Wylkys
1415 – 1510
Juliana Wylkys
1415 – 1468

William Wilkes's Descendants

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William Wilkes (1529 – 1557) m. Elizabeth Ellow (1535 – 15 April 1556)
  1. 1. Frances Wilkes (1557 – 16 Feb 1630) m. Erasmus Dryden (20 December 1553 – 22 May 1632)
    1. 1. Susan Dryden (1576 – 1661) m. John Pickering (1564 – 1598)
      1. 1. Mary Pickering (1598 – 19 May 1676) m. John Knight (1602 – 22 May 1674)
        1. 1. John Knight (2 Dec 1630 – 1 December 1714) m. Ruhamah Johnson (1635 – 29 Aug 1659)

William Wilkes's Timeline

2 Records

1529
1529
Birth of William Wilkes in Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
1557
1557
Age 28
Death of William Wilkes in Lightfield, Shropshire, England
Lightfield, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Lightfield, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sedgley, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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