Difference between revisions of "Family:Whitney, Eustace (s1475-1525)"
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was born say 1475, possibly Gorsington, Clifford, Herefordshire, and died before 9 Oct 1525 when the will of "Ustans Whitney of Clifforde" was recorded.{{ref|1}} | was born say 1475, possibly Gorsington, Clifford, Herefordshire, and died before 9 Oct 1525 when the will of "Ustans Whitney of Clifforde" was recorded.{{ref|1}} | ||
| − | He married '''Ellen Vaughan''', "dau. and heir of William Vaughan, the tyrant of Clifford." "Elen = Eustace ap John Whitney of Rhydhelyg" William ap Watkin Vaughan of Rhydhelyg and Clifford f. 1471-5, he married Ann f. [[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~yewenyi/4/11756.htm|Sir Tos. Cornwall of Burford (descendant of King Edward I of England]].{{ref|2}} | + | He married '''Ellen Vaughan''', "dau. and heir of William Vaughan, the tyrant of Clifford." "Elen = Eustace ap John Whitney of Rhydhelyg" William ap Watkin Vaughan of Rhydhelyg and Clifford f. 1471-5, he married Ann f. [[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~yewenyi/4/11756.htm|Sir Tos. Cornwall of Burford (descendant of King Edward I of England)]].{{ref|2}} |
He was of Gorsington.{{ref|3}} | He was of Gorsington.{{ref|3}} | ||
Revision as of 01:29, 3 November 2008
Eustace Whitney, Esq. (John, [Possibly] Eustace, Robert, Robert, Robert, Eustace, Eustace, Robert, ...), perhaps son of John and ----- (Walter) Whitney, was born say 1475, possibly Gorsington, Clifford, Herefordshire, and died before 9 Oct 1525 when the will of "Ustans Whitney of Clifforde" was recorded.[1]
He married Ellen Vaughan, "dau. and heir of William Vaughan, the tyrant of Clifford." "Elen = Eustace ap John Whitney of Rhydhelyg" William ap Watkin Vaughan of Rhydhelyg and Clifford f. 1471-5, he married Ann f. [Tos. Cornwall of Burford (descendant of King Edward I of England)].[2]
He was of Gorsington.[3]
Children of Eustace and Ellen (Vaughan) Whitney, order uncertain, and possibly incomplete:
i. James Whitney, b. say 1500; m. Sibyl Parry.[4] ii. Richard Whitney, of Hardwicke, m. Anne -----. iii. John Whitney, d. 1597, had made a claim on the estate of his niece Eleanor (Whitney) Bull, when he stated his residence was at Lambeth. He died without issue, his will stating he was a servant of the Archbishop of Canterbury, mentioning his nephew Eustace Whitney of Clifford, and Eustaces's son James, and Thomas Whitney of Clifford. iv. William Whitney, d. 1563; m. ----- Vaughan.[5] v. Eleanor Whitney,, mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558 vi. Margaret Whitney, mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558 vii. Elizabeth Whitney, mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558
References
1.^ Faraday, Michael A. and E. J. L. Cole, editors, Calendar of probate and administration acts 1407-1541 and abstracts of wills 1541-1581 in the court books of the Bishop of Hereford, (London: British Record Society: 1989; 1525-1526 Register of William Burghill, Official Principal, Commissary General and Vicar General, page 223 9 October 1525: Ustans [sic] Whitney of Clifforde. Executor: James his son (p.3.)
2.^ Henry Austin Whitney, Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England (Boston: 1859), p. 3. See also: Bartrum Whitney Table 2; Bartrum DRYMBENOG 2(Asub3) for the ancestry of Ellen Vaughan.
5.^ Henry Austin Whitney, The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname: Its Probable Signification, and Other Data (Boston, MA: Henry Austin Whitney, 1875), p. xv.
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