Difference between revisions of "Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (c1548-1601)"
m |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''Geoffrey Whitney''' ([[Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (s1520-?)|Geoffrey]]), son of Geoffrey Whitney, was born about 1548, Coole Pilate, Cheshire, England. | + | '''Geoffrey Whitney''' |
| + | ([[Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (s1520-?)|Geoffrey]]), | ||
| + | son of [[Family:Whitney, Geoffrey (s1520-?)|Geoffrey Whitney]], was born about 1548, Coole Pilate, Cheshire, England. | ||
"That the family spread beyond Cheshire is clear from the will of Geoffrey Whitney, son of an earlier Geoffrey. Born at Coole Pilate about 1548, he attended both Oxford and Cambridge, was under-bailiff of Great Yarmouth, county Norfolk, 1580-86, and admitted to the university at Leyden 1 March 1586 (Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis ... 1500-1714, 4 vols. [London, 1887-92], 4:1623]; John and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantbrigiensis, Pt. 1, 4 vols. [Cambridge, 1922-27], 4:396]; and Dictionary of National Biography). His will, dated 11 September 1600 and proved 28 May 1601 (PCC 33 Woodhall), mentioned many relatives, including his brother, Brooke Whitney, of Oxford and Berkshire (PCC 100 Byrde) [probably a great-grandson of the Whitney-Brooke alliance], Geoffrey Whitney, of Draiton, Shropshire (citizen and merchant tailor of London, PCC 15 Bolein), and Walter Whitney, citizen and plasterer of London (Commissary Court of London, Orig. Will, 1608) ..."{{ref|1}} | "That the family spread beyond Cheshire is clear from the will of Geoffrey Whitney, son of an earlier Geoffrey. Born at Coole Pilate about 1548, he attended both Oxford and Cambridge, was under-bailiff of Great Yarmouth, county Norfolk, 1580-86, and admitted to the university at Leyden 1 March 1586 (Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis ... 1500-1714, 4 vols. [London, 1887-92], 4:1623]; John and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantbrigiensis, Pt. 1, 4 vols. [Cambridge, 1922-27], 4:396]; and Dictionary of National Biography). His will, dated 11 September 1600 and proved 28 May 1601 (PCC 33 Woodhall), mentioned many relatives, including his brother, Brooke Whitney, of Oxford and Berkshire (PCC 100 Byrde) [probably a great-grandson of the Whitney-Brooke alliance], Geoffrey Whitney, of Draiton, Shropshire (citizen and merchant tailor of London, PCC 15 Bolein), and Walter Whitney, citizen and plasterer of London (Commissary Court of London, Orig. Will, 1608) ..."{{ref|1}} | ||
| Line 9: | Line 11: | ||
For more information see [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 6|''Memoranda of Whitney in England'']], page 6, and the [[Archive:Dictionary of National Biography|''Dictionary of National Biography'']]. | For more information see [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 6|''Memoranda of Whitney in England'']], page 6, and the [[Archive:Dictionary of National Biography|''Dictionary of National Biography'']]. | ||
| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
1.{{note|1}} [[Archive:Whitney Origins Revisited|Reed, Paul C., "Whitney Origins Revisited: John<sup>1</sup> Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Henry<sup>1</sup> Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut," ''The American Genealogist'', vol. 69 (1994), pp. 9-14]]. | 1.{{note|1}} [[Archive:Whitney Origins Revisited|Reed, Paul C., "Whitney Origins Revisited: John<sup>1</sup> Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Henry<sup>1</sup> Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut," ''The American Genealogist'', vol. 69 (1994), pp. 9-14]]. | ||
---- | ---- | ||
| − | Copyright © 2006, 2007 [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]] | + | Copyright © 2006, 2007, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]] |
[[Category:Medieval]] | [[Category:Medieval]] | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 9 January 2009
Geoffrey Whitney (Geoffrey), son of Geoffrey Whitney, was born about 1548, Coole Pilate, Cheshire, England.
"That the family spread beyond Cheshire is clear from the will of Geoffrey Whitney, son of an earlier Geoffrey. Born at Coole Pilate about 1548, he attended both Oxford and Cambridge, was under-bailiff of Great Yarmouth, county Norfolk, 1580-86, and admitted to the university at Leyden 1 March 1586 (Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis ... 1500-1714, 4 vols. [London, 1887-92], 4:1623]; John and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantbrigiensis, Pt. 1, 4 vols. [Cambridge, 1922-27], 4:396]; and Dictionary of National Biography). His will, dated 11 September 1600 and proved 28 May 1601 (PCC 33 Woodhall), mentioned many relatives, including his brother, Brooke Whitney, of Oxford and Berkshire (PCC 100 Byrde) [probably a great-grandson of the Whitney-Brooke alliance], Geoffrey Whitney, of Draiton, Shropshire (citizen and merchant tailor of London, PCC 15 Bolein), and Walter Whitney, citizen and plasterer of London (Commissary Court of London, Orig. Will, 1608) ..."[1]
He wrote the poem, "To Richard Cotton, Esq.", and the book A Choice of Emblemes (Leyden: 1586).
Apparently he was never married and had no children.
For more information see Memoranda of Whitney in England, page 6, and the Dictionary of National Biography.
References
1.^ Reed, Paul C., "Whitney Origins Revisited: John1 Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Henry1 Whitney of Long Island and Norwalk, Connecticut," The American Genealogist, vol. 69 (1994), pp. 9-14.
Copyright © 2006, 2007, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group
