FAIRFAX FAMILY

Henry FAIRFAX

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Children:

1. John FAIRFAX


John FAIRFAX

Father: Henry FAIRFAX

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Richard FAIRFAX


Richard FAIRFAX

Born: 1180

Father: John FAIRFAX

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX


William FAIRFAX

Born: 1200

Father: Richard FAIRFAX

Mother: ¿?

Married: Alice De BUGTHORPE

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX


William FAIRFAX

Notes: High Baliff of York, 1249

Father: William FAIRFAX

Mother: Alice De BUGTHORPE

Married: Mary FLOWER

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton


Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton

Father: William FAIRFAX

Mother: Mary FLOWER

Married: Anne De SEZEVAUX

Children:

1. John FAIRFAX of Walton

2. Thomas FAIRFAX

3. William FAIRFAX

4. Bego FAIRFAX


John FAIRFAX of Walton

Born: BEF 1261

Died: 1314, Walton, England

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton

Mother: Anne De SEZEVAUX

Married: Clarissa SCOTT

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton


Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton

Father: John FAIRFAX of Walton

Mother: Clarissa SCOTT

Married: Elizabeth De ELTON

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX of Walton

2. Thomas FAIRFAX

3. John FAIRFAX (Rector)

4. Elizabeth FAIRFAX

5. Son FAIRFAX

6. Son FAIRFAX

7. Son FAIRFAX

8. Son FAIRFAX


Elizabeth FAIRFAX

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton

Mother: Elizabeth De ELTON

Married: Thomas De ETTON


John FAIRFAX (Rector)

Died: 1393

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton

Mother: Elizabeth De ELTON


William FAIRFAX of Walton

Born: BEF 1349, Walton, England

Died: BEF 1386, Walton, England

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Walton

Mother: Elizabeth De ELTON

Married: Ellen RADCLIFFE BEF 1349

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX (Esq.)

2. Brian FAIRFAX

3. Richard FAIRFAX (alias Malbis)


Richard FAIRFAX (alias Malbis)

Died: 1401

Father: William FAIRFAX of Walton

Mother: Ellen RADCLIFFE


Thomas FAIRFAX (Esq.)

Born: 1392

Died: BEF 26 Jan 1394, Walton, England

Buried: Chapel at Walton

Father: William FAIRFAX of Walton

Mother: Ellen RADCLIFFE

Married 1: Margaret FRISTON

Married 2: Margaret MALBIS

Children:

1. Richard FAIRFAX

2. William FAIRFAX

3. Thomas FAIRFAX

4. George FAIRFAX

5. Guy FAIRFAX

6. John FAIRFAX


William FAIRFAX

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret MALBIS

Married: Constance MAULEY (b. ABT 1385 - d. 15 Dec 1450) (dau. of Sir Piers De Mauley of Moulgrave and Margery Sutton) (w. of Sir John Normanville - m.3 Sir John Bigod) 1 Nov 1392


Guy FAIRFAX

Died: 1446

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret MALBIS


John FAIRFAX

Died: 1444

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret MALBIS


Richard FAIRFAX

Born: Walton, Gilling Castle

Died: 1431

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (Esq.)

Mother: Margaret MALBIS

Married: Eustace CALTHORPE ABT 1401

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX (Sir)

2. Brian FAIRFAX

3. Guy FAIRFAX (Sir)

4. Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

5. Miles FAIRFAX

6. Margaret FAIRFAX

7. Anne FAIRFAX

8. Ellen FAIRFAX


Margaret FAIRFAX

Father: Richard FAIRFAX

Mother: Eustace CALTHORPE

Married: John DAUTRE of York


Anne FAIRFAX

Father: Richard FAIRFAX

Mother: Eustace CALTHORPE

Married: John CAWOOD


Guy FAIRFAX (Sir)

Born: 1454

Died: 1495, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard FAIRFAX

Mother: Eustace CALTHORPE

Married: Margaret (Isabel) RYTHER (b. 1446) (dau. of William Ryther and Eleanor Fitzwilliam)

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

2. William FAIRFAX

3. Thomas FAIRFAX

4. Guy FAIRFAX

5. Nicholas FAIRFAX

6. Ellen FAIRFAX

7. Maud FAIRFAX


Ellen FAIRFAX

Father: Guy FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Margaret (Isabel) RYTHER

Married: Miles WILSTROP (Sir)


Maud FAIRFAX

Father: Guy FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Margaret (Isabel) RYTHER

Married: John WATERTON (Sir)

Children:

1. Robert WATERTON of Walton and Sandal (Sir Knight) (m. Muriel Leke


Thomas FAIRFAX

Born: ABT 1485, Steeton Castle, Yorkshire, England

Father: Guy FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Margaret (Isabel) RYTHER

Married 1: Dorothy MANNERS

Married 2: Cecily MANNERS

Children:

1. Son FAIRFAX


William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Born: 1480, Steeton Castle, England

Died: 1514

Notes: Sheriff. A Judge of the Common Pleas (temp Henry VIII).

Father: Guy FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Margaret (Isabel) RYTHER

Married: Elizabeth MANNERS

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

2. Ellen FAIRFAX

3. Elizabeth FAIRFAX

4. Anne FAIRFAX

5. Dorothy FAIRFAX


Ellen FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth MANNERS

Married: William PICKERING (Sir)


Elizabeth FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth MANNERS

Married: Robert OUGHTRED (Sir Knight) 24 Jan 1511, England

Children:

1. Henry OUGHTRED (Sir Knight)

2. Dorothy OUGHTRED

3. Robert OUGHTRED


Anne FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth MANNERS

Married: Robert NORMANVILLE (Sir)


Dorothy FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth MANNERS

Married: Constable of KEXBY


William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Died: 31 Oct 1558, Steeton, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth MANNERS

Married: Isabel THWAITES 1518

Children:

1. Guy FAIRFAX

2. Thomas FAIRFAX of Denton (Sir)

3. Francis FAIRFAX

4. Edward FAIRFAX

5. Gabriel FAIRFAX

6. Henry FAIRFAX

7. John FAIRFAX

8. Anne FAIRFAX

9. Mary FAIRFAX

10. Bridget FAIRFAX

11. Ursula FAIRFAX

12. Agnes FAIRFAX

¿13. Eleanor FAIRFAX?


Eleanor FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: John VAVASOUR


Agnes FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Edward ELTOFT


Ursula FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Ralph VAVASOUR


Bridget FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Cotton GARGRAVE (Sir) (b. 1540 - d. 1588) (son of Sir Thomas Gargrave and Anne Cotton) (m.2 Anne Waterton)

Children:

1. Thomas GARGRAVE (Sir) (m. Catherine Wentworth)


Mary FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Robert ROCKLEY


Anne FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Henry EVERINGHAM (Sir)


Henry FAIRFAX

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Dorothy ASKE


Guy FAIRFAX

Born: 1519

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES


Gabriel FAIRFAX

Died: 1584

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Elizabeth ASKE

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX (Sir)


William FAIRFAX (Sir)

Died: 7 Jul 1603

Father: Gabriel FAIRFAX

Mother: Elizabeth ASKE

Married: Mabel CURWEN

Children:

1. Phillip FAIRFAX (Sir)

2. Mary FAIRFAX


Mary FAIRFAX

Born: ABT 1582, Steeton, Yorkshire, England

Father: William FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Mabel CURWEN

Married: Everingham CRESSY (b. 1580) (son of Gervase Cressy and Eleanor Everingham)

Children:

1. Mabel CRESSY (b. ABT 1603) (m. Marmaduke Constable)

2. Mary CRESSY (b. ABT 1605)

3. Anne CRESSY (b. ABT 1607)

4. Gervase CRESSY (b. ABT 1609 - d. 30 Jun 1636) (m. Elizabeth Chester)

5. Everingham CRESSY (b. 1612 - d. 1671) (m. Sarah Metcalffe)

6. Elizabeth CRESSY (b. 1614)

7. Henry CRESSY (b. 1616)

8. Juliet CRESSY (b. 1618)


Phillip FAIRFAX (Sir)

Born: 1586

Died: 1613

Father: William FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Mabel CURWEN

Married: Frances SHEFFIELD 9 Jun 1603, St. Mary Abbot, Kennsington, Middlesex, England

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX (Sir Col.)


William FAIRFAX (Sir Col.)

Father: Phillip FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Frances SHEFFIELD

Married: Frances CHALONER

Children:

1. Isabella FAIRFAX

2. William FAIRFAX

3. Thomas FAIRFAX


William FAIRFAX

Born: 1620

Died: 1673

Father: William FAIRFAX (Sir Col.)

Mother: Frances CHALONER

Married: Catherine STAPLETON


Thomas FAIRFAX of Denton (Sir)

Born: 1521, Denton, England

Died: 28 Jan 1599

Father: William FAIRFAX of Steeton (Sir)

Mother: Isabel THWAITES

Married: Dorothy GALE (b. 1523 - d. 20 Jan 1595/6) (dau. of George Gale, Mayor of York and Mary Lord) (m.2 John Rokeby of Kyerksandall)

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX (1° B. Fairfax)

2. Henry FAIRFAX

3. Ferdinando FAIRFAX

4. Charles FAIRFAX (Sir)

5. Edward FAIRFAX

6. Ursula FAIRFAX

7. Christina FAIRFAX


Christina FAIRFAX

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Denton (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy GALE

Married: John ASKE


Ursula FAIRFAX

Born: 1547, Denton, England

Died: 25 Aug 1633

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Denton (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy GALE

Married: Henry BELASSYE (1º Bt.) ( b. BEF 14 Jun 1555 - d. 16 Aug 1624) (son of Sir William Bellasye and Margaret Fairfax)

Children:

1. Dorothy BELLASIS (m. Conyers Darcy, 4° B. Conyers of Hornby / B. Darcy)

2. Thomas BELLASIS (1º B. Fauconberg) (b. 1577 - d. 31 Jan 1641/2) (m. Barbara Cholmley)


Edward FAIRFAX

Born: 1568

Died: 1632

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Denton (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy GALE


Charles FAIRFAX (Sir)

Died: 1603, Siege of Ostend

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Denton (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy GALE


Thomas FAIRFAX (1° B. Fairfax)

Born: 1560, Denton Castle, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1640

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX of Denton (Sir)

Mother: Dorothy GALE

Married: Ellen ASKE 1582

Children:

1. Ferdinando FAIRFAX (2° B. Fairfax)

2. Henry FAIRFAX (Rev of York)

3. Dorothy FAIRFAX


Dorothy FAIRFAX

Born: 13 Jul 1590, Denton Castle, Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England

Died: 9 Mar 1655/6

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (1° B. Fairfax)

Mother: Ellen ASKE

Married: William CONSTABLE (1º Bt.) 15 Feb 1608, Newton Kyme, Yorkshire, England


Henry FAIRFAX (Rev of York)

Born: 14 Jan 1588, Denton Castle

Died: 6 Apr 1655, Oglethorpe, York, England

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (1° B. Fairfax)

Mother: Ellen ASKE

Married: Mary CHOLMLEY (b. 1593 - d. 1649) (dau. of Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby and Margaret Babthorpe) 1627

Children:

1. Henry FAIRFAX (4° B. Fairfax)

2. Bryan FAIRFAX


Ferdinando FAIRFAX (2° B. Fairfax)

Born: 29 Mar 1584

Died: 14 Mar 1647

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (1° B. Fairfax)

Mother: Ellen ASKE

Married 1: Mary SHEFFIELD 1607

Children:

1. Ursula FAIRFAX

2. Ellen FAIRFAX

3. Thomas FAIRFAX

4. Frances FAIRFAX

5. Charles FAIRFAX

6. Elizabeth FAIRFAX

7. Mary FAIRFAX

8. Dorothy FAIRFAX

9. John FAIRFAX

Married 2: Rhonda CHAPMAN 16 Oct 1646

Children:

10. Ursula FAIRFAX

11. Henry FAIRFAX

12. Mary FAIRFAX

13. Dorothy FAIRFAX

14. William FAIRFAX

15. Thomas FAIRFAX

16. Charles FAIRFAX

17. John FAIRFAX

18. Peregrine FAIRFAX

19. Anne FAIRFAX


William FAIRFAX (Sir)

Born: 1423

Died: 1452/3

Notes:  d. intestate, 1453, m. The administration of his will was granted to his widow, 17 Sep 1453.

Father: Richard FAIRFAX

Mother: Eustace CALTHORPE

Married: Catherine NEVILLE

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX (Sir)


Thomas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Died: 31 Mar 1504/5

Father: William FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Catherine NEVILLE

Married: Elizabeth SHERBURN (dau. of Robert Sherburn and Joan Radcliffe)

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX (Sir Knight)

2. Richard FAIRFAX

3. Robert FAIRFAX (d. 23 Sep 1526)

4. John FAIRFAX

5. Anne FAIRFAX

6. Elizabeth FAIRFAX

7. Jane FAIRFAX

8. Dorothy FAIRFAX

9. Isabella FAIRFAX

10. William FAIRFAX


Thomas FAIRFAX (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1475

Died: 1520

Notes: in 1513 served under Henry VIII on his expedition to Flanders, and when Tournai surrendered to the King, Sir Thomas was one of those who received the honour of knighthood. He left a large family of 6 sons and 6 daughters. Nicholas was his heir. William, the twin of Nicholas, settled at Bury St. Edmunds and was buried at Walsingham. His descendants became Church of England, as did Thomas the third son who became a priest in that church. Sir Thomas died in 1520 and was succeeded by his eldest son Nicholas at the age of 22.

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth SHERBURN

Married: Agnes GASCOINE

Children:

1. Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

2. William FAIRFAX

3. Robert FAIRFAX

4. Miles FAIRFAX of Gilling (b. 1506)

5. Guy FAIRFAX

6. Son FAIRFAX

7. Dau. FAIRFAX

8. Dau. FAIRFAX

9. Dau. FAIRFAX

10. Dau. FAIRFAX

11. Dau. FAIRFAX

12. Dau. FAIRFAX


Dau. FAIRFAX

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (Sir Knight)

Mother: Agnes GASCOINE

Married: George DARCY (1° B. Darcy of Aston)


Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Born: 1498

Died: 30 Mar 1571/2

Buried: Church in Gilling

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (Sir Knight)

Mother: Agnes GASCOINE

Married 1: Jane PALMES

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX (Sir)

2. Nicholas FAIRFAX

3. Cuthbert FAIRFAX of Acaster Malbys

4. George FAIRFAX

5. Henry FAIRFAX

6. Edward FAIRFAX

7. Robert FAIRFAX

8. Son FAIRFAX

9. Margaret FAIRFAX

10. Anne FAIRFAX

11. Elizabeth FAIRFAX

12. Catherine FAIRFAX

13. Mary FAIRFAX

Married 2: Alice PARRINGTON


Cuthbert FAIRFAX of Acaster Malbys

Born: ABT 1535, Gilling, Walton, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1606, Acaster Malbis, Yorkshire, England

Father: Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Jane PALMES

Married: Mary WHITMORE 15 Jan 1576

Children:

1. Nicholas FAIRFAX

2. Mary FAIRFAX

3. Thomas FAIRFAX

4. Francis FAIRFAX

5. Edward FAIRFAX

6. Cuthbert FAIRFAX

7. Jane FAIRFAX

8. Elizabeth FAIRFAX

9. Margaret FAIRFAX

10. Mabel FAIRFAX

11. Helen FAIRFAX


Margaret FAIRFAX

Born: ABT 1525, Gilling, Walton, Yorkshire, England

Buried: St. Michaels Church, Coxwold

Father: Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Jane PALMES

Married: William BELASSYE ( Sir Knight) ( b. 1525 - d. 13 Apr 1604) (son of Richard Belasyse and Margaret Errington) 1545, New Borough, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. Bryan BELASSYE ( b. AFT 1545 - d. 12 Jul 1608) (m. Margaret Lee)

2. Catherine BELASSYS ( b. 8 Sep 1553) (m. Thomas Metham)

3. Henry BELASSYE (1º Bt.) ( b. BEF 14 Jun 1555 - d. 16 Aug 1624) (m. Ursula Fairfax)


Mary FAIRFAX

Born: ABT 1530

Father: Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Jane PALMES

Married: Henry CURWEN (Sir) 1548

Children:

1. Nicholas CURWEN (Sir)

2. Joan CURWEN

3. Agnes CURWEN

4. Mabel CURWEN


Robert FAIRFAX

Born: ABT 1529, Pockthorpe, Yorkshire, England

Father: Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Jane PALMES

Married: Dau. SPENCER (d. 1595) (dau. of John Spencer) 1560

Children:

1. William FAIRFAX (b. ABT 1561 - d. 1589)

2. Jane FAIRFAX


Jane FAIRFAX

Born: ABT 1563, Pockthorpe, Yorkshire, England

Father: Robert FAIRFAX

Mother: Dau. SPENCER

Married: Thomas LAMPLUGH


William FAIRFAX (Sir)

Died: 1 Nov 1597

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Nicholas FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Jane PALMES

Married 1: Agnes DARCY

Married 2: Jane STAPLETON

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX (1° V. Emley)


Thomas FAIRFAX (1° V. Emley)

Born: 1574, Edonley, England

Died: 23 Dec 1636, Howsham, Yorkshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William FAIRFAX (Sir)

Mother: Jane STAPLETON

Married 1: Catherine CONSTABLE Lic. 1594

Children:

1. Thomas FAIRFAX (2° V. Emley)

2. Henry FAIRFAX

3. William FAIRFAX of Lythe

4. Son FAIRFAX

5. Son FAIRFAX

6. Son FAIRFAX

7. Mary FAIRFAX

8. Catherine FAIRFAX

9. Dau. FAIRFAX

10. Dau. FAIRFAX

11. Dau. FAIRFAX

Married 2: Mary FORD (dau. of Robert Gord and Frances Glenham) 1 Jan 1626/7


Thomas FAIRFAX (2° V. Emley)

Born: ABT 1599

Died: 24 Sep 1641

Father: Thomas FAIRFAX (1° V. Emley)

Mother: Catherine CONSTABLE

Married: Alethea HOWARD


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