Person:William Fairfax (18)

Watchers
Sir William Fairfax, Knight, of Steeton
  1. Sir William Fairfax, Knight, of Steeton1556 - 1603
  2. Robert Fairfax1558 -
  3. Mary Fairfax1560 -
  • HSir William Fairfax, Knight, of Steeton1556 - 1603
  • WMabel Curwen1552 - 1593
  1. Sir Philip Fairfax1586 - 1613
Facts and Events
Name Sir William Fairfax, Knight, of Steeton
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1556 Steeton, Yorkshire, England
Marriage to Mabel Curwen
Death[2] 7 Jul 1603 Finningley, Yorkshire, England
References
  1.   Burke, John Bernard, and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. (London: Harrison, 1912)
    Vol. 1, pg. 415.

    "Sir William Fairfax, of Steeton, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth 1562. He m. Mabel, dau. of Sir Henry Curwen, of Workington, and had by her five sons and four daus.;" of whom the eldest Philip (Sir), m. Frances, 2nd dau. of Edmond Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, and had with other issue, William (Sir), of whom we treat...

  2. 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).