Person:William Fairfax (12)

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Sir William Fairfax
b.1609
d.19 Sep 1644
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  1. Sir William Fairfax1609 - 1644
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m. 1629
  1. William Fairfax, Esq. of Steeton1629 - 1673/74
  2. Catherine Fairfax
  3. Isabella Fairfax
  4. Maj. Gen./Gov. Thomas Fairfax1633 - 1712
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Name Sir William Fairfax
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1609
Marriage 1629 Yorkshire, England to Frances Chaloner
Death[1] 19 Sep 1644
Reference Number? Q8008911?


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Sir William Fairfax (1609–1644), was an officer in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Fairfax (soldier), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   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, Knt. of Steeton, m. Frances, dau. of Sir Thomas Challoner, governor and chamberlain to Prince Henry, and being slain before Montgomery Castle, 1644, left (with two daus., Catherine, m. 1st. to Sir Martin Lister, Knt., and 2ndly, to Sir Charles Lyttleton, of Hagley, Bart.; and Isabella, m. to Nathaniel Bladen, Esq. of Hemsworth) two sons, William, his heir; and Thomas, major-gen. in the army and governor of Limerick d. 1712. The elder son,
    William Fairfax, Esq. of Steeton, m. Catherine, 3rd dau. of Robert Stapleton, Esq. of Wigill, co. York, and dying 1673, was s. [survived] by his eldest son....

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