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Henry (1st Earl of Sunderland) Spencer[1]

Male 1620 - 1643  (22 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Henry (1st Earl of Sunderland) Spencer  [2
    Birth 23 Nov 1620  Althorp, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 20 Sep 1643  Battle of Newbury, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 22 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Sir John Spencer of Althorp, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire,   b. 1517, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1586, Brington, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Penelope Wriothesley,   b. 8 Nov 1598, Tichfield, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1667, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID P7918  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors (Sir) William Spencer (maid. name 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, KB, MP),   b. Dec 1591, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1636, Brington, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Penelope Wriothesley,   b. 8 Nov 1598, Tichfield, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1667, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1615  Tichfield, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years - She : ~ 16 years and 1 month. 
    Family ID F1919  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Dorothy Sydney (maid. name Countess of Sunderland),   b. 5 Oct 1617, Scion House, Isleworth, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1684, Isleworth, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jul 1639  Penshurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : 18 years and 8 months - She : 21 years and 9 months. 
    Children 
    +1. Robert ( 2nd Earl of Sunderland ) Spencer,   b. 5 Sep 1641, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1702, Althorp, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1918  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=7918

    2. [S-1799698482] Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 and Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Oxford).