James Gawkroger

• Preferred Name: James Gawkroger^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Alternate Name: James Gawkroger
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: BEF 22 MAR 1592 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.7044 LONG: E1.9391
  
• Birth: 10 FEB 1549 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.719 LONG: E1.94 with note: The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801.
  
• Burial: 22 MAR 1592 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.719 LONG: E1.94 with note: The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801.
  
• Christening: 20 FEB 1549 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N3.7044 LONG: E1.9391 with note: The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801.
  
• FSID: LYFB-HYP
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  JAMES GAWKROGER-PLATTS was born 10 February 1549, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, to Richard John Gawkroger (1509-1570) and Elizabeth Isabella Field (1512-1560.) He married Jenet Fairbanks 2 December 1571, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
  
  James Gawkroger Platts died in March 1592, Sowerby, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England, age 41. Buried 22 March 1592, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
  
  Wikitree:
  James Gawkroger M, born February 1549. He was christened on 10 February 1549. He died 22 March 1592 Sowerby, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and was buried on 22 March 1592 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
  Parents: Richard Gawkroger (b. ca. 1520 - d. Oct 18, 1570) and Isabella (?) (b. circa 1522 - d. Feb 12, 1560)
  Married:
  1. on 28 December 1571 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England to Genet Fairbanks (Name Variation: Jenet Fayrbank) b. Apr 26, 1552, d. Dec 2, 1591. She was the daughter of George Fairbanks (1530-1577) & Sibyl Wade (1532-1573).
  11 children of Genet Fairbanks and James Gawkroger:
  1. Sara Gawkroger b. circa 1572
  2. Abraham Gawkroger b. Nov 21, 1574, d. May 15, 1623 m. Martha Riley (1580-1627)
  3. Adam Gawkroger b. 1574
  4. James Gawkroger+ b. circa Sep 7, 1578, d. Oct 6, 1628
  5. Judith Gawkroger b. 9 Aug 1580, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 1581 Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England (died young)
  6. Judith Gawkroger b. 1583, Halifax, Yorkshire, England christened: 24 Nov 1583, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  7. Samuel Gawkroger b. 24 Feb 1583, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England christened: 24 Feb 1583, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England buried: 17 Nov 1592
  8. Issac Gawkroger b. 1586, Halifax, Yorkshire, England christened: 9 Sep 1586, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  9. Priscilla (aka Pryssilla) Gawkroger b. 25 Jan 1590, Halifax, Yorkshire, England christened: 25 Jan 1590, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England died: 17 Nov 1592, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England buried: 17 Nov 1592, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England (died young)
  10. John Gawkroger b. 1597, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1]
  Links
  • Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins As of 1 May 2011
  • http://www.mybalefamily.com/FamilyTree/Prescott-p/p370.htm#i379 Last Edited Jul 26, 2006
  • The Needham Family Last updated on 01 Apr 2011.
  
  JENET FAIRBANKS was born 26 April 1552 at Platts, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, to George Fairbank (1526-1510) and Sybil Wade (1532-1573).) She married James Gawkroger-Platts 2 December 1571, Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
  
  Jenet passed away 2 December 1571?, age 19, at Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
  
  Children of James Gawkroger-Platts and Jenet Fairbanks:
  
  1. Adam Gawkroger (1571-)
  2. John Gawkroger (1571-)
  3. Sarah Gawkroger (1573-)
  4. Adam Gawkroger (1574-)
  5. *ABRAHAM GAWKROGER (1574-1625)
  6. Isaac Gawkroger (1576-)
  7. James Platts Gawkroger (1578-1628)
  8. Judith Gawkroger (1580-1582)
  9. Samuel Gawkroger (1583-1609)
  10. Priscilla Gawkroger (1589-1610)
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  === !INFORMATION FOUND: DECENDENTS OF JOHN ===
  !INFORMATION FOUND: DECENDENTS OF JOHN WHITE VOL. 4 PG 166;
  
  === Desc of John Barber White Vol 4 p. 166. ===
  Desc of John Barber White Vol 4 p. 166. Archive Record - SLC, UT
  
  === How Gawkroger became Platts ===
  "Genealogy of the Gordon-Macy, Hiddleston-Curtis and Allied Families" by Jessie Gordon Flack and Maybelle Gordon Carman.
  
  "John Gawkroger b. Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, d. 1505 Sowerby, Halifax Parish. He gave land called 'Platts' to his grandson John in 1487 and then the family was called Gawkroger of Platts; this eventually came to be called just Platts."
  
  "Richard Gawkroger b. and d. Halifax Parish, Sowerby, Yorks, England."
  
  "John Gawkroger of Platts, an adult in 1487, Halifax Parish, Sowerby, Yorks, England."
  
  "An unknown generation but with the same land in the family inherited from father to son."
  
  "James Gawkroger of Platts b. c. 1558 Halifax Parish, Sowerby, Yorks, England. m. 2 Dec. 1751 Sowerby Jannet Fairbank b. c. 1558 Sowerby, Yorks, England, dau. of George Fairbank, clothier, whose will was dated and proved in 1650, d. Sowerby, England.
  
  === !European Ancestry of The Prescott Famil ===
  !European Ancestry of The Prescott Family of America by Doris Cline Ward
  
  === Husband James was in Skircoat in 1590. N ===
  Husband James was in Skircoat in 1590. No will was left according to Halifax Parish Rec.

• m. 28 DEC 1570 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

1. Abraham Gawkroger, b. 1574 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England     d. 15 MAY 1625 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

1. Title: James Gawkroger in entry for James Gawkroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYPY-CQL : 4 February 2023), James Gawkroger in entry for James Gawkroger, 1578.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYPY-CQL;
   
2. Title: James Gawkroger in entry for Abram Gawkroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGY7-9BQ : 4 February 2023), James Gawkroger in entry for Abram Gawkroger, 1574.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGY7-9BQ;
   
3. Title: James Gawkroger in entry for Judythe Gawkroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWCT-GJY : 4 February 2023), James Gawkroger in entry for Judythe Gawkroger, 1580.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWCT-GJY;
   Page: Match
   
4. Title: James Gawkroger in entry for Isaac Gawkroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGYW-SVZ : 4 February 2023), James Gawkroger in entry for Isaac Gawkroger, 1576.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGYW-SVZ;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
   
5. Title: James Gawkroger, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
   Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVH9-VBH : 13 March 2020), James Gawkroger, 1571.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVH9-VBH;
   
6. Title: James Gawkroger in entry for Sara Gawkroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGY7-45W : 4 February 2023), James Gawkroger in entry for Sara Gawkroger, 1572.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGY7-45W;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
   
7. Title: James Gawkroger, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
   Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJHG-JY2 : 13 March 2020), James Gawkroger, 1571.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJHG-JY2;
   
8. Title: James Gawkroger in entry for Samuell Gawkroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J37G-1XD : 4 February 2023), James Gawkroger in entry for Samuell Gawkroger, 1583.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J37G-1XD;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
   
9. Title: James Gawkroger in entry for Pryssilla Gawkroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWCT-KV8 : 4 February 2023), James Gawkroger in entry for Pryssilla Gawkroger, 1590.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWCT-KV8;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
   
10. Title: James Gaugroger, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMFS-Y3J : 4 February 2023), James Gaugroger, 1549.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMFS-Y3J;
    Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.