William Shorte

• Preferred Name: William Shorte^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: William Shorte
  
• Alternate Name: William Short
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: G73G-MT5
  
• Death: 1541 in Gillingham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.0376 LONG: E2.2768 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 1500 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N0.766 LONG: E2.1451 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  WILLIAM SHORTE was born about 1500 of Dorset, England, to Robert Shorte 1470-1520) and Unknown (1476-1511.) He married Elizabeth Bateman about 1525 of Gillingham, Dorset, England.
  
  William Shorte died about 1541 of GIllingham, Dorset, England.
  
  ELIZABETH BATEMAN was born about 1502 of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England, to unknown parents. She married William Shorte about 1525 of Gillingham, Dorset, England.
  
  Elizabeth Bateman passed away about 1541 of GIllingham, Dorset, England, age 39.
  
  Children of William Shorte and Elizabeth Bateman:
  
  1. Reverent Anthony Short (1535-1587)
  2. William Short was born about 1541 of Gillingham, Dorset, England, to William Short (1500-1541) and Elizabeth Bateman (1502-1541.) He married (1) Dorothy Cave 24 September 1563, at Gillingham, Dorset, England; (2) Alisa Unknown 1564; (3) Elizabeth Read 31 May 1568; (4) Unknown 1571; (5) *Tamsyn Stysson 10 August 1578, Mottram, Cheshire, England. William Short died about 1602 of Totnes, Devon, England, age 61.
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  SHORT FAMILY HISTORY FOLLOWS:
  1-a-1. HENRY SHORTE (1580-1672)
  1-a-1-a. MARY ELIZABETH ASHLEY (1577-1623)
  
  HENRY SHORTE was born about 1580 of Totnes, Devon, England, to William Short (1541-1602) and Tamsyn Stysson (1560-1602.) He
  
  === Records need work! ===
  In the first place, people really didn't move around much back then. They stayed pretty close to where they were born. It doesn't make sense to have records combined together from several areas. Secondly, the names were very common; people with the same name lived in the same town. So look for names, dates, and places that all line up.

1. William Short, b. 1541 in Gillingham, Dorset, England     d. 1602 in Totnes, Devon, England

1. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/3599/records/1540642;
   Note: Name: William Shorte Volume: 158 Page number: 491 Reference: Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Fam. By Geo. Hiram Greeley, Boston, 1905. (911p.):94
   
2. Title: London, England, Extracted Parish Records - William Short, of St Nicholas Cole Abbey, & Elizabeth Batman, of St Botolph, Bishopsgate
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/5901/records/154757;
   Note: Text: 16 Jan 1528-9 William Short, of St Nicholas Cole Abbey, & Elizabeth Batman, of St Botolph, Bishopsgate. Book: Burials. Collection: London: - Marriage Licences, 1520-1610 (Marriage)
   
3. Title: British Chancery Records, 1386-1558
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7919/records/121438;
   Note: Name: William Shorte Place: Devon Date: 1518-1529 Volume: 5 Page: 525 Bundle: 572