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Jennet Trussell
- Preferred Name: Jennet Trussell[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Alternate Name: De Whitney
- Alternate Name: Jeanette
- Gender: F
- Death: JAN 1441 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.12 LONG: E3.0712 with note: United Kingdom not formed until 1801
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lady
- Birth: 1414 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.12 LONG: E3.0712
- FSID: L5TN-MH2
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
JENNET RUSSELL COUNTESS OF WHITNEY was born about 1410 of Whitney, Herefordshire, England, to William Trussell (1387-1464) and Margery Ludlow (1387-1447.) She married Sir Eustace Whitney about 1435 of England.
Jennet Trussell passed away in January 1441, Whitney, Herefordshire, England, age 31.
Wikitree:
Joan (Trussell) de Whitney[1]
Janet de Whitney has Magna Carta connections.
Joan is a descendant of one of the Illustrious Men, William Longespée.[2]
Joan (Juliane, Jennet, Jenet, Janet[3]), daughter of Sir William Trussell and his wife Margery Ludlow, married Eustace Whitney (born c. 1411). They had one son: Robert Whitney.[4]
Jenet (Trussell) de Whitney died 1441 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England.[5]
Eustace married (2) Joan Clifford and died 1480/1.[4]
Family
Parents: Joan was the daughter of Sir William Trussell and Margery Ludlow[6]
born after 1402, about 1410, or 1413[7] in Whitney, Herefordshire, England[8]
Father: Sir William Trussell was the son of Lawrence Trussell, who was the son of Sir Warin Trussell and his wife Maud (de St. Philibert) Trussell. Lawrence married Maud Charnels.[6] Sir William Trussell "died 16 (or 23) January 1465."[9]
Mother: Margery Ludlow, daughter of John Ludlow, Knt., of Stokesay, Hodnet, and Westbury, Shropshire by Isabel, daughter of Ralph Lingen, Knt.[9] Margery died before September 1448.[9]
parents' marriage: Sir William and Margery Ludlow "married before March 1402"[9] [6]
siblings: Sir William and Margery "had one son, Thomas, and two daughters, Isabel and Joan (wife of Eustace Whitney). ..."[9]
Old Shropshire
Husband: Eustace Whitney (Eustace was "aged 30 in 1441")[6]
Children
• Robert Whitney[4] was born about 1436, Whitney, Herefordshire;[10] he married (1) about 1460, Constance Touchet, (2) "say 1465," Elizabeth or Alice Vaughn[10]
Children of Eustace Whitney and Jennet Trussell:
1. Jane Whitney (1435-1480)
2. *SIR ROBERT WHITNEY EARL OF WHITNEY (1436-1474)
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=== !Cyral A. Watson. Sources: The Ancestr ===
!Cyral A. Watson. Sources: The Ancestry of John Whitney F FH 702, p 74-115, 216; Americana, Am. Pub. F, v. 28, p. 141-150; Archaelogia Cambrensis, Wales Pub. A, 4s, v.2, p. 31; Royal Fam. & Mayflower Desc., Royal Fam. & Mayflower Desc., B13B4, p. 83, 155,156.
=== Ancestral File Number: 9B02-HT ===
Ancestral File Number: 9B02-HT
=== !Green book 4 sec W & P C 20. ===
!Green book 4 sec W & P C 20.
=== birth date estimated for record tracking ===
birth date estimated for record tracking only by t. Kemple.
Preferred Parents:
Father: William Trussell, b. 1387 in Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, England d. 16 JAN 1464 in Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, England
Mother: Margery Ludlow, b. 1391 in Truesell, Herefordshire, England d. BEF SEP 1448 in Hodnet, Shropshire, England
Family 1: Eustace de Whitney, b. 1411 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England d. 1481 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
- m. 1430 in Whitney, Herefordshire, England
- Robert Whitney, b. 1436 in Herefordshire, England d. 6 OCT 1494 in Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Sources:
- Title: Jennet Trussell Whitney (1410-1441), "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CKMJ-3ZW2 : 7 August 2020), Jennet Trussell Whitney, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 205245860, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CKMJ-3ZW2;
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205245860/jennet-whitney
Jennet Trussell Whitney
BIRTH 1410 Whitney Beach, Manatee County, Florida, USA
DEATH Jan 1441 (aged 30–31) Herefordshire, England
BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 205245860
Spouse: Eustace Whitney (1413–1468)
Page: Find A Grave Index
- Title: The Peerage
Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p19087.htm#i190863;
- Title: Janet Trussell in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1014.htm#i30450
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1014.htm#i30450;
Note: Janet Trussell [1]
Last Edited 1 Aug 2004
F, #30450
Father Sir William Trussell, Sheriff of Staffordshire b. c 1387, d. 16 Jan 1464 or 23 Jan 1464
Mother Margery Ludlow d. b Sep 1448
Janet Trussell married Robert Whitney, son of Sir Eustace Whitney and (Miss) FitzGlamvow, circa 1386. [2]
Family: Robert Whitney b. c 1361, d. 1401
Children:
Jane Whitney [2] b. c 1387, d. b 1414
Thomas Whitney [2] b. c 1389
Eustace Whitney [2] b. c 1391
Sir Robert Whitney+ b. c 1393
(Mr.) Whitney [2] b. c 1395, d. a 1415
Citations:
1. [S9413] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 122; Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 145.
2. [S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 145.
Page: Relationships and sources
- Title: Jeanette Trussell in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/6749363;
Note: Name: Jeanette Trussell
Gender: f (Female)
Birth Date: 1410
Father: Willem Trussell
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