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Henry FITZHUGH
1614 - 1666 (~ 51 years)-
Name Henry FITZHUGH [1] Birth Dec 1614 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 
[1] Gender Male FamilySearch ID LH82-KLB Occupation [2] Woolen Draper Residence 1658 County Cork, Ireland [2] Death 1666 Cork, Ireland [1] Burial 1666 Ireland [1] Person ID I594770325 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 15 Feb 2023
Father Hon William Beverley FITZHUGH, b. 15 Jun 1570, Great Barford, Bedford, England d. 5 Apr 1633, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (Age 62 years) Mother Margaret SMYTHE, b. 26 Jul 1585, Buckinghamshire, England d. 13 Feb 1665, London, England (Age 79 years) Marriage 6 Sep 1608 Milton, Buckinghamshire, England [3] Family ID F536729645 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann KING, b. 1618, Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England d. 16 Jan 1697, Bedfordshire, England (Age 79 years) Marriage 1639 Bedford, England [2] Children 1. Anne FITZHUGH, b. 8 Sep 1639, Tempsford, Bedfordshire, , England d. Yes, date unknown2. Margaret FITZHUGH, b. 1640, Bedfordshire, England, d. Abt 1676 (Age 36 years)3. Susan FITZHUGH, b. 27 Oct 1642, Bedford, Bedford, Eng. d. Yes, date unknown4. Mary FITZHUGH, b. 26 Dec 1643, Bedford, Bedford, Eng. d. Yes, date unknown5. Elizabeth FITZHUGH, b. 12 Jan 1644, Bedford, Bedfordshire, , England d. 12 Jun 1646 (Age 2 years)6. Doriti FITCHUGH, b. 1645, Bedford, England d. 1 Oct 1694 (Age 49 years)7. Col. William Henry FITZHUGH, b. Apr 1650, Bedford, Lancashire, England d. 1723, Dorchester, Maryland (Age ~ 72 years)8. William FITZHUGH, b. 9 Jan 1651, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d. 21 Oct 1701, King George, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 50 years)Family ID F536729643 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Feb 2023
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Notes - HENRY FITZHUGH was born in 1614 in Bedford, Bedfordshire County, England to William Fitzhugh & Margaret Smith.
Henry married Mary King (daughter of Rev. Giles King) circa 1639 in Bedford, Bedfordshire County, England, and They had NINE children that are known of:
Anne Fitzhugh (1639-?),
Margaret Fitzhugh-[Unknown] (1640-1676),
Susan Fitzhugh-Varney (1642-?),
Mary Fitzhugh (1643-?),
Dorothy Fitzhugh-(M1)Smith-(M2)Luke (1644-1694),
Elizabeth Fitzhugh (1645-1646),
Henry Fitzhugh (1650-?),
William Fitzhugh (1651-1701), and
Thomas Fitzhugh (?-died in London).
Henry was a Woolen Draper by profession. It is documented that he was a Member of the Council 1648 - 1649; the Mayor of Bedford, England in 1649; and served as an Alderman 1650 - 29 September 1665. There was a portrait made of Henry Fitzhugh circa 1634, which ecame part of his son William Fitzhugh's estate, and today is part of the Virginia Historical Society's holdings.
It is said that Henry was in financial disaster in his final years, after a 1658 court ruling, and he left England to live in Cork, Ireland sometime after 5 September 1659 until his death circa September 1666.
REFERENCES:
1. Davis, Richard Beale, (1963), "William Fitzhugh & His Chesapeake World 1676-1701: The Fitzhugh Letters and Other Documents," University of North Carolina Press: New York, p.7, 8, 112, & 172.
CHRISTEND:
1. Fitzhugh, Henry A. & Fitzhugh, Terrick V.H., (2007), "The History of the Fitzhugh Family: In Two Volumes," Author House: Bloomington, IN, v.2, pages .o1o - .o30o.
- HENRY FITZHUGH was born in 1614 in Bedford, Bedfordshire County, England to William Fitzhugh & Margaret Smith.
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Feb 2023), entry for Henry Fitzhugh, person ID KPQH-F1G. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Feb 2023), entry for Henry Fitzhugh, person ID LH82-KLB. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Feb 2023), entry for William Beverley Fitzhugh, person ID LH82-2KW. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Feb 2023), entry for Henry Fitzhugh, person ID KPQH-F1G. (Reliability: 3).