William Pierrepont (aft. 1550 - abt. 1648)

Born after 1550 in Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1648 before about age 98 in Cheshire, England

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Biography

His parents were George Pierrepoint and his second wife Winifred Thwaites,^[1] who had first son Henry, first daughter Isabel, second daughter Jane, followed by second son Gervase, born 15 Nov 1550.^[2] William and his sister Anne must have been born after this and before her father's death in 1564. His wife's name was Elizabeth. However, it was not Elizabeth Harris.

No indication is given to William’s religious beliefs, but there is every possibility that he differed from his elder brothers, simply because he was not noted for recusancy as they were.

Name

William Pierrepont

Birth

1547

Marriage

8 Jun 1628 London, England

1584

Death

1648

Sources

1. ↑ Thoroton, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (1677) Page 87
2. ↑ 16th century manuscript in the collections of Earl Manvers, reported in: Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Caroline Harriet Sackville and Germain Stopford-Sackville. Ninth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Part II. H.M. Stationery Office, 1884. page 375.

• Thoroton, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (1677) Page 87: Pedigree chart.
• Thoroton, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire (G. Burbage, 1790) Vol. 1, Page 176: Pedigree chart.
• Priestland, Pamela. From Domesday to Dukedom and Beyond (Ashbracken, 2010) Pages 59, 64, 133, 377
• Marks, Edward J. A genealogical abstract of descent of the family of Pierrepont (Hoggson & Robinson, 1881)

• Page 16: "The Heralds College Record describes him as "William Pierrepont, third son, mentioned in the will of his father, 1564, of Brereton, county Cheseter. Elizabeth, his wife, executrix to his will," (1648). By her he had five sons"

• Moffat, R. Burnham. Pierrepont Genealogies from Norman times to 1913 (L. Middleditch Company, 1913) Page 22: Shows his parents.

• Page 131: William is the claimed ancestor of the American branch of Pierpont.

• Hollister, Gideon. The History of Connecticut, From the First Settlement of the Colony to the Adoption of the Present Constitution (Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford, 1857) Vol. 1.

• Page 459: "William Pierrepont, of Brereton, Lancaster county, son and heir, married Elizabeth."