Dorothy (Gale) Fairfax (abt. 1530 - 1596)

Born about 1530 in Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Fairfax — married 1555 in Denton, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1596 at about age 66 in Denton, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Dorothy Gale is the daughter of George Gale.^[1]

She married Sir Thomas Fairfax, son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabella Thwaites.^[2][3]

She married firstly to John Rokesby.^[2]

She died on 20 January 1595/96.^[2]

Birth:

Est Date: 1523 in YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND^{[citation needed]}

Est Date: 1537 in Akeham Grange, Yorkshire, England^{[citation needed]}

Christening:

Date: 1556 at York, Akeham Grange, Yorkshire, England^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 43.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 1373.
3. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/fairfax-sir-thomas-1521-1600

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