Henry FitzHugh^[1]

1614 - 1666  (51 years)

• Name	Henry FitzHugh
  Birth	Dec 1614	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1666	Cork, Cork, Ireland
  Person ID	I44724	Master
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2022

  
  

  Family	Mary King,   b. 1618, Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England d. 11 Jan 1698, Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1638	Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England
  Children	+ 1. William FitzHugh,   b. 9 Jan 1651, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England d. 21 Oct 1701, , Stafford, Virginia, USA (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F10270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Dec 1614 - Bedford, Bedfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Fitzhugh 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.