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Elizabeth Fairfax (Aske)

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Birthplace: Aughton, Yorkshire , England
Death: December 06, 1571 (35-36)
Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Aske and Anne Aske
Wife of Gabriel Fairfax, Esq. of Steeton in Yorkshire
Mother of Sir William Fairfax, of Steeton; Mary Kelke and Anne Sheffield
Sister of Priscilla Jones (Aske); Dorothy Fairfax; Christopher Aske and William Aske
Half sister of Jane Lightfoot; Robert Aske, of Aughton, Yorkshire and John Aske

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About Elizabeth Fairfax

Elizabeth Aske was the daughter of Robert Aske and Ann Sutton. Elizabeth Aske married Gabriel Fairfax, son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.

Notes Other sources suggest she was the daughter of this Elizabeth's brother William.

Sources 

  1. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852 (Google eBook).  Sir Bernard Burke.  Colburn and Company, 1852 - Gentry.  Page 395. "Gabriel Fairfax, Esq. of Steeton, who distinguished his coat armour by bearing the lion, crowned or. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Aske, Esq. of A ugh ton, by Anne, his wife, dau. of Thomas Sutton, Esq., and had (with two daus., Anne, wife of Sir Edmond Sheffield, of Epworth; and Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Gower, of Stitenham,) four sons, of whom the eldest, Sik William Fairfax, of Steeton, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, in 15G2. He tn. Mabel, dau. of Sir Henry Curweu, of Workington, and had by her five sons and four daus. ..."

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Aughton, Yorkshire , England
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1571
December 6, 1571
Age 36
Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England
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