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.
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.
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