Robert Cromwell: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Robert Cromwell was born about 1560 (son of Knight of the Shire Henry* Williams (alias Cromwell)); died in 1617.

Robert married Elizabeth Steward on 25 Apr 1599 in England. Elizabeth was born about 1564 in England; died in 1654 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

"Lord Protector" Oliver Cromwell was born on 25 Apr 1599 in Huntingdon, England; died in 1658.

Generation: 2

Knight of the Shire Henry* Williams (alias Cromwell) was born between 1524 and 1526 (son of Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell)); died on 6 Jan 1604; was buried on 7 Jan 1604 in All Saints Church, Huntingdon, England.

Notes:

Buried:
An indication of the funeral pomp used at his interment can be found by the charges of the heralds, which were the same as those incurred at the burial of some of the greatest knights of his day.
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Children:

1. Robert Cromwell was born about 1560; died in 1617.
Elizabeth* Cromwell was born about 1562; died in 1664.

Generation: 3

Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell) was born before 1512 (son of Morgan Williams, Esq. and Katherine Cromwell); died in 1545.

Notes:

Sir Richard Williams, alias Cromwell (born by 1512 - 1545) was a Welsh soldier and a courtier in the court of Henry VIII. [1] He was a maternal nephew of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex and profited from the Dissolution of the Monasteries in which he took an active part.
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Children:

2. Knight of the Shire Henry* Williams (alias Cromwell) was born between 1524 and 1526; died on 6 Jan 1604; was buried on 7 Jan 1604 in All Saints Church, Huntingdon, England.

Generation: 4

8. Morgan Williams, Esq. was born about 1480; died after 1520.
Morgan married Katherine Cromwell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9.
Katherine Cromwell (daughter of Cromwell).
Children:

4. Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell) was born before 1512; died in 1545.