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Research on the Ancestors of Rowland Braithwaite (1798-1852)

ANCESTORS & DESCENDANTS OF THE BRAITHWAITE FAMILY, 1400'S TO 2016 is a book that was published in 2016 and is available from the Braithwaite Family Organization.

Braithwaite Family Database

(This genealogical database lists the ancestors and descendants of Rowland Braithwaite, 1798-1852)

Research on the Ancestry of Rowland Braithwaite (1798-1852)

Since 2007, members of the Braithwaite Research Committee (BRC) of the Braithwaite Family Organization of Utah have conducted research into the ancestry and descendants of the Braithwaites of Hawkshead and nearby areas of northern Lancashire. This research work has resulted in the identification and documentation of many related Braithwaite families covering a period of more than 500 years.

Listed below is the direct male ancestry of Rowland Braithwaite (1798-1852) who married Hanna Askew in 1822 in Kendal, Westmorland, England. This list is based on ongoing research, so the individuals and relationships shown herein--especially the early ancestors of Rowland Braithwait of 1642--are subject to change based on future findings and analysis.

Ancestors of Rowland Braithwaite (1798-1852)

Thomas Braythwayte, b.abt.1459, of Brathay, Lancashire, England

Richard Braithwait, b.abt.1485, of Ambleside, Lancashire, England

Robert Braithwait b. abt. 1511, of Ambleside, Lancashire, England

Lawrence Braithwait, b.abt.1539, of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England

Lawrence Braithwait, b.abt.1563, of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England

Thomas Braithwait, chr. 6 Aug.1592, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England

Rowland Braithwait, chr. 17 Jul.1642, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England (Quaker; Will)

Rowland Braithwaite, b.abt.1670, of Hawkshead, Lancashire, England

Rowland Brathwayte, chr. 8 Oct.1710, Grasmere, Westmorland, England

Rowland Braithwaite, chr. 22 Oct. 1733, Selside, Westmorland, England

John Braithwaite, b. 10 Apr.1769, Brigsteer, Westmorland, England