Brief Life History of Katherine
When Katherine Fitton was born in 1534, in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, her father, Sir Edward Fitton, was 34 and her mother, Mary Harbottle, was 27. She married John Mere about 1546, in Mere, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1585, in Mere, Cheshire, England, at the age of 51, and was buried in Madeley, Staffordshire, England.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- / in entry for Robt Gater, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"
Spouse and Children
1530–1595 Male
1534–1585 Female
Children (9)
1548– Male
1552– Female
1555–1605 Male
1560–1606 Female
1560– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1500–1548 Male
1507–1556 Female
Siblings (13)
1526–1575 Female
1527–1579 Male
1529–1571 Female
1530–1600 Male
1532–1571 Female
+8 More Children
World Events (5)
1549 · Book of Common Prayer
Age 15
1558 · Act of Uniformity
Age 24
1569 · State Lottery
Age 35
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire):
from Middle English fiton, fittin ‘lie, falsehood’, for a lier or cheat.
possibly a habitational name from Fitton Hall in Leverington, Cambridgeshire, named in Anglo-Scandinavian as ‘settlement by the meadow-land’, from Old English tūn + Old Norse fit, a term denoting grassland on the bank of a river.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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