Jennett Millington
Jennett and her husband were part of the pragmatic Picaresque Generation. Her children were part of the heroic, civic-minded Elizabethan Generation.
Robert Aske of Doncaster's "Pilgrimage of Grace," a revolt against the dissolution of the monesteries in 1536 (when our ancestor Jennett was 10), consumed all of Yorkshire until its brutal suppression the following year, and we can only speculate how the uprising might have affected Jennett and her parents, our ancestors.
Year by year in the life of Jennett Millington
The early life of Jennett Millington in its historical context
The later life of Jennett Millington in its historical context
| Birth of Jennett Millington | |
| Born: | 1526 |
| Birthplace: | Probably Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Parents | |
| Father: | William Millington (our ancestor)
son of Thomas Millington and Agnes Sothern (our ancestors) |
| Mother: | Barbara (our ancestor) |
| Siblings No information available | |
| Spouse and children | |
| Husband: | Thomas Brigham III, 1525-1559
(our ancestor) (son of Thomas and Elizabeth Brigham, our ancestors) Married 1548 Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Son: | Thomas Brigham IV, 1550-1586 (our ancestor) |
| Son: | Peter Brigham b. 1551, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England d. 15 October 1590, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England m. 12 November 1586, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England to Everill Hessye |
| Son: | William Brigham b. 1553, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England d. 1 February 1590, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Daughter: | Jennett Brigham b. 1555, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Son: | Richard Brigham, b. 1557 |
| Daughter: | Frances Brigham b. 1559, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Other information | |
| Occupation: | No information available |
| Religion: | Born Roman Catholic; prob. became Church of England adherent (Anglican) at the age of 8 with the 1534 Act of Supremacy |
| Death of Jennett Millington Brigham | |
| Died: | January
1587 (age 61) |
| Deathplace: | Probably Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
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Source on Jennett Millington Brigham: The Fay Family Homepage Genealogies, created by Ken and Susan Jean Fay Barbi, 1809 View Top Court, Annapolis, MD 21401-5873, phone (410) 757-5044 [Copyright © 2001], citing source "WFT Pedigree number 893."