| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Twelfth Generation3396. William FAIRFAX was born in 1504 in Steeton, Yorkshire, England. He died on 31 October 1557 at the age of 53 in Steeton, Yorkshire, England. He was High Sheriff of the County of Yorkshire 1535 and 1540. He acquired the manors of Bolton Percy and Nun Appleton in 1542 and Bilbrough in 1546. He was buried at Bolton Percy Church. Through his wife he acquired Denton Castle and eventually Nun Appleton. 3397. Isabel THWAITS was born in 1495 in Denton Castle, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1540 at the age of 45 in Denton Parish, Durham, England. She was the ward of the abbess of Nun Appleton. Therein lies a love story. Children were:
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