James Sykes

- Bef 1577

• Name	James Sykes
  Birth	of Kirkgate, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 27 May 1577  [1, 2]
  Burial	27 May 1577  [1, 3]
  Person ID	I26744	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020

  
  

  Children	1. Edmund Sykes   d. 23 Mar 1587, York, Yorkshire, England + 2. Richard Sykes,   b. Abt 1530, of Kirkgate, Yorkshire, England d. Between 17 Sep and 11 Oct 1576 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Family ID	F15985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "James Sykes, who, with his friends John and William Cowper, had sheltered a recusant priest, remained faithful to Catholicism, and there is evidence that the sympathies of the next generation lay in the same direction, although the betrayal of James's son Edmund, possibly by one of his brothers, must have caused, or been symptomatic of, a deep rift within the family." [Joan Kirby, citation details below] James Sykes and the parents of his daughter-in-law Sibbell Reame (Alexander and Grace Reame), are, as of January 2020, the earliest ancestors we've discovered for PNH.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3599] "Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, With Additions." The Genealogist 23:155, 1907. [S3605] Joan Kirby, "A Man of Property: Richard Sykes, Merchant and Alderman." Northern History 37:71, 2013. [S3605] Joan Kirby, "A Man of Property: Richard Sykes, Merchant and Alderman." Northern History 37:71, 2013., chart says "27 Aug. 1577", probably an error.