(1) Er ist verheiratet mit Isabel (RICKARD).
Sie haben geheiratet am 30. Mai 1559 in Snaith, West Riding, Yorkshire, er war 24 Jahre alt.
(2) Er ist verheiratet mit Dorothy WENTWORTH.
Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1591 in Whitwood, West Riding, Yorkshire, er war 56 Jahre alt.
Son of Bernard Frobisher of Altofts. Welsh origin, removed from Chirk, Denbighshire and settled at Altofts, Normanton, West Riding of Yorkshire in the middle of the 14th century.
He made several attempts to find the Northwest Passage to Cathay (1576-1578), reaching Labrador and Hudson Bay. Frobisher Bay is named after him. In 1585 he commanded a vessel in Drake's expedition to the West Indies, and in 1588 he was knighted for his services against the Armada. He was mortally wounded at the siege of Crozon, near Brest. (bio by: Erik Lander)