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William Dawtrey was born in the early 1550s to William and Margaret (nee Roper) Dawtrey. I have not been able to find a record of his baptism as baptism registers only started sometime in the 1550s, Petworth parish starts in 1559. His mother Margaret was the granddaughter of Sir Thomas More, her father William Roper had married Sir Thomas's favourite daughter Margaret (my dearest Meg).

Henry Dawtrey was born in 1579 to William Dawtrey and Dorothy (nee Stonely) Dawtrey. He was baptised in Doddinghurst, Essex on Trinity Sunday (14^th June) 1579. Doddinghurst was his mother's home and it was through his mother, Dorothy Stonely, the daughter of Richard Stonely, MP that the Dawtrey's acquired their Essex estates.

In the Name of God, Amen the ___ day of ___ in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Anno Dom one Thousand six hundred forty two I Henry Dawtrey of More in the parish of Petworth in the County of Sussex Knight being of good and perfect memory and indifferent health of body (praysed be Almighty God) do make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and form following

I William Dawtrey of Chichester in the Countie of Sussex Esquire being weak and sick of bosy but of good and perfect remembrance Do make ordaine and consitute this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge

William Dawtrey was born in December 1624 to Henry Dawtrey and Anne (nee Dunne) Dawtrey. He was baptised in Petworth Sussex on 1^st January 1624/5. His mother, Anne died within 2 months of his birth and was buried on 25^th February 1624/5.

I William Dawtrey of Moore in the parish of Petworth in the County of Sussex Esquire being sick in body but of perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following

The Nine and twentieth day of March in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Six hundred and eighty three I Dame Elizabeth Brooke of Cockfield Hall in Yoxford in the County of Suffolk Widdow being infirm in body but of perfect sound minde and disposing memory do make and ordaine my last will and testament in manner following after an humble recommendation of my Soule to God my Creator exorting him through Jesus Christ my Blessed Saviour to accept of me and pardon my mind my Body I desire Honorable burial at Yoxford as next my husband may be at the discretion of my Executors and my worldly Estate I desire of as followeth

Most of the Biographical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias are agreed that he was born on 2^nd January 1647 at Friston Hall in Suffolk to Thomas Bacon Esquire and Elizabeth (nee Brooke) Bacon, but I have not been able to find a baptism register entry for Nathaniel. The Suffolk parish registers are not online yet, although Ancestry is currently digitising and indexing them, so hopefully once that project is complete I will be able to confirm this.

This thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and ninety five I Thomas Bacon of Wansworth in the County of Surrey Esquire being in reasonable good health of body and disposable memory praised to God for it do hereby make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner following

Hugh Chamberlen, styled the elder to avoid confusion with his son, also called Hugh, was born about 1634. According to Wikipedia, he was born in the parish of St Anne's Blackfriars between 1630 and 1634, but no baptism record has been found.