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Anne Bray 1501–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 MAR 1501

Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND

Death Date: 1 NOV 1558

Death Location: Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND

Father: Edmund Bray

Mother: Jane Halighwell

Spouse(s): George Brooke

Children(s): William Brooke, George Brooke, Dorothy Brooke, John Brooke, Thomas Brooke, Anne Brooke, Mary Brooke, Esther Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Catherine Brooke, Edward Brooke, Henry Brooke, Edmund Brooke, Isabell Brooke

In 1501, Anne Bray entered the world in Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND, born to Edmund Bray And Jane Halighwell. Anne Bray married George Brooke, and had children including Anne Brooke, Catherine Brooke, Dorothy Brooke, Edmund Brooke, Edward Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Esther Brooke, George Brooke, Henry Brooke, Isabell Brooke, John Brooke, Mary Brooke, Thomas Brooke, William Brooke. Anne Bray passed away in 1558 in Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND.

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Biography

  • In 1501, Anne Bray entered the world in Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND, born to Edmund Bray And Jane Halighwell.
  • Anne Bray married George Brooke, and had children including Anne Brooke, Catherine Brooke, Dorothy Brooke, Edmund Brooke, Edward Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Esther Brooke, George Brooke, Henry Brooke, Isabell Brooke, John Brooke, Mary Brooke, Thomas Brooke, William Brooke.
  • Anne Bray passed away in 1558 in Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Anne Bray's Ancestors

Self
Anne Bray
1501–1558
Birth Place: Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
Parents
Edmund Bray
1484–1539
Chelsea, Greater London, ENGLAND
Jane Halighwell
1486–1558
Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
Grandparents
John Bray
1460–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
Elizabeth Sackville
–1508
Buckhurst by Withyham, Sussex, ENGLAND
Richard Halighwell
1460–1506
Hertfordshire, ENGLAND
Joanne Norbury
1460–1564
Stoke D Abernon, Elmbridge Borough, Surrey, ENGLAND
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bray
1415–1489
Joan Troughton
1420–1474
Humphrey Sackville
1426–1488
Katherine Browne
1435–1525
John Halighwell
1435–1500
Elizabeth Hungerford
1438–1493
John Norbury
1438–1504
Joanna Gilbert
1442–1494
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1375–
Edward Sackville
1378–1459
Margaret Wakehurst
1405–
Thomas Browne
1402–1460
Eleanor Fitzalan
1415–1470
Walter Halighwell
1404–1464
Alice Barley
1408–1444
Henry Norbury
1408–1464
Anne Crozier
1408–1464
Otho Gilbert
1418–1494
Elizabeth Hill
1423–1476

Anne Bray's Descendants

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Anne Bray (21 MAR 1501–1 NOV 1558) m. George Brooke (1497–29 SEP 1558)
  1. 1. William Brooke 1527–1596 m. Dorothy Neville 1526–1559
  2. 2. George Brooke 1533–1584 m. Christian Duke 1535–1599
    1. 1. Joane Brooke 1560–1597 m. Henry Cadell 1543–1592
      1. 1. Sibell Cadell 1576–1605 m. Richard Wightman 1570–1625 m. Zachariah Wightman 1560–1626
        1. 1. John Whitman 1598–1692 m. Ruth Alcock 1605–1662
        2. 2. George Whitman 1597–1648
        3. 3. Zachariah Whitman 1595–1666 m. Sarah Biscoe 1606–1670
        4. 4. Elizabeth Whitman 1599–1672 m. John Otis 1581–1657
      2. 2. John Cadell 1585–1639 m. Margaret Martin 1587–1666
      3. 3. Elizabeth Cadell 1579–
      4. 4. Thomas Cadell 1588–1591
  3. 3. Dorothy Brooke 1518–1535
  4. 4. John Brooke 1520–1549
  5. 5. Thomas Brooke 1521–1578 m. Agnes Hewes 1521–1628
  6. 6. Anne Brooke 1523–1581 m. Anthony Weldon 1518–1573
  7. 7. Mary Brooke 1525–1535
  8. 8. Esther Brooke 1525– m. John Andrews 1521–
  9. 9. Elizabeth Brooke 1526–1592 m. William Parr 1513–1571 m. Thomas Gilbert 1533–1610 m. Thomas Deming 1525–1610
  10. 10. Catherine Brooke 1527–1617 m. John Jerningham 1533–1587
  11. 11. Edward Brooke 1535–1578
  12. 12. Henry Brooke 1538–1592 m. Anne Sutton 1540–1612
  13. 13. Edmund Brooke 1539–
  14. 14. Isabell Brooke 1555–1625

Anne Bray's Timeline

3 Records

1501
21 MAR 1501
Birth of Anne Bray in Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
1558
1 NOV 1558
Age 57
Death of Anne Bray in Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND
Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND
1558
1 NOV 1558
Age 57
Burial of Anne Bray in Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND
Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 MAR 1501
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 NOV 1558
    Event Place: Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1 NOV 1558
    Event Place: Cobham Church, Kent, ENGLAND

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