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Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing 1553–1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Nov 1553

Birth Location: Somerleyton Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 31 January 1608

Death Location: Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: George Jerningham

Mother: Eleanor Spelman

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Thompson

Children(s): Henry Jerningham

Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing was born in 1553 in Somerleyton Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of George Sir Esquire Jernigan Jerningham And Eleanor Ella Spelman. Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing married Elizabeth Thompson, and had children including Henry Thomas Jerningham. Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing passed away in 1608 in Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing was born in 1553 in Somerleyton Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of George Sir Esquire Jernigan Jerningham And Eleanor Ella Spelman.
  • Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing married Elizabeth Thompson, and had children including Henry Thomas Jerningham.
  • Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing passed away in 1608 in Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Jerningham
1515–1557
Birth Location: Belstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
GJ
Eleanor Spelman
1520–1613
Birth Location: Nasborough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Thompson
1560–1614
Birth Location: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
ET

Children(s)

Henry Jerningham
1585–1645
Birth Location: Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
HJ

Colonel Stebbing's Ancestors

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Colonel Stebbing
1553–1608
Birth Place: Somerleyton Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
George (Sir; Esquire) Jernigan \ Jerningham
1515–1557
Belstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Eleanor ("Ella") Spelman
1520–1613
Nasborough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Bridget (Drury) Lady
1492–1556
Hawstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
John (Jernigan \) Jerningham
1489–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Colonel Stebbing's Descendants

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Colonel (Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford &) Stebbing (13 Nov 1553–31 January 1608) m. Elizabeth Thompson (1560–1614)
  1. 1. Henry (Thomas) Jerningham 1585–1645 m. Elinor Wentworth 1595–1620
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas, "The Immigrant",) Jernigan 1614–1698 m. Ann Arlington 1614–1733
      1. 1. John Jernigan 1660–1733 m. Temperance Moore 1665–1733
        1. 1. Thomas Jarnagin 1693–1769 m. Elizabeth (Lea) Porter 1693–1760

Colonel Stebbing's Timeline

6 Records

1553
13 Nov 1553
Birth of Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing in Somerleyton Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Somerleyton Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1570
28 May 1570
Age 17
Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing was married in Shalford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Shalford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1570
28 May 1570
Age 17
Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing was married in Suffolk, England
Suffolk, England
1572
1572
Age 19
Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing was married in Stebbing, Essex, England
Stebbing, Essex, England
1580
28 Sep 1580
Age 27
Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing was married In Springfield, Essex St Bennet, Paul'S Wharf Stebbing, Co. Essex Shalford, Essex Chelsea, Middx., London, England
Springfield, Essex St Bennet, Paul's Wharf Stebbing, co. Essex Shalford, Essex Chelsea, Middx., London, England
1608
31 January 1608
Age 55
Death of Colonel Thomas Jernigan Gentleman of Bishop's Stortford & Stebbing in Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Nov 1553
    Event Place: Somerleyton Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 May 1570
    Event Place: Shalford, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 May 1570
    Event Place: Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1572
    Event Place: Stebbing, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 Sep 1580
    Event Place: Springfield, Essex St Bennet, Paul's Wharf Stebbing, co. Essex Shalford, Essex Chelsea, Middx., London, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Stebbing, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: of TN

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 January 1608
    Event Place: Stebbing, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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