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Dorcas Alice Blois 1495–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: Suffolk, England

Father: William Blois

Mother: Margery Stiles

Spouse(s): Rev Downynge, George Downing

Children(s): Geoffrey Downing

Dorcas Alice Blois was born in 1495 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, the child of William Thomas De Blois And Margery Stiles. Dorcas Alice Blois married George Downing, Rev Sir George Downing Or Downynge, and had children including Geoffrey Downing. Dorcas Alice Blois passed away in 1559 in Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Dorcas Alice Blois was born in 1495 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, the child of William Thomas De Blois And Margery Stiles.
  • Dorcas Alice Blois married George Downing, Rev Sir George Downing Or Downynge, and had children including Geoffrey Downing.
  • Dorcas Alice Blois passed away in 1559 in Suffolk, England.

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Dorcas Blois's Ancestors

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Dorcas Blois
1495–1559
Birth Place: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Parents
William Thomas de Blois
1475–1548
Suffolk, Suffolk, England
Margery Stiles
1487–1572
St Nicholas' Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas (de) Blois
1440–1528
Norton, Suffolk, England
Margaret Stiles
1452–1538
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Sir (William) Style
1464–1487
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Isabella
1466–1487
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Blois
1400–1470
Joane Canham
1405–1483
William Stiles
1428–1463
Margery
1431–1500
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorcas Blois's Descendants

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Dorcas (Alice) Blois (1495–1559) m. Rev (Sir George Downing or) Downynge (17 MAR 1501–24 JUN 1564) m. George Downing (1491–3 OCT 1554)
  1. 1. Geoffrey Downing 1524–1595 m. Elizabeth Wingfield 1528–1621
    1. 1. Joannis (John) Downe 1535–1619 m. Mary (Maria) Phillips 1537–1626
      1. 1. Joan (Phillips) Downe 1568–1639 m. Richard Goode 1562–1628
        1. 1. Dorothy Goode 1588–1676
        2. 2. Isabel Goode 1584–1670
        3. 3. Walter Goode 1585–1625 m. Alice (De La) More 1588–1625
        4. 4. Robert (Downe) Goode 1586–1651 m. Mary (Frances) Whitley 1590–1670
        5. 5. John Goode 1590–1642 m. Dorothy Penkevell 1626–1680
        6. 6. Richard Goode 1587–1651 m. Margaret Parnell 1578–1675 m. Joan Downe 1592–
    2. 2. George Downing 1552–1610 m. Alice Braye 1555–
    3. 3. Nathaniel Downing 1556–1611 m. Margaret Cellyn 1560–1610
    4. 4. Arthur (Lexham) Downing 1550–1606 m. Susan Calybut 1554–1589
    5. 5. Margaret Downing 1549–
    6. 6. William (Edward) Downing 1554–1617 m. Margarett Goodale 1562–1637 m. Margaret Goodale 1562–
    7. 7. George Downing 1552–1610 m. Unknown Bellamy 1554–1610
    8. 8. William Downing 1565–1657 m. Margarett Goodale 1562–1637 m. Margaret Goodale 1562– m. Sarah 1554–1649

Dorcas Blois's Timeline

2 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Dorcas Alice Blois in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
1559
1559
Age 64
Death of Dorcas Alice Blois in Suffolk, England
Suffolk, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Suffolk, England

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