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Dorcas Alice Blois 1495–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 21 Dec 1559

Death Location: Great Dunham, Norfolk, England or Suffolk

Father: William (Bloss)

Mother: Frances Tye

Spouse(s): Rev. (1491)

Children(s): Sir Beccles

Dorcas Alice Blois was born in 1495 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, the child of William Sir Bloise Bloss And Frances Tye. Dorcas Alice Blois married Rev Sir George Downing 1491, and had children including Sir George Downing Of Beccles. Dorcas Alice Blois passed away in 1559 in Great Dunham, Norfolk, England or Suffolk.

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Biography

  • Dorcas Alice Blois was born in 1495 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, the child of William Sir Bloise Bloss And Frances Tye.
  • Dorcas Alice Blois married Rev Sir George Downing 1491, and had children including Sir George Downing Of Beccles.
  • Dorcas Alice Blois passed away in 1559 in Great Dunham, Norfolk, England or Suffolk.

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Dorcas Blois's Ancestors

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Dorcas Blois
1495–1559
Birth Place: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Parents
William (Sir) Bloise (Bloss)
1562–1621
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Frances Tye
1576–1641
St. Nicholas, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
William Bloise
1536–1607
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Alice Nottingham
1539–1566
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
John Tye
1544–
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Elizabeth Padley
1548–
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bloise
1504–1555
Elizabeth Rogers
1517–1555
William Howard
1513–1572
Lady Gamage
1515–1581
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Nottingham
1485–1562
Lady Howard
1453–1545
John Bristow
1490–1560
Alice Rouse
1491–1583

Dorcas Blois's Descendants

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Dorcas (Alice) Blois (1495–21 Dec 1559) m. Rev. (Sir George Downing) (1491) (1491–26 Jun 1564 or 1550)
  1. 1. Sir (George Downing of) Beccles 1524–1564 m. Cicely (Cecil) Heckington 1524–1562
    1. 1. George Downing 1539–1610 m. Dorcas Bloyse 1539–1623 m. Mehitable Brabrooke 1539–1623
      1. 1. Mary Downing 1560–1647 m. Samuel (Warner of) Boxted* 1560–1642
        1. 1. William Warner 1586–1648 m. Abigail (L) Baker 1590–1659

Dorcas Blois's Timeline

2 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Dorcas Alice Blois in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
1559
21 Dec 1559
Age 64
Death of Dorcas Alice Blois in Great Dunham, Norfolk, England or Suffolk
Great Dunham, Norfolk, England or Suffolk

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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: 21 Dec 1559
    Event Place: Great Dunham, Norfolk, England or Suffolk

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