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Dorothea Bray 1524–1605 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1524

Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND

Death Date: 31 OCT 1605

Death Location: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND

Father: Edmund Bray

Mother: Jane Halighwell

Spouse(s): William Knollys

Children(s):

The story of Dorothea Bray began in 1524 in Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND. Dorothea Bray married William Knollys. Dorothea Bray passed away in 1605 in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND.

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Biography

  • The story of Dorothea Bray began in 1524 in Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND.
  • Dorothea Bray married William Knollys.
  • Dorothea Bray passed away in 1605 in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND.

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Dorothea Bray's Ancestors

Self
Dorothea Bray
1524–1605
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

Dorothea Bray's Timeline

4 Records

1524
1524
Birth of Dorothea Bray in Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
1524
1524
Dorothea Bray was christened in Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND
1605
31 OCT 1605
Age 81
Death of Dorothea Bray in Minety, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
Minety, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
1605
31 OCT 1605
Age 81
Burial of Dorothea Bray in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedford, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 OCT 1605
    Event Place: Minety, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 31 OCT 1605
    Event Place: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND

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