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Dorothy Littlebury, Brough 1520 – 1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: abt 1585

Death Location: Brough Hall, Yorkshire, England

Father: Knight Littlebury

Mother: Margaret Squire

Spouse(s): Captain Hall*

Children(s): Sir Hall*, Richard Brough, Lady Lawson, Alice Brough, Henry Brough, Jane Brough, John Brough, Joshua Brough, Margaret Brough, Robert Boar, Sarah Rowland

Dorothy Littlebury, Brough was born in 1520 in Catterick, Yorkshire, England, the child of Knight John Lord Gorholme Littlebury and Margaret Capet* Squire. Dorothy Littlebury, Brough married Captain Roger Brough of Brough Hall*, and had children including Sir Roger Brough of Brough Hall*, Richard Brough, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (Brough) Lawson, Alice Brough, Henry Brough, Jane Brough, John Brough, Joshua Brough, Margaret Brough, Robert William Boar, Sarah Elizabeth Rowland. Dorothy Littlebury, Brough passed away in 1585 in Brough Hall, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Littlebury, Brough was born in 1520 in Catterick, Yorkshire, England, the child of Knight John Lord Gorholme Littlebury and Margaret Capet* Squire.
  • Dorothy Littlebury, Brough married Captain Roger Brough of Brough Hall*, and had children including Sir Roger Brough of Brough Hall*, Richard Brough, Lady Sarah Elizabeth (Brough) Lawson, Alice Brough, Henry Brough, Jane Brough, John Brough, Joshua Brough, Margaret Brough, Robert William Boar, Sarah Elizabeth Rowland.
  • Dorothy Littlebury, Brough passed away in 1585 in Brough Hall, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Knight Littlebury
1484 – 1536
Birth Location: Saltfleet Haven, Lincolnshire, England
KL
Margaret Squire
1487 – 1567
Birth Location: Benwick, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England
MS

Spouses(s)

Captain Hall*
1500 – 1544
Birth Location: Brough in Catterick, Yorkshire, England
CH

Children(s)

Sir Hall*
1520 – 1575
Birth Location: Brough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England
SH
Richard Brough
1541 –
Birth Location: Catterick, Yorkshire, England
RB
Lady Lawson
1544 – 1623
Birth Location: Brough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England
LL
Alice Brough
1547 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
AB
Henry Brough
1549 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
HB
Jane Brough
1551 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
JB
John Brough
1553 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
JB
Joshua Brough
1555 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
JB
Margaret Brough
1557 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
MB
Robert Boar
Birth Location: –
RB
Sarah Rowland
1582 – 1625
Birth Location: Yorkshire, Northumberland, England
SR

Dorothy Brough's Ancestors

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Dorothy Brough
1520 – 1585
Birth Place: Catterick, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Knight John Lord Gorholme Littlebury
1484 – 1536
Saltfleet Haven, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (Capet*) Squire
1487 – 1567
Benwick, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy Brough's Descendants

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Dorothy (Littlebury,) Brough (1520 – abt 1585) m. Captain (Roger Brough of Brough) Hall* (1500 – 1544)
  1. 1. Sir (Roger Brough of Brough) Hall* (1520 – 1575) m. Dorothy (Littlebury,) Brough (1520 – abt 1585) m. Elizabetha Chambers (1523 – abt 1644)
    1. 1. Richard Brough (1541 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth (D) Brough (October 7, 1544 – 9 Oct 1625) m. Sir (Ralph Lawson of Brough Hall) 11GGF (1547 – 4 Sep 1623)
      1. 1. Lady (Margret) Lawson (1558 – 20 Oct 1599)
      2. 2. John Lawson. (1565 – abt 1683)
      3. 3. Henry Lawson (After 1568 – Deceased)
      4. 4. Mary Brough (1569 – 12 Nov 1624)
      5. 5. Lady (Margaret) Lawson (1570 – 28 October, 1599)
      6. 6. Roger (Lawson of) Hilton (1573 – 1623) m. Dorothy ((Constable) Lawson 10) GG (6 Jan 1582 – 26 Mar 1632) m. Dorothy Constable (abt 1580 – 26 Mar 1632) m. Isabell Lawson
        1. 1. Sir (Henry) Lawson (1595 – 17 Dec 1636) m. Anne Hodgson (12 Mar 1597 – 22 May 1663)
        2. 2. Anne Hodgson (1597 – 22 May 1663)
        3. 3. Ralph Lawson (1598 – 1612)
        4. 4. Dorothy Lawson (1600 – 8 Dec 1628)
        5. 5. James Lawson (1601 – 12/17/1635)
        6. 6. Roger Lawson (1602 – circa 1604)
        7. 7. Margret Lawson (1604 – 1660)
        8. 8. George Lawson (1604 – circa 1605)
        9. 9. Thomas (Lawson) 10th*GG (ABT 1608 – unknown)
        10. 10. Edmund Lawson (1610 – 6 January 1642)
        11. 11. Sister (Mary "the Nun") Lawson (1613 – )
        12. 12. Elizabeth Lawson (1618 – )
        13. 13. Catherine Lawson ( – 1637)
        14. 14. Margaret Lawson
      7. 7. Robert Lawson (1573 – 1613)
      8. 8. *John ("Black Eye") Lawson (1574 – 1655)
      9. 9. Henry Lawson (1575 – )
      10. 10. Epaphroditus Lawson (1575 – 1623)
      11. 11. Jane Lawson (1575 – 1612)
      12. 12. John Lawson (1575 – 1655)
      13. 13. Alice Lawson (1575 – 1632)
      14. 14. John ("Black Eye") Lawson, (1575 – 1623)
      15. 15. John Lawson, (1575 – 1623)
      16. 16. John Brough (1575 – abt 1683)
      17. 17. Edmond Lawson (About 1580 – 1655)
      18. 18. Joshua Lawson (1589 – )
      19. 19. Marmaduke Lawson (1589 – 1655)
      20. 20. William Lawson (1590 – 1623)
      21. 21. Henri Lawson (1595 – 17 Dec 1636)
      22. 22. Henry Lawson (1600 – )
      23. 23. Rowland (William Lawson, Justice to the Court House of) Burgesses (1617 – 8 May 1661)
      24. 24. Rowland (William Lawson, Justice to the Court House of) Burgesses (1617 – 8 May 1661)
      25. 25. William Brough ( – abt 1810)
      26. 26. Jane (Lawson of) Brough
    3. 3. Alice Brough (1547 – DECEASED)
    4. 4. Henry Brough (1549 – DECEASED)
    5. 5. Jane Brough (1551 – DECEASED)
    6. 6. John Brough (1553 – DECEASED)
    7. 7. Joshua Brough (1555 – DECEASED)
    8. 8. Margaret Brough (1557 – DECEASED)
    9. 9. Roger Brough (1560 – DECEASED)
    10. 10. Robert (William) Boar
    11. 11. Elizabeth Wiborowe
    12. 12. Robert (William) Boar
  2. 2. Richard Brough (1541 – )
  3. 3. Lady (Sarah Elizabeth (Brough)) Lawson (October 7, 1544 – 9 Oct 1623)
  4. 4. Alice Brough (1547 – DECEASED)
  5. 5. Henry Brough (1549 – DECEASED)
  6. 6. Jane Brough (1551 – DECEASED)
  7. 7. John Brough (1553 – DECEASED)
  8. 8. Joshua Brough (1555 – DECEASED)
  9. 9. Margaret Brough (1557 – DECEASED)
  10. 10. Robert (William) Boar
  11. 11. Sarah (Elizabeth) Rowland (1582 – Abt. 1625)

Dorothy Brough's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Dorothy Littlebury, Brough in Catterick, Yorkshire, England
Catterick, Yorkshire, England
1585
abt 1585
Age 65
Death of Dorothy Littlebury, Brough in Brough Hall, Yorkshire, England
Brough Hall, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Catterick, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1585
    Event Place: Brough Hall, Yorkshire, England
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