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Dorothy Cave 1546–1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Stanford, Northumberland, England

Death Date: Apr 1583

Death Location: Withcock, Leicestershire, England

Father: Sir Stanford

Mother: Lady Lovett

Spouse(s): John Smythe

Children(s): Erasmus Smith

Dorothy Cave was born in 1546 in Stanford, Northumberland, England, the child of Sir Thomas Anthony Cave Baron Of Stanford And Lady Elizabeth Anne Lovett. Dorothy Cave married John Harris Smith Smythe, and had children including Erasmus Ambrose Smith. Dorothy Cave passed away in 1583 in Withcock, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Cave was born in 1546 in Stanford, Northumberland, England, the child of Sir Thomas Anthony Cave Baron Of Stanford And Lady Elizabeth Anne Lovett.
  • Dorothy Cave married John Harris Smith Smythe, and had children including Erasmus Ambrose Smith.
  • Dorothy Cave passed away in 1583 in Withcock, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Stanford
1517–1558
Birth Location: Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire, England
SS
Lady Lovett
1521–1577
Birth Location: Chicheley, Buckinghamshire, England
LL

Spouses(s)

John Smythe
1542–1586
Birth Location: Withcote, Leicestershire, England
JS

Children(s)

Erasmus Smith
1561–1616
Birth Location: Withcock, Leicestershire, England
ES

Dorothy Cave's Ancestors

Self
Dorothy Cave
1546–1583
Birth Place: Stanford, Northumberland, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Anthony Cave, Baron of Stanford
1517–1558
Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Anne) Lovett
1521–1577
Chicheley, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas, (V, of Astwell Lovett (Weston)) Esq.
1502–1561
Astwell, Northamptonshire, England
Anne Danvers
1500–1528
Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lovett
1473–1542
Elizabeth Lovett
1475–1515
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy Cave's Descendants

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Dorothy Cave (1546–Apr 1583) m. John (Harris Smith) Smythe (11 Jan 1542–1586)
  1. 1. Erasmus (Ambrose) Smith 1561–1616 m. Margaret (Coke) Cecil 1562–1616
    1. 1. John (Natz) Smith 1585–1647
      1. 1. John (Richard Rock Smith) Capt. 1615–1706 m. Martha ((Mary) Strickland) Smith 1624–1648
        1. 1. *Jonathan (Rock2) Smith 1645–1724 m. Grace Mott 1653–1724
    2. 2. Captain (Henry II Ranfield "the Silver Tongued" de Smythe) Smith 1585–1648

Dorothy Cave's Timeline

2 Records

1546
1546
Birth of Dorothy Cave in Stanford, Northumberland, England
Stanford, Northumberland, England
1583
Apr 1583
Age 37
Death of Dorothy Cave in Withcock, Leicestershire, England
Withcock, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Stanford, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1583
    Event Place: Withcock, Leicestershire, England
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