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Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby 1576–1621 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 September 1576

Birth Location: Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 December 1621

Death Location: Redgrave, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Redgrave

Mother: Anne Butts

Spouse(s): Philip Colby

Children(s):

Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby was born in 1576 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Nicholas Bacon 1St Baronet Of Redgrave And Anne Butts. Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby married Philip Colby. Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby passed away in 1621 in Redgrave, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby was born in 1576 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Nicholas Bacon 1St Baronet Of Redgrave And Anne Butts.
  • Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby married Philip Colby.
  • Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby passed away in 1621 in Redgrave, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England.

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Dorothy Colby's Ancestors

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Dorothy Colby
1576–1621
Birth Place: Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet of Redgrave
1540–1624
Anne Butts
1548–1616
Thornage, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Nicholas I Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, 1st Baronet of) Redgrave
1510–1579
Chislehurst, Kent, England
Jane Ferneley
–1552
Edmund Butts
1519–1548
Anne Bures
1526–1609
Acton, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Bacon
1479–1549
Isabella Cage
1478–1535
Henry Bures
1502–1528
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bacon
1454–1500

Dorothy Colby's Timeline

2 Records

1576
4 September 1576
Birth of Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby in Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1621
20 December 1621
Age 45
Death of Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby in Redgrave, Suffolk, England
Redgrave, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 September 1576
    Event Place: Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 December 1621
    Event Place: Redgrave, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Redgrave, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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