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Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby 1576–1622 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 September 1576

Birth Location: Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 December 1622

Death Location: Redgrave, Suffolk, England

Father: Nicholas Bacon

Mother: Anne Bacon

Spouse(s): **Philip Colby

Children(s): Philippa Colby

Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby was born in 1576 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Nicholas Bacon And Anne Bacon. Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby married Philip Colby, and had children including Philippa Colby. Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby passed away in 1622 in Redgrave, 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 Nicholas Bacon And Anne Bacon.
  • Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby married Philip Colby, and had children including Philippa Colby.
  • Dorothy Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness Colby passed away in 1622 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Bacon
1540–1624
Birth Location: Redgrave, Suffolk, England
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Anne Bacon
1548–1616
Birth Location: Thornage, Suffolk, England
AB

Spouses(s)

**Philip Colby
1581–1643
Birth Location: Culford, Suffolk, England
*C

Children(s)

Philippa Colby
1610–1639
Birth Location: Stody, Norfolk, , England
PC

Dorothy Colby's Ancestors

Self
Dorothy Colby
1576–1622
Birth Place: Redgrave, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Nicholas Bacon
1540–1624
Redgrave, Suffolk, England
Anne Bacon
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
Great-Grandparents
Isabella Cage
1478–1535
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy Colby's Descendants

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Dorothy (Doll Bacon Baroness Gawdy, Baroness) Colby (4 September 1576–20 December 1622) m. **Philip Colby (1581–22 Jun 1643)
  1. 1. Philippa Colby 1610–1639 m. Sir (Captain Thomas Browne) Jr. 1606–1666
    1. 1. Anne (Elizabeth) Browne 1640–1678 m. Dr. (Richard CORDING Immigrant Arr 1661) Maryland 1635–1668
      1. 1. Thomas Cording 1655–1714
        1. 1. Mary ((Outlaw)) Cording 1675–1736 m. John (William) Freeman 1673–1737

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
1622
20 December 1622
Age 46
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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 December 1622
    Event Place: Redgrave, Suffolk, England
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