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Dorothy Needham 1570–1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1570

Birth Location: Shavington, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1629

Death Location: England

Father: Sir Needham

Mother: Lady Aston

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Grace Chetwood

Dorothy Needham was born in 1570 in Shavington, Shropshire, England, the child of Sir Robert Tyrone Sherriff Of Shropshire Needham And Lady Frances Aston. Dorothy Needham married Sir Richard Chetwood Knight, and had children including Grace C Chetwood. Dorothy Needham passed away in 1629 in England.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Needham was born in 1570 in Shavington, Shropshire, England, the child of Sir Robert Tyrone Sherriff Of Shropshire Needham And Lady Frances Aston.
  • Dorothy Needham married Sir Richard Chetwood Knight, and had children including Grace C Chetwood.
  • Dorothy Needham passed away in 1629 in England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Dorothy Needham's Ancestors

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Dorothy Needham
1570–1629
Birth Place: Shavington, Shropshire, England
Parents
Sir Robert Tyrone (Sherriff of Shropshire) Needham
1533–1603
Shavington, Shropshire, England
Lady (Frances) Aston
1533–1601
Tixall, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Edward Aston of Tixall and Wanlip, Sherriff of) Staffordshire
1496–1568
Tixhall, Staff, England
Lady (Jane) Bowles
1503–1562
Pen Hw, Gwent Is Coed, Monmouthshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir KB
1471–1523
Joan Lyttelton
1475–1505
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Aston
1444–
Elizabeth Delves
1448–
Sir Lyttelton
1449–1507
Ellen Walsh
1455–

Dorothy Needham's Descendants

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Dorothy Needham (1570–1629) m. Sir (Richard Chetwood) Knight (1560–Bef. 1631)
  1. 1. Grace (C) Chetwood 1602–1669 m. Rev (Peter) Bulkeley 1583–1659
    1. 1. Rev (Gershom) Bulkeley 1636–1713 m. Sarah Chauncey 1631–1699
      1. 1. John (Chetwood Bulkeley) (Reverend) 1679–1731 m. Patience Prentice 1680–1720
        1. 1. Patience Bulkeley 1715–1794 m. Ichabod (Lord) Esq 1711–1761 m. Rev (Edward Eells) Sr 1713–1776

Dorothy Needham's Timeline

2 Records

1570
1570
Birth of Dorothy Needham in Shavington, Shropshire, England
Shavington, Shropshire, England
1629
1629
Age 59
Death of Dorothy Needham in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Shavington, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1629
    Record Source: Findagrave, Dorothy Needham Chetwood 1629

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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