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Dorothy Nichols 1550–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 March 1617

Death Location: Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: *John Nichols^

Mother: Cicely Merrel

Spouse(s): Thomas Gent.

Children(s): Elizabeth Stratton

The story of Dorothy Nichols began in 1550 in Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Dorothy Nichols married Thomas Christopher Stratton Gent, and had children including Elizabeth Stratton. Dorothy Nichols passed away in 1617 in Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Dorothy Nichols began in 1550 in Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
  • Dorothy Nichols married Thomas Christopher Stratton Gent, and had children including Elizabeth Stratton.
  • Dorothy Nichols passed away in 1617 in Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

*John Nichols^
1513–1586
Birth Location: Bronsham, Devon, , England
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Cicely Merrel
1525–1569
Birth Location: Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Gent.
1546–1596
Birth Location: Civil Parish of Shotley, City of Ipswich, County of Suffolk, England, UK, Europe
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Stratton
1596–1633
Birth Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Dorothy Nichols's Ancestors

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Dorothy Nichols
1550–1617
Birth Place: Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
*John A. Nichols^
1513–1586
Bronsham, Devon, , England
Cicely (May) Merrel
1525–1569
Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Walter (A Nichols) Merrel
1497–1531
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Maud Oliver*
1505–1565
Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy Nichols's Descendants

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Dorothy Nichols (1550–4 March 1617) m. Thomas (Christopher Stratton,) Gent. (1546–29 May 1596)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Stratton 1596–1633 m. Deacon (Thomas) Lynde 1593–1671
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Alice) Lynde 1607–1658 m. Thomas (I Greene Sr -) Senator 1606–1667 m. Shawano (Xuala Kanawee Powhatan,+ Chief of Wolf) Clan 1590–1667
      1. 1. MARTHA Green 1647–1673
      2. 2. Capt. (Thomas) Green 1630–1671
      3. 3. Mary (Greene) Waite 1627–1674
      4. 4. Henry Greene 1638–1717
      5. 5. Elizabeth Green 1628–1656
      6. 6. Mary (Greene) Waite 1627–1674
      7. 7. Captain (William Burwell Green) Sr. 1636–1713
      8. 8. Deacon (John) Greene 1632–1707
      9. 9. Mary (Shawano) Powhatan,+ 1635–1665 m. John Greene 1628–1655 m. Son (of Shawano, Chickamauga, Wolf Clan Chief) Kispokoha, 1620–1700 m. John ((Captain)) Waite 1630–1658 m. John Greene 1628–1655
        1. 1. Joseph Waite –1692
        2. 2. John Greene 1653–1665
        3. 3. Chief (James Trader Jim Big White Wolfe) Greene 1655–1725 m. Esther\Hester ((Hortense Claire)) Hammond 1680–1746 m. Susanna-Sukey (Green (Daughter of the Chickamauga Wolf Clan Chief) Wolf Clan) Woman 1669–1700 m. Elizabeth (Anthony) Wheeler 1641–1726 m. Susanna (Sukey Wolf) Clan 1655–1727 m. Elizabeth (Anthony) (Greene) 1646–1698 m. Elizabeth Anthony 1641–1726 m. Sarah ("Sari" Wolf Clan) Woman 1659–1700

Dorothy Nichols's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Dorothy Nichols in Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1617
4 March 1617
Age 67
Death of Dorothy Nichols in Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 March 1617
    Event Place: Shotley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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