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Edmund Bray 1504–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 DEC 1558

Death Location: Cranleigh, Surrey, England

Father: Edmund Bray

Mother: Jane Halighwell

Spouse(s): Beatrice Shirley

Children(s): John Bray

In 1504, Edmund Bray entered the world in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to Edmund Bray And Jane Halighwell. Edmund Bray married Beatrice Shirley, and had children including John Bray. Edmund Bray passed away in 1558 in Cranleigh, Surrey, England.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Edmund Bray entered the world in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to Edmund Bray And Jane Halighwell.
  • Edmund Bray married Beatrice Shirley, and had children including John Bray.
  • Edmund Bray passed away in 1558 in Cranleigh, Surrey, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Edmund Bray's Ancestors

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Edmund Bray
1504–1558
Birth Place: Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edmund Bray
1484–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Jane Halighwell
1486–1558
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Bray the) Younger
1460–1505
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Sir (Richard) Halighwell
1460–1506
Hertfordshire, England
Joanne Norbury
1460–1564
Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bray
1415–1489
Joan Troughton
1420–1474
John Halighwell
1435–1500
Lady Hungerford
1438–1493
John Sussex
1438–1504
Joanna Gilbert
1442–1494
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1380–
John Troughton
1401–
Alice
1402–
Walter Halighwell
1404–1464
Alice Piperell
1408–1444
Henry Norbury
1410–1464
Anne Crosier
1408–1464
Otto Gilbert
1416–

Edmund Bray's Descendants

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Edmund Bray (1504–1 DEC 1558) m. Beatrice Shirley (1 JAN 1512–1 JAN 1558)
  1. 1. John Bray 1534–1615 m. Margaret Haslonde 1536–1588
    1. 1. Mary Bray 1564–1629 m. Thomas Whitney 1560–1637
      1. 1. John Whitney 1592–1673 m. Elinor Bray 1599–1659
        1. 1. John Whitney 1621–1692 m. Ruth Reynolds 1623–1662

Edmund Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Edmund Bray in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1558
1 DEC 1558
Age 54
Death of Edmund Bray in Cranleigh, Surrey, England
Cranleigh, Surrey, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 DEC 1558
    Event Place: Cranleigh, Surrey, England

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