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Edmund Thompson 1500–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England

Death Date: 23 Jun 1571

Death Location: Shropshire, England

Father: Alexander Victim

Mother: Janet Gourlay

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Messner

Children(s): Elizabeth Thompson

Edmund Thompson was born in 1500 in Canterbury, Kent, England, the child of Alexander Thompson Plague Victim And Janet Gourlay. Edmund Thompson married Elizabeth Messner, and had children including Elizabeth Thompson. Edmund Thompson passed away in 1571 in Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Edmund Thompson was born in 1500 in Canterbury, Kent, England, the child of Alexander Thompson Plague Victim And Janet Gourlay.
  • Edmund Thompson married Elizabeth Messner, and had children including Elizabeth Thompson.
  • Edmund Thompson passed away in 1571 in Shropshire, England.

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Edmund Thompson's Ancestors

Self
Edmund Thompson
1500–1571
Birth Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
Parents
Alexander Thompson Plague Victim
1484–1587
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Janet Gourlay
1484–1587
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander (Stewart Thompson Died in battle of Flodden) field
1470–1513
Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Forrester
1462–1524
Torwood, Falkirk, Sterlingshire, Scotland
William Gourlay
1465–1527
Kincraig, Fife, Scotland
Janet MacGill
1462–1520
Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Stewart
1435–1500
Elizabeth Douglas
1450–1513
Duncan Turkey
1420–1488
Margaret Forsyth
1425–1480
Thomas Gourlay
1450–1527
Barbara Paterson
1454–1520
James MacGill
1445–1530
Jean Wemyss
1445–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Stewart
1396–1479
Elizabeth Beaufort
1410–1474
James Douglas
1431–1493
Joan Stewart
1428–1493
Matthew Forrester
1390–1487
Constance Gudeman
1390–1430
Charles Forsyth
1400–1470
Elizabeth Tallish
1403–1459
William Gourlay
1409–1460
Robert Paterson
1430–1489
James MacGill
1424–1519
Janet Livingstone
1426–1480
Patrick Wemyss
1421–1490
Margaret Drumry
1420–1480

Edmund Thompson's Descendants

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Edmund Thompson (1500–23 Jun 1571) m. Elizabeth Messner (1505–29 May 1570)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Thompson 1528–1603 m. Henrie Butler 1523–1580
    1. 1. Thomas Butler 1555–1583 m. Margaret (Whitney) Bond 1543–1616
      1. 1. Katherine (Jane) Butler 1579–1690 m. John Kingley 1579–1639
        1. 1. John Kingsley 1600–1679 m. Elizabeth Stoughton 1596–1642
        2. 2. Stephen (Butler) Kingsley 1598–1673 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Spalding 1600–1668

Edmund Thompson's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Edmund Thompson in Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury, Kent, England
1571
23 Jun 1571
Age 71
Death of Edmund Thompson in Shropshire, England
Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jun 1571
    Event Place: Shropshire, England

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