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Edward Bray 1520 – 1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 May 1581

Death Location: Shere, Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Father: Edward None

Mother: Beatrix Shirley

Spouse(s): Mary Cotton

Children(s): Margaret Bowes, Magdalin Bray

Born in 1520 in Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Edward Bray was the child of Edward and Beatrix Shirley. In time, Edward Bray married Mary Magdalene Cotton, and they raised a family that included Margaret Bowes and Magdalin Bray. Edward Bray died in Shere, Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1581.

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Parents

Edward None
1492 – 1558
Birth Location: Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
E
Beatrix Shirley
1508 – 1532
Birth Location: Surrey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Mary Cotton
1530 – 1604
Birth Location: Shere, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Bowes
1565 – 1621
Birth Location: Biddic, Waterville, England, United Kingdom
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Magdalin Bray
Birth Location: –
MB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1520
    Event Place: Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 May 1581
    Event Place: Shere, Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960, Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 28 Nov 1581
    Event Place: Earls Colne, Essex, England
    Record Source: Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960, Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014
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