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Elizabeth Bray 1513–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1513

Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Hertfordshire, England

Father: Sir Sussex

Mother: Jane Halighwell

Spouse(s): Ralph Verney

Children(s): Anne Verney

Elizabeth Bray was born in 1513 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir Edmund Braye 1St Lord Bray Sheriff Of Bedfordshire Surrey Amp Sussex And Jane Halighwell. Elizabeth Bray married Ralph Verney, and had children including Anne Verney. Elizabeth Bray passed away in 1573 in Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Bray was born in 1513 in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir Edmund Braye 1St Lord Bray Sheriff Of Bedfordshire Surrey Amp Sussex And Jane Halighwell.
  • Elizabeth Bray married Ralph Verney, and had children including Anne Verney.
  • Elizabeth Bray passed away in 1573 in Hertfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Sussex
1484–1539
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
SS
Jane Halighwell
1486–1558
Birth Location: Bray,Eaton,Bedfordshire,England
JH

Spouses(s)

Ralph Verney
1509–1546
Birth Location: Tring, Hertfordshire, England
RV

Children(s)

Anne Verney
1535–1575
Birth Location: Tring, Hertfordshire, , England
AV

Elizabeth Bray's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Bray
1513–1573
Birth Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Edmund Braye 1st Lord Bray, Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Surrey & Sussex
1484–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Jane Halighwell
1486–1558
Bray,Eaton,Bedfordshire,England
Grandparents
Sir (Randle of Malpas) Brereton
1452–1522
Malpas, Cheshire, England
Lady (Emma) Carrington
1457–1520
Carrington, Cheshire, England
Sir (Richard) Halighwell
1462–1506
Holwell, Bedfordshire, England
Baroness (Lady Jane) Norbury
1464–1564
Stoke Dabernon, Bedfordshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Brereton
1426–1460
Lady Bulkeley
1430–1480
Sir Carrington
1435–1470
Lady Beeston
1440–1466
Sir Halighwell
1435–1500
Elizabeth Turnbull
1438–1464
John Norbury
1438–1504
Joan Gilbert
1442–1494
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Willem Brereton
1390–1425
Alice Corbet
1389–1458
Richard (16)
1391–1454
Agnes Cheadle
1393–1470
John Carrington
1430–1457
Lady Beeston
1440–1466
John Beeston
1430–1498
Elizabeth Bold
1420–1490
(Sir) Halliwell
1404–1464
Isabel LeMoyne
1408–1436
John Turnbull
1415–
Ann Botreaux
1426–1478
Sir Norbury
1408–1464
Anne Crozier
1416–1464
Robert Gilbert
1415–1442
Margaret Baumfield
1423–1442

Elizabeth Bray's Descendants

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Elizabeth Bray (1513–1573) m. Ralph Verney (1509–26 Apr 1546)
  1. 1. Anne Verney 1535–1575 m. Nicholas Poyntz 1536–1585
    1. 1. Mary Poyntz 1558–1591 m. John Sydenham 1528–1590
      1. 1. Anne Sydenham 1582–1610 m. John Poyntz 1577–1617
        1. 1. Newdigate Poyntz 1608–1643 m. Sarah Foxley 1610–1636

Elizabeth Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1513
1513
Birth of Elizabeth Bray in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
1573
1573
Age 60
Death of Elizabeth Bray in Hertfordshire, England
Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1513
    Event Place: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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