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Elizabeth Brocas 1573–1657 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 May 1573

Birth Location: Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 May 1657

Death Location: Conington, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: William Brocas

Mother: Jane Dexter

Spouse(s): Sir Connington

Children(s): Sir Cotton, John Cotton, Robert Cotten, Ann Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, John Cotton, John Cotton, Mary Cotton

Elizabeth Brocas was born in 1573 in Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Brocas And Jane Elizabeth Brocas Dexter. Elizabeth Brocas married Sir Robert Bruce 1St Baronet Of Connington, and had children including Ann Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, John Cotton, John Hynde Cotton, Mary Cotton, Robert Bruce Cotten, Sir Thomas Cotton, Thomas Cotton, William Cotton. Elizabeth Brocas passed away in 1657 in Conington, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Brocas was born in 1573 in Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Brocas And Jane Elizabeth Brocas Dexter.
  • Elizabeth Brocas married Sir Robert Bruce 1St Baronet Of Connington, and had children including Ann Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, John Cotton, John Hynde Cotton, Mary Cotton, Robert Bruce Cotten, Sir Thomas Cotton, Thomas Cotton, William Cotton.
  • Elizabeth Brocas passed away in 1657 in Conington, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Brocas's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Brocas
1573–1657
Birth Place: Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Brocas
1547–1657
Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England
Jane (Elizabeth Brocas) Dexter
1551–1613
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Norman) Brocas
1510–1557
Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Dorothy) Ruthall\Brocas
1505–1576
Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Thomas (Radford) Dexter
1520–1574
Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Eliza Mary) Matte
1525–1584
Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Horton
1476–1518
Sir Ruthall
1480–1528
Agnes Hobbs
1485–1528
William Matte
1500–1559
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Brocas's Descendants

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Elizabeth Brocas (18 May 1573–18 May 1657) m. Sir (Robert Bruce 1st Baronet Of) Connington (22 January 1570–6 May 1631)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Cotton 1594–1662 m. Mary Harwood 1595–1636 m. Elizabeth Ham –1678
    1. 1. Henry Cotton 1620–1713 m. Barbara Finly 1630–
      1. 1. Josephus Cotton 1674–1757 m. Anna (Wright \) Cotton 1670–1727
        1. 1. Edward Cotton 1713–1787 m. Rachel Cotton 1717–
      2. 2. Elizabetha Cotton 1671–
      3. 3. Gulielmus Cotton 1677–
    2. 2. Sir (John Sir Knight 1st Baronet of) Cunningham 1621–1702 m. Dame (Elizabeth Abigail) Tolmash 1711–1777
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Cotton 1739–1809 m. Frances Cotton 1740–1825
        1. 1. Stapleton (Cotton, 1st Viscount Of) Combermere 1773–1865 m. Mary (Woolley) Cotton –1889 m. Anna (Maria) Cotton –1807 m. Caroline Stapleton-Cotton 1785–1837
    3. 3. Gulielm Cotton –1737
  2. 2. John Cotton 1626–1691
  3. 3. Robert (Bruce) Cotten 1596–1665 m. Alice Cotton 1615–1657
    1. 1. John Cotton 1621–1702
    2. 2. Alice (Oliver) Monoux 1650–1720
    3. 3. Philip Cotton 1645–1710
    4. 4. Robert Cotton 1644–1717 m. Gertrude Morice 1650–1701
      1. 1. Alice Cotton 1675–
    5. 5. Thomas Cotton 1640–1657
  4. 4. Ann Cotton 1596–
  5. 5. Elizabeth Cotton 1596–
  6. 6. John (Hynde) Cotton 1621–1702
  7. 7. John Cotton 1600–
  8. 8. Mary Cotton 1596–

Elizabeth Brocas's Timeline

2 Records

1573
18 May 1573
Birth of Elizabeth Brocas in Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1657
18 May 1657
Age 84
Death of Elizabeth Brocas in Westminster, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Westminster, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 May 1573
    Event Place: Theddingworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1657
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Conington, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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