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Elizabeth Fortescue 1528–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Buckland Filleigh, Devon, England

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Devon, England

Father: John *

Mother: Lady Arscott

Spouse(s): Nicholas Yeo

Children(s): Richard Yeo, John Yeo, Walter Yeo, William Yeo, Thomas Yeo, Roger None

Elizabeth Fortescue was born in 1528 in Buckland Filleigh, Devon, England, the child of John William Fortescue And Lady Christiana Arscott. Elizabeth Fortescue married Nicholas John Yeo, and had children including Ada Yeo, John Yeo, Richard Yeo, Roger, Thomas William Yeo, Walter Yeo, William Yeo. Elizabeth Fortescue passed away in 1573 in Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Fortescue was born in 1528 in Buckland Filleigh, Devon, England, the child of John William Fortescue And Lady Christiana Arscott.
  • Elizabeth Fortescue married Nicholas John Yeo, and had children including Ada Yeo, John Yeo, Richard Yeo, Roger, Thomas William Yeo, Walter Yeo, William Yeo.
  • Elizabeth Fortescue passed away in 1573 in Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John *
1500–1526
Birth Location: Buckland, Filleigh, Devon, England (of Combe)
J*
Lady Arscott
1504–1563
Birth Location: Holsworthy, Devon, England
LA

Spouses(s)

Nicholas Yeo
1520–1603
Birth Location: Huish by Hatherleigh, Devon, England
NY

Children(s)

Richard Yeo
1553–1627
Birth Location: Saint Colomb Major, Cornwall, England
RY
John Yeo
1543–1616
Birth Location: Stratton, Cornwall, , England
JY
Walter Yeo
1545–1621
Birth Location: Straiton, Ayrshire, , Scotland
WY
William Yeo
1549–
Birth Location: –
WY
Thomas Yeo
1551–1616
Birth Location: Devon, England
TY
Roger None
1570–1642
Birth Location: Huish Barton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
R

Elizabeth Fortescue's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Fortescue
1528–1573
Birth Place: Buckland Filleigh, Devon, England
Parents
John William Fortescue *
1500–1526
Buckland, Filleigh, Devon, England (of Combe)
Lady (Christiana) Arscott
1504–1563
Holsworthy, Devon, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Fortescue's Descendants

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Elizabeth Fortescue (1528–1573) m. Nicholas (John) Yeo (1520–1603)
  1. 1. Richard Yeo 1553–1627 m. Lady (Jane) Perrye\Perry 1570–1637
    1. 1. Mary (J) Yeo 1590–1634 m. John Avery 1592–1626
      1. 1. John (Yeo George) Avery 1612–1646 m. Pricilla Mill 1611–1650
        1. 1. John (Yeo) Avery 1639–1710 m. Emm (Penvose) Babcock 1640–1703
  2. 2. John Yeo 1543–1616
  3. 3. Walter Yeo 1545–1621
  4. 4. William Yeo 1549–
  5. 5. Thomas (William) Yeo 1551–1616
  6. 6. Roger 1570–1642

Elizabeth Fortescue's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Elizabeth Fortescue in Buckland Filleigh, Devon, England
Buckland Filleigh, Devon, England
1573
1573
Age 45
Death of Elizabeth Fortescue in Devon, England
Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Buckland Filleigh, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Devon, England
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