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Elizabeth Sheffield 1561–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: November 1561

Birth Location: Ormond Wales

Death Date: 1601

Death Location: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Father: John Sheffield

Mother: Margaret Howard

Spouse(s): Thomas Butler

Children(s): Lady Butler

In 1561, Elizabeth Sheffield entered the world in Ormond Wales, born to John Sheffield And Margaret Douglas Howard. Elizabeth Sheffield married Thomas Butler, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Butler. Elizabeth Sheffield passed away in 1601 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1561, Elizabeth Sheffield entered the world in Ormond Wales, born to John Sheffield And Margaret Douglas Howard.
  • Elizabeth Sheffield married Thomas Butler, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Butler.
  • Elizabeth Sheffield passed away in 1601 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Sheffield's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Sheffield
1561–1601
Birth Place: Ormond Wales
Parents
John Sheffield
1540–1568
Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret (Douglas) Howard
1538–1608
Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Edmund John 1st Baron Sheffield) Sheffield
1521–1549
West Butterwick, Owston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne ("Baroness Sheffield of Buterwick" de Vere) Brock
1522–1570
Earls, Colne, Essex, England
William Howard
1510–1573
Effingham, Surrey, England
Mathilde Gamage
1518–1581
Coety, Glamorgan, Wales, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir VI
1483–1532
Jane Honorable
1483–1557
John Vere
1482–1540
Lady Ward)
1494–1527
Thomas Howard
1443–1524
Agnes Tilney
1477–1545
Thomas Gamage
1485–1520
Margaretha John
1490–1562
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir V
1462–1518
Ellen Delves
1470–1509
George Stanley
1460–1503
Joan Strange
1463–1513
John Bedfordshire
1450–1525
Lady Morgan
1462–1542

Elizabeth Sheffield's Descendants

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Elizabeth Sheffield (November 1561–1601) m. Thomas Butler (1530–1614)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Butler 1593–1629 m. Theobald (1st Viscount Tilleophelim) Butler 1570–1613 m. Sir (Richard Baron Dingwall Preston created Earl of Desmond Nov 22,) 1622 1576–1628
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Preston Barones) Dingwal 1615–1684 m. James (12th Earl And 1st Duke Of Ormond) Butler 1610–1688
      1. 1. Thomas (Viscount Thurles Earl Of Ossory) Butler 1634–1680 m. Emilia (Van) Nassau 1635–1688
        1. 1. Elizabeth Butler 1660–1717
        2. 2. Henrietta (Countess of Grantham) Butler 1662–1724
        3. 3. James (Duke of Ormond) Butler 1665–1745
        4. 4. Charles (Earl Of Arran) Butler 1671–1758
      2. 2. Thomas ("Viscount Thurles") Butler 1632–1633
      3. 3. Richard Butler 1639–1685
      4. 4. Lady (Mary Duchess Cavendish) Butler 1646–1710 m. William (1st Duke of Devonshire) Cavendish 1640–1707
        1. 1. William (2nd Duke of Devonshire) Cavendish 1672–1729
        2. 2. Lord (James) Cavendish 1681–1751
        3. 3. Henry (Cavendish) MP 1673–1700
        4. 4. Elizabeth Cavendish 1677–1741
      5. 5. James (Butler 4th son died at 9) years 1636–1645
      6. 6. Lady (Elisabeth Countess of Chesterfield) Butler 1640–1665 m. Philip (2nd Earl of Chesterfield Stanhope of) Shelford 1634–1714
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Countess Of Strathmore Stanhope possible daughter of James Duke Of York (1685 King James II of) England) 1663–1723 m. John (4th Earl Of Strathmore and Kinghorne) Lyon 1663–1712

Elizabeth Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1561
November 1561
Birth of Elizabeth Sheffield in Ormond Wales
Ormond Wales
1601
1601
Age 40
Death of Elizabeth Sheffield in Ireland
Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: November 1561
    Event Place: Ormond Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1601
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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