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Elizabeth Sowerby 1540–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: Bef. 5 Feb 1591

Death Location: St. Augustine the Less Parish, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Father: James Foxcroft

Mother: Elizabeth Woodhead

Spouse(s): Thomas Schollck

Children(s): Maud Schollick

Elizabeth Sowerby was born in 1540 in Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of James Nichols Foxcroft And Elizabeth Ann Woodhead. Elizabeth Sowerby married Thomas Schollck, and had children including Maud Joan Schollick. Elizabeth Sowerby passed away in 1591 in St. Augustine the Less Parish, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Sowerby was born in 1540 in Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of James Nichols Foxcroft And Elizabeth Ann Woodhead.
  • Elizabeth Sowerby married Thomas Schollck, and had children including Maud Joan Schollick.
  • Elizabeth Sowerby passed away in 1591 in St. Augustine the Less Parish, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Sowerby's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Sowerby
1540–1591
Birth Place: Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
James Nichols Foxcroft
1525–1569
Halifax Parish, West Riding, Yokshire, England
Elizabeth (Ann) Woodhead
1520–1587
Barkisland, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Foxcroft of) Sowerby
1488–1543
Sowerby, (near Sowerby Bridge) Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Margareta (Isabella Thorne of) Woodland
1492–1542
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Thomas Woodhead
1505–1577
Barkisland, Yorkshire, England
Mary Rhodes
1504–1545
Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Sowerby
1450–
Susan Ramsden
1450–1510
Thomas Thorne
1472–1589
Mary Purefoy
1470–1589
Nicholas Woodhead
1480–1529
William Rodes
1485–1558
Ellin Syver
1488–1560
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Rhodes
1470–1510
Elizabeth Belknap
1470–1588

Elizabeth Sowerby's Descendants

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Elizabeth Sowerby (1540–Bef. 5 Feb 1591) m. Thomas Schollck (1540–1560)
  1. 1. Maud (Joan) Schollick 1560–1596 m. Sir (Richard (Sailor) Cooke, Lord Knight of Gidea) II 1553–1598
    1. 1. Sir (Phillip Cooke) Knt 1589–1630 m. Elizabeth (Anne) Bristol 1590–1614
      1. 1. Edward Cooke 1623–1697 m. Sarah (Sayra J) Koche 1623–1713
        1. 1. Robert (Richard Cook) Sr 1643–1699 m. Sarah Davis 1647–1713

Elizabeth Sowerby's Timeline

3 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Elizabeth Sowerby in Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1560
1560
Age 20
Death of Elizabeth Sowerby in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England
Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England
1591
Bef. 5 Feb 1591
Age 51
Death of Elizabeth Sowerby in St. Augustine the Less Parish, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
St. Augustine the Less Parish, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Bef. 5 Feb 1591
    Event Place: St. Augustine the Less Parish, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

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