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Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes 1500–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Flaxyards, Tarporley, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 8 October 1553

Death Location: Cheshire or Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Ralph Done

Mother: Elena Wilbraham

Spouse(s): Lady Byrn

Children(s): Ellen Lady

In 1500, Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes entered the world in Flaxyards, Tarporley, Cheshire, England, born to Ralph Done And Elena Wilbraham. Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes married Lady Katherine Doane Leigh Of Byrn, and had children including Ellen Katherine Doane Boleyn Lady. Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes passed away in 1553 in Cheshire or Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes entered the world in Flaxyards, Tarporley, Cheshire, England, born to Ralph Done And Elena Wilbraham.
  • Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes married Lady Katherine Doane Leigh Of Byrn, and had children including Ellen Katherine Doane Boleyn Lady.
  • Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes passed away in 1553 in Cheshire or Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Gawen Downes's Ancestors

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Gawen Downes
1500–1553
Birth Place: Flaxyards, Tarporley, Cheshire, England
Parents
Ralph Done
1482–1553
Flaxyard, Dutton, Vale Royal, North West, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Elena Wilbraham
1470–1542
Woodhey, . England, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Gawen Downes's Descendants

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Gawen (Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight) Downes (1500–8 October 1553) m. Lady (Katherine (Doane) Leigh of) Byrn (1504–1531)
  1. 1. Ellen ((Katherine) Doane Boleyn) Lady 1517–1599 m. Col (Thomas I Marshall) (Hamp) 1513–1598
    1. 1. Thomas Marshall 1545–1618 m. Mary (11GGM Margery Cotton Marshall of) Combermere 1553–1622
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Martha Marshall) *^ 1570–1627 m. Sir (Ralph Robert) Porter 1566–1631
        1. 1. GEORGE (RICHARD POTTER (b 1584 London m 1607 Martha Marshall or Middleton) ?) 1584–1640 m. Martha (Marshall\) 3-3 1585–1645

Gawen Downes's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes in Flaxyards, Tarporley, Cheshire, England
Flaxyards, Tarporley, Cheshire, England
1525
1525
Age 25
Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes was married in Flaxyards, Utkinton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Flaxyards, Utkinton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1553
8 October 1553
Age 53
Death of Gawen Leigh Margerie Katherine Leigh Sir John Done, knight Downes in Cheshire or Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Cheshire or Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Flaxyards, Tarporley, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Flaxyards, Utkinton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 October 1553
    Event Place: Cheshire or Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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