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James Napier 1525–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1585

Death Location: England, England, United Kingdom

Father: Tregonwell Napier

Mother: # childbirth

Spouse(s): Joan Masters, Alice Courte

Children(s): Agnes Napper

In 1525, James Napier entered the world in Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, born to Tregonwell James Napier And Lady Ann Russell 1500 Mother Dies From Childbirth. James Napier married Alice Courte, Joan Anne Masters, and had children including Agnes Napper Lady Of Marefield Leicestershire Napper. James Napier passed away in 1585 in England, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1525, James Napier entered the world in Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, born to Tregonwell James Napier And Lady Ann Russell 1500 Mother Dies From Childbirth.
  • James Napier married Alice Courte, Joan Anne Masters, and had children including Agnes Napper Lady Of Marefield Leicestershire Napper.
  • James Napier passed away in 1585 in England, England, United Kingdom.

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James Napier's Ancestors

Self
James Napier
1525–1585
Birth Place: Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Tregonwell James Napier
1496–1526
Scotland
# (Lady Ann RUSSELL ^1500 mother dies from) childbirth
1500–1526
Swyre, Somerset, England
Grandparents
William Russell
1479–1521
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Jane) Jervace
1480–1500
Berwick-by-Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Napier's Descendants

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James Napier (1525–1585) m. Joan ((Anne)) Masters (1523–1586) m. Alice Courte (1535–abt 1622)
  1. 1. Agnes (Napper "Lady of Marefield, Leicestershire") Napper 1554–1631 m. John Woodbery –1643 m. Thomas Cross 1548–1639
    1. 1. John (Thomas) Cross 1580–1640 m. Rachel (Anne Dising) Diesing 1584–1684
      1. 1. Anne Cross 1606–1696 m. John (Phillip) Hill 1602–1649 m. John Hill 1600–1649
        1. 1. Elinor Hill 1631–1714 m. James Babson 1622–1683
        2. 2. Ann Hill 1629–1688
      2. 2. Elizabeth Cross 1611–1638
      3. 3. Martha Cross 1619–1619
      4. 4. Rachel Cross 1609–1663
      5. 5. Robert Cross 1613–1693
      6. 6. Sarah Cross 1609–1663
      7. 7. Susan Cross 1606–1610
      8. 8. Thomas Cross 1604–1604
      9. 9. William Cross 1617–1655
    2. 2. Thomas Cross 1580–1640
    3. 3. Edmund Crew 1571–1632 m. Alice Manwaring 1580–1606 m. Lady (Elizabeth Jane) Cox 1579–1640
    4. 4. Thomas (John) Cross 1584–1640 m. Rachel (Anne Dising) Diesing 1584–1684
      1. 1. Robert Cross 1613–1693 m. Anna (Hannah) Jordan 1617–1669
        1. 1. Robert (C Cross) Jr 1642–1710 m. Martha Treadwell 1644–1738 m. Martha Treadwell 1644–1738 m. Elizabeth Cheney 1646–1714
    5. 5. John Crew 1575–1607

James Napier's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of James Napier in Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1585
1585
Age 60
Death of James Napier in England, England, United Kingdom
England, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: England, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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