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Jane Katherine Preston 1563–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1563

Birth Location: Gormanston, Meath County, Leinster Province Province, Ireland

Death Date: November 1597

Death Location: Mount Merrion, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Father: Christopher Gormanston

Mother: Catherine FitzWilliam

Spouse(s): Richard Sir

Children(s): Catherine FitzWilliam

The story of Jane Katherine Preston began in 1563 in Gormanston, Meath County, Leinster Province Province, Ireland. Jane Katherine Preston married Richard Fitzwilliam Honorable Sir, and had children including Catherine Fitzwilliam. Jane Katherine Preston passed away in 1597 in Mount Merrion, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Jane Katherine Preston began in 1563 in Gormanston, Meath County, Leinster Province Province, Ireland.
  • Jane Katherine Preston married Richard Fitzwilliam Honorable Sir, and had children including Catherine Fitzwilliam.
  • Jane Katherine Preston passed away in 1597 in Mount Merrion, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christopher Gormanston
1537–1599
Birth Location: Gormanston Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
CG
Catherine FitzWilliam
1548–1602
Birth Location: Kildare, Ireland
CF

Spouses(s)

Richard Sir
1559–1595
Birth Location: Mount Merion, Dun Loaghaire-Rathbown, County Dublin, Leinster Province, Ireland,
RS

Children(s)

Catherine FitzWilliam
1577–1610
Birth Location: Monkstown Castle, Dublin, Ireland
CF

Jane Preston's Ancestors

Self
Jane Preston
1563–1597
Birth Place: Gormanston, Meath County, Leinster Province Province, Ireland
Parents
Christopher Preston 4th Viscount Gormanston
1537–1599
Gormanston Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
Catherine FitzWilliam
1548–1602
Kildare, Ireland
Grandparents
Catherine (The Fair Geraldine Fitzgerald) *+(13)Lp11
1510–1595
Kildare, Ireland
Sir (Thomas C.) FitzWilliam
1532–1592
Baggotrath, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Richard Viscount
1505–1541
Catherine Bathe
1508–1583
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jane Preston's Descendants

1.
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Jane (Katherine) Preston (1563–November 1597) m. Richard (FitzWilliam Honorable) Sir (1559–5 March 1595)
  1. 1. Catherine FitzWilliam 1577–1610 m. John (Henry Chevers 13 Cheevers) Chavis 1577–1640
    1. 1. Thomas (Chevers 12) Chavis 1607–1663 m. Abigail (Jane Chevers) Chavis 1611–1680
      1. 1. Elizabeth Chivers 1647–1681 m. Thomas (II. Nicholas) Gibson 1639–1710
        1. 1. Thomas (William) Gibson 1667–1734 m. Mary (Frances) Allen 1664–1735

Jane Preston's Timeline

2 Records

1563
1563
Birth of Jane Katherine Preston in Gormanston, Meath County, Leinster Province Province, Ireland
Gormanston, Meath County, Leinster Province Province, Ireland
1597
November 1597
Age 34
Death of Jane Katherine Preston in Mount Merrion, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Mount Merrion, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Gormanston, Meath County, Leinster Province Province, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1597
    Event Place: Mount Merrion, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
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