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Jane Diana Wright 1525 – 1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Dec 1525

Birth Location: Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Death Date: abt 1600

Death Location: Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Wright

Mother: Lady Cheshire

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Lady Cotton

Jane Diana Wright was born in 1525 in Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Lee Roger Wright and Lady Elizabeth Brereton; Lady of Malpas & Cheshire. Jane Diana Wright married Sir John James Mainwaring, Knight, and had children including Lady Mary Mainwaring,, Cotton. Jane Diana Wright passed away in 1600 in Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Jane Diana Wright was born in 1525 in Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Lee Roger Wright and Lady Elizabeth Brereton; Lady of Malpas & Cheshire.
  • Jane Diana Wright married Sir John James Mainwaring, Knight, and had children including Lady Mary Mainwaring,, Cotton.
  • Jane Diana Wright passed away in 1600 in Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wright
1510 – 1600
Birth Location: Nantwich, United Kingdom
SW
Lady Cheshire
1505 – 1545
Birth Location: Malpas, Cheshire, England
LC

Spouses(s)

Sir Knight
1525 – 1596
Birth Location: Northwick, Cheshire, England
SK

Children(s)

Lady Cotton
1541 – 1578
Birth Location: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
LC

Jane Wright's Ancestors

Self
Jane Wright
1525 – 1600
Birth Place: Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Lee Roger Wright
1510 – 1600
Nantwich, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Brereton; Lady of Malpas &) Cheshire
1505 – 1545
Malpas, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jane Wright's Descendants

1.
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Jane (Diana) Wright (12 Dec 1525 – abt 1600) m. Sir (John James Mainwaring,) Knight (1525 – 1596)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Mainwaring,,) Cotton (1541 – 14 Jun 1578)
    1. 1. JEFFRAY (ANDREW COTTON -) GG11 (1575 – 28 Dec 1622) m. Joane (Reade) (Cotton)* (abt 1589 – 23 Mar 1642)
      1. 1. William ("Reade") Cotton* (6 May 1610 – 29 Jun 1670) m. Anne (Catherine Graves) Cotton-Eaton-Doghty (1612 – 18 Jul 1683)
        1. 1. Verlinda (Cotton Burdette) Boughton (August 1640 – 16 July 1683) m. Thomas Burdett (1636 – 2 Mar 1668)

Jane Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1525
12 Dec 1525
Birth of Jane Diana Wright in Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
1600
abt 1600
Age 75
Death of Jane Diana Wright in Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Dec 1525
    Event Place: Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1600
    Event Place: Calveley, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
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