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Joan Bray 1521 – 1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: North Molton, Devonshire, England

Death Date: 26 Mar 1569

Death Location: Portland, Dorsetshire, England

Father: Edmund Bray

Mother: Baroness Halighwell

Spouse(s): Thomas Thorne

Children(s):

The birth of Joan Bray took place in 1521 in North Molton, Devonshire, England, to Edmund Bray and Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell. Joan Bray married Thomas John Walter Thorne. Joan Bray's death occurred in 1569 in Portland, Dorsetshire, England.

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Edmund Bray
1484 – 1539
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England
EB
Baroness Halighwell
1486 – 1558
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
BH

Spouses(s)

Thomas Thorne
1524 – 1570
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
TT

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1521
    Event Place: North Molton, Devonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Mar 1569
    Event Place: Portland, Dorsetshire, England
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