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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):

Joan Bray was born in 1521 in North Molton, Devonshire, England, the child of Edmund Bray and Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell. Joan Bray married Thomas John Walter Thorne. Joan Bray passed away in 1569 in Portland, Dorsetshire, England.

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Biography

  • Joan Bray was born in 1521 in North Molton, Devonshire, England, the child of Edmund Bray and Baroness Dame Jane Halighwell.
  • Joan Bray married Thomas John Walter Thorne.
  • Joan Bray passed away in 1569 in Portland, Dorsetshire, England.

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Joan Bray's Ancestors

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Joan Bray
1521 – 1569
Birth Place: North Molton, Devonshire, England
Parents
Edmund Bray
1484 – 1539
Eaton Bray, Central Bedfordshire, England
Baroness (Dame Jane) Halighwell
1486 – 1558
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John Bray
1460 – 1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Johanna Troughton
1458 – 1558
Barrington, Gloucestershire, England
Sir (Knight Richard) Halighwell
1460 – 1506
Hertfordshire, England
Jane Norbury
1460 – 1564
Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Bray
1430 – 1489
Margaret Sandes
1436 – 1463
John Troughton
1420 – 1490
Beatrice Bohun
1416 – 1472
John Halighwell
1435 – 1500
Lady Hungerford
1438 – 1493
John Sussex
1438 – 1504
Joanna Gilbert
1442 – 1494
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Bray
1404 – 1430
Eleanor Beauchamp
1407 – 1466
William Sandes
1407 – 1447
John Troughton
1396 – 1445
Joan Copeland
1402 – 1472
John Bohun
1362 – 1433
Anne Halsham
1383 – 1438
Walter Halighwell
1404 – 1464
Alice Piperell
1408 – 1444
Robert Hungerford
1409 – 1459
Margaret Botreaux
1406 – 1478
Otho Gilbert
1418 – 1494
Elizabeth Hill
1423 – 1456

Joan Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Joan Bray in North Molton, Devonshire, England
North Molton, Devonshire, England
1569
26 Mar 1569
Age 48
Death of Joan Bray in Portland, Dorsetshire, England
Portland, Dorsetshire, England

Sources

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

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

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