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Joan Bray 1526–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1526

Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England

Death Date: 1571

Death Location: St Thomas, Cornwall, England

Father: Sir Bray

Mother: Lady Shirley,

Spouse(s): Walter II

Children(s): Alice Thorne, Joan Thorne, Richard Thorne, Nicholas Thorne, Agnes Thorne, John Thorne

In 1526, Joan Bray entered the world in North Molton, Devon, England, born to Sir Edmund Bray And Lady Beatrice Shirley. Joan Bray married Walter Thorne Ii, and had children including Agnes Thorne, Alice Thorne, Joan Thorne, John Thorne, Nicholas Thorne, Richard Thorne. Joan Bray passed away in 1571 in St Thomas, Cornwall, England.

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Biography

  • In 1526, Joan Bray entered the world in North Molton, Devon, England, born to Sir Edmund Bray And Lady Beatrice Shirley.
  • Joan Bray married Walter Thorne Ii, and had children including Agnes Thorne, Alice Thorne, Joan Thorne, John Thorne, Nicholas Thorne, Richard Thorne.
  • Joan Bray passed away in 1571 in St Thomas, Cornwall, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Bray
1504–1558
Birth Location: Plymouth, Devon, England
SB
Lady Shirley,
1512–1558
Birth Location: Wiston, Sussex, England
LS

Spouses(s)

Walter II
1522–1570
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
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Children(s)

Alice Thorne
1560–
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
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Joan Thorne
1554–1586
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
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Richard Thorne
1552–1604
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
RT
Nicholas Thorne
1554–
Birth Location: England
NT
Agnes Thorne
1562–
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
AT
John Thorne
1554–1604
Birth Location: North Molton, Devon, England
JT

Joan Bray's Ancestors

Self
Joan Bray
1526–1571
Birth Place: North Molton, Devon, England
Parents
Sir Edmund Bray
1504–1558
Plymouth, Devon, England
Lady (Beatrice) Shirley,
1512–1558
Wiston, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Sir (EDMUND Braye 1st Lord Bray, Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Surrey &) Sussex
1484–1539
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England
Baroness (Dame Jane Halighwell) Bereton
1484–1558
Bray, Eaton, Bedfordshire, England
Richard Shirley
1478–1540
Winston, Sussex, England
Anne Shelley
1490–1540
Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bray
1459–1539
Margaret Haslonde
1475–
Sir Halighwell
1500–
Anne Norbury
1500–
Ralph Shirley
1443–1510
Jane Bellingham
1482–1610
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Norbury
1438–
Joan Gilbert
1442–
Ralph Shirley
1410–1466

Joan Bray's Descendants

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Joan Bray (1526–1571) m. Walter (Thorne) II (1522–5 Dec 1570)
  1. 1. Alice Thorne 1560–
  2. 2. Joan Thorne 1554–1586
  3. 3. Richard Thorne 1552–1604
  4. 4. Nicholas Thorne 1554–
  5. 5. Agnes Thorne 1562–
  6. 6. John Thorne 1554–1604 m. Johane ((Joan)) Gould 1554–1605
    1. 1. William Thorne 1575–1621
    2. 2. Elizabeth Thorne 1580–1623
    3. 3. Charles Thorne 1583–1671
    4. 4. Joan Thorne 1586–1653
    5. 5. Agnes Thorne 1588–
    6. 6. Grace Thorne 1596–
    7. 7. Jane Thorne 1602–
    8. 8. Alice Thorne 1604–
    9. 9. John (Gilner) Thorne 1593–1636

Joan Bray's Timeline

2 Records

1526
1526
Birth of Joan Bray in North Molton, Devon, England
North Molton, Devon, England
1571
1571
Age 45
Death of Joan Bray in St Thomas, Cornwall, England
St Thomas, Cornwall, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1526
    Event Place: North Molton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1571
    Event Place: St Thomas, Cornwall, England
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