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Joan Nichols 1502–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1502

Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England

Father: John Nicholls

Mother: Katherine Colby

Spouse(s): MAYOR Stafford, William Thomas

Children(s): Margaret Offley, Richard Offley, (Lady) Offley, Two young, Robert Offley, Henry Offley, Robert Offley, Hugh Offley, Anne Offley*, Henry Offley, Katherine Offley, Sarah Offley

In 1502, Joan Nichols entered the world in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, born to John Nicholls And Katherine Anne Colby. Joan Nichols married Mayor Thomas William Offley Mayor Of Stafford, William Thomas, and had children including Anne Offley, Henry Offley, Hugh Offley, Katherine Offley, Lady Katherine Offley, Margaret Offley, Richard Offley, Robert Offley, Sarah Offley, Two Sons Died Young. Joan Nichols passed away in 1578 in St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1502, Joan Nichols entered the world in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, born to John Nicholls And Katherine Anne Colby.
  • Joan Nichols married Mayor Thomas William Offley Mayor Of Stafford, William Thomas, and had children including Anne Offley, Henry Offley, Hugh Offley, Katherine Offley, Lady Katherine Offley, Margaret Offley, Richard Offley, Robert Offley, Sarah Offley, Two Sons Died Young.
  • Joan Nichols passed away in 1578 in St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.

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Joan Nichols's Ancestors

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Joan Nichols
1502–1578
Birth Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Parents
John Nicholls
1475–1530
Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England
Katherine (Anne) Colby
1489–1542
Brundish, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joan Nichols's Descendants

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Joan Nichols (1502–1578) m. MAYOR (Thomas William Offley Mayor of) Stafford (1500–29 August 1582) m. William Thomas (1475–1560)
  1. 1. Margaret Offley 1518–1574 m. Thomas (Michell) 14 1500–1555
    1. 1. Thomas (Mychell 13) MacKill 1542–1630 m. Christian Bartlett 1585–1635
      1. 1. Margaret (Sarah Mitchell) MacKill 1610–1665 m. William (Frederick Neale) Neely 1596–1666
        1. 1. Margaret (Nancy) Neely 1637–1700 m. Rev. (William Henry) Patton 1627–1689 m. Col. (John) Patton 1630–1659
  2. 2. Richard Offley 1535–1582
  3. 3. (Lady) (Katherine) Offley 1530–1594
  4. 4. Two (sons died) young 1522–1582
  5. 5. Robert Offley 1520–1596
  6. 6. Henry Offley 1536–1613
  7. 7. Robert Offley 1561–1596
  8. 8. Hugh Offley 1528–1594
  9. 9. Anne Offley* 1532–1587
  10. 10. Henry Offley 1567–1613
  11. 11. Katherine Offley 1530–1594
  12. 12. Sarah Offley –1642

Joan Nichols's Timeline

2 Records

1502
1502
Birth of Joan Nichols in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
1578
1578
Age 76
Death of Joan Nichols in St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1502
    Event Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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