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Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH 1529 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Jul 1529

Birth Location: High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Death Date: 22 April 1578

Death Location: Callington, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir (Knight)

Mother: Lady Wentworth)

Spouse(s): Geoffrey Gates

Children(s): John Gates, Peter Gates

Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH was born in 1529 in High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England, the child of Sir Nicholas Wentworth (Knight) and Lady Jane Josselyn (Countess of Wentworth). Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH married Geoffrey Gates, and had children including John Gates, Peter Gates. Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH passed away in 1578 in Callington, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH was born in 1529 in High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England, the child of Sir Nicholas Wentworth (Knight) and Lady Jane Josselyn (Countess of Wentworth).
  • Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH married Geoffrey Gates, and had children including John Gates, Peter Gates.
  • Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH passed away in 1578 in Callington, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joan WENTWORTH's Ancestors

Self
Joan WENTWORTH
1529 – 1578
Birth Place: High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Parents
Sir Nicholas Wentworth (Knight)
1500 – 1557
Lillingstone Lovell (Oxfordshire) England
Lady (Jane Josselyn (Countess of) Wentworth)
1509 – 1569
Newhall Boreham (Essex) England
Grandparents
Sir (John (of high Roding) JOSCELYN,) Knight
1470 – 1525
Lillingstone, Lovell, Buckinghamshire, England
Lady (Philippa) BRADBURY
1466 – 1530
Braughing, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
George Josselyn
Maude Bardolph\Bardolf
William BRADBURY
Margaret (Rockhill)
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Josselyn
Alice Duke
Edmund Bardolph\Bardolf
Robert BRADBURY
Anne Davenport

Joan WENTWORTH's Descendants

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Joan (Jean Lady Countess) WENTWORTH (3 Jul 1529 – 22 April 1578) m. Geoffrey Gates (c 1525 – 22 Aug 1565)
  1. 1. John Gates (1548 – 1548)
  2. 2. Peter Gates (c 1550 – 6 Oct 1605) m. Marian Josselyn (c 1558 – 1634)
    1. 1. Thomas Gates (1572 – 2 September 1635)
    2. 2. Josselyn Gates (1580 – )
    3. 3. Josselyn Gates (1581 – )
    4. 4. Peter Gates (1583 – )
    5. 5. Thomas Gates (20 August 1593 – 1660)
    6. 6. Mary Gates

Joan WENTWORTH's Timeline

3 Records

1529
3 Jul 1529
Birth of Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH in High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
1549
1549
Age 20
Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH was married in High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1578
22 April 1578
Age 49
Death of Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH in Callington, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Callington, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Jul 1529
    Event Place: High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 April 1578
    Event Place: Callington, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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