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Joanna Overton 1645–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1645

Birth Location: Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1678

Death Location: Silk Hope Plantation, St Thomas Parish, American Colonies, South Carolina, USA

Father: GOVERNOR Gentleman,

Mother: Anne Gardner

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Joanna Overton was born in 1645 in Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Governor Maj Gen John Robert William Overton Gentleman And Anne Lady Gardner. Joanna Overton passed away in 1678 in Silk Hope Plantation, St Thomas Parish, American Colonies, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Joanna Overton was born in 1645 in Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Governor Maj Gen John Robert William Overton Gentleman And Anne Lady Gardner.
  • Joanna Overton passed away in 1678 in Silk Hope Plantation, St Thomas Parish, American Colonies, South Carolina, USA.

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Joanna Overton's Ancestors

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Joanna Overton
1645–1678
Birth Place: Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
GOVERNOR Maj. Gen. "John" ROBERT William OVERTON, Gentleman,
1609–1679
Easington Manor, Easington, Holderness, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Anne ((Lady)) Gardner
1613–1665
St Clement's, Cambridge St Katherines, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Overton
1585–1650
Easington, Yorkshire, England., England, United Kingdom
Joan Palmer
1581–1656
Alveley, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Richard Palmer
1556–1647
Sarah Palmer)
1563–1653
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Waters
1536–1565
Sarah Jones
1539–1601

Joanna Overton's Timeline

2 Records

1645
1645
Birth of Joanna Overton in Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1678
1678
Age 33
Death of Joanna Overton in Silk Hope Plantation, St Thomas Parish, American Colonies, South Carolina, USA
Silk Hope Plantation, St Thomas Parish, American Colonies, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1645
    Event Place: Easington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1678
    Event Place: Silk Hope Plantation, St Thomas Parish, American Colonies, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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