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John Brockett 1511–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bet 5 Sep 1511 and Jan 1514

Birth Location: Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 4 Apr 1558

Death Location: Wheathamstead St. Helen's, Hertfordshire, England

Father: John Brockett

Mother: Dorothy Hughson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Brockett, Margaret Bensted

Children(s): Frances Brockett, Elizabeth Brockett

John Brockett was born in 1511 in Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of John Brockett And Dorothy May Hughson. John Brockett married Elizabeth Brockett, Margaret Bensted, and had children including Elizabeth Brockett, Frances Brockett. John Brockett passed away in 1558 in Wheathamstead St. Helen's, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Brockett was born in 1511 in Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of John Brockett And Dorothy May Hughson.
  • John Brockett married Elizabeth Brockett, Margaret Bensted, and had children including Elizabeth Brockett, Frances Brockett.
  • John Brockett passed away in 1558 in Wheathamstead St. Helen's, Hertfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Brockett's Ancestors

Self
John Brockett
1511–1558
Birth Place: Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
John Brockett
1475–1531
Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Dorothy (May) Hughson
1476–1517
Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Brockett I Of) Hertfordshire
1450–1532
Pitminster, Somerset, England
Lucy Pulter
1457–1532
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Nicholas Hughson
1450–1512
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Jane Barley
1460–1502
Barley, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Brockett
1425–1488
Pulter Elizabeth
1428–1515
Thomas Pulter
1427–1485
Alice Lindsay
1431–1500
Nicholas Hughson
1425–1452
John Barley
1415–1475
Margaret Poyntz
1420–1462
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Brockett
1393–1477
Elizabeth Ashe
1405–1482
Pulter John
1386–1455
Margaret
1386–1427
Pulter John
1386–1455
Margaret
1386–1427
Hughson Hughson
1395–
John Barley
1390–1445
Lady Walden
1394–1464
John Poyntz
1365–1447
Eleanor Dancote
1370–1447

John Brockett's Descendants

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John Brockett (Bet 5 Sep 1511 and Jan 1514–4 Apr 1558) m. Elizabeth Brockett (1540–) m. Margaret Bensted (1500–1560)
  1. 1. Frances Brockett 1558–1650 m. Richard (Baseline) Sherratt 1560–1590
    1. 1. Anne Sherratt 1580–1680 m. Richard (Moss) IV 1580–1670
      1. 1. Edward (Moss) Sr 1610–1685 m. Ann Belt –1665 m. Jane (Ann) North 1614–1700
        1. 1. Robert (Bruce Moss) Sr 1633–1689 m. Rebeckah Wales 1630–1680
        2. 2. Thomas Moss 1630–1678 m. Elizabeth (Frances) Walker 1635–1683
        3. 3. William (Henry Moss) I 1633–1685 m. Jane (Bridgett) North 1635–1676
        4. 4. Elizabeth Moss 1634–1688
        5. 5. John (Moss) I 1634–1716 m. Martha 1647–
        6. 6. Dorothy Moss 1635–1718
        7. 7. Edward (Moss) Jr 1637–1716 m. Eleanor Westwood 1637–1735 m. Elizabeth Henderson 1676– m. Elizabeth Cannon 1693–
        8. 8. Rebecca Moss 1639–1729
        9. 9. John Moss 1640–1698 m. Mary 1642–1698
        10. 10. Crask Moss 1640–1730
      2. 2. Richard (Moss) V 1606–1696
      3. 3. Robert Moss 1608–
      4. 4. Walter Moss 1614–
  2. 2. Elizabeth Brockett 1545–1634 m. John (Pope) III 1540–1583 m. John (Pope) III, 1524–1583 m. George (Huntercombe) Carleton 1566–1628

John Brockett's Timeline

3 Records

1511
Bet 5 Sep 1511 and Jan 1514
Birth of John Brockett in Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England
Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England
1558
23 Mar 1558
Age 47
Death of John Brockett in Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
1558
4 Apr 1558
Age 47
Burial of John Brockett in Wheathamstead St. Helen's, Hertfordshire, England
Wheathamstead St. Helen's, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bet 5 Sep 1511 and Jan 1514
    Event Place: Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for John Brockett, person ID LBKM-K7Y.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1558
    Event Place: Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for John Brockett, person ID LBKM-K7Y.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1558
    Event Place: Wheathamstead St. Helen's, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for John Brockett, person ID LBKM-K7Y.

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