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John Dryden 1525 – 1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 30 SEP 1584

Death Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England

Father: David Esquire

Mother: Isabel Nicholson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cope

Children(s): Mary Dryden, Anthony Dryden, Erasmus Dryden, Edward Dryden, George Dryden, Thomas Dryden, Bridget Dryden, John Dryden, Stephen Dryden, Emma Dryden, Nicholas Dryden, Elizabeth Dryden

In 1525, John Dryden entered the world in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, born to David Charles Dryden, Esquire and Isabel Isabella Nicholson. John Dryden married Elizabeth Cope, and had children including Mary Dryden, Anthony Dryden, Erasmus Dryden, Edward Dryden, George Dryden, Thomas Dryden, Bridget Dryden, John Dryden, Stephen Dryden, Emma Dryden, Nicholas Dryden, Elizabeth Ann Dryden. John Dryden passed away in 1584 in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1525, John Dryden entered the world in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, born to David Charles Dryden, Esquire and Isabel Isabella Nicholson.
  • John Dryden married Elizabeth Cope, and had children including Mary Dryden, Anthony Dryden, Erasmus Dryden, Edward Dryden, George Dryden, Thomas Dryden, Bridget Dryden, John Dryden, Stephen Dryden, Emma Dryden, Nicholas Dryden, Elizabeth Ann Dryden.
  • John Dryden passed away in 1584 in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Esquire
1500 – 1558
Birth Location: Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
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Isabel Nicholson
1504 – 1536
Birth Location: Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Cope
1535 – 1584
Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

Mary Dryden
1555 – 1617
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
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Anthony Dryden
1551 – 1574
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
AD
Erasmus Dryden
1553 – 1632
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
ED
Edward Dryden
1556 –
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
ED
George Dryden
1557 – 1595
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
GD
Thomas Dryden
1563 – 1620
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
TD
Bridget Dryden
1563 – 1645
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
BD
John Dryden
1564 – 1591
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
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Stephen Dryden
1567 – 1637
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
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Emma Dryden
1569 – 1617
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
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Nicholas Dryden
1571 – 1608
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northhampton, England
ND
Elizabeth Dryden
1599 – 1658
Birth Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
ED

John Dryden's Ancestors

Self
John Dryden
1525 – 1584
Birth Place: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
David Charles Dryden, Esquire
1500 – 1558
Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Isabel (Isabella) Nicholson
1504 – 1536
Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Dryden's Descendants

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John Dryden (1525 – 30 SEP 1584) m. Elizabeth Cope (2 AUG 1535 – 30 SEP 1584)
  1. 1. Mary Dryden (1555 – 7 DEC 1617) m. Francis Foxley (ABT 1552 – 7 DEC 1617)
    1. 1. Sarah Foxley (1600 – MAY 1636) m. Newdigate Poyntz (NOV 1608 – 5 AUG 1643)
      1. 1. Dorothea Poyntz ( – 2 AUG 1705) m. John Owsley ( – 25 DEC 1687)
        1. 1. Thomas Owsley (11 JUN 1658 – 10 OCT 1700) m. Ann Harris (1663 – 17 JUL 1739)
        2. 2. Sarah Howsley (8 MAR 1651 – 13 MAY 1713) m. Thomas Cooper (11 AUG 1644 – 15 FEB 1726)
        3. 3. John Owsley (6 MAR 1654 – )
        4. 4. William Owsley (9 APR 1656 – 1681) m. Edith (ABT 1658 – )
        5. 5. Newdigate Owsley (SEP 1660 – 23 OCT 1713) m. Elizabeth Yates (ABT 1660 – 1726)
        6. 6. Edith Owsley (14 DEC 1662 – 2 AUG 1714) m. William Owsley (15 JUN 1663 – 14 SEP 1733)
        7. 7. Francis Owsley (24 FEB 1664 – 8 MAR 1664)
        8. 8. Francis Owsley (9 APR 1666 – 8 MAR 1687)
        9. 9. Poyntz Owsley (11 APR 1667 – 1 DEC 1731) m. Mary Dand (ABT 1671 – 14 AUG 1721)
        10. 10. Charles Owsley (3 SEP 1669 – 18 JUN 1705)
        11. 11. Mary Owsley (1 NOV 1671 – 1771)
        12. 12. Dorothy Owsley (23 DEC 1673 – 24 FEB 1700) m. Robert Delgardno (1668 – )
      2. 2. Thomas Poyntz (12 JAN 1628 – 1677) m. Mary Harrington (ABT 1632 – 1664)
      3. 3. John Poyntz (1629 – 12 AUG 1712) m. Alice Brown (ABT 1629 – )
      4. 4. Charles Poyntz (1630 – AFT 1639)
      5. 5. Francis Poyntz (ABT 1632 – 22 SEP 1684) m. Catherine Bates (1634 – 3 OCT 1680)
      6. 6. Sarah Poyntz (4 JAN 1633 – 1635)
      7. 7. Mary Poyntz (29 MAY 1633 – ) m. Thomas Crosby (ABT 1629 – )
      8. 8. Elizabeth Poyntz (29 MAY 1636 – 29 MAY 1636)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Foxley (ABT 1578 – ) m. Timothy Saunders (ABT 1589 – )
    3. 3. Anne Foxley (ABT 1580 – ) m. Robert Giles (ABT 1576 – )
    4. 4. John Foxley (ABT 1582 – ) m. Alice Lambert (1586 – )
    5. 5. Thomas Foxley (ABT 1584 – ) m. Betteris
    6. 6. George Foxley (1586 – )
    7. 7. Mary Foxley (ABT 1588 – BET 1 APR 1635 AND 3 NOV 1637)
    8. 8. Francis Foxley (ABT 1590 – BET 19 JUL 1642 AND 12 FEB 1647) m. Frances Cave (1592 – JUN 1643)
    9. 9. William Foxley (1592 – )
    10. 10. Richard Foxley (1595 – 1649) m. Susan Poyntz (1602 – SEP 1633)
    11. 11. John Foxley (1595 – 1681) m. Jane
    12. 12. Edward Foxley (AFT 1596 – ) m. Judith Doubleday (ABT 1610 – 17 JAN 1703)
    13. 13. Frances Foxley (ABT 1597 – ) m. Knightley Dudley (1597 – )
    14. 14. Emma Foxley (ABT 1598 – )
  2. 2. Anthony Dryden (1551 – BET 11 JAN 1574 AND 31 DEC 1583) m. Anne Wilkes (ABT 1561 – BEF 1630)
  3. 3. Erasmus Dryden (20 DEC 1553 – 22 MAY 1632) m. Frances (Wilkes) Dryden (1557 – 16 FEB 1630)
  4. 4. Edward Dryden (1556 – )
  5. 5. George Dryden (1557 – AFT 1595) m. Katherine Throckmorton (1535 – 1610)
  6. 6. Thomas Dryden (1563 – AFT 1620) m. Elizabeth Lydell (1563 – )
  7. 7. Bridget Dryden (ABT 1563 – 2 APR 1645) m. Francis Marbury (ABT OCT 1555 – 11 FEB 1611) m. Thomas Newman (ABT 1565 – 1645) m. Thomas Newman (1575 – )
  8. 8. John Dryden (ABT 1564 – 1591)
  9. 9. Stephen Dryden (ABT 1567 – FEB 1637) m. Ellen Neale (1586 – DEC 1675)
  10. 10. Emma Dryden (1569 – 1617) m. William Bury (ABT 1567 – 1617)
  11. 11. Nicholas Dryden (ABT 1571 – 12 JAN 1608) m. Mary Emeley (1571 – 16 FEB 1630)
  12. 12. Elizabeth (Ann) Dryden (1599 – 1658) m. Thomas Hubbard (6 DEC 1598 – )

John Dryden's Timeline

3 Records

1525
1525
Birth of John Dryden in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
1584
30 SEP 1584
Age 59
Death of John Dryden in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
1584
AFT 30 SEP 1584
Age 59
Burial of John Dryden in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 SEP 1584
    Event Place: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: AFT 30 SEP 1584
    Event Place: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
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