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John Kayleway Esq. 1505–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Merefield; Ilminster, Somerset, England

Death Date: 9 February 1578

Death Location: Ilminster, South Somerset District, Somerset, England

Father: Nicholas Sir

Mother: Joan Wadham

Spouse(s): Lady Wadham

Children(s): Mary Cooke, Nicholas Wadham, Joanne Young, Florence Wyndham

In 1505, John Kayleway Esq. entered the world in Merefield; Ilminster, Somerset, England, born to Nicholas 15Ggf Wadham De Devon Sir And Joan Wadham. John Kayleway Esq. married Lady Joan Jane Tregarthen Kayleway Wadham, and had children including Florence Wyndham, Joanne Young, Mary 13Ggm Elizabeth Kelleway Kayleway Wadham Cooke, Nicholas Wadham. John Kayleway Esq. passed away in 1578 in Ilminster, South Somerset District, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1505, John Kayleway Esq. entered the world in Merefield; Ilminster, Somerset, England, born to Nicholas 15Ggf Wadham De Devon Sir And Joan Wadham.
  • John Kayleway Esq. married Lady Joan Jane Tregarthen Kayleway Wadham, and had children including Florence Wyndham, Joanne Young, Mary 13Ggm Elizabeth Kelleway Kayleway Wadham Cooke, Nicholas Wadham.
  • John Kayleway Esq. passed away in 1578 in Ilminster, South Somerset District, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

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John Esq.'s Ancestors

Self
John Esq.
1505–1578
Birth Place: Merefield; Ilminster, Somerset, England
Parents
Nicholas 15GGF Wadham de Devon Sir
1444–1542
Devon, England
Joan Wadham
1444–1557
Houndstone, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Esq.'s Descendants

1.
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John (Kayleway) Esq. (1505–9 February 1578) m. Lady (Joan 'Jane' Tregarthen Kayleway) Wadham (1498–30 Sept 1583)
  1. 1. Mary (13GGM Elizabeth Kelleway\Kayleway Wadham) Cooke 1524–1589 m. William Cooke 1514–1555
    1. 1. *John Cooke 1540–1577 m. Elizabeth Kogan 1548–1576
      1. 1. John Cooke 1572–1638 m. Alice (Pyrwoshe) [Payne] 1565–1646
        1. 1. Richard Cooke 1580–1649 m. Anne (Chapley) (11th-GGM) 1582–1636
      2. 2. Martha (Kerton) Cooke 1563–1587
      3. 3. Richard Cooike 1574–1574
      4. 4. Agnes (Cook (Alias) Howper) 1562–1624
      5. 5. Rose (Cooke Howper Homper) Hooper 1566–1600
      6. 6. Alice (Cooke OR) Hooper 1575–1619
      7. 7. Elizabeth Cooke 1568–1577
      8. 8. George Cooke 1561–1597
      9. 9. John Cooke 1562–1600
      10. 10. Katherine (Alley) Cooke 1560–
      11. 11. Robert (Alley) Cooke 1564–1601
      12. 12. Robert Cooke 1565–1597
      13. 13. Rose Cooke 1563–1681
      14. 14. Thomas Cooke 1560–1577
  2. 2. Nicholas Wadham 1532–1609
  3. 3. Joanne Young 1536–1603
  4. 4. Florence Wyndham 1538–1597

John Esq.'s Timeline

2 Records

1505
1505
Birth of John Kayleway Esq. in Merefield; Ilminster, Somerset, England
Merefield; Ilminster, Somerset, England
1578
9 February 1578
Age 73
Death of John Kayleway Esq. in Edge, Branscombe, Devon, England
Edge, Branscombe, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Merefield; Ilminster, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 February 1578
    Event Place: Edge, Branscombe, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ilminster, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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