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John Lawrence 1500 – 1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 JAN 1500

Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 27 JAN 1556

Death Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Lawrence

Mother: Elizabeth Hacker

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Holt

Children(s): John Lawrence, Henry Lawrence, Margaret Lawrence, Agnes Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Margaret Lawrence, John Lawrence, William Lawrence, Thomas Lawrence

John Lawrence was born in 1500 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Lawrence and Elizabeth Hacker. John Lawrence married Elizabeth Holt, and had children including John Lawrence, Henry Lawrence, Margaret Lawrence, Agnes Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Margaret Lawrence, John Lawrence, William Lawrence, Thomas Lawrence. John Lawrence passed away in 1556 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Lawrence was born in 1500 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Lawrence and Elizabeth Hacker.
  • John Lawrence married Elizabeth Holt, and had children including John Lawrence, Henry Lawrence, Margaret Lawrence, Agnes Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Margaret Lawrence, John Lawrence, William Lawrence, Thomas Lawrence.
  • John Lawrence passed away in 1556 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
John Lawrence
1500 – 1556
Birth Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Lawrence
1474 – 1556
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Hacker
1478 – 1504
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Lawrence
1450 – 1504
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Margery Bretagne
1458 – 1507
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Stephen (Benjamin) Hacker
1455 – 1483
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Annie (Elizabeth) Black
1460 – 1500
Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lawrence
1420 – 1471
Alice Higgins
1425 – 1485
Benjamin Hacker
1434 – 1475
Beulah Tucker
1436 – 1469
Thomas Black
1440 – 1465
Wilhelmina Sachtleben
1445 – 1474
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Lawrence
1390 – 1450
Amphibilis Longford
1380 – 1450
Sachtleben
1400 –

John Lawrence's Descendants

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John Lawrence (1 JAN 1500 – 27 JAN 1556) m. Elizabeth Holt (11 JAN 1510 – 22 JAN 1583)
  1. 1. John Lawrence (1 JAN 1519 – 27 APR 1590) m. Agnes Holmes (1 JAN 1523 – 22 JAN 1583)
    1. 1. Henry Lawrence (1527 – 1596)
    2. 2. Susan (Renee) Lawrence (1532 – 1577) m. Lancelot Ward (4 FEB 1550 – ABT 1610)
    3. 3. Richard Lawrence (1532 – 1596) m. Joan Garould
    4. 4. Katherine Lawrence (1535 – AFT 12 APR 1580) m. Roger Frost (1520 – 31 MAR 1580)
    5. 5. Joanna Lawrence (ABT 1543 – ) m. Bartholomei Tassell (ABT 1540 – )
      1. 1. Joan Tassell (3 OCT 1572 – )
      2. 2. Alice Tassell (1586 – JAN 1639) m. Robert Shelly (1586 – 1636) m. Robert Shelley (4 MAR 1566 – 20 NOV 1642)
        1. 1. Margaret Shelley (1604 – )
        2. 2. Margaret Shelley (ABT 1604 – 1634)
        3. 3. Anne Shelley (1612 – 1660)
        4. 4. Anne Shelley (17 AUG 1612 – 9 DEC 1668) m. Richard Foxwell (1610 – 7 APR 1668)
        5. 5. Anne Shelley (1633 – 1647)
        6. 6. Ann Foxwell (1635 – 1635)
        7. 7. Hannah Shelley (2 JUL 1637 – 5 APR 1709) m. David Linnell (1627 – 30 JUN 1667) m. John Davis (15 MAR 1628 – JAN 1703) m. Nicolas Linnel (1647 – )
        8. 8. Ann (Shelly) Shirley (1603 – )
        9. 9. Robert Shelley (1612 – 6 SEP 1692) m. Judith Garnett (1608 – 1668) m. Susanna Dimmick (1635 – 6 SEP 1692)
    6. 6. John Lawrence (1 JAN 1545 – 2 JAN 1609) m. Johanna Frustenden (1549 – 2 JUN 1606)
    7. 7. Elizabeth Lawrence (1551 – ) m. Simon Sheldrake (1550 – )
    8. 8. Thomas Lawrence (21 MAY 1551 – )
    9. 9. Elizabeth Lawrence (1552 – 1620) m. Thomas (Rhys) Davis (1550 – 1601)
    10. 10. George Lawrence (ABT 1552 – )
    11. 11. Margaret Lawrence (1555 – 1655) m. John Proger (1565 – 2 MAR 1618) m. William Pricke (ABT 1549 – ) m. William Pricke (1549 – ) m. Isaac Lawrence (ABT 1551 – ) m. Richard Lewys
    12. 12. John Lawrence (ABT 1555 – AFT 1573)
    13. 13. Thomas Lawrence (1557 – )
    14. 14. James Lawrence (ABT 1559 – )
    15. 15. Nathaniel Lawrence (1563 – ) m. Lawrence Mrs. (ABT 1567 – )
    16. 16. Anne Lawrence (ABT 1564 – ) m. Christopher Eachard (ABT 1560 – )
    17. 17. William Lawrence
    18. 18. Joan Lawrence
    19. 19. Thomasine Lawrence
  2. 2. Henry Lawrence (1520 – )
  3. 3. Margaret Lawrence (1523 – 1595) m. Richard Payne (ABT 1498 – )
  4. 4. Agnes Lawrence (1531 – )
  5. 5. Richard Lawrence (1532 – 6 FEB 1556) m. Lawrence (1501 – )
  6. 6. Margaret Lawrence (1533 – )
  7. 7. John Lawrence (1537 – 21 MAY 1590)
  8. 8. William Lawrence (1537 – 23 JAN 1597) m. Alice (1537 – 26 JAN 1588)
  9. 9. Thomas Lawrence

John Lawrence's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1 JAN 1500
Birth of John Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1556
27 JAN 1556
Age 56
Death of John Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1556
ABT 31 JAN 1556
Age 56
Burial of John Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 JAN 1500
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 JAN 1556
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: ABT 31 JAN 1556
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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