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John Saunders 1552 – 1652 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1552

Birth Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

Death Date: 1652

Death Location: Downton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Saunders

Mother: 12th Walsingham

Spouse(s): Joane Axtell, Johan Sheperd

Children(s): Capt. Saunders, Captain Saunders

John Saunders was born in 1552 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of Sir Knight Thomas Richard Saunders and 12th Lady Alice Walsingham. John Saunders later married Joane Axtell and Johan Joanne Johana Sheperd, and together they raised children including Capt. John Saunders and Captain John Saunders. In 1652, John Saunders passed away in Downton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Sir Saunders
1516 – 1565
Birth Location: Harrington, Northamptonshire, England
SS
12th Walsingham
1507 – 1609
Birth Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
1W

Spouses(s)

Joane Axtell
1552 – 1592
Birth Location: Downton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
JA
Johan Sheperd
1532 – 1592
Birth Location: Marston St Lawrence, Northamptonshire, England
JS

Children(s)

Capt. Saunders
1575 – 1670
Birth Location: Weeks, Downton Parish, Wiltshire, England
CS
Captain Saunders
1578 – 1670
Birth Location: –
CS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1532
    Event Place: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1554
    Event Place: Lydeard St Lawrence, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1532
    Event Place: Amersham, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1552
    Event Place: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Somerset: - Registers of Marriage

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Lydiarde Laurence, Bathe, Somerset, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 114

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Somerset, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 Jul 1618
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 June 1609
    Event Place: Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Abt 1609
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 114

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 June 1609
    Event Place: Lydeard St Lawrence, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 Jul 1618
    Event Place: Dinton, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1652
    Event Place: Downton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 03 Aug 1618
    Event Place: Amersham, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
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