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Katherine (of Islington) Read 1540–1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bef. 1540

Birth Location: Somerset, England

Death Date: Abt. 1602

Death Location: Dotchet, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: John Aikenhead

Mother: Countess Stewart

Spouse(s): Christopher Printer)

Children(s): ROBERT BARKER

Katherine (of Islington) Read was born in 1540 in Somerset, England, the child of John Bowman Reid Of Aikenhead And Countess Johanna Jonet Sutherland Stewart. Katherine (of Islington) Read married Christopher Barker Queens Printer, and had children including Robert William Barker. Katherine (of Islington) Read passed away in 1602 in Dotchet, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • Katherine (of Islington) Read was born in 1540 in Somerset, England, the child of John Bowman Reid Of Aikenhead And Countess Johanna Jonet Sutherland Stewart.
  • Katherine (of Islington) Read married Christopher Barker Queens Printer, and had children including Robert William Barker.
  • Katherine (of Islington) Read passed away in 1602 in Dotchet, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Aikenhead
1501–1560
Birth Location: Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JA
Countess Stewart
1505–1564
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
CS

Spouses(s)

Christopher Printer)
1529–1599
Birth Location: Marr, Yorkshire, England
CP

Children(s)

ROBERT BARKER
1568–1645
Birth Location: Southlea, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
RB

Katherine Read's Ancestors

Self
Katherine Read
1540–1602
Birth Place: Somerset, England
Parents
John Bowman Reid of Aikenhead
1501–1560
Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Countess (Johanna (Jonet) Sutherland) Stewart
1505–1564
Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John William REID of) Aikenhead
1493–1513
Aikenhead, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Ane Bessie) Schanwell
1493–1512
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
King (James IV "Iron Belt" Stuart 6th Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Scotland, King of) Scotland
1472–1513
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret (Tudor Queen consort of) Scots
1489–1541
Richmond Palace, London, England
Great-Grandparents
James King
1451–1488
Margaret Scotland
1456–1486
Henry Tudor
1457–1509
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1464–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1430–1460
Mary Scotland
1434–1463
Christian Denmark
1426–1481
Dorthea Brandenburg
1430–1495

Katherine Read's Descendants

1.
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Katherine ((of Islington)) Read (Bef. 1540–Abt. 1602) m. Christopher (Barker (Queens') Printer) (Abt. 1529–29 Nov 1599)
  1. 1. ROBERT (WILLIAM) BARKER 1568–1645 m. Margaret Gledstanes 1575–1664 m. Rachel (Day) Barker 1560–1607
    1. 1. Marione Cornewall 1602–1645 m. Johnne Black 1601–1674
      1. 1. Johnne Black 1621–1674 m. Agnes Stenhouse 1620–1646
        1. 1. Thomas Black 1645– m. Catherine Russell 1641–

Katherine Read's Timeline

3 Records

1540
Bef. 1540
Birth of Katherine (of Islington) Read in Somerset, England
Somerset, England
1563
14 Jul 1563
Age 23
Katherine (of Islington) Read was married
None
1602
Abt. 1602
Age 62
Death of Katherine (of Islington) Read in Dotchet, Buckinghamshire, England
Dotchet, Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bef. 1540
    Event Place: Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1563

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1602
    Event Place: Dotchet, Buckinghamshire, England
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