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Katherine Sheldon 1529–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Jan 1529

Birth Location: Dudley, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1586

Death Location: Lydbury North, Shropshire, England

Father: William Sheldon

Mother: Mary Willington

Spouse(s): Edmund be

Children(s): Mary Plowden, Mary Plowden, Anne Plowden, Mary Plowden, Francis Plowden, Edmund Plowden, Margaret Plowden, Edmund Plowden, Francis Plowden

Katherine Sheldon was born in 1529 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, the child of William Sheldon And Mary Willington. Katherine Sheldon married Edmund Plowden The Case Is Altered Quoth Plowden To Be Or Not To Be, and had children including Anne Plowden, Edmund Plowden, Francis Plowden, Margaret Plowden, Mary Ann Plowden, Mary Plowden, Mary Rhoden Edmund Plowden. Katherine Sheldon passed away in 1586 in Lydbury North, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Katherine Sheldon was born in 1529 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, the child of William Sheldon And Mary Willington.
  • Katherine Sheldon married Edmund Plowden The Case Is Altered Quoth Plowden To Be Or Not To Be, and had children including Anne Plowden, Edmund Plowden, Francis Plowden, Margaret Plowden, Mary Ann Plowden, Mary Plowden, Mary Rhoden Edmund Plowden.
  • Katherine Sheldon passed away in 1586 in Lydbury North, Shropshire, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

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Katherine Sheldon's Ancestors

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Katherine Sheldon
1529–1586
Birth Place: Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Parents
William Sheldon
1500–1571
Beoley, Worcestershire, , England
Mary Willington
1510–1553
Barcheston, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Ralph Sheldon
1476–1547
Beoley, Worcestershire, England
Philippa Heath
1475–1548
Warwickshire, England
William Willington
1470–
England
Ann Middlemore
1489–1520
Frankley, Worcestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Ralph Sheldon
1428–1497
Joyce Ruding
1434–
Baldwin Heath
1440–1526
Agnes Grove
1450–
John Willington
1460–1543
Richard Middlemore
1440–1503
Margaret Throckmorton
1464–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Sheldon
1380–1428
Juana Coton
1396–
William Ruding
1410–
Mary Venables
1414–1453
Thomas Heath
1420–1471
Lady DeHill
1420–1439
John Grove
1425–
Joan Burhill
1430–1490
William Willington
1492–1460
John Middlemore
1410–1447
Agnes Waldive
1404–1446
Thomas Coughton
1412–1475
Margaret Olney
1426–1505

Katherine Sheldon's Descendants

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Katherine Sheldon (2 Jan 1529–1586) m. Edmund (Plowden , The case is altered quoth Plowden, To be or not to) be (1518–17 Feb 1585)
  1. 1. Mary Plowden 1548–1593 m. Richard White 1554–1614
    1. 1. Richard Whyte 1580–1656 m. Catherine Weston 1607–1645 m. Ann Gray 1584–1620
      1. 1. Frances (Elizabeth) White 1616–1697 m. Richard Wells 1609–1667
        1. 1. Mary (Wells) Stockett 1631–1698 m. Thomas (Stockett) III 1635–1671 m. George Yate 1640–1691
        2. 2. Frances Wells 1563–
        3. 3. Richard Wells 1635–1671 m. Sophia Ewen 1649–1675
        4. 4. Benjamin Wells 1637–1702 m. Frances Hanslap 1670–1697
        5. 5. Elizabeth Wells 1639–
        6. 6. Robert Wells 1641–
        7. 7. William Wells 1643–
        8. 8. George Wells 1644–1696 m. Blanche Goldsmith 1647–1704
      2. 2. James White 1621–1689 m. Margaret Sandelands 1624–1667
      3. 3. John Whyte 1622–
      4. 4. Elizabeth White 1624–1658
      5. 5. Mary Whyte 1624–
      6. 6. William White 1624–
      7. 7. Catherine Whyte 1626–
      8. 8. Jerome Whyte 1628–1671
      9. 9. George Whyte 1628–
      10. 10. Charles Whyte 1630–
      11. 11. Elizabeth Whyte 1631–
    2. 2. Mary White 1577– m. Phillip Waldegrave 1582–1648
    3. 3. Antone Whyte 1580–1656 m. Agnes Tait 1580–
    4. 4. Richard White 1581–1641 m. Joane Grombridge 1588–1639
    5. 5. Thomas White 1582–1676
    6. 6. Mathew White 1584–
    7. 7. Lydia (Elizabeth) White 1587–1638 m. Thomas Leonard 1577–1638
    8. 8. Robert White 1587–1640 m. Mary Sheldon 1585–1641
    9. 9. Samuel White 1588–1626
    10. 10. Mary White 1593–1635 m. Philip Walgraue 1590–
  2. 2. Mary (Ann) Plowden 1545–1635 m. John Jenkins 1538–1590
  3. 3. Anne Plowden 1548–1635 m. Francis Parkyns 1525– m. Francis (Perkins,) Esq. 1546–1615
  4. 4. Mary (Rhoden Edmund) Plowden 1550–1635
  5. 5. Francis Plowden 1552–1600
  6. 6. Edmund Plowden 1560–1586
  7. 7. Margaret Plowden 1560– m. John Walcot 1556– m. Humphrey Sanford 1554–
  8. 8. Edmund Plowden 1562–1652 m. Mary Fermor 1562–
  9. 9. Francis Plowden 1562–1652 m. Mary Fermor 1562–

Katherine Sheldon's Timeline

3 Records

1529
2 Jan 1529
Birth of Katherine Sheldon in Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Dudley, Staffordshire, England
1549
2 Jan 1549
Age 20
Katherine Sheldon was christened in St Thomas, Dudley, Worcester, England
St Thomas, Dudley, Worcester, England
1586
1586
Age 57
Death of Katherine Sheldon in Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Dudley, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1529
    Event Place: Dudley, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 19 Aug 2023), entry for Katherine Sheldon, person ID L61B-YVZ.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1549
    Event Place: St Thomas, Dudley, Worcester, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 19 Aug 2023), entry for Katherine Sheldon, person ID L61B-YVZ.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1586
    Event Place: Dudley, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 19 Aug 2023), entry for Katherine Sheldon, person ID L61B-YVZ.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lydbury North, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 19 Aug 2023), entry for Katherine Sheldon, person ID L61B-YVZ.

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