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Lady Catherine Ashby 1511–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1511

Birth Location: Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 July 1579

Death Location: All Hallows London Wall, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: William Baker

Mother: Susannah Latter

Spouse(s): Sir Shakespeare

Children(s): John Smythe

Lady Catherine Ashby was born in 1511 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Walter Baker And Susannah Anna Latter. Lady Catherine Ashby married Sir William Harris Smith Master And Alderman Godfather Of Shakespeare, and had children including John Harris Smith Smythe. Lady Catherine Ashby passed away in 1579 in All Hallows London Wall, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Catherine Ashby was born in 1511 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Walter Baker And Susannah Anna Latter.
  • Lady Catherine Ashby married Sir William Harris Smith Master And Alderman Godfather Of Shakespeare, and had children including John Harris Smith Smythe.
  • Lady Catherine Ashby passed away in 1579 in All Hallows London Wall, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Lady Ashby's Ancestors

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Lady Ashby
1511–1579
Birth Place: Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Walter Baker
1445–1514
Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Susannah (Anna) Latter
1453–1514
Quenby, Hungerton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
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Lady Ashby's Descendants

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Lady (Catherine) Ashby (1511–25 July 1579) m. Sir (William Harris Smith, Master and Alderman, Godfather of) Shakespeare (1507–11 Nov 1554)
  1. 1. John (Harris Smith) Smythe 1542–1586 m. Dorothy Cave 1546–1584
    1. 1. Erasmus (Ambrose) Smith 1564–1616 m. Margaret Cecil 1562–1611
      1. 1. Reverand (Henry Smith of) Norfolk 1588–1648 m. Dorothy (Cotton Smith) Russell 1603–1687
        1. 1. Ann (Hawley) Smith 1622–1671 m. Phillip (Grove) ;Immigrant 1616–1676
        2. 2. Samuell Smith 1638–1703
        3. 3. Mary Hale 1620–
        4. 4. Phillippa (Smith) Birdseye 1622–1687
        5. 5. Dorothy (Smith) Moore 1641–1706
        6. 6. Joanna (Smith) Russell 1641–1664
        7. 7. Elizabeth Smith 1648–1648
        8. 8. Joanna Smith 1641–1667
        9. 9. Peregrine Smith 1627–
        10. 10. Perigrine Smith 1627–1649
        11. 11. Phillipa Smith 1622–1687
        12. 12. Rebecca Smith 1631–

Lady Ashby's Timeline

3 Records

1511
1511
Birth of Lady Catherine Ashby in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
1549
22 January 1549
Age 38
Lady Catherine Ashby was married in Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1579
25 July 1579
Age 68
Death of Lady Catherine Ashby in All Hallows London Wall, London, London, England, United Kingdom
All Hallows London Wall, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Quenby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 22 January 1549
    Event Place: Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 July 1579
    Event Place: All Hallows London Wall, London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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