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Lady Dorothy Button 1567–1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1567

Birth Location: Colyton, Devon, England

Death Date: 1631

Death Location: Musbury, Devon, England

Father: Sir Button

Mother: Mary Keilway

Spouse(s): John Drake

Children(s): Mary Drake

Lady Dorothy Button was born in 1567 in Colyton, Devon, England, the child of Sir William Of Alton Button And Mary Sarah Keilway. Lady Dorothy Button married John Drake, and had children including Mary Drake. Lady Dorothy Button passed away in 1631 in Musbury, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy Button was born in 1567 in Colyton, Devon, England, the child of Sir William Of Alton Button And Mary Sarah Keilway.
  • Lady Dorothy Button married John Drake, and had children including Mary Drake.
  • Lady Dorothy Button passed away in 1631 in Musbury, Devon, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Button's Ancestors

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Lady Button
1567–1631
Birth Place: Colyton, Devon, England
Parents
Sir William of Alton Button
1526–1591
Ashton, Wiltshire, England
Mary (Sarah) Keilway
1541–1618
Rockbourne, , Hampshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William Button I of) Alton
1495–1547
Alton Priors, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Anne Agnes) Carter*
1502–1528
Letcombe Regis, Berkshire, England
Lady (Anne) Halways
1508–1582
Rockbourne, Hampshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Cater
1470–
Margaret Awdlett
1470–1552
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Button's Descendants

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Lady (Dorothy) Button (1567–1631) m. John Drake (1560–1628)
  1. 1. Mary Drake 1583–1663 m. Abraham Pearson 1580–1636 m. Abraham Pierson 1570–1650
    1. 1. Henry Pierson 1618–1680
      1. 1. Deborah Pierson 1666–1739
        1. 1. Joseph Hawley 1707–1771 m. Hannah Walker 1705–1769

Lady Button's Timeline

2 Records

1567
1567
Birth of Lady Dorothy Button in Colyton, Devon, England
Colyton, Devon, England
1631
1631
Age 64
Death of Lady Dorothy Button in Musbury, Devon, England
Musbury, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1567
    Event Place: Colyton, Devon, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1631
    Event Place: Musbury, Devon, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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