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Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby 1528–1599 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jul 1528

Birth Location: Chelmsford, Essex, England

Death Date: 7 January 1599

Death Location: Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Robert Hopkins

Mother: Joane Woode

Spouse(s): Sir Marches, Thomas Forster

Children(s): Sir II

Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby was born in 1528 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, the child of Robert Hopkins And Joane Woode. Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby married Sir Thomas Forster Yeoman Of The Queen Her Majesty S Chamber Lord Of The Marches, Thomas Forster, and had children including Sir Thomas Forster Knight And Justice Of The Common Pleas Ii. Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby passed away in 1599 in Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby was born in 1528 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, the child of Robert Hopkins And Joane Woode.
  • Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby married Sir Thomas Forster Yeoman Of The Queen Her Majesty S Chamber Lord Of The Marches, Thomas Forster, and had children including Sir Thomas Forster Knight And Justice Of The Common Pleas Ii.
  • Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby passed away in 1599 in Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England.

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Lady Counsby's Ancestors

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Lady Counsby
1528–1599
Birth Place: Chelmsford, Essex, England
Parents
Robert Hopkins
1505–1529
Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
Joane Woode
1510–1530
Bristol, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Counsby's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning) Counsby (20 Jul 1528–7 January 1599) m. Sir (Thomas Forster, Yeoman of the Queen Her Majesty's Chamber, Lord of the) Marches (10 Aug 1528–11 Oct 1599) m. Thomas Forster (10 Aug 1528–9 August 1589)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas, Forster, Knight and Justice of the Common Pleas) II 1548–1612 m. Lady (Susan (Susannah) Foster of) Iden 1554–1625
    1. 1. Rev. (Thomas) Foster 1566–1638 m. Abigail Wimes 1573–1638
      1. 1. Elizabeth Foster 1606–1658 m. Devereux Godwin 1610–1676
        1. 1. Col. (Joseph Godwin) (Immigrant) 1636–1698 m. Mary (Ann Patrick) (Immigrant) 1643–1679

Lady Counsby's Timeline

2 Records

1528
20 Jul 1528
Birth of Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby in Chelmsford, Essex, England
Chelmsford, Essex, England
1599
7 January 1599
Age 71
Death of Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby in Hunsdon, Angleterre, Hertfordshire County, England
Hunsdon, Angleterre, Hertfordshire County, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1528
    Event Place: Chelmsford, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 January 1599
    Event Place: Hunsdon, Angleterre, Hertfordshire County, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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