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Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby 1528–1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: July 20, 1528

Birth Location: Chelmsford, Essex, England

Death Date: April 3, 1625

Death Location: Hunsden, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Robert Hopkins

Mother: Margery TURVIN

Spouse(s): Sir *

Children(s): Sir Foster

Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby was born in 1528 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, the child of Robert Dale Hopkins And Margery Mamie Joan Hopkins Turvin. Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby married Sir Thomas Forster Yeoman Of The Queen Her Majesty S Chamber Lord Of The Marches, and had children including Sir Thomas Foster. Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby passed away in 1625 in Hunsden, 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 Dale Hopkins And Margery Mamie Joan Hopkins Turvin.
  • Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby married Sir Thomas Forster Yeoman Of The Queen Her Majesty S Chamber Lord Of The Marches, and had children including Sir Thomas Foster.
  • Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby passed away in 1625 in Hunsden, Hertfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Hopkins
1505–1529
Birth Location: Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
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Margery TURVIN
1500–1580
Birth Location: Chelmsford, Essex, England
MT

Spouses(s)

Sir *
1528–1599
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Adderstone Castle/Manor, Adderstone, Northumberland, England -Held by the Forster's, from the 12th century. A tower, of which no trace emains, existed on or close to the site in 1415. The Forster's lived on the estate over 400 years.
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Children(s)

Sir Foster
1548–1612
Birth Location: Hunsden, Hertfordshire, England
SF

Lady Counsby's Ancestors

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Lady Counsby
1528–1625
Birth Place: Chelmsford, Essex, England
Parents
Robert Dale Hopkins
1505–1529
Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
Margery (Mamie Joan HOPKINS) TURVIN
1500–1580
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Grandparents
Robert (Hopkins Als) Janes
1480–1563
Horton Hall, Ivinghoe, Bucks
Agnes (Dolte) Dormer
1482–1564
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Counsby's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning) Counsby (July 20, 1528–April 3, 1625) m. Sir (Thomas Forster, Yeoman of the Queen Her Majesty's Chamber, Lord of the Marches) * (10 Aug 1528–October 11, 1599)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Foster 1548–1612 m. Susan Foster 1551–1625
    1. 1. Susan Foster 1570–1612
      1. 1. Henry Brooks 1595–1683 m. Sarah Wheeler 1600–1650
        1. 1. John (Wheeler Brooks, of) Woburn 1624–1691 m. Eunice Mousall 1628–1684
    2. 2. Christopher (Lynn Foster (husbandman) 9th) GG 1603–1687

Lady Counsby's Timeline

2 Records

1528
July 20, 1528
Birth of Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby in Chelmsford, Essex, England
Chelmsford, Essex, England
1625
April 3, 1625
Age 97
Death of Lady Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby in Hunsden, Hertfordshire, England
Hunsden, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: April 3, 1625
    Event Place: Hunsden, Hertfordshire, England
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