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Lady Margaret Dixon 1500 – 1548 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Aug 1500

Birth Location: Cranbrook Castle, Kent, England

Death Date: 11 Mar 1548

Death Location: Hawkshead, Furness Fells, Lancastershire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Dixon

Mother: Lady Roos

Spouse(s): Lord Sandys

Children(s): Lady Sandys, Rev Sandys

Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys was born in 1500 in Cranbrook Castle, Kent, England, the child of Sir John Bray Dixon and Lady Anne de Roos. Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys married Lord Sir William Esthwaite Sandys, and had children including Lady Sarah Ann Sandys, Rev Edwin (Edwyn) Baines Sandys. Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys passed away in 1548 in Hawkshead, Furness Fells, Lancastershire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys was born in 1500 in Cranbrook Castle, Kent, England, the child of Sir John Bray Dixon and Lady Anne de Roos.
  • Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys married Lord Sir William Esthwaite Sandys, and had children including Lady Sarah Ann Sandys, Rev Edwin (Edwyn) Baines Sandys.
  • Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys passed away in 1548 in Hawkshead, Furness Fells, Lancastershire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Lady Dixon's Ancestors

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Lady Dixon
1500 – 1548
Birth Place: Cranbrook Castle, Kent, England
Parents
Sir John Bray Dixon
1459 – 1510
St. Katherine's-Next-The-Tower London London East Smithfield, London, London, England
Lady (Anne de) Roos
1465 – 1500
Witherslock Manor, Westmoreland, Dent, Yorkshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Dixon's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Dixon (26 Aug 1500 – 11 Mar 1548) m. Lord (Sir William Esthwaite) Sandys (1500 – 4 Dec 1540)
  1. 1. Lady (Sarah Ann) Sandys (1515 – 10 Dec 1579) m. Richard Braithwaite (1508 – 2 Feb 1587)
    1. 1. Rev (Robert) Braithwaite (21 Nov 1530 – abt 1589) m. Beatrice (de) Vaux (1541 – 9 April 1594)
      1. 1. Isabel ("Isabella") Braithwaite (20 May 1562 – abt 1622) m. Adam (John) Preston (1558 OR 1564 – 8 Nov 1593)
        1. 1. William Preston (About 1589 – 4 Jan 1649) m. Elizabeth Sale (8 June 1590 – ca 22 Feb 1633)
  2. 2. Rev (Edwin (Edwyn) Baines) Sandys (1516 – 10 Jul 1588) m. Cecily Wilford (1534 – 5 Feb 1611)
    1. 1. Sir (Edwin) Sandys (09 Dec 1561 – 31 Oct 1629) m. Lady (Gladys Margaret) Eveleigh (1 Nov 1564 – 6 July 1588)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth) Sandys (6 July 1588 – 1654) m. Sir (Thomas) Wilsford (1585 – 5 Jun 1648)
        1. 1. Sir (Capt. Thomas) Wilsford (1618 – January 24, 1677) m. Bridgett Acton (11 August 1616 – 1653)
    2. 2. Dame (Anne) Sandys (21 Jun 1570 – 3 May 1615) m. Sir (William) Barnes (11 May 1568 – 7 May 1619)
      1. 1. Sir (William) Barnes (1587 – 22 Feb 1629) m. Dorothy Hansard, (1585 – 1640)
        1. 1. Lieutenant (John) Barnes (1610 – 06 Mar 1667) m. Mary Plummer (5 Mar 1614 – 2 Jun 1651)

Lady Dixon's Timeline

3 Records

1500
26 Aug 1500
Birth of Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys in Cranbrook Castle, Kent, England
Cranbrook Castle, Kent, England
1514
Abt. 1514
Age 14
Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys was married in Furnace Fells, Lancashire, England
Furnace Fells, Lancashire, England
1548
11 Mar 1548
Age 48
Death of Lady Margaret Dixon , Baroness Sandys in Hawkshead, Furness Fells, Lancastershire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Hawkshead, Furness Fells, Lancastershire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Aug 1500
    Event Place: Cranbrook Castle, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1514
    Event Place: Furnace Fells, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1548
    Event Place: Hawkshead, Furness Fells, Lancastershire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

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