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Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes 1523 – 1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1523

Birth Location: St James, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 22 Jan 1583

Death Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Father: Reverend Lawrence

Mother: Countess Clair

Spouse(s): Lord Lawrence

Children(s): Susan Lawrence, Lady Lawrence

Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton was born in 1523 in St James, Suffolk, England, the child of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence and Countess Elizabeth Holt St. Clair. Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton married Lord John Lawrence, and had children including Susan Renee Lawrence, Lady Elizabeth Rachel Lawrence. Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton passed away in 1583 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton was born in 1523 in St James, Suffolk, England, the child of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence and Countess Elizabeth Holt St. Clair.
  • Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton married Lord John Lawrence, and had children including Susan Renee Lawrence, Lady Elizabeth Rachel Lawrence.
  • Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton passed away in 1583 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Lady Holmes's Ancestors

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Lady Holmes
1523 – 1583
Birth Place: St James, Suffolk, England
Parents
Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence
1500 – 1551
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Countess (Elizabeth Holt St.) Clair
1510 – 1583
Bexley, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
Earl (Robert) Lawrence
1474 – 1500
, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Lady (Frances Elizabeth) Hacker
1475 – 1572
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Arthur (Holt St.) Clair
1477 – 1525
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Phoeba Bayard
1463 – 1525
Holt Castle, Flint, Als of Weever, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Holmes's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Agnes) Holmes (1 Jan 1523 – 22 Jan 1583) m. Lord (John) Lawrence (1 Jan 1520 – 27 Apr 1590)
  1. 1. Susan (Renee) Lawrence (21 May 1548 – 13 September 1610) m. Lord (Sir Henry Butler) Sherman (8 Jun 1548 – 28 Aug 1610)
    1. 1. Anne Sherman (7 Mar 1581 – 1638) m. Anthony Whiting (1575 – 26 August 1629)
      1. 1. Phebe Whiting (3 Sep 1606 – Aug 1662) m. Thomas Barnard (28 Sep – 24 May 1621)
        1. 1. Thomas (King) Barnard (1612 – abt 1674) m. Eleanor (Helena) Morse (1614 – 27 November 1694)
    2. 2. Ezekiel Sherman (25 January 1587 – 21 January 1654) m. Anna Stevens (1595 – 1654)
      1. 1. Ann Sherman (1630 – 1665) m. Edward Watts (1620 – 1690)
        1. 1. Francis Watts (Abt 1648 – 1711) m. Sarah Beall (1668 – 9 May 1734)
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Rachel) Lawrence (1552 – 6 Apr 1621) m. Lord (Sir Knight Thomas Rhys Rice Davis) I (Feb 1550 – 6 Nov 1622)
    1. 1. Governor (James I) Davis (1578 – 6 Mar 1633) m. Racheal ('Rachel') Keys (abt 1585 – 1 Jan 1633)
      1. 1. Major (John) Davis (1610 – 1 Jan 1665) m. Mary Green (21 Jan 1615 – 1648)
        1. 1. Elizabeth ('Eliza') Davis (1637 – 1714) m. James Ellis (7 Mar 1644 – 1714)

Lady Holmes's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1 Jan 1523
Birth of Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton in St James, Suffolk, England
St James, Suffolk, England
1583
22 Jan 1583
Age 60
Death of Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1523
    Event Place: St James, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1583
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

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