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Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton 1531–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1531

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: Abt. 1585

Death Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Maxwell Houghton

Mother: Margaret Elliot

Spouse(s): Sir Dunham, Ralph Dunham, Sir II

Children(s): Joan Ardleigh, Oliver Downes, Joseph Downes, Richard DUNHAM, George Downes, Thomas Downe, Robert Downes, Isabell Downes, Margaret Downes, Thomas Sr, Joan Dunham

In 1531, Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton entered the world in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, born to Maxwell Houghton And Margaret Elliot. Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton married Ralph Dunham, Sir Reverend Thomas King Kinge Kynge Ii, Sir Richard Downe Dunham, and had children including George Hugh Downes, Isabell Downes, Joan Downes Dunham, Joan Downes Of Ardleigh, Joseph Downes, Margaret King Downes, Oliver Downes, Richard Downes Dunham, Robert Downes, Thomas Downe, Thomas Dunham Sr. Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton passed away in 1585 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1531, Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton entered the world in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, born to Maxwell Houghton And Margaret Elliot.
  • Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton married Ralph Dunham, Sir Reverend Thomas King Kinge Kynge Ii, Sir Richard Downe Dunham, and had children including George Hugh Downes, Isabell Downes, Joan Downes Dunham, Joan Downes Of Ardleigh, Joseph Downes, Margaret King Downes, Oliver Downes, Richard Downes Dunham, Robert Downes, Thomas Downe, Thomas Dunham Sr.
  • Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton passed away in 1585 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Maxwell Houghton
1511–1570
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
MH
Margaret Elliot
1513–1692
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
ME

Spouses(s)

Sir Dunham
1531–1619
Birth Location: Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
SD
Ralph Dunham
1526–
Birth Location: Scrooby, England
RD
Sir II
1533–1602
Birth Location: Boxford, Suffolk, Essex, England
SI

Children(s)

Joan Ardleigh
1553–1585
Birth Location: Ardleigh, Essex, England
JA
Oliver Downes
1560–1637
Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England
OD
Joseph Downes
1553–1630
Birth Location: Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, England
JD
Richard DUNHAM
1554–1624
Birth Location: Langford, Bedford, England
RD
George Downes
1554–1655
Birth Location: Brigstock, Northamptonshire, England
GD
Thomas Downe
1558–1635
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
TD
Robert Downes
1569–
Birth Location: Worth, Cheshire, , England
RD
Isabell Downes
1554–1596
Birth Location: SHRIGLEY, WORTH, CHESHIRE OR ADRLEIGH, ESSEX, ENGLAND
ID
Margaret Downes
1552–1585
Birth Location: Boxted, Essex, England
MD
Thomas Sr
1560–1652
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottingham, England
TS
Joan Dunham
1564–1630
Birth Location: Pitton, Wiltshire, England
JD

Lady Houghton's Ancestors

Self
Lady Houghton
1531–1585
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Maxwell Houghton
1511–1570
Yorkshire, England
Margaret Elliot
1513–1692
Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Houghton's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Roberta (Downes)) Houghton (1531–Abt. 1585) m. Sir (Richard Downe) Dunham (1531–1619) m. Ralph Dunham (1526–) m. Sir (Reverend Thomas King Kinge Kynge) II (1533–12 May 1602)
  1. 1. Joan (Downes of) Ardleigh 1553–1585
    1. 1. Sir (John Joseph Morse) I 1576–1646 m. Dorothy (Moore) Barber 1577–1671
      1. 1. Capt. (John) MOORE 1595–1659
        1. 1. Richard More 1625–1676 m. Rebecca (Stillwell) Bayless 1643–1672
  2. 2. Oliver Downes 1560–1637
  3. 3. Joseph Downes 1553–1630
  4. 4. Richard ((Downes)) DUNHAM 1554–1624
  5. 5. George (Hugh) Downes 1554–1655
  6. 6. Thomas Downe 1558–1635
  7. 7. Robert Downes 1569–
  8. 8. Isabell Downes 1554–1596
  9. 9. Margaret ((King)) Downes 1552–1585
  10. 10. Thomas (Dunham) Sr 1560–1652
  11. 11. Joan (Downes) Dunham 1564–1630

Lady Houghton's Timeline

2 Records

1531
1531
Birth of Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
1585
Abt. 1585
Age 54
Death of Lady Roberta (Downes) Houghton in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1585
    Event Place: Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
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