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Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby 1547 – 1615 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Oct 1547

Birth Location: Odell, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 10 Mar 1615

Death Location: Odell, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Sir Leighrope

Mother: Rose Overton

Spouse(s): Edward, ancestor

Children(s): Sarah Bulkeley

Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby was born in 1547 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Irby, Gentleman of Sutterton of Leighrope and Rose 12GGM Overton. Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby married Edward, Rev Dr Buckley, Rector of Odell, Cambridge Alumni, John Hancock ancestor, and had children including Sarah Bulkeley. Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby passed away in 1615 in Odell, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby was born in 1547 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Irby, Gentleman of Sutterton of Leighrope and Rose 12GGM Overton.
  • Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby married Edward, Rev Dr Buckley, Rector of Odell, Cambridge Alumni, John Hancock ancestor, and had children including Sarah Bulkeley.
  • Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby passed away in 1615 in Odell, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Leighrope
1517 – 1553
Birth Location: Gosburton, Lincolnshire, England
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Rose Overton
1517 – 1579
Birth Location: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
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Spouses(s)

Edward, ancestor
1540 – 1620
Birth Location: Woore, Shropshire, England
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Children(s)

Sarah Bulkeley
1580 – 1616
Birth Location: Cayshoe, Bedfordshire, England
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Lady Irby's Ancestors

Self
Lady Irby
1547 – 1615
Birth Place: Odell, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Sir John Irby, Gentleman of Sutterton of Leighrope
1517 – 1553
Gosburton, Lincolnshire, England
Rose (12GGM) Overton
1517 – 1579
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Anthony (Edward(1490–1552 Irby Earl of) Boston
1490 – 1552
Alice BOUNTAYNE
1494 – 1563
Guthlac\Cutler\Cuthbert Overton
1505 – 1537
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Olive Overton
1500 – 1546
Bechworth Castle, Bechworth, Surrey
Great-Grandparents
William Overton
1455 – 1510
Lady PULTER
1458 – 1522
Robert BROWNE
1460 – 1506
Isabel SHARPE
1463 – 1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Irby's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Olive(Olyff)) Irby (21 Oct 1547 – 10 Mar 1615) m. Edward, (Rev Dr Buckley, Rector of Odell, Cambridge Alumni, John Hancock) ancestor (1540 – 5 January 1620)
  1. 1. Sarah Bulkeley (1580 – 21 Oct 1616) m. Sir (Lord Oliver St.) John (1575 – 1625)
    1. 1. Dorothy (St.) John (1602 – 1697) m. William Pritchett (1600 – 7 Feb 1679)
      1. 1. Mary Pritchett (1630 – 1693) m. Robert Green (1630 – 1693)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Virginia Green (1667–1761)) GREEN (1667 – 1761) m. Robert Pryor (1667 – 1761)

Lady Irby's Timeline

2 Records

1547
21 Oct 1547
Birth of Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
Odell, Bedfordshire, England
1615
10 Mar 1615
Age 68
Death of Lady Olive(Olyff) Irby in Odell, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Odell, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Oct 1547
    Event Place: Odell, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1615
    Event Place: Odell, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
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