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Lady Frances James 1563 – 1648 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1563

Birth Location: Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: February 1648

Death Location: Glassenbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Smarden)

Mother: Lady Bowes

Spouse(s): Sir Glassenbury

Children(s): Thomas Hampshire"

The story of Lady Frances James began in 1563 in Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Lady Frances James married Sir Knight Thomas Roberts I, Baronet Roberts of Glassenbury, and had children including Thomas Roberts "Colonial Governor of Dover - New Hampshire". Lady Frances James passed away in 1648 in Glassenbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Frances James began in 1563 in Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
  • Lady Frances James married Sir Knight Thomas Roberts I, Baronet Roberts of Glassenbury, and had children including Thomas Roberts "Colonial Governor of Dover - New Hampshire".
  • Lady Frances James passed away in 1648 in Glassenbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady James's Ancestors

Self
Lady James
1563 – 1648
Birth Place: Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of Smarden)
1535 – 1593
Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
Lady (Frances Martin) Bowes
1542 – 1567
Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
Henry (Wrenall Sir Knight) James
1470 – 1560
Luca (It)
Lady (Anne Alice) Ramsay
1499 – 1584
Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, England
Sir (Martin Martyn I Knight Lord Mayor of London) Bowes
1540 – 1576
London, Middlesex, England
Lady (Elizabeth) LeScrope
1530 – 1556
Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Ramsey
1474 – 1499
Lady Baldwin
1478 – 1593
Sir London
1500 – 1566
Anne, (Bowes)
1505 – 1553
Sir Scrope,
1505 – 1572
Lady Bryce
1508 – 1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Dalhousie
1465 – 1513
Lady (Kerr)
1465 – 1528
William Bawdewyn*****
1441 – 1483
Elizabeth Aylesbury*****
1443 – 1485
Lord Bowes
1480 – 1591
Lady Conyers
1456 – 1532
Sir Belhouse
1485 – 1526
Philippa Harpsfield
1471 – 1519
Sir Scrope-Ludlow
1466 – 1517
Lady Scrope
1466 – 1512
Robert Goldsmith
1482 – 1532
Elizabeth Bryce
1479 – 1542

Lady James's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Frances) James (1563 – February 1648) m. Sir (Knight Thomas Roberts I, Baronet Roberts of) Glassenbury (02 Feb 1560 – 21 Feb 1629)
  1. 1. Thomas (Roberts "Colonial Governor of Dover - New) Hampshire" (11 Oct 1600 – September 27 1673) m. Rebecca (M) Hilton (Feb 1602 – 27 Sep 1673)
    1. 1. William Roberts (1617 – 9 Sept 1675) m. Joanna (Thrill) West (1630 – 30 May 1693)
      1. 1. Eli (Jeremiah) Roberts (28 Nov 1656 – 29 Jun 1693) m. Mary Mallory (28 Nov 1656 – 17 Sep 1752)
        1. 1. Alexander Roberts (5 Mar 1689 – 04 Jan 1764) m. Hannah Johnson (1690 – 1758)

Lady James's Timeline

3 Records

1563
1563
Birth of Lady Frances James in Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1648
February 1648
Age 85
Death of Lady Frances James in Glassenbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Glassenbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1648
07 Feb 1648
Age 85
Burial of Lady Frances James in Cranbrooke
Cranbrooke

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Smarden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1648
    Event Place: Glassenbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 07 Feb 1648
    Event Place: Cranbrooke
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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