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Lady Anne Knollys 1553–1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1553

Birth Location: Wantage, Berkshire, England

Death Date: 1608

Death Location: Lansium, Hants, England

Father: Sir Wa

Mother: Mary Boleyn)

Spouse(s): Knight West

Children(s): Governor Virginia), Helena West, Eleanor West, Sir West, Sir West, Catherine West, Penelope West, Zachariah West, Margerey West, Jane West, Sir West, Hannah Lechford, Katherine West, Lucy West, Walsingham West, Letitia West, Lt. West, Elizabeth West, Sir Warr)

Lady Anne Knollys was born in 1553 in Wantage, Berkshire, England, the child of Sir Francis The Elder Knollys Knight Of The Garter Sheriff Of Hampshire Statesman English Courtier Privy Councillor 2Nd Lord Of La Warr Custodian Of Wa And Mary Catherine Carey Child Of Henry Viii And Catheribe Boleyn. Lady Anne Knollys married Knight Lord Thomas Leighton 2Nd Lord De La Warr West, and had children including Catherine West, Eleanor Elizabeth West, Elizabeth West, Governor John R West Royal Governor Of Virginia, Hannah Anne Lady West Pellet Swale Lechford, Helena West, Jane West, Katherine West, Letitia West, Lt Col Nathaniel West, Lucy West, Margerey West, Penelope West, Sir Francis West, Sir Richard West, Sir Robert West, Sir Thomas Richard West Ii Plantagenet Knight 3Rd Baron De La Warr, Walsingham West, Zachariah West. Lady Anne Knollys passed away in 1608 in Lansium, Hants, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Anne Knollys was born in 1553 in Wantage, Berkshire, England, the child of Sir Francis The Elder Knollys Knight Of The Garter Sheriff Of Hampshire Statesman English Courtier Privy Councillor 2Nd Lord Of La Warr Custodian Of Wa And Mary Catherine Carey Child Of Henry Viii And Catheribe Boleyn.
  • Lady Anne Knollys married Knight Lord Thomas Leighton 2Nd Lord De La Warr West, and had children including Catherine West, Eleanor Elizabeth West, Elizabeth West, Governor John R West Royal Governor Of Virginia, Hannah Anne Lady West Pellet Swale Lechford, Helena West, Jane West, Katherine West, Letitia West, Lt Col Nathaniel West, Lucy West, Margerey West, Penelope West, Sir Francis West, Sir Richard West, Sir Robert West, Sir Thomas Richard West Ii Plantagenet Knight 3Rd Baron De La Warr, Walsingham West, Zachariah West.
  • Lady Anne Knollys passed away in 1608 in Lansium, Hants, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wa
1514–1596
Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
SW
Mary Boleyn)
1518–1568
Birth Location: Chilton, Wiltshire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Knight West
1555–1602
Birth Location: Halnaker, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
KW

Children(s)

Governor Virginia)
1590–1659
Birth Location: Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England or Testwood, Wiltshire, England
GV
Helena West
1587–1602
Birth Location: Wherwell, Hampshire, England
HW
Eleanor West
1573–1633
Birth Location: Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
EW
Sir West
1586–1634
Birth Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
SW
Sir West
1575–1602
Birth Location: Wherwell, Wiltshire, England
SW
Catherine West
1583–1652
Birth Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England
CW
Penelope West
1582–1624
Birth Location: Westover, Hampshire, , England
PW
Zachariah West
1574–1630
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
ZW
Margerey West
1576–1632
Birth Location: Wherwell, Hampshire, , England
MW
Jane West
1588–1606
Birth Location: Shelton, Norfolk, England
JW
Sir West
1579–1643
Birth Location: Drayton, Somerset, England
SW
Hannah Lechford
1588–1663
Birth Location: Wherewell Abbey, Hampshire, England
HL
Katherine West
1571–1650
Birth Location: Wherewell, Wiltshire, England
KW
Lucy West
1572–1633
Birth Location: Wherewell, Hampshire, England
LW
Walsingham West
1579–1583
Birth Location: Wherewell, Hampshire, England
WW
Letitia West
1589–1645
Birth Location: Westover, Somerset, Maryland
LW
Lt. West
1592–1623
Birth Location: Lansium, Hants, England
LW
Elizabeth West
1573–1633
Birth Location: Wherwell, Wiltshire, , England
EW
Sir Warr)
1577–1618
Birth Location: Wherwell Priory, Andover, Hampshire, England
SW

Lady Knollys's Ancestors

Self
Lady Knollys
1553–1608
Birth Place: Wantage, Berkshire, England
Parents
Sir Francis "The Elder" Knollys (Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampshire, Statesman, English Courtier, Privy Councillor, 2nd Lord of La Warr, Custodian of Wa
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Mary (Catherine Carey (Child of Henry VIII and Catheribe) Boleyn)
1518–1568
Chilton, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Knollys) II
1481–1521
North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England
Lady (Katherine Lettice) Pennyston
1485–1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Henry (Viii) Tudor
1491–1528
Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England
Mary (Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress To King) Henry
1504–1534
Chilton, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert I
1484–
Sir Peniston
1446–1506
Alice Bulstrode
1451–1557
Sir Tudor
1457–1509
Elizabeth England)
1466–1503
Sir of
1444–1471
Lady Sussex)
1480–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Margaret d'Oyley
1593–1634
Edmund England)
1431–1456
Margaret Jorkietė
1443–1509
King Plantagenet
1441–1483
Elizabeth England)
1437–1492
Sir London)
1450–1505
Margaretha Butler
1455–1537
Thomas Howard
1443–1524
Lady Saye
1446–1497

Lady Knollys's Descendants

1.
LK
Lady (Anne) Knollys (1553–1608) m. Knight (Lord Thomas Leighton (2nd Lord DE LA Warr)) West (9 July 1555–24 Mar 1602)
  1. 1. Governor (John R. West (Royal Governor of) Virginia) 1590–1659 m. Lady (Anne) Percy 1598–1667
    1. 1. Col. (John West) II 1632–1691 m. Ursula (Unity) Croshaw 1636–1689 m. Cockacoeske ((Queen of The Pamunke Indians-Powhatan Chief Line)) Powhatan 1640–1686
      1. 1. Susanna West 1656–1780
      2. 2. Joseph (P) West 1662–1731
      3. 3. Capt. (Thomas) West 1676–1720
      4. 4. Mathilda West 1667–1722
      5. 5. Sarah West 1669–1760
      6. 6. James West 1654–
      7. 7. Susannah (Unity) West 1658–1740 m. George (Thomas Martin) Jr. 1655–1745
        1. 1. Amelia (Anne "Mellyanne") Martin 1680–1714
        2. 2. Martin Martin 1678–1735
        3. 3. William Martin 1677–1709
        4. 4. James Martin 1681–1709
        5. 5. Thomas Martin 1686–1738 m. Mary (Ann) Tucker 1681–
        6. 6. John (Hugh) Martin 1683–1745
        7. 7. Ann Martin 1685–1717
        8. 8. Richard Martin 1684–1726
        9. 9. Mary Martin 1699–1734
        10. 10. Josiah Martin 1691–
        11. 11. Mary (Jane) Martin 1677–1748
        12. 12. Elizabeth Martin 1698–1758 m. William (Henry Moss (Morse)) III 1688–1777
      8. 8. Esther West 1670–
      9. 9. John (West) III 1657–1716
      10. 10. Anthony West 1662–1717
      11. 11. Anne (Unity) West 1655–1708 m. Henry Fox 1650–1714
        1. 1. Lt. (Colonel Richard) Fox 1701–1771
        2. 2. Jane Fox 1675–1750
        3. 3. Richard Fox 1673–1771
        4. 4. David Fox 1700–1746
        5. 5. Anna (Marcia) Fox 1684–1733 m. Thomas Claiborne 1680–1732
        6. 6. Col. (Thomas) Fox 1680–1749
        7. 7. Marget Fox 1689–1727
        8. 8. Barbara (Thebie) Fox 1728–1801
        9. 9. Unity (Ridgell) Fox 1724–1788
        10. 10. Joseph Fox –1759
        11. 11. Deborrah Fox 1715–1763
        12. 12. Henry (Fox) II 1674–1750 m. Mary Kendrick 1679–1704 m. Mary Goodwyn 1702–1736 m. Hannah Williamson 1714–1747
        13. 13. John Fox 1676–1730
      12. 12. Nathaniel West 1655–1723 m. Martha Woodward 1661–1723
        1. 1. Unity West 1703–1753 m. Col. (William Dandridge (Captain Royal Navy, Colonel Colonial Militia), (of Elsing Green Governors) Council) 1689–1744
        2. 2. Francis West 1704–1796
      13. 13. Mary West 1680–1714
    2. 2. Anne (Mary) West 1630–1708
    3. 3. Thomas (West (3rd Lord) Delaware) 1621–1681
    4. 4. Nathaniel (West) Esq. 1625–1689
    5. 5. Matthew West 1632–1689
    6. 6. Lady (Alice) West 1633–1710
    7. 7. Unity West 1634–1782 m. William Dandridge 1697–1743
      1. 1. Nathaniel (West Dandridge Sr. Reverend Colonel)) Sr. 1729–1786 m. Anne (Blair) Bolling 1752–1802 m. Dorothea Spottswood 1727–1773
        1. 1. Martha (Hale "Patty") Dandridge 1748–1791 m. Archibald ("Archer" Payne (Paine)) Sr 1748–1831
        2. 2. Nathaniel (West Dandridge) Jr 1762–1847 m. Sarah ("Sally" Bigger) Watson 1758–1810
        3. 3. Agnes Dandridge 1769–
        4. 4. Alexander (Spottswood) Dandridge 1751–1785
        5. 5. Anne (Katherine) Dandridge 1767–
        6. 6. Dorothea (Spottswood) Dandridge 1757–1831
        7. 7. John Dandridge 1756–1804
        8. 8. Mary (Catherine) Dandridge 1772–1847
        9. 9. Nathaniel (West Jr) Dandridge 1756–1847
        10. 10. Robert (Ambler) Dandridge 1760–1799
        11. 11. William (Alexander) Dandridge 1750–1801
    8. 8. James West 1620–1701
    9. 9. Col. (John Francis) West 1627–1698
    10. 10. Lady (Martha) West 1615–1723
    11. 11. Lady (Alice) West 1615–1672
    12. 12. Sir (Anthony) West 1617–1652
    13. 13. Lady (Jerusha) West 1615–1689
    14. 14. Lady (Lucy) West 1613–1660
  2. 2. Helena West 1587–1602 m. Thomas Savage 1586–1635
    1. 1. Anne Savage 1619–1696
    2. 2. Catharin Savage 1620–
    3. 3. Charles Savage 1617–
    4. 4. Dorothy Savage 1613–1691
    5. 5. Edward Savage 1613–1670
    6. 6. Elizabeth Savage 1616–1663
    7. 7. Francis Savage 1607–
    8. 8. Henrietta (Maria) Savage 1607–
    9. 9. James Savage –1638
    10. 10. Joan Savage 1613–1630
    11. 11. John Savage 1603–1654
    12. 12. Richard Savage 1622–
    13. 13. Robert Savage 1615–1696
    14. 14. William Savage 1619–
  3. 3. Eleanor (Elizabeth) West 1573–1633 m. William Saltonstall 1586–1661 m. Sharrington Talbot 1577–1642
    1. 1. Francis Talbot 1623–1667 m. Anne Conyers 1623–1658 m. Lady (Anna Maria) Brudenell 1642–1702
      1. 1. Conyers Talbot 1655–
      2. 2. Lady (Mary) Talbot 1659–1709
      3. 3. John Talbot 1664–1685
      4. 4. Charles (Talbot (1st Duke of) Shewsbury) 1660–1718
    2. 2. William (Whittington Talbot Of) Lichfield 1617–1686
    3. 3. Sir (Gilbert) Talbot 1606–1695
    4. 4. Elizabeth Talbot 1613–1709
    5. 5. Sherrington Talbott 1599–1677 m. Jane Lyttleton 1615– m. Jane Lyttelton 1600–1652
      1. 1. Elizabeth Talbot 1645–1709
      2. 2. John Talbot 1630–1712
      3. 3. Elizabeth Talbott 1645–1709 m. Henrye Davenporte 1644–1698
        1. 1. Wilhelm (Davenport) I 1679–1723 m. Grace Alloway 1680–1757
    6. 6. Henry Talbot 1595–1699
  4. 4. Sir (Francis) West 1586–1634 m. LADY (JANE) DAVEY 1586–1640
    1. 1. Arthur (Francis) West 1623–1679
      1. 1. Anne (Dison) West 1643–1693 m. Rev. (Edward William) Robertson 1645–1690
        1. 1. Nicholas Robertson 1665–1718
  5. 5. Sir (Robert) West 1575–1602
  6. 6. Catherine West 1583–1652
  7. 7. Penelope West 1582–1624
  8. 8. Zachariah West 1574–1630
  9. 9. Margerey West 1576–1632
  10. 10. Jane West 1588–1606
  11. 11. Sir (Richard) West 1579–1643
  12. 12. Hannah (Anne Lady West Pellet Swale) Lechford 1588–1663
  13. 13. Katherine West 1571–1650
  14. 14. Lucy West 1572–1633
  15. 15. Walsingham West 1579–1583
  16. 16. Letitia West 1589–1645
  17. 17. Lt. (Col. Nathaniel) West 1592–1623
  18. 18. Elizabeth West 1573–1633
  19. 19. Sir (Thomas Richard West II (Plantagenet) (Knight, 3rd Baron de La) Warr) 1577–1618 m. Lady (Cecily Shirley) (Sherley) 1580–1662
    1. 1. Gov (Thomas De La Warr) West 1618–1674 m. Phebe West 1634–1674
    2. 2. Henry (West (4th Baron de la Warr, Lord de la) Warr) 1603–1628
    3. 3. Letitia West 1610–1650
    4. 4. John (Kerry) West 1606–1659
    5. 5. Matthew West 1615–1659
    6. 6. Mary West 1605–1695
    7. 7. Anthony West 1603–1648
    8. 8. Sir (William) West 1616–1696
    9. 9. Anne West 1616–1660
    10. 10. John West 1618–1685
    11. 11. Jane West 1605–1650
    12. 12. Elizabeth West 1606–1660
    13. 13. Essex West 1616–
    14. 14. Catherine West 1617–1660
    15. 15. Cecilie ("Cecilia") West 1612–1638
    16. 16. Lucy West 1613–1660
    17. 17. Dr. (Anthony) West 1605–1652
    18. 18. Martha West 1615–1700

Lady Knollys's Timeline

12 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Lady Anne Knollys in Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
1553
1553
Birth of Lady Anne Knollys
None
1553
1553
Birth of Lady Anne Knollys in Rotherfield Grey Castle, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Grey Castle, Oxfordshire, England
1553
1553
Birth of Lady Anne Knollys in Wantage, Berkshire, England
Wantage, Berkshire, England
1555
19 Jul 1555
Age 2
Birth of Lady Anne Knollys in Berkshire, Berkshire, England
Berkshire, Berkshire, England
1555
19 Jul 1555
Age 2
Birth of Lady Anne Knollys in Stanford, Berkshire, England
Stanford, Berkshire, England
1600
1600
Age 47
Death of Lady Anne Knollys in Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
1605
30 Aug 1605
Age 52
Death of Lady Anne Knollys in Chilton Folis, Hants, Wiltshire, England
Chilton Folis, Hants, Wiltshire, England
1608
30 Aug 1608
Age 55
Death of Lady Anne Knollys in Lasham, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, England
Lasham, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, England
1608
1608
Age 55
Death of Lady Anne Knollys
None
1608
24 Mar 1608
Age 55
Death of Lady Anne Knollys in Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
1608
1608
Age 55
Death of Lady Anne Knollys in Lansium, Hants, England
Lansium, Hants, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1555
    Event Place: Berkshire, Berkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1555
    Event Place: Stanford, Berkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1553
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Feckenham, Worcestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Rotherfield Grey Castle, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Wantage, Berkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Aug 1608
    Event Place: Lasham, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1608
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Aug 1605
    Event Place: Chilton Folis, Hants, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
    Record Source: Age:
    54-55

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1608
    Event Place: Feckenham, Worcestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1608
    Event Place: Lansium, Hants, England
    Record Source: Age:
    54-55
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