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Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw 1495–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 23 MAR 1574

Death Location: Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England

Father: EDWARD SHAW

Mother: Lady ROBINSON

Spouse(s): Sir Halifax, Nicholas Webster

Children(s): Isabel Mason, Agnes Mason, Joan Mason, Margery Mason, SYBIL MASON, James Mason, William Mason, Margaret Mason, Alice Mason, Elizabeth Mason, Lady Mason

The story of Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw began in 1495 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw married Nicholas Webster, Sir Thomas Mason De Halifax, and had children including Agnes Mason, Alice Mason, Elizabeth Mason, Isabel Mason, James Mason, Joan Mason, Lady Elizabeth Margret Mason, Margaret Mason, Margery Mason, Sybil Mason, William Sampson Mason. Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw passed away in 1574 in Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw began in 1495 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
  • Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw married Nicholas Webster, Sir Thomas Mason De Halifax, and had children including Agnes Mason, Alice Mason, Elizabeth Mason, Isabel Mason, James Mason, Joan Mason, Lady Elizabeth Margret Mason, Margaret Mason, Margery Mason, Sybil Mason, William Sampson Mason.
  • Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw passed away in 1574 in Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Shaw's Ancestors

Self
Lady Shaw
1495–1574
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Parents
EDWARD GILBERT SHAW
1492–1552
Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
Lady (MARGARET) ROBINSON
1491–1561
Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (James Cunnigham Shaw (Schaw), of Sauchie and) Greenock
1468–1528
Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Christina Bruce
1465–1535
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Shaw's Descendants

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Lady (Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe,) Shaw (1495–23 MAR 1574) m. Sir (Thomas Mason * de) Halifax (1495–4 AUG 1551) m. Nicholas Webster (1510–23 MAR 1574)
  1. 1. Isabel Mason 1535–1600
  2. 2. Agnes Mason 1529–1584
  3. 3. Joan Mason 1533–1547
  4. 4. Margery Mason 1537–1571
  5. 5. SYBIL MASON 1540–1589
  6. 6. James Mason 1527–1551
  7. 7. William (Sampson) Mason 1530–1588 m. Agnis Mason –1594 m. Dorothy 1535–
  8. 8. Margaret Mason 1548–1566
  9. 9. Alice Mason 1542–1627
  10. 10. Elizabeth Mason 1513–1535 m. Sir (Thomas Henry Strange *of Chesterton) Knight 1509–1570 m. George (Henry) Swyft 1509–1534
    1. 1. Anne Swift 1534–1611
    2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth) Strange 1524–1579
    3. 3. Anne (Swift Kemis) West 1523–1611
    4. 4. Lady (Elizabeth) Strange 1524–1611 m. William (West,1st Baron De La) Warr 1520–1595 m. Sir (Knight William West, 1st Lord Baron de la Warre) West 1519–1602
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas Leighton (2nd Baron Lord De La Warr)) WEST 1557–1602 m. Lady (Cecilia ANNE (Baroness de la Warr)) KNOLLYS\KNOWLES 1553–1608
        1. 1. John West 1590–1659 m. Anne (Claiborne) Percy 1590–1667 m. Anne (Clairborne Percy) West 1600–1667
      2. 2. Sir (Thomas Richard West II (Plantagenet) 3rd Lord De La Warr (1st Gov. of VA) Captain General for life, 12th) Lord 1577–1618 m. Cecily ((Cecilia) Baroness de la Warre Shirley Lady) Warre 1581–1662 m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne Knollys Knowles Baroness de la Warr 1st Cousin to Queen) Elizabeth 1555–1608
        1. 1. Martha West 1660–1727 m. Gideon (de Macon, son of Gabriel, #1husb JT IMM Huguenot Colonel HOB GGF of First Lady Martha Dandridge) Washington 1648–1704 m. William (Woodward, Interpreter to the Native American Indians for VA Governor) 9GG 1623–1695
    5. 5. Thomas Swifte 1535–1592 m. Margaret (Carter) Godwin 1548–1609 m. Margaret Godwin 1548–1609
      1. 1. Thomas SWIFT 1584–1609
      2. 2. Charles Swift 1570–1624
      3. 3. William Swifte 1566–1624 m. Mary (Ann) Philpott 1571–1626
        1. 1. Rev. (Thomas) Cottrell 1595–1658 m. Elizabeth Dryden 1597–1658
        2. 2. Thomas Swift 1595–1658 m. Elizabeth Dryden 1597–1658
      4. 4. John Swift 1567–1620
  11. 11. Lady (Elizabeth Margret) Mason 1534–1600 m. John ("William") Swift 1530–1560 m. William (I Richard Swift de) Ovenden 1530–1603
    1. 1. Christopher Swift 1562–
    2. 2. William (Swift) II 1561–1597
    3. 3. Johane (Joane) Swyfte 1560–1588 m. Stephen (Eggleston Igleden) Sr 1552–1604
      1. 1. Stephen Iggleden 1582–1624 m. Sarah Haffenden 1588–1689
        1. 1. Stephen (Iggulden) (Eggleston) 1608–1638
        2. 2. Elizabeth Iggleden 1619–1721 m. Joseph Patchen 1610–1689 m. Sir (Philip Meadowe or) Meadows 1614–1718

Lady Shaw's Timeline

3 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
1574
23 MAR 1574
Age 79
Burial of Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw in Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
1574
23 MAR 1574
Age 79
Death of Lady Genet Jenet Margaret Shawe, Shaw in Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and Other Select Burial Locations

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 23 MAR 1574
    Event Place: Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP53112

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 MAR 1574
    Event Place: Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and Other Select Burial Locations
    [2] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP53112

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