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Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson 1546–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Titherington Cheshire England

Death Date: 1594

Death Location: Bunbury Cheshire,England

Father: Laurence Downes

Mother: Lady Hall

Spouse(s): Edward II

Children(s): Edward Sr.

Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson was born in 1546 in Titherington Cheshire England, the child of Laurence Downes And Lady Elizabeth Leigh Downes Of Adlington Hall. Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson married Edward Stephanson Stevenson Ii, and had children including Edward Stevenson Sr. Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson passed away in 1594 in Bunbury Cheshire,England.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson was born in 1546 in Titherington Cheshire England, the child of Laurence Downes And Lady Elizabeth Leigh Downes Of Adlington Hall.
  • Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson married Edward Stephanson Stevenson Ii, and had children including Edward Stevenson Sr.
  • Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson passed away in 1594 in Bunbury Cheshire,England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Laurence Downes
1521–1564
Birth Location: Shrigley and Worth, Cheshire, England
LD
Lady Hall
1523–1583
Birth Location: Adlington Hall, Adlington, Cheshire, England
LH

Spouses(s)

Edward II
1542–1587
Birth Location: London Middlesex England
EI

Children(s)

Edward Sr.
1567–1615
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
ES

Lady Stephenson's Ancestors

Self
Lady Stephenson
1546–1594
Birth Place: Titherington Cheshire England
Parents
Laurence Downes
1521–1564
Shrigley and Worth, Cheshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Leigh (Downes) of Adlington) Hall
1523–1583
Adlington Hall, Adlington, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Stephenson's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson)) Stephenson (1546–1594) m. Edward (STEPHANSON\STEVENSON) II (1542–1587)
  1. 1. Edward (Stevenson) Sr. 1567–1615 m. Elizabeth Neville 1577–1642
    1. 1. Edward (Stevenson) V 1608–1662 m. Mary (Maria) Bullock 1618–1663 m. Anne Graves 1614–1670
      1. 1. Abigail Stevenson 1642–1715 m. Major (Daniel) Whitehead 1646–1704
        1. 1. Mary Whitehead 1671–1771 m. Thomas Burroughs 1675–1714
      2. 2. Thomas Stevenson 1648–1725

Lady Stephenson's Timeline

2 Records

1546
1546
Birth of Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson in Titherington Cheshire England
Titherington Cheshire England
1594
1594
Age 48
Death of Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson in Bunbury Cheshire,England
Bunbury Cheshire,England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Titherington Cheshire England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1594
    Event Place: Bunbury Cheshire,England
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