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Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson 1546–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Titherington Cheshire England

Death Date: 07 NOV 1597

Death Location: Bunbury Cheshire, England

Father: Laurence Downes

Mother: Lady Hall

Spouse(s): Sir Stephenson

Children(s): Edward Stevenson, Edward Stevenson

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 Of Adlington Hall. Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson married Sir Edward Iii Stephenson, and had children including Benjamin Stevenson, Edward Stevenson. Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson passed away in 1597 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 Of Adlington Hall.
  • Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson married Sir Edward Iii Stephenson, and had children including Benjamin Stevenson, Edward Stevenson.
  • Lady Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson) Stephenson passed away in 1597 in Bunbury Cheshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Stephenson's Ancestors

Self
Lady Stephenson
1546–1597
Birth Place: Titherington Cheshire England
Parents
Laurence Downes
1521–1564
Shrigley and Worth, Cheshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Leigh of Adlington) Hall
1523–1583
Adlington Hall, Adlington, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Roger 2 DOWNES of Shrigley and) Worth
1501–1553
Shrigley and Worth, Prestbury, Cheshire, England
Ellen (Helen Warren) Downes
1500–1558
Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Worth
1480–1531
1 14
1484–1505
1 14
1469–1530
1 14
1470–1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Stephenson's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Martha (Leigh) Downes Townes(Stevenson)) Stephenson (1546–07 NOV 1597) m. Sir (Edward III) Stephenson (1542–1587)
  1. 1. Edward Stevenson 1567–1634 m. Elizabeth Neville 1577–1642
    1. 1. Edward Stevenson 1608–1662 m. Anne Stevenson 1614–1670 m. Anne Graves 1614–1670
      1. 1. Philip Stevenson 1640–1679 m. Anne Killip 1640–1691
        1. 1. Edward (Stevenson "The) Immigrant" 1655–1716 m. Mary (Merryman 6G King) Stevenson 1670–1739
        2. 2. Thomas Stevenson 1665–1689
        3. 3. Ralph Stevenson –1707
        4. 4. Elizabeth STEVENSON –1712
      2. 2. Jonathan Stevenson 1636–1689
      3. 3. Abigail ((Stevenson)) Whitehead 1638–1717
      4. 4. Elizabeth Stevenson 1638–1689
      5. 5. John Graves –1679
      6. 6. Hannah Graves –1679
      7. 7. Jonathan Stevenson –1689
      8. 8. Elizabeth Stevenson 1638–1690
      9. 9. Edward Stevenson 1640–
      10. 10. Abigail Stevenson 1640–1715
    2. 2. Edward Stevenson 1582–1662
    3. 3. Thomas Stevenson 1615–1668
    4. 4. William Bernard 1615–1662
  2. 2. Edward Stevenson 1567–1616

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
1597
07 NOV 1597
Age 51
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: Residence
    Event Place: St Jnos Wapin Neer The Armitag
    Record Source: London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 NOV 1597
    Event Place: Bunbury Cheshire, England

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