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Lady Dorothy Thompson 1569–1628 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1569

Birth Location: Prestwold, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 1628

Death Location: Wye, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

Father: John Thompson

Mother: Dorothy Gilbert

Spouse(s): Thomas, Kemp

Children(s): Mary, Kempe, Amy Skipwith

Lady Dorothy Thompson was born in 1569 in Prestwold, Leicestershire, England, the child of John Robert Thompson And Dorothy Gilbert. Lady Dorothy Thompson married Thomas Sir Knight Kemp, and had children including Amy Anne Skipwith, Mary Lady Kempe Kempe. Lady Dorothy Thompson passed away in 1628 in Wye, Ashford Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy Thompson was born in 1569 in Prestwold, Leicestershire, England, the child of John Robert Thompson And Dorothy Gilbert.
  • Lady Dorothy Thompson married Thomas Sir Knight Kemp, and had children including Amy Anne Skipwith, Mary Lady Kempe Kempe.
  • Lady Dorothy Thompson passed away in 1628 in Wye, Ashford Borough, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Thompson's Ancestors

Self
Lady Thompson
1569–1628
Birth Place: Prestwold, Leicestershire, England
Parents
John Robert Thompson
1538–1589
Crawley, Hampshire, England
Dorothy Gilbert
1544–1590
Preston, Dorset, England
Grandparents
Marie ((Mary)) Cochrane
1520–1595
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
James (Z) Thompson
1520–1611
Syide, Glasgow, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Ilk
1500–1539
Marion Stewart
1500–1550
Lady Wilson
1503–1571
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Cochrane(Scotland)
1471–1539
Marion Sempill(Scotland)
1471–1529
Thomas Innermeath
1450–1513
Jeanette Keith
1465–1540
John Normond
1483–1560
Jessie Morton
1485–

Lady Thompson's Descendants

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Lady (Dorothy) Thompson (1569–1628) m. Thomas, (Sir Knight) Kemp (7 Nov 1551–2 Dec 1607)
  1. 1. Mary, (Lady Kempe,) Kempe 1583–1631 m. Sir (Dudley (Colonel) Digges (Knight of Chilham Castle, Eminent Lawyer,) Ambassador) 1583–1639 m. Sir (John) Chichile 1587–1626 m. Sir (Henry Skipwith of) Prestwould 1589–1658
    1. 1. Edward Digges 1621–1675 m. Elizabeth (Wyatt) Page 1625–1691
      1. 1. Colonel (William) Digges 1652–1697 m. Elizabeth (Sewall) Wharton 1654–1710 m. Elizabeth (Sewall) Wharton 1654–1710
        1. 1. Ignatius (Digges) Esq. 1675–1764 m. Mary Carroll 1687–1745 m. Mary Carroll 1687–1745
        2. 2. Ann Darnall 1685–
        3. 3. Charles Digges 1685–1744
        4. 4. Edward Digges –1714
        5. 5. William Digges 1670–
        6. 6. Elizabeth Neale 1683–1723
        7. 7. Jane Rozier 1690–1720
      2. 2. Catherine (Ann) Digges 1654–1729
      3. 3. Dudley Digges 1665–1710
      4. 4. Ann Cole 1658–1686
      5. 5. Mary Page 1658–1690
  2. 2. Amy (Anne) Skipwith 1591–1631 m. Sir (Henry Shipwith 1st) Baronet 1590–1655
    1. 1. Lady (Diana) Skipwith 1621–1694

Lady Thompson's Timeline

3 Records

1569
1569
Birth of Lady Dorothy Thompson in Prestwold, Leicestershire, England
Prestwold, Leicestershire, England
1590
1590
Age 21
Lady Dorothy Thompson was married in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1628
1628
Age 59
Death of Lady Dorothy Thompson in Ollantigh, Chilham, Kent, England
Ollantigh, Chilham, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Prestwold, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norfolk: Norwich - Minutes of Court of Mayoralty, 1632-1635

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Northrepps Norfolk St Stephens Gates Northrepps Norfolk Assises, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: A general history of the Kemp and Kempe families of Great Britain and her colonies

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1628
    Event Place: Ollantigh, Chilham, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wye, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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