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Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley 1500–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Wortham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 Mar 1573

Death Location: Yaxley, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Wortham

Mother: Lady Thorolde

Spouse(s): Thomas Iii

Children(s): Lady Sherman, Sir Sr., Sir Colchester, Margaret Shearman, Elizabeth Shearman, Anthony Shearman, Richard Sherman, Lady Shearman, James Shearman, Bartholomew Shearman, John Shearman?), Sir Shearman, Sir Yaxley, Sarah Sherman, William Sharman, Ann Sherman

Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley was born in 1500 in Wortham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Waller Earl Of Wortham And Lady Margaret Thorolde. Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley married Thomas Iii Sherman Gentleman Attorney Warden Of Yaxley Parish Deputy Sheriff Of Yaxley Iii, and had children including Ann Anne Sherman, Anthony Sherman Shearman, Bartholomew Sherman Shearman, Elizabeth Sherman Shearman, James Sherman Shearman, John Ward Sherman Shearman, Lady Johana Sherman Shearman, Lady Katherine Waller Sherman, Margaret Sherman Shearman, Richard Sherman, Sarah Sherman, Sir Henry Sherman 1 Earl Of Yaxley Thomas The Elder Of Colchester Sr, Sir Henry I Sherman Earl Of Yaxley, Sir Henry Waller Sherman Shearman, Sir Lord Henry Waller Sherman Shearman The Elder Of Colchester Of Colchester, William Wm Sherman Sharman. Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley passed away in 1573 in Yaxley, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley was born in 1500 in Wortham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Waller Earl Of Wortham And Lady Margaret Thorolde.
  • Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley married Thomas Iii Sherman Gentleman Attorney Warden Of Yaxley Parish Deputy Sheriff Of Yaxley Iii, and had children including Ann Anne Sherman, Anthony Sherman Shearman, Bartholomew Sherman Shearman, Elizabeth Sherman Shearman, James Sherman Shearman, John Ward Sherman Shearman, Lady Johana Sherman Shearman, Lady Katherine Waller Sherman, Margaret Sherman Shearman, Richard Sherman, Sarah Sherman, Sir Henry Sherman 1 Earl Of Yaxley Thomas The Elder Of Colchester Sr, Sir Henry I Sherman Earl Of Yaxley, Sir Henry Waller Sherman Shearman, Sir Lord Henry Waller Sherman Shearman The Elder Of Colchester Of Colchester, William Wm Sherman Sharman.
  • Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley passed away in 1573 in Yaxley, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

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Lady Yaxley's Ancestors

Self
Lady Yaxley
1500–1573
Birth Place: Wortham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Waller Earl of Wortham
1462–1539
Wortham, Suffolk, England
Lady (Margaret) Thorolde
1470–1538
Thornham Magna, St Mary, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Yaxley's Descendants

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Lady (Jane Waller Countess of) Yaxley (1500–1 Mar 1573) m. Thomas (III Sherman, Gentleman, Attorney, Warden of Yaxley Parish, Deputy Sheriff of Yaxley) Iii (10 Aug 1504–16 Nov 1551)
  1. 1. Lady (Katherine Waller) Sherman 1526–1548 m. John (Makin) (Makyng) 1522–1562
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas Tobias) McKin 1548–1610 m. Lady (Katren Katherine\Catherine) -Westbrome\Westbroomngn 1550–1610 m. Dorothy Hobart 1570–1605
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Grace) Makin 1585–1662 m. Thomas (Rogers (signed Mayflower Compact & sailed 1st) Voyage) 1587–1621
        1. 1. Elizabeth Rogers 1608–1651 m. Daniel Perry 1598–1675
        2. 2. Capt (James F Rogers (Fought 1637 Pequot) War) 1614–1687
        3. 3. Margaret Rogers 1612–1622
        4. 4. William Rogers 1613–1669
        5. 5. Captain (John) Rogers 1619–1680
        6. 6. Lucy (Iverson) Rogers 1612–1680
      2. 2. Elsgen (Alice) Cosford 1573–1662
      3. 3. Lady (Rebecca) Makyng\Makin 1578–1672
      4. 4. Lady (Joan) Makyng\Makin-Sherman 1575–1611
      5. 5. Sir (John) Makyng\Makin 1579–1595
      6. 6. Lady (Alice) Cosford-Rogers\Rodgers 1573–1622
      7. 7. Lady (Elizabeth Grace) Makyng\MAKIN 1573–1662
      8. 8. Lady (Alice) Cosford-Rogers\Rodgers 1573–1622
      9. 9. Thomas Makin 1592–1621
      10. 10. Tobias Makin 1586–1623
      11. 11. Robert Mason 1590–1667
    2. 2. Jane Makin 1542–
  2. 2. Sir (Henry Sherman 1 Earl of Yaxley (Thomas)“The Elder of Colchester”;) Sr. 1520–1589 m. Agnes Butler 1521–1580
    1. 1. Edmund Sherman 1548–1600
    2. 2. Henry Sherman 1545–1610
  3. 3. Sir (Lord Henry Waller Sherman \ Shearman "the Elder of Colchester"of) Colchester 1512–1590
  4. 4. Margaret (Sherman \) Shearman 1512–1558
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Sherman \) Shearman 1520–
  6. 6. Anthony (Sherman \) Shearman 1521–1522
  7. 7. Richard Sherman 1520–1587
  8. 8. Lady (Johana Sherman \) Shearman 1510–1558
  9. 9. James (Sherman \) Shearman 1537–1587
  10. 10. Bartholomew (Sherman \) Shearman 1514–1585
  11. 11. John (Ward (Sherman \) Shearman?) 1524–1559
  12. 12. Sir (Henry Waller Sherman \) Shearman 1511–1590
  13. 13. Sir (Henry I Sherman Earl of) Yaxley 1520–1587
  14. 14. Sarah Sherman –1712
  15. 15. William (\ (Wm) Sherman ?) Sharman –1715
  16. 16. Ann (\ Anne) Sherman 1527–

Lady Yaxley's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley in Wortham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Wortham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1572
29 May 1572
Age 72
Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley was baptized in Lyme-Regis, Dorset, England
Lyme-Regis, Dorset, England
1573
1 Mar 1573
Age 73
Death of Lady Jane Waller Countess of Yaxley in Yaxley, Suffolk, England
Yaxley, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Wortham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 May 1572
    Event Place: Lyme-Regis, Dorset, England
    Record Source: England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1573
    Event Place: Yaxley, Suffolk, England

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