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Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton 1520–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1520

Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 27 Apr 1590

Death Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Father: Robert Lawrence

Mother: Margaret Holden

Spouse(s): Lady Ashton

Children(s): Lady Lawrence, Susan Lawrence

Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton was born in 1520 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, the child of Robert Lawrence And Margaret Holden. Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton married Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes Countess Of Ashton, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Rachel Lawrence, Susan Renee Lawrence. Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton passed away in 1590 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton was born in 1520 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, the child of Robert Lawrence And Margaret Holden.
  • Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton married Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes Countess Of Ashton, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Rachel Lawrence, Susan Renee Lawrence.
  • Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton passed away in 1590 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lord Ashton's Ancestors

Self
Lord Ashton
1520–1590
Birth Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Parents
Robert Lawrence
1500–1550
Suffolk, England., Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Holden
1501–1594
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Ashton's Descendants

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Lord (John Lawrence V, Earl of) Ashton (1 Jan 1520–27 Apr 1590) m. Lady (Margaret Agnes Holmes , Countess of) Ashton (1 Jan 1523–22 Jan 1583)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Rachel) Lawrence 1552–1621 m. Lord (Sir Knight Thomas Rhys Rice Davis I , Knight of Donnington, Receiver of the Excequer for) Wales 1550–1622
    1. 1. Governor (James I Davis Gentleman, Ship's Captain, Mariner, Captain of Fort Sagadahoc (Maine),Writer, Early Jamestown Settler, Original Settler of) Main 1578–1633 m. Racheal ('Rachel' Keyes , Early Jamestown Settler, Ancient) Planter 1585–1633
      1. 1. Major (John) Davis 1610–1665 m. Mary Green 1615–1648
        1. 1. Elizabeth ('Eliza') Davis 1637–1714 m. James Ellis 1644–1714
  2. 2. Susan (Renee) Lawrence 1548–1610 m. Lord (Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of) Yaxley 1548–1610
    1. 1. Anne Sherman 1581–1638 m. Anthony (Whiting , Prosperous) clothier 1575–1629
      1. 1. Phebe Whiting 1606–1662 m. Thomas (Barnard , "Shipwright" (Builder of) ships.) –1621
        1. 1. Thomas (King Barnard ,) MD 1612–1674 m. Eleanor (Helena) Morse 1614–1694
    2. 2. Ezekiel Sherman 1587–1654 m. Anna Stevens 1595–1654
      1. 1. Ann Sherman 1630–1665 m. Edward Watts 1620–1690
        1. 1. Francis Watts 1648–1711 m. Sarah Beall 1668–1734

Lord Ashton's Timeline

3 Records

1520
1 Jan 1520
Birth of Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1520
1 Jan 1520
Birth of Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1590
27 Apr 1590
Age 70
Death of Lord John Lawrence V, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1520
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1520
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Apr 1590
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

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