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Margaret Jane Benson 1540 – 1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 1584

Death Location: St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Father: Bernard Benson

Mother: Elizabeth Gilpin

Spouse(s): William (ENG)

Children(s): John Hunt)

Margaret Jane Benson was born in 1540 in South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Bernard Benson and Elizabeth Sarah Gilpin. Margaret Jane Benson married William II Willem Lt. Doctor Thompson alias Hunt (ENG), and had children including John I Tompson (alias Hunt). Margaret Jane Benson passed away in 1584 in St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Jane Benson was born in 1540 in South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Bernard Benson and Elizabeth Sarah Gilpin.
  • Margaret Jane Benson married William II Willem Lt. Doctor Thompson alias Hunt (ENG), and had children including John I Tompson (alias Hunt).
  • Margaret Jane Benson passed away in 1584 in St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Benson's Ancestors

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Margaret Benson
1540 – 1584
Birth Place: South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
Bernard Benson
1525 – 1597
Loughrigg, Westmorland, England
Elizabeth (Sarah) Gilpin
1526 – 1597
Kentmere, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Richard) Benson
1502 – 1570
Knaresborough, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Martha Spelman
1510 – 1565
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
William (Partridge Gilpin III (Rn.Henry VII)) (Tudor)
1508 – 1577
Weston, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth Washington
1507 – 1576
Hullhede, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lady Lysley
1480 – 1554
Sir Washington
1478 – 1528
Lady (Kytson)
1479 – 1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Benson's Descendants

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Margaret (Jane) Benson (1540 – 1584) m. William (II Willem Lt. Doctor Thompson alias Hunt) (ENG) (1538 – 1585)
  1. 1. John (I Tompson (alias) Hunt) (30 January 1560 – 6 November 1626) m. Elizabeth Burton (1564 – 2 Aug 1590)
    1. 1. William Thompson (4 January 1576 – July 1623) m. Elizabeth ((Phillis)) Cuningham (Feb 1573 – 19 July 1608)

Margaret Benson's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Margaret Jane Benson in South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England
South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England
1584
1584
Age 44
Death of Margaret Jane Benson in St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1584
    Event Place: St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

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