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Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey 1472 – 1501 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1472

Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England

Death Date: 16 Aug 1501

Death Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England

Father: Robert Spencer

Mother: Eleanor Beaufort

Spouse(s): Sir Cockington

Children(s): John Carey, Anne Carey, Lady Felton, William Carey, Margaret Carey, Eleanor Carey, Edward Carey, Mary Carey

Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey was born in 1472 in Spencercombe, Devon, England, the child of Robert Spencer and Eleanor (Countess of Wiltshire) Beaufort. Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey married Sir Thomas Carey Van Cockington, and had children including John Carey, Anne Carey, Lady Cecilia 'Cecily' of Seckford De Spencer Sysley Felton, William Carey, Margaret Carey, Eleanor Carey, Edward Carey, Mary Carey. Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey passed away in 1501 in Spencercombe, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey was born in 1472 in Spencercombe, Devon, England, the child of Robert Spencer and Eleanor (Countess of Wiltshire) Beaufort.
  • Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey married Sir Thomas Carey Van Cockington, and had children including John Carey, Anne Carey, Lady Cecilia 'Cecily' of Seckford De Spencer Sysley Felton, William Carey, Margaret Carey, Eleanor Carey, Edward Carey, Mary Carey.
  • Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey passed away in 1501 in Spencercombe, Devon, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Carey's Ancestors

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Margaret Carey
1472 – 1501
Birth Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
Parents
Robert Spencer
1430 – 1502
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Eleanor ((Countess of Wiltshire)) Beaufort
1439 – 1501
Wilts, England
Grandparents
Edmund ((Marquis of Dorset)) Beaufort
1406 – 1455
Eleanor (de) Beauchamp
1407 – 1467
Walthamstow (Essex) England
Great-Grandparents
John Beaufort
Margaret Holland
Richard Beauchamp
1381 –
Elizabeth Berkeley
1386 – 1422
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Holland
Alice FitzAlan

Margaret Carey's Descendants

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Margaret ((Margaretha) Spencer) Carey (1472 – 16 Aug 1501) m. Sir (Thomas Carey Van) Cockington (1460 – 21 Jun 1536)
  1. 1. John Carey (1491 – 1552)
  2. 2. Anne Carey (1493 – 1550)
  3. 3. Lady (Cecilia 'Cecily' of Seckford De Spencer Sysley) Felton (1494 – 13 May 1547) m. Sir (Thomas Sesley) Felton (1495 – 13 Jan 1588)
    1. 1. Cecelia Sysley (Abt. 1517 – 8 Dec 1584) m. Henry Kimball (Abt. 1510 – 4 Jan 1558)
      1. 1. Henry Kimball (1 Jul 1539 – 1583) m. Margaret Munning (1545 – 08 Dec 1582)
        1. 1. Henry Kimball (04 Jan 1565 – 10 Sep 1619) m. Johanna (Martha) Eysley (1567 – 22 Jun 1657)
  4. 4. William Carey (4 Feb 1495 – 22 Jun 1528)
  5. 5. Margaret Carey (1496 – 1560)
  6. 6. Eleanor Carey (1497 – 1526)
  7. 7. Edward Carey (1498 – 1560)
  8. 8. Mary Carey (1501 – 1560)

Margaret Carey's Timeline

2 Records

1472
1472
Birth of Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey in Spencercombe, Devon, England
Spencercombe, Devon, England
1501
16 Aug 1501
Age 29
Death of Margaret (Margaretha) Spencer Carey in Spencercombe, Devon, England
Spencercombe, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1472
    Event Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1501
    Event Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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