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Margaret "Margery" Cave 1559 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Apr 1559

Birth Location: Stanford-on-Avon Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 15 August 1606

Death Location: Leicestershire, England

Father: Rt. Knight

Mother: Margaret Willington

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Elizabeth KNOLLYS, Lettice Paget

Margaret "Margery" Cave was born in 1559 in Stanford-on-Avon Northamptonshire, England, the child of Rt. Hon. Sir, Ambrose Cave, Knight and Margaret Willington. Margaret "Margery" Cave married Sir Henry Francis Knollys Knight, and had children including Elizabeth KNOLLYS, Lettice Paget. Margaret "Margery" Cave passed away in 1606 in Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret "Margery" Cave was born in 1559 in Stanford-on-Avon Northamptonshire, England, the child of Rt. Hon. Sir, Ambrose Cave, Knight and Margaret Willington.
  • Margaret "Margery" Cave married Sir Henry Francis Knollys Knight, and had children including Elizabeth KNOLLYS, Lettice Paget.
  • Margaret "Margery" Cave passed away in 1606 in Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Cave's Ancestors

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Margaret Cave
1559 – 1606
Birth Place: Stanford-on-Avon Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Rt. Hon. Sir, Ambrose Cave, Knight
1502 – 1568
Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Margaret Willington
1521 – 1549
Toddenham, Gloucestershire or Barcheston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard Cave
1465 – 1538
Stanford, Northamptonshire, England
Margaret Saxby
1475 – 1531
Calais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
SIR (WILLEM LORD WILLINGTON*13) van) Barcheston
1500 – 1559
Barcheston, Warwickshire, England
Anne Middlemore
1500 – 1548
Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Cave's Descendants

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Margaret ("Margery") Cave (25 Apr 1559 – 15 August 1606) m. Sir (Henry Francis Knollys) Knight (1542 – 21 December 1582)
  1. 1. Elizabeth KNOLLYS (1579 – BEF 1621) m. Henry (Francis) Willoughby (14 September 1579 – 20 November 1653)
    1. 1. Margaret (Ann) Willoughby (14 May 1605 – 1688) m. Sir (Henry Griffith) II (1603 – 1646)
      1. 1. Samuel (Goldsmith) Griffith (1637 – 8 September 1717) m. Elizabeth (Soones) Evans (1645 – 16 December 1718)
        1. 1. Dr (Septimus Griffith) Davis (30 Sep 1658 – 1684) m. Elizabeth (Frances) Harris (1660 – 1685)
  2. 2. Lettice Paget (1583 – 1655)

Margaret Cave's Timeline

6 Records

1559
25 Apr 1559
Birth of Margaret "Margery" Cave in Stanford-on-Avon Northamptonshire, England
Stanford-on-Avon Northamptonshire, England
1565
16 July 1565
Age 6
Margaret "Margery" Cave was married in The Strand
The Strand
1572
1572(?)1575(?)
Age 13
Margaret "Margery" Cave was married in Hereford, Herefordshire, , England
Hereford, Herefordshire, , England
1575
1575
Age 16
Margaret "Margery" Cave was married in Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
1579
BEF 1579
Age 20
Margaret "Margery" Cave was married in England
England
1606
15 August 1606
Age 47
Death of Margaret "Margery" Cave in Leicestershire, England
Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Apr 1559
    Event Place: Stanford-on-Avon Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1572(?)1575(?)
    Event Place: Hereford, Herefordshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 16 July 1565
    Event Place: The Strand

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Hereford, Herefordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: BEF 1579
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 August 1606
    Event Place: Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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