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Margaret Forster 1521 – 1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1521

Birth Location: Etherstone, Northumberland, England

Death Date: 7 FEB 1588

Death Location: Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England

Father: Thomas Northun

Mother: Dorothy Ogle

Spouse(s): William Ford

Children(s): Elizabeth Heron

In 1521, Margaret Forster entered the world in Etherstone, Northumberland, England, born to Thomas Forster, III, Knight, 9th Gov., Sheriff of Northun and Dorothy Ogle. Margaret Forster married William Heron, of Ford, and had children including Elizabeth Heron. Margaret Forster passed away in 1588 in Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • In 1521, Margaret Forster entered the world in Etherstone, Northumberland, England, born to Thomas Forster, III, Knight, 9th Gov., Sheriff of Northun and Dorothy Ogle.
  • Margaret Forster married William Heron, of Ford, and had children including Elizabeth Heron.
  • Margaret Forster passed away in 1588 in Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Northun
1471 – 1526
Birth Location: Etherstone Castle, , Durham,, Buckton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Dorothy Ogle
1498 – 1550
Birth Location: Ellingham, Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

William Ford
1505 – 1535
Birth Location: Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England
WF

Children(s)

Elizabeth Heron
1533 – 1554
Birth Location: Hetton, Cheshire, England
EH

Margaret Forster's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Forster
1521 – 1588
Birth Place: Etherstone, Northumberland, England
Parents
Thomas Forster, III, Knight, 9th Gov., Sheriff of Northun
1471 – 1526
Etherstone Castle, , Durham,, Buckton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Dorothy Ogle
1498 – 1550
Ellingham, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Forster, Jr., Lord) Etherstone
1474 – 1520
Etherstone, Durhamshire, England
Elizabeth (de) Haugh
1489 – 1570
Stanhope Manor, Stanhope, Durhamshire, England
Ralph (Ogle, 3rd Baron) Ogle
1468 – 1513
Bothal, Northumberland, , England
Margaret Gascoigne
1473 – 1515
Gawthorpe,,Yorkshire,England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Etherstone
1440 – 1503
Elizabeth NN
1440 –
Owen Ogle
1440 – 1486
Eleanor Hilton
1450 – 1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Ogle
1406 – 1469
Isabel Kirkby
1401 – 1478

Margaret Forster's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Forster (ABT 1521 – 7 FEB 1588) m. William (Heron, of) Ford (ABT 1505 – BEF 1535)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Heron (ABT 1533 – AFT 13 JAN 1554) m. Thomas Carr (17 JUN 1529 – 26 JAN 1558)
    1. 1. Anna Carr (1534 – 25 DEC 1564) m. Jacobus (James) Stackhouse (ABT 1530 – 28 JAN 1592)
      1. 1. Johannis ("John") Stackhouse (ABT 1558 – NOV 1631) m. Ellen (J) Clark (ABT 1567 – 11 OCT 1626)
        1. 1. Thomas (Cowgill) Stackhouse (1 MAY 1601 – 11 OCT 1686) m. Anna Evans (ABT 1608 – JUL 1690)

Margaret Forster's Timeline

2 Records

1521
ABT 1521
Birth of Margaret Forster in Etherstone, Northumberland, England
Etherstone, Northumberland, England
1588
7 FEB 1588
Age 67
Death of Margaret Forster in Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England
Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1521
    Event Place: Etherstone, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 FEB 1588
    Event Place: Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England
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