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Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY 1504–1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Audlem, Cheshire, England

Death Date: Aft. 1561

Death Location: Chester, Cheshire, England

Father: William lll

Mother: Elizabeth West

Spouse(s): Ralph I

Children(s): Edmund *, Alice Bressey#, Ann Bressey, Katherine Bressey, Ralph Bracey, Anne Bracey, Alice Bressey, Katherine Bracey, John Bressey, Randall Bressey, Ralph Bressey, Alice Bressey, Thomas Bracey, Richard Brace\Bressey^, Katherine (Bressey), Anne (Bressey), Ralph Bressey, Randall Bressy

The story of Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY began in 1504 in Audlem, Cheshire, England. Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY married Ralph Bressey I, and had children including Alice Bressey, Ann Bressey, Anne Bracey, Anne Bracy Bressey, Edmund Bracey, John Bressey, Katherine Bracey, Katherine Bracy Bressey, Katherine Bressey, Ralph Bracey, Ralph Bressey, Randall Bressey, Randall Bressy, Richard Brace Bressey, Thomas Bracey. Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY passed away in 1561 in Chester, Cheshire, England.

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  • The story of Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY began in 1504 in Audlem, Cheshire, England.
  • Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY married Ralph Bressey I, and had children including Alice Bressey, Ann Bressey, Anne Bracey, Anne Bracy Bressey, Edmund Bracey, John Bressey, Katherine Bracey, Katherine Bracy Bressey, Katherine Bressey, Ralph Bracey, Ralph Bressey, Randall Bressey, Randall Bressy, Richard Brace Bressey, Thomas Bracey.
  • Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY passed away in 1561 in Chester, Cheshire, England.

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Margaret MASSEY's Ancestors

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Margaret MASSEY
1504–1561
Birth Place: Audlem, Cheshire, England
Parents
William Massey lll
1490–1566
Colyton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth West
1487–1526
London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret MASSEY's Descendants

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Margaret ((HOLCROFT)) MASSEY (1504–Aft. 1561) m. Ralph (Bressey) I (1500–Feb 1561)
  1. 1. Edmund (BRACEY) * 1525–1612 m. Lucretia\Lurres Anderson 1545–1610 m. Constance Shepherde 1578–1631
    1. 1. Thomas Bracey 1567–1632 m. Goodwife Bracey 1550–1623 m. Joan LENNETT 1600–1682
      1. 1. Thomas (Bryce) (Bracye) 1575–1701
        1. 1. Margaret (Bracey \) Bryce 1595–1689 m. James Dobie 1591–1693
      2. 2. Margaret (Wichtman) Bryce 1595–1689
      3. 3. John Bracey 1588–1615
      4. 4. Isabel Bracey 1590–
      5. 5. Richard Bracey 1580–1590
      6. 6. Joan Bracey 1585–1615
      7. 7. Margaret Bracey 1590–
      8. 8. William Bracey 1582–1670
      9. 9. RICHARD (BRACEY,) Yeoman 1590–1670
    2. 2. Edmund (II) Bressey\Bracye^ 1568–1617
    3. 3. Katherine BRESSEY 1596–1591
    4. 4. Thomas Bressey 1574–1591
    5. 5. Izack Bracey 1578–1605
    6. 6. Thomas Bracy 1574–1591
    7. 7. John Bracey 1565–1646
    8. 8. Thomas Bressey 1567–1573
    9. 9. Katherine Bressey 1573–1591
    10. 10. Isaac Bressey 1578–1605
    11. 11. Thomas Bressey –1591
    12. 12. Thomas (Bracey) (Brace) 1567–1673
    13. 13. Edmond (Bracye) gentleman 1568–1617
    14. 14. Katherine BRESSEY –1591
    15. 15. EDMUND BRESSEY 1568–1617
    16. 16. Katherine Bracey 1573–1591
  2. 2. Alice Bressey# 1527–
  3. 3. Ann Bressey 1543–1610
  4. 4. Katherine Bressey 1535–
  5. 5. Ralph Bracey 1547–1603
  6. 6. Anne Bracey 1528–1610
  7. 7. Alice Bressey 1541–1610
  8. 8. Katherine Bracey 1545–1594
  9. 9. John Bressey 1530–
  10. 10. Randall Bressey 1549–1610
  11. 11. Ralph Bressey –1603
  12. 12. Alice Bressey 1528–1609
  13. 13. Thomas Bracey 1527–1592
  14. 14. Richard Brace\Bressey^ 1525–1592
  15. 15. Katherine (Bracy) (Bressey) 1535–1594
  16. 16. Anne (Bracy) (Bressey) 1543–1610
  17. 17. Ralph Bressey 1539–1603
  18. 18. Randall Bressy 1540–1610

Margaret MASSEY's Timeline

2 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY in Audlem, Cheshire, England
Audlem, Cheshire, England
1561
Aft. 1561
Age 57
Death of Margaret (HOLCROFT) MASSEY in Chester, Cheshire, England
Chester, Cheshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Audlem, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1561
    Event Place: Chester, Cheshire, England

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