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Margaret Massey 1504–1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Audlem, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1561

Death Location: Bulkeley, Cheshire, England

Father: William Mayce

Mother: Elizabeth West

Spouse(s): Ralph Bressey

Children(s): Edmund Bressey, Thomas Bressey

In 1504, Margaret Massey entered the world in Audlem, Cheshire, England, born to William Iii Of Colyton Mayce And Elizabeth West. Margaret Massey married Ralph Bressey, and had children including Edmund Bressey, Thomas Bressey. Margaret Massey passed away in 1561 in Bulkeley, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Margaret Massey entered the world in Audlem, Cheshire, England, born to William Iii Of Colyton Mayce And Elizabeth West.
  • Margaret Massey married Ralph Bressey, and had children including Edmund Bressey, Thomas Bressey.
  • Margaret Massey passed away in 1561 in Bulkeley, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Massey's Ancestors

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Margaret Massey
1504–1561
Birth Place: Audlem, Cheshire, England
Parents
William III of Colyton Mayce
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 Massey (1504–1561) m. Ralph Bressey (1500–Feb 1561)
  1. 1. Edmund Bressey 1539–1612 m. Lucretia\Lurres Anderson 1545–1610
    1. 1. Thomas Bryce 1550–1632 m. Joan Lennett 1600–1682
      1. 1. Margaret (Wichtman) Bryce 1595– m. Robert Greenshields 1600–1693
        1. 1. George Greenshields 1630–1700 m. Mary (Margaret) Gray 1633–1700
        2. 2. Margaret Greenshields 1617–1642
    2. 2. Edmund Bressey 1568–1617
  2. 2. Thomas Bressey 1527–1592

Margaret Massey's Timeline

4 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Margaret Massey in Audlem, Cheshire, England
Audlem, Cheshire, England
1523
1523
Age 19
Margaret Massey was married in Malpas, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Malpas, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1535
1535
Age 31
Margaret Massey was married in Chester, Cheshire
Chester, Cheshire
1561
1561
Age 57
Death of Margaret Massey in Bulkeley, Cheshire, England
Bulkeley, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Audlem, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Malpas, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Chester, Cheshire

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Bulkley, Chester, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cheshire

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1561
    Event Place: Bulkeley, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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