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Margaret Russell 1533–1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1533

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 27 August 1572

Death Location: Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: John Bletsoe

Mother: Margaretha Waldegrave

Spouse(s): Francis Russell, Francis Russell

Children(s): William Bedford), John Russell, Margaretha Russell

In 1533, Margaret Russell entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England, born to John Lord St John Van Bletsoe And Margaretha Waldegrave. Margaret Russell married Francis Russell, and had children including John Lord Russell, Margaretha Russell, William Blanchard Russell 1St Earl Of Thornhaugh 2Nd Earl Of Thornhaugh And 3Rd Earl Of Bedford. Margaret Russell passed away in 1572 in Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1533, Margaret Russell entered the world in Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England, born to John Lord St John Van Bletsoe And Margaretha Waldegrave.
  • Margaret Russell married Francis Russell, and had children including John Lord Russell, Margaretha Russell, William Blanchard Russell 1St Earl Of Thornhaugh 2Nd Earl Of Thornhaugh And 3Rd Earl Of Bedford.
  • Margaret Russell passed away in 1572 in Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Bletsoe
1498–1527
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
JB
Margaretha Waldegrave
1485–1567
Birth Location: Smallbridge, Suffolk
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Spouses(s)

Francis Russell
1527–1585
Birth Location: Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
FR
Francis Russell
1527–1585
Birth Location: Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
FR

Children(s)

William Bedford)
1558–1613
Birth Location: Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire, England
WB
John Russell
1552–1584
Birth Location: –
JR
Margaretha Russell
1560–1616
Birth Location: Exeter, Devonshire
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Margaret Russell's Ancestors

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Margaret Russell
1533–1572
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John Lord St. John van Bletsoe
1498–1527
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
Margaretha Waldegrave
1485–1567
Smallbridge, Suffolk
Grandparents
John (St. John Lord van Lydiard-Tregoze) Knight
1473–1512
Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England
Jane (Inwardby St.) John
1478–1544
Castle, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England
Thomas (Hanmer) Hên
1470–1545
Plâs Yr Owredd, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales
Elizabeth (Charlton Hanmer) Hên
1487–1545
Whitechurch, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Hanmer
–1507
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Russell's Descendants

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Margaret Russell (1533–27 August 1572) m. Francis Russell (1527–28 July 1585) m. Francis Russell (1527–28 July 1585)
  1. 1. William (Blanchard Russell, 1st Earl of Thornhaugh, 2nd Earl of Thornhaugh and 3rd Earl of) Bedford) 1558–1613 m. Lady (Elizabeth Longe (Countess of Bedford)) Russel 1562–1611
    1. 1. Lord (Francis Henry Russell of Thornhaugh, 4th earl of Bedford *gf (Princes Diana's 9th great) grandfather)(churchhill) 1587–1641 m. Honorable (Lady Catharine Margaret Russell, Baroness of Thornhaugh) Bridges 1580–1657 m. Elizabeth Gerard 1586–1626 m. Elizabeth Smallpage 1590–1652 m. Catharine (BRYDGES Dudley, Baroness Russell) Thornhaugh 1580–1657
      1. 1. William (1st Duke Of Bedford Russell Fifth Earl and First Duke of) Bedford 1616–1700 m. Anne (Carr Countess of) Bedford 1615–1684
        1. 1. Sir (Lord Robert William 3rd Duke Bedford Russell 5th Earl\1st Duke of) Russell 1639–1683
        2. 2. Lord (Francis) Russell 1638–1678
        3. 3. John Russell 1641–1642
        4. 4. Lord (Edward) Russell 1643–1714
        5. 5. Lord (Robert) Russell 1645–1703
        6. 6. Anne (Countess Russell) Bedford 1650–1657
        7. 7. Lord (James) Russell 1651–1712
        8. 8. George Russell 1652–1692
        9. 9. Lady (Diana) Russell 1652–1701 m. Greville Verney 1634–1684
        10. 10. Lady (Margaret) Russell 1656–1702
        11. 11. Lord (William) Russell 1650–1679
        12. 12. Katherine Russell 1640–
        13. 13. Margaret Springer 1658–1698
        14. 14. Mathew Russell 1652–
        15. 15. Lady (Margaret) Russell 1635–1701
      2. 2. JOHN (RUSSELL (authored - seperation of church and) state) 1616–1676
      3. 3. Francis Russell 1612–1616
      4. 4. Lady (Ann Russell Digby) Millington 1612–1697 m. George Digby 1612–1677 m. Lord (Thomas) Millington 1620–1704
        1. 1. Anne Spencer 1646–1715 m. Robert (Spencer (Born Spencer 2nd Earl of) Sunder 1641–1702
        2. 2. John Digby 1634–1698 m. Alice Bourne 1625–1658 m. Rachael Wyndham 1636–1708
        3. 3. Francis Digby 1637–1672
        4. 4. Thomas Millington –1714
      5. 5. Diana ((twin)) Russell 1624–1696 m. Francis Newport 1620–1708 m. William Newport 1619–1708
        1. 1. Anne Newport 1659–
        2. 2. Diana Newport 1653–1731
        3. 3. Elizabeth Newport 1649–
        4. 4. Elizabeth Newport 1661–
        5. 5. Francis Newport 1650–
        6. 6. Katherine Newport 1653–1716
        7. 7. Richard Newport 1644–1723
        8. 8. Thomas Newport 1654–1719
      6. 6. Lady (Catherine Ann) Russell 1615–1676 m. Robert Greville 1607–1643
        1. 1. Thomasin Brooke 1644–1669
        2. 2. Francis (Greville, 3rd Baron) Brooke 1631–1658
        3. 3. Robert (Greville, 4th Baron) Brooke 1638–1676
        4. 4. Algermon Greville 1645–1662
        5. 5. Edward Greville 1635–1655
        6. 6. Fulke Greville 1643–1710
        7. 7. Thomasin (Thomasina) Greville 1643–1669
      7. 7. Sir (Francis Russell, Governor of) Barbados 1624–1696
      8. 8. Edward Russell 1628–1665 m. Penelope Hill 1625–
        1. 1. Edward Russell 1652–1727
      9. 9. Lady (Margaret Russell) Montagu 1620–1696 m. Robert (Greville) Brooke 1608–1643 m. Edward (Montagu 2nd Earl of) Manchester 1603–1671 m. James (Hay 2nd Earl of) Carlisle 1600–1660
        1. 1. Robert (Greville) Brooke 1643–1676
        2. 2. Fulke (Greville) Brooke 1643–1710
        3. 3. Francis (Greville) Brooke 1643–1658
        4. 4. Thomasine Brooke 1644–1669
      10. 10. John Russell 1618–1686
      11. 11. William Russell 1613–1700
    2. 2. Anne Russell 1585–
    3. 3. Mary Alisson 1585–1637
    4. 4. John Russell 1597–1680
    5. 5. Helena Russell 1607–1697
    6. 6. Elizabeth Russell 1603–1605
    7. 7. Rachel Russell 1604– m. William Sargent 1602–1682
      1. 1. Rachel Sargent 1635–1706 m. John (Radcliffe Warren\) 20 1640–1691
        1. 1. Thomas (Warren\) 20 1682–1749
        2. 2. William Warren 1662–1750
      2. 2. George Sergent 1633–
    8. 8. Lord (William II) Russell 1612–1665 m. Sarah Russell 1624–1664
      1. 1. Noadiah Russell 1659–1713
    9. 9. Joseph (John 3rd Barron of) RUSSELL 1575–1676 m. Agnes Blanchard 1575–1694
      1. 1. William Russell 1605–1661
      2. 2. Elicia Russell 1596–1624
      3. 3. John Russell 1597–1680
      4. 4. Phenenna Russell 1619–
      5. 5. Philomena Russell 1619–
      6. 6. Richard Russell 1625–1675
      7. 7. Thomas Russell 1622–
      8. 8. Thomas Russell 1623–1675
    10. 10. Paul Russell 1580–1633
    11. 11. William Russell 1605–1661 m. Martha Davies 1609–1694
      1. 1. Benjamin Russell 1638–1691
      2. 2. Jason Russell 1658–1736
      3. 3. John Russell 1645–1737
      4. 4. Joseph Russell 1636–
      5. 5. Joyce Russell 1660–1719
      6. 6. Martha Russell 1649–1684
      7. 7. Phebe Russell 1640–1642
      8. 8. Philip Russell 1650–1731
      9. 9. Thomas Russell 1653–1653
      10. 10. William Russell 1655–1744
    12. 12. Thomas Russell 1575–1632
    13. 13. Agnes Russell 1580–1649
    14. 14. Edward, (the Right Honourable Russell 4th Earl) ofBedford 1572–1627 m. Lucy (Harrington Countess of Bedford) (Russell) 1580–1611 m. Ann (Arnold - Russell of) Ipswich 1575–1616
      1. 1. John Russell 1596–1680
      2. 2. Francis Russell 1602–1602
      3. 3. William Russell 1605–1661
      4. 4. Francis (Russell 4th Earl Duke of) Bedford 1593–1641
      5. 5. Barbara Russell 1627–1674
      6. 6. Francis (Russell) SIR 1602–1602
      7. 7. Sir (William Russell, 1st Duke of) Bedford 1605–1661
      8. 8. Daughter Russell 1610–1610
    15. 15. Joseph Russell 1589–1604
    16. 16. James Russell 1586–1673 m. Mary Ball 1593–1674
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Russell) Jones 1625–1662
    17. 17. Catherine Brydges 1593–1657
  2. 2. John (Lord) Russell 1552–1584
  3. 3. Margaretha Russell 1560–1616 m. George Clifford 1558–1605
    1. 1. Ann Clifford 1590–1675
    2. 2. Francis Clifford 1584–1588
    3. 3. Robert Clifford 1585–1591

Margaret Russell's Timeline

2 Records

1533
1533
Birth of Margaret Russell in Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
1572
27 August 1572
Age 39
Death of Margaret Russell in Woburn, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
Woburn, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1533
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 August 1572
    Event Place: Woburn, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
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