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Margaret Forthe Townsend 1565 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565

Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 23 Jun 1596

Death Location: Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England

Father: Robert Forthe

Mother: Lady Box

Spouse(s): Sir Ash

Children(s): Thomas -Newgate

The story of Margaret Forthe Townsend began in 1565 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Margaret Forthe Townsend married Sir Henry Townsend, Esquire of Norfolk, Knight of Bracon Ash, and had children including Thomas Townsend -Newgate. Margaret Forthe Townsend passed away in 1596 in Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Forthe Townsend began in 1565 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
  • Margaret Forthe Townsend married Sir Henry Townsend, Esquire of Norfolk, Knight of Bracon Ash, and had children including Thomas Townsend -Newgate.
  • Margaret Forthe Townsend passed away in 1596 in Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Forthe
1540 – 1604
Birth Location: London, London, England
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Lady Box
1545 – 1589
Birth Location: Sandwich, Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Ash
1568 – 1625
Birth Location: Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Thomas -Newgate
1594 – 1677
Birth Location: Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England
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Margaret Townsend's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Townsend
1565 – 1596
Birth Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Parents
Robert Forthe
1540 – 1604
London, London, England
Lady (Martha*) Box
1545 – 1589
Sandwich, Kent, England
Grandparents
Thomas Boxe
1520 – 1606
Sandwich, Kent, England
Alice ((m:Box)) Sperte
1520 – 1583
Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Townsend's Descendants

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Margaret (Forthe) Townsend (1565 – 23 Jun 1596) m. Sir (Henry Townsend, Esquire of Norfolk, Knight of Bracon) Ash (31 May 1568 – 22 Aug 1625)
  1. 1. Thomas (Townsend) -Newgate (8 Jan 1594 – 22 Dec 1677)
    1. 1. Mary (Townsend) Stith (1610 – Oc. 5, 1668) m. Robert (Stith) (Stythe) (1606 – 5 Aug 1654)
      1. 1. Major (John Drury) Stith (1 June 1631 – 3 April 1694) m. Jane (Mosbey) (Parsons) (02 Jun 1624 – 3 Apr 1694) m. Jane (Mosby) (2 Jun 1624 – 1 January 1686) m. Mary RANDOLPH (1634 – 1711) m. Elizabeth Anderson (BET 1640 AND 1645 – )
        1. 1. John (Drury Stith,) II, (1658 – 1723)
        2. 2. Thomas Gregory (1640 – 1720)
        3. 3. Penelope (Ashley) COOPER (1648 – 1709)
        4. 4. Jane Stith (1651 – 1656)
        5. 5. Anne Stith (1655 – 17 July 1709) m. Col (Robert) Bolling (26 Dec 1646 – 17 Jul 1709)
        6. 6. William (John) Stith (1656 – 1724)
        7. 7. Thomas Wynne (1659 – 1 Jan 1720)
        8. 8. Drury Stith (1660 – Jan 1740)
        9. 9. Agnes Stith (25 Jan 1660 – 01 Jan 1720)
        10. 10. Anne (Meriwether) Stith (25 January 1660 – 17 July 1709)
        11. 11. "Anne (Merriweather") Stith (1665 – 17 Jul 1709)
        12. 12. Mary Stith (1670 – 1741)
      2. 2. DOROTHY (Stith) * (1634 – 22 Mar 1660)

Margaret Townsend's Timeline

2 Records

1565
1565
Birth of Margaret Forthe Townsend in Norwich, Norfolk, England
Norwich, Norfolk, England
1596
23 Jun 1596
Age 31
Death of Margaret Forthe Townsend in Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England
Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jun 1596
    Event Place: Bracon Ash, Norfolk, England
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