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Margaretha St John 1490–1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 6 SEP 1562

Death Location: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: John John

Mother: Margaret Bletsoe

Spouse(s): Francis Russell

Children(s): John Russell, Francis Russell, Anne Russell, Anne Dudley, Ann Russell, Janet Russell, Janet Russell, Dorothy Russell, Edward Russell, Elizabeth Russell, John Russell, Alice Russell, Francis Russell, George Cumberland, Francis Russell, Francis Russell, Elizabeth Russell, Anne Russell, William Russell, Margaret Russell, Lady RUSSELL, William Russell

Margaretha St John was born in 1490 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John St John And Margaret Waldegrave Of Bletsoe. Margaretha St John married Francis Russell, and had children including Alice Russell, Ann Russell, Anne Dudley, Anne Russell, Dorothy Russell, Edward Russell, Elizabeth Russell, Francis Russell, Francis Thomas Russell, George Clifford St John Cumberland, Janet Lady Scotland Russell, Janet Russell, John Russell, Lady Anne Countess Of Warwick Russell Russell, Margaret Russell, William Russell, William Thornhaugh Russell. Margaretha St John passed away in 1562 in Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaretha St John was born in 1490 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John St John And Margaret Waldegrave Of Bletsoe.
  • Margaretha St John married Francis Russell, and had children including Alice Russell, Ann Russell, Anne Dudley, Anne Russell, Dorothy Russell, Edward Russell, Elizabeth Russell, Francis Russell, Francis Thomas Russell, George Clifford St John Cumberland, Janet Lady Scotland Russell, Janet Russell, John Russell, Lady Anne Countess Of Warwick Russell Russell, Margaret Russell, William Russell, William Thornhaugh Russell.
  • Margaretha St John passed away in 1562 in Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaretha John's Ancestors

Self
Margaretha John
1490–1562
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John St John
1498–1562
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Margaret (Waldegrave of) Bletsoe
1485–1567
Bures St Mary, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (St.) John
1450–1525
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Sybil (verch) Morgan
1463–1529
Langstone, Monmouthshire, Wales
William Waldegrave
1465–1528
Bures St Mary, Suffolk, England
Margery Wentworth
1463–1540
Wethersfield, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
John St.John
1426–1489
Alice Bradshaw
1426–1511
Morgan Verch-Morgan
1410–1472
Margred Mathew
1440–
Thomas Waldegrave
1437–1500
Elisabeth Fray
1441–1495
Henry Wentworth
–1483
Henry Wentworth
1426–1482
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Oliver John
1400–1437
Margaret Beauchamp
1410–1482
Thomas Bradshaigh
1400–1446
Sherburne
1400–1462
Jenkin Philip
1377–1441
Cecily Welsh
1380–1463
Daffydd Dafydd
1411–1495
Gwenllian Herbert
1411–1456
John Waldegrave
1403–1454
Joane Durward
1397–1450
Sir Fray
1400–1461
Agnes Danvers
1398–1478
Roger Wentworth
1397–1452
Margery Despencer
1397–1452

Margaretha John's Descendants

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Margaretha (St) John (1490–6 SEP 1562) m. Francis Russell (APR 1527–JUL 1585)
  1. 1. John Russell 1543–1584 m. Elizabeth Cooke 1527–1609
    1. 1. Anne Russell 1578–1639 m. Henry Somerset 1576–1646
      1. 1. Elizabeth Somerset 1618–1684 m. Francis Brown 1620–
        1. 1. William (Francis) Brown 1654–1709 m. Elizabeth Allen 1660–1722
        2. 2. Daniel Brown 1655–1707
        3. 3. Sarah Brown 1657–
      2. 2. Edward Somerset 1602–1667
      3. 3. John Somerset 1604–
      4. 4. Anne Somerset 1605–
      5. 5. William Somerset 1606–
      6. 6. Henry Somerset 1608–1628
      7. 7. Thomas Somerset 1610–1676
      8. 8. Mary Somerset 1611–
      9. 9. Charles Somerset 1612–
      10. 10. Frederick Somerset 1614–
      11. 11. Francis Somerset 1616–
      12. 12. Elizabeth Somerset 1618–1684
      13. 13. James Somerset 1618–
      14. 14. Anne Somerset 1622–
      15. 15. Edward Somerset 1624–
    2. 2. Edward Hoby 1560–1617
    3. 3. Anne Cooke 1563–1571
    4. 4. Elizabeth Cooke 1564–
    5. 5. Thomas (Posthumus) Hoby 1566–1640
    6. 6. Francis (Cooke) Russell 1573–1580
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Cooke) Russell 1575–1600
    8. 8. Hon (Elizabeth) Cooke 1578–1600
  2. 2. Francis Russell 1548–1585
  3. 3. Anne Russell 1548–1603
  4. 4. Anne Dudley 1548–1604
  5. 5. Ann Russell 1548–1604
  6. 6. Janet Russell 1550–1569
  7. 7. Janet (Lady Scotland) Russell 1550–1640
  8. 8. Dorothy Russell 1550–
  9. 9. Edward Russell 1551–1572
  10. 10. Elizabeth Russell 1551–
  11. 11. John Russell 1552–1584
  12. 12. Alice Russell 1552–1587
  13. 13. Francis Russell 1553–1585
  14. 14. George (Clifford St John) Cumberland 1553–1585
  15. 15. Francis (Thomas) Russell 1553–1613
  16. 16. Francis Russell 1554–1603
  17. 17. Elizabeth Russell 1555–1604
  18. 18. Anne Russell 1556–1593
  19. 19. William (Thornhaugh) Russell 1558–1613
  20. 20. Margaret Russell 1560–1616
  21. 21. Lady (Anne Countess of Warwick Russell) RUSSELL 1570–1593
  22. 22. William Russell 1613–1700

Margaretha John's Timeline

3 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Margaretha St John in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1562
27 AUG 1562
Age 72
Death of Margaretha St John in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
1562
6 SEP 1562
Age 72
Burial of Margaretha St John in Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: St John, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 AUG 1562
    Event Place: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 6 SEP 1562
    Event Place: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

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