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Margaretha St. John 1530–1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 27 August 1562

Death Location: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

Father: John Bletsoe

Mother: Lady Waldegrave

Spouse(s): Frans Garter

Children(s): Countess Russell, Willem Thornhaugh, Elisabeth Russell, Alice Carden, John Russell, Margaretha Russell

The story of Margaretha St. John began in 1530 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England. Margaretha St. John married Frans Lord Russell Earl Van Bedford Sherriff Van Buckinghamshire En Bedfordshire 2Nd Earl Of Bedford Sheriff Of Bedfordshire Knight Of The Garter, and had children including Alice Russell Carden, Countess Of Warwick Countess Lady Anne Russell, Elisabeth Russell, John Lord Russell, Margaretha Russell, Willem Lord Russell Van Thornhaugh. Margaretha St. John passed away in 1562 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaretha St. John began in 1530 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England.
  • Margaretha St. John married Frans Lord Russell Earl Van Bedford Sherriff Van Buckinghamshire En Bedfordshire 2Nd Earl Of Bedford Sheriff Of Bedfordshire Knight Of The Garter, and had children including Alice Russell Carden, Countess Of Warwick Countess Lady Anne Russell, Elisabeth Russell, John Lord Russell, Margaretha Russell, Willem Lord Russell Van Thornhaugh.
  • Margaretha St. John passed away in 1562 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.

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Margaretha John's Ancestors

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Margaretha John
1530–1562
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John Lord St. John van Bletsoe
1498–1562
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
Lady (Margaretha Wentworth) Waldegrave
1485–1567
Smallbridge, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha John's Descendants

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Margaretha (St.) John (1530–27 August 1562) m. Frans (Lord Russell Earl van Bedford Sherriff van Buckinghamshire en Bedfordshire 2nd Earl of Bedford, Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Knight of the) Garter (1527–28 July 1585)
  1. 1. Countess (of Warwick Countess Lady Anne) Russell 1555–1604 m. Sir (John Vassall, Major (Alderman of London), (Builder and Owner of the Mayflower)) Vassall 1544–1591 m. Ambrose (Dudley, 3rd Earl of) Warwick 1531–1592
    1. 1. William ((from England)) Vassall 1592–1655
    2. 2. Samuel Vassall 1586–1667
    3. 3. Ingram Vassall 1589–
    4. 4. Susanna Vassall 1587–1657
    5. 5. Lady (Judith Vassall married) Freeborne 1567–1650
    6. 6. John Vassall 1588–1591
    7. 7. Judith (Vassell married) Perry 1582–1641
    8. 8. Thomas Vassalll 1565–1611
    9. 9. Elizabeth (Vassell married Church of Ratcliffe,) Middlesex 1567–1650
    10. 10. John Vassall 1584–1585
    11. 11. Andrew Vassell 1571–1575
  2. 2. Willem (Lord Russell van) Thornhaugh 1560–1613
  3. 3. Elisabeth Russell 1550–1605
  4. 4. Alice (Russell) Carden 1544–1580
  5. 5. John (Lord) Russell 1552–1584
  6. 6. Margaretha Russell 1560–1616

Margaretha John's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Margaretha St. John in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
1562
27 August 1562
Age 32
Death of Margaretha St. John in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 August 1562
    Event Place: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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