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Martha Claxton 1500–1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Chediston, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1569

Death Location: Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England

Father: Hamond GGF

Mother: Agnes GGM

Spouse(s): 14 Jr, John Marsham

Children(s): Mary Wright, Hubert Marsham, Elizabeth Layer, Violet Marsham, John Marsham, Walter Marsham, John Marsham, Joane Knowles, Thomas Marsham

Martha Claxton was born in 1500 in Chediston, Suffolk, England, the child of Hamond Claxton 11 Ggf And Agnes Anne Clopton 11Th Ggm. Martha Claxton married 14 John Marsham Jr, John Marsham, Thomas Ridell, and had children including Anne Marsham, Cyril Montagu Charles Marsham, Elizabeth Layer, Evelyn Florence Marsham, Grace Margaret Marsham, Hester Marsham, Hubert Wheler Marsham, Joane Knowles, John Ralph Theodore Marsham, John William Marsham, Keith Henry Marsham, Mabel Pensie Marsham, Margaret Ridell Claxton, Mary Wright, Nicholas Marsham, Olive Home Marsham, Thomas Marsham, Violet Mary Marsham, Walter John Marsham. Martha Claxton passed away in 1569 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Martha Claxton was born in 1500 in Chediston, Suffolk, England, the child of Hamond Claxton 11 Ggf And Agnes Anne Clopton 11Th Ggm.
  • Martha Claxton married 14 John Marsham Jr, John Marsham, Thomas Ridell, and had children including Anne Marsham, Cyril Montagu Charles Marsham, Elizabeth Layer, Evelyn Florence Marsham, Grace Margaret Marsham, Hester Marsham, Hubert Wheler Marsham, Joane Knowles, John Ralph Theodore Marsham, John William Marsham, Keith Henry Marsham, Mabel Pensie Marsham, Margaret Ridell Claxton, Mary Wright, Nicholas Marsham, Olive Home Marsham, Thomas Marsham, Violet Mary Marsham, Walter John Marsham.
  • Martha Claxton passed away in 1569 in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Martha Claxton's Ancestors

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Martha Claxton
1500–1569
Birth Place: Chediston, Suffolk, England
Parents
Hamond Claxton 11 GGF
1540–1616
Chediston, Suffolk, , England
Agnes ((Anne) Clopton 11th) GGM
1548–1624
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John ('of Chediston' CLAXTON 13 GGF) Esq
1514–1550
Chediston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Mary (Browne 12th) GGM
1520–1550
Holton, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
William I
1500–1539
Elizabeth (Engefield)
1493–1547
2nd-Great-Grandparents
WILLIAM WALLER
1470–1555
Alice Cokett
1475–1520

Martha Claxton's Descendants

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Martha Claxton (1500–1569) m. 14 (John Marsham) Jr (Abt. 1497–Abt. 1551) m. John Marsham (1446–13 May 1525)
  1. 1. Mary Wright 1527–1580 m. John (Stanley) Sir 1540–1593
    1. 1. Martha (Stanley) 11gg 1570–1626 m. Anthony (Sir Flowrede, son of) William 1565–1610
      1. 1. Temperance* ((survior of the winter of 1609 "Starving Time" in Jamestown, VA)) Flowerdew 1590–1628 m. George (Yeardly) Sir 1588–1627 m. Richard (Barrow *=(1stH T.) Flowerdew)(WestDir) 1581–1618 m. Francis (Capt. West I Esq Gov. of Virginia) *=HmgmW9gf\+12gfViaRobinBakerLine\11gu\7c21x 1586–1628 m. Francis West 1586–1633 m. George Yeardley 1587–1627
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Yeardly -10th (Double) ggm, Jamestown Spouse, daughter of) Governor 1610–1663 m. Major (Joseph Raleigh Croshaw) **Immigrant 1610–1667
        2. 2. Elizabeth Yeardley 1614–1666
        3. 3. Nathaniel West 1622–1671
        4. 4. Ann (Yeardley) Hodges 1619–1665
        5. 5. Francis Yardley 1623–1655
        6. 6. Elizabeth Yeardley 1615–1660
        7. 7. Argoll (Yeardley) *=SS11gu(Westdir) 1617–1655
        8. 8. Zilpha Yeardley 1623–1660
        9. 9. John Yardley 1620–1712
        10. 10. Francis Yeardley 1620–1655
        11. 11. Argall Yeardley 1618–1655
      2. 2. Elizabeth Flowrede 1591–1640
      3. 3. Mary (Flowerdew IMM, England to) Virginia 1585–1650
      4. 4. Stanley FLOWERDEW 1587–1620
      5. 5. Catherine Flowerdew –1727
      6. 6. Catherine Flowerdew –1727
      7. 7. Temperence (Lady) Flowerdew 1576–1628
      8. 8. Stanley (Flowerdew, son of) Anthony 1587–1620
      9. 9. Stanley (Flowerdew, son of) Anthony 1587–1620
      10. 10. Temperence, (Lady Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony, married Barrow, George Yeardley & Francis West as #2wife IMM England to Virginia,) JT 1580–1628
    2. 2. John Stanley 1560–1589
    3. 3. Alice Stanley 1563–1624
    4. 4. Phillip Stanley –1608
  2. 2. Hubert (Wheler) Marsham –1641
  3. 3. Elizabeth Layer 1522–1569 m. William Layer –1539
    1. 1. Christopher Layer 1531–1600
  4. 4. Violet (Mary) Marsham
  5. 5. John (Ralph Theodore) Marsham 1520–1551
  6. 6. Walter (John) Marsham 1497–1551
  7. 7. John (William) Marsham 1474–1579
  8. 8. Joane Knowles 1520–1568
  9. 9. Thomas Marsham 1759–1557

Martha Claxton's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Martha Claxton in Chediston, Suffolk, England
Chediston, Suffolk, England
1569
1569
Age 69
Death of Martha Claxton in Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
1863
July 1863
Age 363
Martha Claxton was married in Norwich, Norfolk
Norwich, Norfolk

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Chediston, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: July 1863
    Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Stratton Buxton, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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