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Mary Shirley Dame 1573–1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1573

Birth Location: Thakeham, Sussex, England

Death Date: 19 Mar 1649

Death Location: Little Saxham, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Shirley

Mother: Lady Lady

Spouse(s): John Crofts

Children(s): John Croftes

Mary Shirley Dame was born in 1573 in Thakeham, Sussex, England, the child of Thomas Shirley And Lady Anne Fryswyde Kempe Lady. Mary Shirley Dame married John Crofts, and had children including John Crofte Croftes. Mary Shirley Dame passed away in 1649 in Little Saxham, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Mary Shirley Dame was born in 1573 in Thakeham, Sussex, England, the child of Thomas Shirley And Lady Anne Fryswyde Kempe Lady.
  • Mary Shirley Dame married John Crofts, and had children including John Crofte Croftes.
  • Mary Shirley Dame passed away in 1649 in Little Saxham, Suffolk, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Dame's Ancestors

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Mary Dame
1573–1649
Birth Place: Thakeham, Sussex, England
Parents
Thomas Shirley
1542–1619
Wiston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Anne Fryswyde Kempe) Lady
1544–1622
Wye, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
Grandparents
William Shirley
1510–1551
Wiston, Sussex, England
Sir (Thomas Kempe, Sheriff of) Kent
1513–1590
Wye, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Cecily (Katherine) Cheyney
1517–1550
Shurland House, Eastchurch, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ollintigh
1487–1535
Lady Tudor
1490–1560
Sir Cheyney
1485–1558
Friedewith (Broughton)
1489–1562
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Broughton
1490–1518

Mary Dame's Descendants

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Mary (Shirley) Dame (1573–19 Mar 1649) m. John Crofts (1562–29 March 1628)
  1. 1. John (Crofte) Croftes 1593–1664 m. Anne Clayton 1596–1624
    1. 1. Elisabeth ((Gibson) Crofts) Crofte 1613–1645 m. John Gibson 1613–1655
      1. 1. Elizabeth (GIBSON) (HEPPLE) 1633–1732 m. James Heppell 1606–1692
        1. 1. William (Thomas Heppell) (Hepple) 1663–1720 m. Ann Gibson 1663–1711

Mary Dame's Timeline

2 Records

1573
1573
Birth of Mary Shirley Dame in Thakeham, Sussex, England
Thakeham, Sussex, England
1649
19 Mar 1649
Age 76
Death of Mary Shirley Dame in Little Saxham, Suffolk, England
Little Saxham, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Thakeham, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1649
    Event Place: Little Saxham, Suffolk, England

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