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Mary Mainwaring 1541 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1541

Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 14 Jun 1578

Death Location: Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Mainwaring

Mother: Margaret Mainwaring

Spouse(s): Richard Cotton

Children(s): Frances Cotton

Mary Mainwaring was born in 1541 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England, the child of Sir Arthur Mainwaring and Margaret Mainwaring. Mary Mainwaring married Richard Cotton, and had children including Frances Cotton. Mary Mainwaring passed away in 1578 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Mary Mainwaring was born in 1541 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England, the child of Sir Arthur Mainwaring and Margaret Mainwaring.
  • Mary Mainwaring married Richard Cotton, and had children including Frances Cotton.
  • Mary Mainwaring passed away in 1578 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Mainwaring
1520 – 1590
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
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Margaret Mainwaring
1521 – 1591
Birth Location: Over Peover, Cheshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Richard Cotton
1539 – 1602
Birth Location: Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, England
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Children(s)

Frances Cotton
1565 – 1646
Birth Location: Combermere, Cheshire, England
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Mary Mainwaring's Ancestors

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Mary Mainwaring
1541 – 1578
Birth Place: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Parents
Sir Arthur Mainwaring
1520 – 1590
Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Margaret Mainwaring
1521 – 1591
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard Manweryng Mainwaring, Commissioner of) Peace
1499 – 1558
Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Dorothy Corbet
1498 – 1540
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
Randall Mainwaring
1495 – 1577
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Ellen (Elizabeth) Brereton
1505 – 1545
Malpas, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Corbet
1477 – 1513
Elizabeth Vernon
1477 – 1563
Sir Mainwaring
1471 – 1516
Katherine Honford
1471 – 1524
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Corbet
1451 – 1493
Elizabeth Leighton
1455 – 1516
Sir Vernon
1447 – 1515
Lady Talbot-Vernon
1445 – 1494
John Honford
1435 – 1480
Lady Clifton
– 1525

Mary Mainwaring's Descendants

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Mary Mainwaring (1541 – 14 Jun 1578) m. Richard Cotton (27 Aug 1539 – 14 Jun 1602)
  1. 1. Frances Cotton (1565 – 16 Apr 1646) m. George (A.) Abell (1561 – 11 Sep 1630)
    1. 1. Richard Abell (7 Jul 1609 – 1658) m. Joanna (Ann) Cooper (1610 – 19 Sep 1672)
      1. 1. Samuel Abell (1650 – 8 Jan 1696) m. Ann (1650 – 8 Jan 1697)
        1. 1. John Abell (1680 – 9 Nov 1746) m. Mary Usher (1683 – 9 Nov 1746)

Mary Mainwaring's Timeline

2 Records

1541
1541
Birth of Mary Mainwaring in Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Ightfield, Shropshire, England
1578
14 Jun 1578
Age 37
Death of Mary Mainwaring in Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Ightfield, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jun 1578
    Event Place: Nantwich, Cheshire, England
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