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Mary Plowden 1548–1635 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 SEP 1548

Birth Location: Plowden, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1635

Death Location: England

Father: Edmund ??

Mother: Katherine Sheldon

Spouse(s): Richard "Whyte"

Children(s): Elizabeth White, Thomas White, Mary "Whyte", Robert White, Richard Esq.

Mary Plowden was born in 1548 in Plowden, Shropshire, England, the child of Edmund Plowden The Case Is Altered Quoth Plowden To Be Or Not To Be And Katherine Sheldon. Mary Plowden married Richard White Whyte, and had children including Elizabeth White, Mary White Whyte, Richard White Esq, Robert White, Thomas White. Mary Plowden passed away in 1635 in England.

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Biography

  • Mary Plowden was born in 1548 in Plowden, Shropshire, England, the child of Edmund Plowden The Case Is Altered Quoth Plowden To Be Or Not To Be And Katherine Sheldon.
  • Mary Plowden married Richard White Whyte, and had children including Elizabeth White, Mary White Whyte, Richard White Esq, Robert White, Thomas White.
  • Mary Plowden passed away in 1635 in England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Plowden's Ancestors

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Mary Plowden
1548–1635
Birth Place: Plowden, Shropshire, England
Parents
Edmund Plowden , The case is altered quoth Plowden, To be or not to be. ??
1518–1585
Plowden Hall, Lydbury, Shropshire, England
Katherine Sheldon
1529–1586
Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Humphrey Plowden
1490–1557
Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Sturry
1491–1559
Down Rosall, Shropshire, England
William (Sheldon Esq. Justice of the Peace, Lord of) Beoley
1500–1571
Beoley, Worcestershire, England
Mary Willington
1510–1553
Barcheston, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Plowden
1435–1499
Margaret Blayney
1440–
John Sturry
1446–1492
Anne Corbet
1447–1517
Ralph Sheldon
1476–1547
Philippa Heath
1475–1548
William Willington
1480–1555
Ann Middlemore
1489–1537
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Plowden
1410–1451
Jane Cleobury
1410–1435
John Blawney
1503–
Margaret Blawney
1503–
Richard Sturry
1415–1469
Agnes Ferrers
1427–
Roger Corbet
1415–1467
Elizabeth Hopton
1420–1498
Ralph Sheldon
1428–
Joyce Ruding
1434–
Baldwin Heath
1440–1526
Agnes Grove
1450–
John Willington
1460–1512
Christian
1463–
Richard Middlemore
1440–1503
Margery Throckmorton
1450–1530

Mary Plowden's Descendants

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Mary Plowden (3 SEP 1548–1635) m. Richard (White) "Whyte" (ABT 1560–9 AUG 1614)
  1. 1. Elizabeth White 1587– m. Thomas Leonard 1585–
    1. 1. James Leonard 1621–1691 m. Mary Martin 1619–1664 m. Margaret Ford 1632–1700
      1. 1. James (Leonard) Jr 1643–1726 m. Hannah Hayden 1642–1674 m. Lydia Gulliver 1651–1705 m. Rebecca Macy 1662–1738
        1. 1. Ann Leonard 1672–1747 m. James Cox 1672–1750
        2. 2. James Leonard 1673–1674
        3. 3. Eunice Leonard 1668–1697 m. Richard Burt 1663–1707
        4. 4. Hannah Leonard 1671–1760 m. John Crane 1658–1718
        5. 5. Prudence Leonard 1669–1736 m. Samuel Lewis 1659–1726
      2. 2. John Leonard 1652–1678
      3. 3. Abigail Leonard 1645–1700 m. John Kingsley –1698
      4. 4. Hannah Leonard 1659–1749 m. Isaac Deane 1645–1709
      5. 5. Uriah Leonard 1662–1742 m. Elisabeth Farley 1680– m. Elizabeth Caswell 1664–1726
      6. 6. Benjamin Leonard 1650–1725 m. Sarah Thrasher 1658–1695
      7. 7. Thomas Leonard 1641–1713 m. Mary Watson 1642–1723
      8. 8. Joseph Leonard 1647–1692 m. Hannah (Anne) Blake 1651–1722 m. Mary Blake 1654–1723
      9. 9. Rebecca Leonard 1658–1736 m. Isaac Chapman 1647–1737
    2. 2. Mary Leonard 1627–1627
    3. 3. William Leonard 1628–1628
    4. 4. Thomas Leonard 1636–1682 m. Katherine Dean 1632–1682
    5. 5. Margery Leonard 1625– m. John Sampson 1620– m. Henry Sampson 1626–1687
    6. 6. Joan Leonard 1632–1695
    7. 7. William Leonard 1629–1660 m. Mary Cox 1633–
    8. 8. Sarah Leonard 1633–1720 m. Robert Fairbanks 1632–1678 m. John Thompson 1635–1715
    9. 9. Philip Leonard 1647–1708 m. Lydia Chase 1651–1707
    10. 10. Henry Leonard 1618–1685 m. Mary Russell 1619–1675
  2. 2. Thomas White 1582–1676
  3. 3. Mary (White) "Whyte" 1593–1635 m. Philip Walgraue 1590–
  4. 4. Robert White 1587–1640 m. Mary Sheldon 1585–1641
  5. 5. Richard (White,) Esq. 1590–1661 m. Ann Gray 1584–1620 m. Catherine Weston 1607–1645

Mary Plowden's Timeline

3 Records

1548
3 SEP 1548
Birth of Mary Plowden in Plowden, Shropshire, England
Plowden, Shropshire, England
1593
29 DEC 1593
Age 45
Death of Mary Plowden in Hutton, Essex, England
Hutton, Essex, England
1635
1635
Age 87
Burial of Mary Plowden in England
England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 SEP 1548
    Event Place: Plowden, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 DEC 1593
    Event Place: Hutton, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: England

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