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Mary Seymour 1547 – 1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, , England

Death Date: 18 Jan 1570

Death Location: Glendalough, , Wicklow, Ireland

Father: Edward Seymour

Mother: Anne Stanhope

Spouse(s): General Cosby

Children(s): Henry Cosby, Arnold Cosby, Alexander Cosby

Mary Seymour was born in 1547 in Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, , England, the child of Edward Seymour and Anne Stanhope. Mary Seymour married General Francis Cosby, and had children including Henry Cosby, Arnold Cosby, Alexander Cosby. Mary Seymour passed away in 1570 in Glendalough, , Wicklow, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Mary Seymour was born in 1547 in Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, , England, the child of Edward Seymour and Anne Stanhope.
  • Mary Seymour married General Francis Cosby, and had children including Henry Cosby, Arnold Cosby, Alexander Cosby.
  • Mary Seymour passed away in 1570 in Glendalough, , Wicklow, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Seymour's Ancestors

Self
Mary Seymour
1547 – 1570
Birth Place: Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, , England
Parents
Edward Seymour
1500 – 1552
Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England
Anne Stanhope
1497 – 1587
Westminster, Middlesex, , England
Grandparents
John Seymour
1474 – 1536
Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England
Margery Wentworth
1474 – 1550
Snettisham, Norfolk, England
Sir (Edward) Stanhope
Elizabeth Bourchier
1557 –
Great-Grandparents
John +
1450 – 1491
Elizabeth Darell
1454 – 1491
Henry Wentworth
1447 – 1499
Anne Say
1453 – 1478
Fulk FitzWarin
Elizabeth Dynham
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Dynham
1406 – 1458

Mary Seymour's Descendants

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Mary Seymour (1547 – 18 Jan 1570) m. General (Francis) Cosby (1525 – 25 Aug 1580)
  1. 1. Henry Cosby (1545 – 1548)
  2. 2. Arnold Cosby (1549 – )
  3. 3. Alexander Cosby (1552 – 19 May 1596) m. Dorcas Sydney (1550 – 23 Nov 1623) m. Elizabeth (L) Estrange (1640 – 1692)
    1. 1. FRANCIS Cosby (1 Jan 1571 – 19 May 1596)
    2. 2. William Cosby (20 Jun 1573 – Jun 1596)
    3. 3. RICHARD Cosby (14 Jun 1576 – 5 Dec 1631)
    4. 4. MABEL Cosby (12 Aug 1578 – Feb 1632)
    5. 5. MARY Cosby (1580 – 1684)
    6. 6. Humphrey Cosby (20 Sep 1581 – 1581)
    7. 7. ROSE Cosby (2 Nov 1582 – )
    8. 8. Josiah Cosby (20 Nov 1582 – )
    9. 9. ELIZABETH Cosby (8 Sep 1584 – 1632)
    10. 10. Charles Cosby (12 Sep 1585 – 23 Nov 1632) m. Mary Loftus (1590 – 23 NOV 1623)
      1. 1. Francis Cosby (15 Sep 1569 – )
      2. 2. William Cosby (1574 – )
      3. 3. Richard Cosby (14 Jun 1576 – )
      4. 4. Mabel Cosby (28 Aug 1578 – )
      5. 5. Elizabeth Cosby (8 Sep 1584 – )
      6. 6. Edith Cosby (11 May 1588 – )
      7. 7. Mary Cosby (10 Jul 1590 – )
      8. 8. Anne Cosby (9 Sep 1591 – )
      9. 9. Arnold Cosby (20 Jun 1594 – )
      10. 10. John (B) Cosby (20 Nov 1623 – 24 Nov 1696) m. Sarah (Higanisar) Higgason (1626 – 21 Jul 1740)
        1. 1. Mary Cosby (1648 – 1657 Nov 30)
        2. 2. James Cosby (abt 1650 – 1747) m. Ann Stripling (abt 1654 – bef 1750) m. Mary Ayles (1650 – )
        3. 3. Sarah Cosby (1659 – )
        4. 4. Elizabeth Cosby (1661 – 1730)
        5. 5. Mary Cosby (1662 – )
        6. 6. Charles Cosby (1670 – 26 May 1761)
        7. 7. Margaret Cosby (1683 – )
        8. 8. Philip Cosby (1684 – 1763)
        9. 9. Daughter Cosby (1684 – )
        10. 10. David Cosby (1705 – 1770)
    11. 11. Edith Cosby (11 Aug 1588 – 1623)
    12. 12. Arnold Cosby (20 Jun 1591 – 1684)
    13. 13. Ann Cosby (19 Sep 1591 – 1685)

Mary Seymour's Timeline

3 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Mary Seymour in Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, , England
Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, , England
1570
18 Jan 1570
Age 23
Death of Mary Seymour in Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland
Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland
1570
18 Jan 1570
Age 23
Death of Mary Seymour in Glendalough, , Wicklow, Ireland
Glendalough, , Wicklow, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Greak Leake, Nottinghamshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Jan 1570
    Event Place: Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Jan 1570
    Event Place: Glendalough, , Wicklow, Ireland

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