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Olive (Olyff) Irby 1546–1615 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Odell, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 10 Mar 1615

Death Location: Odell, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Sir Leighrope

Mother: Mary Overton

Spouse(s): Rev Woore, Edward Mellows

Children(s): Rev. 'angsaxam, Mary Bulkeley, Frances Bulkeley

Olive (Olyff) Irby was born in 1546 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Irby Vii Gent Of Sutterton Of Leighrope And Mary Elizabeth Rose Overton. Olive (Olyff) Irby married Edward Mellows, Rev Edward Dd Bulkeley Buckley Of Woore, and had children including Frances Bulkeley, Mary Bulkeley, Rev Peter Sr Bulkeley Of Odell Clergy Widower Of Jane Allen Husband Of Grace Chetwood Influential Puritan Immigrant To Mass Founder Of Concord Angsaxam. Olive (Olyff) Irby passed away in 1615 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Olive (Olyff) Irby was born in 1546 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Irby Vii Gent Of Sutterton Of Leighrope And Mary Elizabeth Rose Overton.
  • Olive (Olyff) Irby married Edward Mellows, Rev Edward Dd Bulkeley Buckley Of Woore, and had children including Frances Bulkeley, Mary Bulkeley, Rev Peter Sr Bulkeley Of Odell Clergy Widower Of Jane Allen Husband Of Grace Chetwood Influential Puritan Immigrant To Mass Founder Of Concord Angsaxam.
  • Olive (Olyff) Irby passed away in 1615 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Olive Irby's Ancestors

Self
Olive Irby
1546–1615
Birth Place: Odell, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Sir John Irby VII, Gent, of Sutterton of Leighrope
1517–1553
Gosburton, Lincolnshire, England
Mary (Elizabeth "Rose") Overton
1517–1579
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Lord (Anthony Irby 3rd Lord Boston) (Jrbye)
1500–1548
Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England
Guthlac ((Cutler, Cuthbert)) Overton
1505–1537
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Olive (Browne "Lady) Overton"
1500–1546
Bechworth Castle, Bechworth, Surrey
Great-Grandparents
William Overton
1455–1510
Rose Pulter
1458–1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Olive Irby's Descendants

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Olive ((Olyff)) Irby (1546–10 Mar 1615) m. Rev (Edward DD¤ Bulkeley\Buckley * of) Woore (1540–5 January 1620) m. Edward Mellows (1540–5 Jan 1620)
  1. 1. Rev. (Peter Sr. Bulkeley of Odell * Clergy Widower of Jane Allen Husband of Grace Chetwood Influential Puritan Immigrant to Mass Founder of Concord) 'angsaxam 1582–1659 m. Lady (Jane Allen of Thaxted * ¤ Wife of Peter Bulkeley Sr. of Chetwode) 'breengam 1587–1626
    1. 1. Mary (Ann Bulkeley of) Chetwode 1621–1665 m. John (Williams) I 1618–1712
      1. 1. John (Williams II) Atty. 1644–1687 m. Anna ((Twin of Sarah)) Alcock 1650–1718 m. Bethia Parsons 1642–1681
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Mattie Williams) McCarty 1679–1723 m. Timothy ("The Immigrant") McCarty 1670–1716
        2. 2. Mary Williams 1670–1670
        3. 3. Nathaniel Williams 1672–1690
    2. 2. Legacy (Richard) Bulkeley 1603–1609
    3. 3. Rev. (Edward Bulkeley of Odell * Clergy Minister 1st Church Concord Husband of Lucian LNU Puritan Immigrant to Mass Ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson) 'angsaxam 1614–1696
    4. 4. Mary (Bulkeley of Chetwode) 'angsax 1615–1615
    5. 5. Joseph ("Benjamin" UNK Bulkeley of Chetwode) 'angsax 1623–1659
    6. 6. Nathaniel (DSP. Bulkeley of Chetwode Died as a Child) 'angsax 1618–1628
    7. 7. Thomas (Bulkeley of Chetwode Freeman Husband of Sarah Jones Puritan immigrant to Mass) 'angsaxam 1617–1658
  2. 2. Mary Bulkeley 1567–1568
  3. 3. Frances Bulkeley 1568–1610

Olive Irby's Timeline

2 Records

1546
1546
Birth of Olive (Olyff) Irby in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
Odell, Bedfordshire, England
1615
10 Mar 1615
Age 69
Death of Olive (Olyff) Irby in Odell, Bedfordshire, England
Odell, Bedfordshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Odell, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1615
    Event Place: Odell, Bedfordshire, England

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