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Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady 1496–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1496

Birth Location: Brandon Parva, Barham Broom, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 1570

Death Location: Norfolk County, England

Father: Robert Downes

Mother: Margaret Lady

Spouse(s): Robert Mersham

Children(s): Elizabeth Marsham

In 1496, Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady entered the world in Brandon Parva, Barham Broom, Norfolk, England, born to Robert Edward Downes And Margaret Neville Lady. Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady married Robert Seymour Mersham, and had children including Elizabeth Marsham, Stephen Samuel Marsham. Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady passed away in 1570 in Norfolk County, England.

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Biography

  • In 1496, Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady entered the world in Brandon Parva, Barham Broom, Norfolk, England, born to Robert Edward Downes And Margaret Neville Lady.
  • Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady married Robert Seymour Mersham, and had children including Elizabeth Marsham, Stephen Samuel Marsham.
  • Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady passed away in 1570 in Norfolk County, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Downes
1462–1524
Birth Location: Melton Parva, Norfolk, England
RD
Margaret Lady
1466–1528
Birth Location: Middleham Castle, Middleham, Yorkshire or Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Robert Mersham
1492–1555
Birth Location: Little Melton(Melton Parva), Norwich, Norfolk, Kingdom of England
RM

Children(s)

Elizabeth Marsham
–1569
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
EM

Sarah Lady's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Lady
1496–1570
Birth Place: Brandon Parva, Barham Broom, Norfolk, England
Parents
Robert Edward Downes
1462–1524
Melton Parva, Norfolk, England
Margaret (Neville) Lady
1466–1528
Middleham Castle, Middleham, Yorkshire or Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Lady's Descendants

1.
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Sarah (Elizabeth Downes) Lady (1496–1570) m. Robert (Seymour) Mersham (1492–1555)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Marsham –1569

Sarah Lady's Timeline

2 Records

1496
1496
Birth of Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady in Brandon Parva, Barham Broom, Norfolk, England
Brandon Parva, Barham Broom, Norfolk, England
1570
1570
Age 74
Death of Sarah Elizabeth Downes Lady in Norfolk County, England
Norfolk County, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Brandon Parva, Barham Broom, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Norfolk County, England
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