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Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton 1528 – 1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 1 September 1585

Death Location: Iron Acton, Gloucestershire

Father: Sir Cricklade,

Mother: Joan Berkley

Spouse(s): Anna Verney

Children(s): Sir (c)

Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II was born in 1528 in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir ADM Nicholas Poyntz, Courtier, Knight of Iron Acton, Burgess of Cricklade, and Joan Berkley. Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II married Anna Verney, and had children including Sir JOHN (Lawrence) Poyntz, (c). Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II passed away in 1585 in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire.

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Biography

  • Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II was born in 1528 in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir ADM Nicholas Poyntz, Courtier, Knight of Iron Acton, Burgess of Cricklade, and Joan Berkley.
  • Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II married Anna Verney, and had children including Sir JOHN (Lawrence) Poyntz, (c).
  • Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II passed away in 1585 in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire.

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Sir Acton's Ancestors

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Sir Acton
1528 – 1585
Birth Place: Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Sir ADM Nicholas Poyntz, Courtier, Knight of Iron Acton, Burgess of Cricklade,
1507 – 1557
Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
Joan Berkley
1511 – 1563
Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Anthony Poyntz
1480 – 1535
Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Huddesfield
1479 – 1527
Devon, England
Sir (Knight Thomas Berkeley) IV
1472 – 1532
England
Alienor Constable
1481 – 1540
Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Acton's Descendants

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Sir (Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron) Acton (1528 – 1 September 1585) m. Anna Verney (1535 – 1570)
  1. 1. Sir (JOHN (Lawrence) Poyntz,) (c) (about 1560 – before 29 November 1633) m. *Elizabeth (Ursula) Sydenham (1562 – before 7 December 1595)
    1. 1. Lady (Elisabeth\Elizabeth Poyntz, of Acton, Lady of) Thurles (Feb 1588 – 27 May 1673) m. Sir (Thomas Butler, Viscount, Lord) Thurles (1582 – 15 December 1619)
      1. 1. Mary (Marion Butler , 1605, 1620, of) Thurles (1605 – 16 Aug 1680) m. Sir (George HAMILTON , 1607, 1606 , 1610, 1617 van) Donalong, (September 1607 – 25 June 1681)
        1. 1. JAMES (HAMILTON 2ND EARL OF) ABERCORN (1630 – 6 June 1673) m. Lady (Elisabeth Elizabeth Colepeper Culpepper, Lady) Hamilton (1636 – Feb 1709)

Sir Acton's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
1585
1 September 1585
Age 57
Death of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, Sheriff of Iron Acton II in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire
Iron Acton, Gloucestershire

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 September 1585
    Event Place: Iron Acton, Gloucestershire

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