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Sir James John Burgess 1529 – 1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1529

Birth Location: Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England

Father: Nicholas Burges

Mother: Johana Rotherfield

Spouse(s): Lady Marsh

Children(s): Sarah Kent

Sir James John Burgess was born in 1529 in Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England, the child of Nicholas Johane Burges and Johana de Rotherfield. Sir James John Burgess married Lady Margaret Marsh, and had children including Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent. Sir James John Burgess passed away in 1590 in St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England.

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Biography

  • Sir James John Burgess was born in 1529 in Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England, the child of Nicholas Johane Burges and Johana de Rotherfield.
  • Sir James John Burgess married Lady Margaret Marsh, and had children including Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent.
  • Sir James John Burgess passed away in 1590 in St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Burgess's Ancestors

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Sir Burgess
1529 – 1590
Birth Place: Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England
Parents
Nicholas Johane Burges
1500 – 1556
Sterborough, Surrey, England
Johana (de) Rotherfield
1504 – 1558
Brook House, Rotherfield, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Sir (Edward De Burgh, 2nd Baron Of Burgh And Lord Of) Gainsborough
1463 – 1529
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Anna Countess Pembroke) Parr
1478 – 1552
Sterborough, Surrey, England
RIchard Carter
1478 – 1537
Finghall, Yorkshire, England
Margaret (Mathew) Thorpe
1480 – 1574
Stafford, Staffs., England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Burgess's Descendants

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Sir (James John) Burgess (1529 – 1590) m. Lady (Margaret) Marsh (abt 1537 – 4 Sep 1563)
  1. 1. Sarah (Jane Burgess of) Kent (1559 – 27 Nov 1635) m. William (Merriam Jr of) Hadlow (11 May 1564 – 27 Nov 1635)
    1. 1. Joseph Merriam (1600 – 1 January 1641) m. Sarah Goldstone (1609 – 12 Mar 1671)
      1. 1. John Merriam (1640 – 27 February 1724) m. Mary Cooper (11 Jul 1645 – 1730)
        1. 1. Ann Merriam (7 Sep 1669 – 18 Oct 1733) m. Ensign (Daniel) Brooks (14 November 1663 – 18 Oct 1733)

Sir Burgess's Timeline

6 Records

1529
1529
Birth of Sir James John Burgess in Goudhurst, Kent, England
Goudhurst, Kent, England
1529
1529
Birth of Sir James John Burgess in Brooke House, Sussex, England
Brooke House, Sussex, England
1529
1529
Birth of Sir James John Burgess in Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England
Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England
1590
1590
Age 61
Death of Sir James John Burgess in Goudhurst, Kent, England
Goudhurst, Kent, England
1590
1590
Age 61
Death of Sir James John Burgess in St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England
St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England
1594
23 Aug 1594
Age 65
Death of Sir James John Burgess in Goudhurst, Kent, England
Goudhurst, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Brooke House, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1594
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England

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