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Sir James Thomas Church 1540–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Bekesbourne, Kent, England,

Death Date: 2 Nov 1596

Death Location: Bekesbourne, Kent, England,

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Kitty Swan

Spouse(s): Lydia, Streetinge

Children(s): Thomasyn Church

In 1540, Sir James Thomas Church entered the world in Bekesbourne, Kent, England,, born to Sir John Of Runwell Hall Manor Church Lord Knight And Kitty Catherine Swan. Sir James Thomas Church married Lydia Alice Reynolds Streetinge, and had children including Thomasyn Nathanielle Church. Sir James Thomas Church passed away in 1596 in Bekesbourne, Kent, England,.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Sir James Thomas Church entered the world in Bekesbourne, Kent, England,, born to Sir John Of Runwell Hall Manor Church Lord Knight And Kitty Catherine Swan.
  • Sir James Thomas Church married Lydia Alice Reynolds Streetinge, and had children including Thomasyn Nathanielle Church.
  • Sir James Thomas Church passed away in 1596 in Bekesbourne, Kent, England,.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knight
1525–1577
Birth Location: Runwell, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England,
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Kitty Swan
1526–1593
Birth Location: Sanford, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Lydia, Streetinge
1544–1629
Birth Location: Bekesbourne, City of Canterbury, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Thomasyn Church
1566–1634
Birth Location: Beaksbourne, Kent, England
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Sir Church's Ancestors

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Sir Church
1540–1596
Birth Place: Bekesbourne, Kent, England,
Parents
Sir John of Runwell Hall Manor Church Lord Knight
1525–1577
Runwell, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England,
Kitty (Catherine) Swan
1526–1593
Sanford, Essex, England
Grandparents
John (Reynold Tyrerrell) Churche
1507–1559
Malden, Essx, Essex, England,
Joan Henkyn
1507–1530
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England,
Thomas Swan
1500–1538
Eastwood, Essex, England
Elizabeth (Shaw or Persis) Bigelow
1504–1526
Wye, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Church's Descendants

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Sir (James Thomas) Church (1540–2 Nov 1596) m. Lydia, (Alice Reynolds,) Streetinge (1544–23 Dec 1629)
  1. 1. Thomasyn (Nathanielle) Church 1566–1634 m. George (Robert Reynolds First Arrival Virginia) 1622) 1555–1634
    1. 1. Robert Reynolds 1586–1659 m. MARY PULLEYNE 1600–1663
      1. 1. Ruth Reynolds 1623–1692 m. John (W E Arnold Whitney Whidden JR,) II 1624–1692
        1. 1. Elizabeth Whitney 1656–1699 m. Daniel (E) Warren 1653–1734

Sir Church's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Sir James Thomas Church in Bekesbourne, Kent, England,
Bekesbourne, Kent, England,
1596
2 Nov 1596
Age 56
Death of Sir James Thomas Church in Bekesbourne, Kent, England,
Bekesbourne, Kent, England,

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Bekesbourne, Kent, England,
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1596
    Event Place: Bekesbourne, Kent, England,
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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