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Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson 1609–1673 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Feb 1609

Birth Location: Belgrave Castle, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 1673

Death Location: Belgrave, Leicestershire, England

Father: Nicholas DAWSON

Mother: Maria Mettcalf

Spouse(s): Lady Franke

Children(s): Isabell Dawson

Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson was born in 1609 in Belgrave Castle, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England, the child of Nicholas Dawson And Maria Marye Mettcalf. Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson married Lady Elizabeth Franke, and had children including Isabell Kershaw Dawson. Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson passed away in 1673 in Belgrave, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson was born in 1609 in Belgrave Castle, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England, the child of Nicholas Dawson And Maria Marye Mettcalf.
  • Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson married Lady Elizabeth Franke, and had children including Isabell Kershaw Dawson.
  • Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson passed away in 1673 in Belgrave, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas DAWSON
1570–1650
Birth Location: Swanton Novers, Norfolk, England
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Maria Mettcalf
1570–
Birth Location: Wood Norton, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Franke
1609–1681
Birth Location: Belgrave, Leics., England
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Children(s)

Isabell Dawson
1639–1669
Birth Location: North Rode, Cheshire, , England
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Sir Dawson's Ancestors

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Sir Dawson
1609–1673
Birth Place: Belgrave Castle, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England
Parents
Nicholas DAWSON
1570–1650
Swanton Novers, Norfolk, England
Maria (Marye) Mettcalf
1570–
Wood Norton, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas Dawson
1545–1596
Swanton Novers, Norfolk, England
Agnes Haward
1545–1596
Durham, England
William Metcalfe
1551–1608
New Woodstock, Bissetir Tame, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Metcalfe
1530–1551
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Notharfe Metcalfe
1500–1550
Mary Wooten
1502–1565

Sir Dawson's Descendants

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Sir (Knight John Lord Belgrave) Dawson (20 Feb 1609–1673) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Franke (1609–29 DEC 1681)
  1. 1. Isabell (Kershaw \) Dawson 1639–1669 m. William Thornicroft 1639–1687
    1. 1. Mathew THORNICROFT 1666–1742 m. Mary Smallwood 1670–1740
      1. 1. Mathew Thornycroft 1694–1758 m. Mary Thornicroft 1702–1782
        1. 1. Ann Thornicroft 1742– m. John (Jackson of Pott Shrigley - AT LEAST 2 FAMILIES MIXED) HERE 1722–

Sir Dawson's Timeline

2 Records

1609
20 Feb 1609
Birth of Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson in Belgrave Castle, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England
Belgrave Castle, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England
1673
1673
Age 64
Death of Sir Knight John Lord Belgrave Dawson in Belgrave, Leicestershire, England
Belgrave, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1609
    Event Place: Belgrave Castle, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1673
    Event Place: Belgrave, Leicestershire, England
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