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Sir David Charles Dryden 1500–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 January 1558

Death Location: Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: William Walton

Mother: Margaret Knocks

Spouse(s): Lady Nicholson

Children(s): John Driden, Lady (Dryden??), Richard Dreddan, Anne Dryden, Frances Dryden, Isabel Dryden, Joan Dryden, Marion Dryden, Marion Dryden, Mary\\Anne Dryden, Thomas Dryden, John Moore

Sir David Charles Dryden was born in 1500 in Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Dryden Of Walton And Margaret Knocks. Sir David Charles Dryden married Lady Isabel Isabella Nicholson, and had children including Anne Dryden, Frances Dryden, Isabel Dryden, Joan Dryden, John Moore, John Of Canons Ashby Dryden Driden, Lady Elizabeth Cope Dryden, Marion Dryden, Mary Anne Countess Dowager Dryden, Richard Dreddan, Thomas Dryden. Sir David Charles Dryden passed away in 1558 in Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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  • Sir David Charles Dryden was born in 1500 in Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Dryden Of Walton And Margaret Knocks.
  • Sir David Charles Dryden married Lady Isabel Isabella Nicholson, and had children including Anne Dryden, Frances Dryden, Isabel Dryden, Joan Dryden, John Moore, John Of Canons Ashby Dryden Driden, Lady Elizabeth Cope Dryden, Marion Dryden, Mary Anne Countess Dowager Dryden, Richard Dreddan, Thomas Dryden.
  • Sir David Charles Dryden passed away in 1558 in Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Sir Dryden's Ancestors

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Sir Dryden
1500–1558
Birth Place: Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Dryden of Walton
1470–1512
Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Knocks
1477–1542
Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Dryden's Descendants

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Sir (David Charles) Dryden (1500–22 January 1558) m. Lady (Isabel Isabella) Nicholson (1504–1536)
  1. 1. John (of Canons Ashby Dryden) Driden 1525–1584 m. Elizabeth Cope 1529–1584
    1. 1. Alfred (Erasmus Drydens) Sir 1553–1632 m. Lady (Frances Wilkes of) Hodnell 1557–1630
      1. 1. Susanna Dryden 1576–1661 m. Sir (John Clarke-Pickering 1st Baronet, Sir Knight, Freedom of the City of) London 1564–1627
        1. 1. Mary Pickering 1598–1676 m. John ('the Tailor') Knight 1595–1674
        2. 2. Edward Pickering 1589–1622
        3. 3. Sir (Gilbert) Pickering 1613–1668
        4. 4. Sarah (Blake Hall) Worcester 1600–1650
        5. 5. Francis Pickering 1589–
      2. 2. Mary (Dryden) (9GGM) 1590–1661
      3. 3. Dorothy (DRYDEN) (10GAunt) 1605–
      4. 4. William Dryden 1585–1660 m. Janet Hog 1609–
        1. 1. William Dryden 1635–1686
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Dryden of Canons) Ashby 1597–1658
      6. 6. Sir (John *FS* Dryden of Canons Ashby "The Poet" English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in) 1668 1607–1658
      7. 7. Rev. (Erasmus) Dryden 1588–1654
      8. 8. Frances (Elizabeth Ellinor) Dryden 1597–1658 m. Thomas Swift 1595–1658
        1. 1. Godwin Swift 1627–1695
        2. 2. Jonathan Swift 1640–1667
        3. 3. William PHILLIPS 1640–1725 m. Christiana Phillips 1658–
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Cope) (Dryden??) 1529–1584
  3. 3. Richard Dreddan 1520–
  4. 4. Anne Dryden 1530–
  5. 5. Frances Dryden 1534–
  6. 6. Isabel Dryden 1532–
  7. 7. Joan Dryden 1531–
  8. 8. Marion Dryden 1525–1570
  9. 9. Marion Dryden 1526–1570
  10. 10. Mary\\Anne ((Countess Dowager)) Dryden 1530–
  11. 11. Thomas Dryden 1527–1592
  12. 12. John Moore 1535–1584

Sir Dryden's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir David Charles Dryden in Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1558
22 January 1558
Age 58
Death of Sir David Charles Dryden in Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1558
    Event Place: Staffe Hill, Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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