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Sir David Charles Dryden Esq 1500–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England

Death Date: 22 January 1558

Death Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England

Father: William Walton

Mother: Margaret Knocks

Spouse(s): Lady Nicholson

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

In 1500, Sir David Charles Dryden Esq entered the world in Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England, born to William Dryden Of Walton And Margaret Knocks. Sir David Charles Dryden Esq married Lady Isabel Isabella Nicholson, and had children including Anne Dryden, Frances Dryden, Isabel Dryden, Joan Dryden, John Moore, Lady Elizabeth Cope Dryden, Marion Dryden, Mary Anne Countess Dowager Dryden, Richard Dryden, Sir John Dryden Of Staffle Hill Esq, Thomas Dryden. Sir David Charles Dryden Esq passed away in 1558 in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Sir David Charles Dryden Esq entered the world in Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England, born to William Dryden Of Walton And Margaret Knocks.
  • Sir David Charles Dryden Esq married Lady Isabel Isabella Nicholson, and had children including Anne Dryden, Frances Dryden, Isabel Dryden, Joan Dryden, John Moore, Lady Elizabeth Cope Dryden, Marion Dryden, Mary Anne Countess Dowager Dryden, Richard Dryden, Sir John Dryden Of Staffle Hill Esq, Thomas Dryden.
  • Sir David Charles Dryden Esq passed away in 1558 in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Esq's Ancestors

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Sir Esq
1500–1558
Birth Place: Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England
Parents
William Dryden of Walton
1470–1512
Cumberland, England
Margaret Knocks
1477–1542
Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Esq's Descendants

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Sir (David Charles Dryden) Esq (1500–22 January 1558) m. Lady (Isabel Isabella) Nicholson (1504–1536)
  1. 1. Sir (John Dryden of Staffle HIll) Esq 1525–1584 m. Elizabeth Cope 1529–1584 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Cope 1529–1584
    1. 1. Nathaniel Bates 1873–
    2. 2. Elisabeth Dryden 1561–1768
    3. 3. Thomas DRYDEN 1559–1574
    4. 4. George Dryden 1557–1591
    5. 5. John Dryden 1556–1560
    6. 6. John Dryden 1559–1631
    7. 7. Mary (Dryden of Canons) Ashby 1555–1617
    8. 8. Thomas Dryden 1563–1620
    9. 9. Emma Dryden 1569–1602
    10. 10. Stephen Dryden 1567–1591
    11. 11. Anthony Dryden 1551–1574
    12. 12. Bridget (Elizabeth) Dryden 1563–1645
    13. 13. Edward Dryden 1556–1557
    14. 14. Nicholas Dryden 1571–1608
    15. 15. Mary Dryden 1585–1638
    16. 16. Nicholas Dryden 1550–
    17. 17. 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. Frances Dryden 1534–
  4. 4. Joan Dryden 1531–
  5. 5. Anne Dryden 1530–
  6. 6. Marion Dryden 1525–1570
  7. 7. Mary\Anne ((Countess Dowager)) Dryden 1530–
  8. 8. John Moore 1535–1584
  9. 9. Marion Dryden 1526–1570
  10. 10. Thomas Dryden 1527–1592
  11. 11. Richard Dryden 1520–
  12. 12. Isabel Dryden 1532–

Sir Esq's Timeline

4 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir David Charles Dryden Esq in Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England
Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England
1558
22 January 1558
Age 58
Death of Sir David Charles Dryden Esq in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
1759
10 Aug 1759
Age 259
Sir David Charles Dryden Esq was baptized in , Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
1893
22 Jun 1893
Age 393
Sir David Charles Dryden Esq was baptized in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 10 Aug 1759
    Event Place: , Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1893
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P75JS1048

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: James Cox Brady and His Ancestry

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1558
    Event Place: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England

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