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Sir Thomas Felton 1545–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

Birth Location: Playford, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1579

Death Location: Playford, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Felton*

Mother: Lady Felton

Spouse(s): Mary Cavendish

Children(s): Lady (Colby)

In 1545, Sir Thomas Felton entered the world in Playford, Suffolk, England, born to Thomas Sysley Felton And Lady Cecilia Cecily Of Seckford De Spencer Sysley Felton. Sir Thomas Felton married Mary Gernon Cavendish, and had children including Lady Beatrix Felton Colby. Sir Thomas Felton passed away in 1579 in Playford, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1545, Sir Thomas Felton entered the world in Playford, Suffolk, England, born to Thomas Sysley Felton And Lady Cecilia Cecily Of Seckford De Spencer Sysley Felton.
  • Sir Thomas Felton married Mary Gernon Cavendish, and had children including Lady Beatrix Felton Colby.
  • Sir Thomas Felton passed away in 1579 in Playford, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Felton*
1494–1588
Birth Location: Playford, Suffolk, England
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Lady Felton
1498–1547
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Seckford Hall, Great Bealings, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -A Tudor period house built in the 1530s as the home of Thomas Seckford. Held by the Seckford's til 1673, when it passed to Seckford Cage.
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Spouses(s)

Mary Cavendish
1556–1602
Birth Location: Trimley St Martin, Suffolk, England
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Children(s)

Lady (Colby)
1574–1661
Birth Location: Horbling, Lincolnshire, England
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Sir Felton's Ancestors

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Sir Felton
1545–1579
Birth Place: Playford, Suffolk, England
Parents
Thomas Sysley Felton*
1494–1588
Playford, Suffolk, England
Lady (Cecilia 'Cecily' of Seckford De Spencer Sysley) Felton
1498–1547
VERIFIED- Seckford Hall, Great Bealings, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -A Tudor period house built in the 1530s as the home of Thomas Seckford. Held by the Seckford's til 1673, when it passed to Seckford Cage.
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Sir Felton's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas) Felton (1545–1579) m. Mary (Gernon) Cavendish (1556–11 Nov 1602)
  1. 1. Lady (Beatrix Felton) (Colby) 1574–1661 m. Thomas (Colby \ Colbie I,) Esq 1567–1625
    1. 1. Anthony Colby 1605–1661 m. Susannah Sargent 1610–1689
      1. 1. Thomas Colby 1650–1691 m. Hannah Rowell 1653–1707
        1. 1. Jacob Colby 1688–1735 m. Elizabeth Elliot 1691–1737

Sir Felton's Timeline

2 Records

1545
1545
Birth of Sir Thomas Felton in Playford, Suffolk, England
Playford, Suffolk, England
1579
1579
Age 34
Death of Sir Thomas Felton in Playford, Suffolk, England
Playford, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Playford, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1579
    Event Place: Playford, Suffolk, England
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