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Sir Roger James 1550 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Upminster, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England

Death Date: 20 Dec 1596

Death Location: Stepney, Middlesex, , England

Father: Roger Jacques

Mother: Lady James

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Margareth James

Sir Roger James II was born in 1550 in Upminster, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England, the child of Roger Jacques and Lady Sara (Morskyn) James. Sir Roger James II had children including Margareth James. Sir Roger James II passed away in 1596 in Stepney, Middlesex, , England.

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Biography

  • Sir Roger James II was born in 1550 in Upminster, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England, the child of Roger Jacques and Lady Sara (Morskyn) James.
  • Sir Roger James II had children including Margareth James.
  • Sir Roger James II passed away in 1596 in Stepney, Middlesex, , England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roger Jacques
1524 – 1591
Birth Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
RJ
Lady James
1540 – 1597
Birth Location: Liège, Liege, Belgium
LJ

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margareth James
1596 – 1638
Birth Location: North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England
MJ

Sir James's Ancestors

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Sir James
1550 – 1596
Birth Place: Upminster, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Parents
Roger Jacques
1524 – 1591
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Lady (Sara (Morskyn)) James
1540 – 1597
Liège, Liege, Belgium
Grandparents
Jacob (James) (Jacques)
1496 – 1534
Utrecht Holland
Sara ?
1500 – 1534
Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sir (Henry Morskyn) ll
1509 – 1601
Liège, Liege, Belgium
Lady (Elizabeth Ann Stanley) (Morskyn)
1513 – 1557
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Willem Drunen
1466 – 1501
Bertrade MGGM
1470 – 1529
Sir (Belgium)
1490 – 1510
Lady (Belgium)
1490 – 1557
Thomas Reed
1501 – 1556
Lady Berkshire
1505 – 1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
EN (Reade)
1460 – 1503
EN Beauchamp
1450 – 1503
Anne Eng
1452 – 1534

Sir James's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Roger) James (1550 – 20 Dec 1596)
  1. 1. Margareth James (27 Jun 1596 – 24 May 1638) m. William Byssche (10 Mar 1587 – 24 Apr 1638)
    1. 1. Ursula Bish (1613 – 20 Nov 1658) m. Richard (Thompson) ** (26 Dec 1606 – 4 Apr 1649) m. Valentin Sammers (1613 – 1649)
      1. 1. Johann (Adam) Sammers (1625 – 15 Jan 1690) m. Elisabetha Sammer (1625 – 1690)
        1. 1. Margaretha Sammer (01 Jan 1650 – 31 Jan 1730) m. Johann (Georg) Sommer (1650 – 1677)

Sir James's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Sir Roger James II in Upminster, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Upminster, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
1596
20 Dec 1596
Age 46
Death of Sir Roger James II in Stepney, Middlesex, , England
Stepney, Middlesex, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Upminster, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1596
    Event Place: Stepney, Middlesex, , England
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