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Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson 1465 – 1506 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1465

Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England

Death Date: 28 Oct 1506

Death Location: Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England

Father: Ira Johnson

Mother: Lady Smythe

Spouse(s): Wylmyn George

Children(s): Sir Johnson

Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson was born in 1465 in Canterbury, Kent, England, the child of Ira Johnson and Lady Ambrosia SmithSmyth Smythe. Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson married Wylmyn George, and had children including Sir William Johnson. Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson passed away in 1506 in Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson was born in 1465 in Canterbury, Kent, England, the child of Ira Johnson and Lady Ambrosia SmithSmyth Smythe.
  • Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson married Wylmyn George, and had children including Sir William Johnson.
  • Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson passed away in 1506 in Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ira Johnson
1434 – 1478
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
IJ
Lady Smythe
1440 – 1530
Birth Location: Putney, Surrey, England
LS

Spouses(s)

Wylmyn George
1474 – 1506
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
WG

Children(s)

Sir Johnson
1496 – 1576
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
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Sir Johnson's Ancestors

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Sir Johnson
1465 – 1506
Birth Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
Parents
Ira Johnson
1434 – 1478
Canterbury, Kent, England
Lady (Ambrosia SmithSmyth) Smythe
1440 – 1530
Putney, Surrey, England
Grandparents
Sir (Ira) Johnson
1410 – 1455
Township of Stamford, Lincolnshire County, England, United Kingdoms of Great Britain
Lady (Sarah\Sarha le) Bird
1410 – 1502
Township of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Sir (Thomas) Throckmorton
1412 – 1472
Throckmorton, Worcs, England
Margaret (Olney Cromwell Baroness of) Carlton
1418 – 1467
Carleton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Johnston
1385 –
Lady Samson
1387 – 1410
John Bird
1382 – 1437
Katherine DeMalpas
1388 – 1437
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Johnson's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard)) Johnson (1465 – 28 Oct 1506) m. Wylmyn George (1474 – 28 Oct 1506)
  1. 1. Sir (William) Johnson (1496 – 09 Jun 1576) m. Lady (Alice) Foreflode (1500 – 1576)
    1. 1. Sir (John William) Johnson (25 Jun 1522 – 10 May 1598) m. Joanne (Joan) Humphrey (1526 – 15 May 1584)
      1. 1. Joanne Johnson (11 Apr 1552 – 1 Feb 1629) m. Dr. (Richard) Vaughan (1550 – 30 March 1607)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Vaughan (1570 – 9 Feb 1644) m. Rev. (Dr Thomas Mallory, Dean of) Chester (1566 – 3 April 1644)

Sir Johnson's Timeline

2 Records

1465
1465
Birth of Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson in Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury, Kent, England
1506
28 Oct 1506
Age 41
Death of Sir Gerard Ryxe (Gerrard) Johnson in Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England
Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1465
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: St. Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Oct 1506
    Event Place: Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
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