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Sir John Ashton Lawrence 1520–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1520

Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 27 Apr 1590

Death Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Ashton

Mother: Lady Warburton

Spouse(s): Agnes Ashton

Children(s): Elizabeth Rumburgh, Susan Lawrence, John Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Henry Sherman

Sir John Ashton Lawrence was born in 1520 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir John Lawrence Earl Of Ashton And Lady Elizabeth Gates Holt St Clair Countess Of Warburton. Sir John Ashton Lawrence married Agnes Holmes Countess Of Ashton, Elizabeth Bull, and had children including Elizabeth Lawrence Lady Of Rumburgh, Henry Sherman, John Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Susan Renee Lawrence. Sir John Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1590 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John Ashton Lawrence was born in 1520 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir John Lawrence Earl Of Ashton And Lady Elizabeth Gates Holt St Clair Countess Of Warburton.
  • Sir John Ashton Lawrence married Agnes Holmes Countess Of Ashton, Elizabeth Bull, and had children including Elizabeth Lawrence Lady Of Rumburgh, Henry Sherman, John Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Susan Renee Lawrence.
  • Sir John Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1590 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Lawrence's Ancestors

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Sir Lawrence
1520–1590
Birth Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Parents
Sir John Lawrence, Earl of Ashton
1500–1551
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Lady (Elizabeth Gates Holt St Clair, Countess of) Warburton
1510–1583
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Arthur (Holt St) Clair
1480–1525
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Phoeba Bayard
1463–1525
Holt Castle, Flint, Als of Weever, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Rosslyn
1458–1520
Margaret Borthwick
1455–1523
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Orkney
1404–1480
Marjory Sutherland
1438–1488
William Borthwick
1433–1483

Sir Lawrence's Descendants

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Sir (John Ashton) Lawrence (1 Jan 1520–27 Apr 1590) m. Agnes (Holmes, Countess of) Ashton (1 Jan 1523–22 Jan 1583)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Lawrence, Lady of) Rumburgh 1552–1601 m. Sir (Thomas Davis, Knight of Donnington, Receiver of the Excequer for) Wales 1550–1601
    1. 1. James (I Davis, English ship captain, Original Settler of Maine 1607, Jamestown Councilor, decapitated two Powhatans in) battle 1575–1623 m. Rachel Keyes 1588–1633 m. Cicela Trayer 1596–1673
      1. 1. Captain (John) Davis 1619–1665 m. Mary (Green) McGunnegh 1615–1655 m. Margaret Jordon 1643–1688
        1. 1. John (Richard Davis,) Jr 1648–1720 m. Mary (Ann) Burton 1652–1696
        2. 2. Walter (Davis () Davies) 1638–1678
        3. 3. Elizabeth Davis 1637–1714 m. James Ellis 1645–1714
        4. 4. Thomas Davis 1654–1720 m. Elizabeth Bagwell 1655–1746
        5. 5. John (Green Davis) II 1642–1720
        6. 6. William (C) Davis 1639–1719
      2. 2. Nathaniel Davis 1612–
      3. 3. Abigail Davis 1635–1682
      4. 4. Major (Thomas David Davis,) Reverend 1613–1683 m. Elizabeth Christian 1621– m. Rebecca Bowers 1615–1668
        1. 1. James Davis 1643–1688
        2. 2. William Davis 1647–1684 m. Anne Hooper 1640–1700
        3. 3. Richard Davis 1641–1696
        4. 4. Sarah Davis 1645–1712
        5. 5. Mary Davis 1647–
        6. 6. Thomas Davis 1647–1665
    2. 2. Walter Davies 1590–1633
    3. 3. Thomas (Davies) Jr. 1585–1651
    4. 4. Sir (John Davies, English poet, lawyer, House of Commons, Attorney General for Ireland, formulated legal principles underpinned British) Empire 1569–1626
    5. 5. Robert Davis 1570–1623
  2. 2. Susan (Renee) Lawrence 1551–1610
  3. 3. John Lawrence 1545–1607
  4. 4. Richard Lawrence 1547–1596
  5. 5. Henry Sherman 1545–1610 m. Susan Sherman 1548–1610
    1. 1. Henry Sherman 1571–1643
    2. 2. Samuel Sherman 1573–1616
    3. 3. Ezekiel Sherman 1587–1654
    4. 4. Phebe Sherman 1570–

Sir Lawrence's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1 Jan 1520
Birth of Sir John Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1590
27 Apr 1590
Age 70
Death of Sir John Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1520
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Apr 1590
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

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