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Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson 1500–1568 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 31 Aug 1568

Death Location: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Watson

Mother: Margaret Plantagenent

Spouse(s): Margaret Sotheron, Lady Weeks, Margaret Sothern

Children(s): Sir Yorkshire*, Lady Collier, Henry Watson

Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson was born in 1500 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir John Watson And Margaret Plantagenent. Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson married Lady Agnes Of Bengeworth Weeks, Margaret Sothern, Margaret Sotheron, and had children including Henry Watson, John L Watson, Lady Jane Watson Colder Collier, Robert Watson, Sir Thomas Ellithorpe Watson Of Yorkshire. Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson passed away in 1568 in Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson was born in 1500 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir John Watson And Margaret Plantagenent.
  • Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson married Lady Agnes Of Bengeworth Weeks, Margaret Sothern, Margaret Sotheron, and had children including Henry Watson, John L Watson, Lady Jane Watson Colder Collier, Robert Watson, Sir Thomas Ellithorpe Watson Of Yorkshire.
  • Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson passed away in 1568 in Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Sir Watson's Ancestors

Self
Sir Watson
1500–1568
Birth Place: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir John Watson
1472–1521
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Plantagenent
1479–1527
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Edward (IV of) England
1442–1483
Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard, York
1411–1460
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1415–1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Watson's Descendants

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Sir (John James II, 1st Lord) Watson (1500–31 Aug 1568) m. Margaret Sotheron (1502–5 July 1568) m. Lady (Agnes of Bengeworth) Weeks (1505–1571) m. Margaret Sothern (1502–5 July 1568)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas Ellithorpe Watson of) Yorkshire* 1535–1590 m. Madame (Alice) Cole 1541–1583
    1. 1. Sir (Richard Ellithorpe I, of Spaulding) Moor 1560–1597 m. Isabel Watson 1561–1634
      1. 1. Thomas Ellithorpe 1580–1689 m. Catherine (Chambers) Hampton 1582–1633 m. Abigail Sumner 1600–1656
        1. 1. Thomas (Elithorpe) II 1601–1654 m. Abigail Sumner 1600–1680
        2. 2. Mary (Katherine) Elithorpe 1601–1688
        3. 3. Abigail Elithorpe 1645–
        4. 4. Abigail Elithorpe 1678–1765
        5. 5. John Elithorpe 1643–1719
        6. 6. Nathaniel Elithorpe 1632–1709
  2. 2. Lady (Jane Watson (Colder)) Collier 1537–1607
  3. 3. Henry Watson 1534–1597 m. Prudence Hewley 1536–

Sir Watson's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
1520
1520
Age 20
Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson was married in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1568
31 Aug 1568
Age 68
Death of Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson in Holme on Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England
Holme on Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Holme on the Wolds, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1568
    Event Place: Holme on Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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