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Sir Richard Watson 1502–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1502

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

Death Date: 1553

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: John Watson

Mother: Margaret Plantagenet

Spouse(s): Lady Stanhope

Children(s): Margret Watson, Jenet Watson, Johnne Watsone, Alice Watson, James Watson, Richard Watson, Alice Wylney

In 1502, Sir Richard Watson entered the world in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, born to John Watson And Margaret Plantagenet. Sir Richard Watson married Lady Janet Stanhope, and had children including Alice Watson, Alice Wylney, James Watson, Jenet Watson, Johnne Watsone, Margret Sothern Jenet Watson, Richard Watson. Sir Richard Watson passed away in 1553 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1502, Sir Richard Watson entered the world in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, born to John Watson And Margaret Plantagenet.
  • Sir Richard Watson married Lady Janet Stanhope, and had children including Alice Watson, Alice Wylney, James Watson, Jenet Watson, Johnne Watsone, Margret Sothern Jenet Watson, Richard Watson.
  • Sir Richard Watson passed away in 1553 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Sir Watson's Ancestors

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Sir Watson
1502–1553
Birth Place: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Parents
John Watson
1472–1522
Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Enland, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Plantagenet
1479–1528
Holme on, Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Sir Watson's Descendants

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Sir (Richard) Watson (1502–1553) m. Lady (Janet) Stanhope (1505–16 Apr 1587)
  1. 1. Margret (Sothern Jenet) Watson 1535–1568 m. James (William) Watson 1530–1615
    1. 1. Isabel Watson 1561–1634 m. Sir (Richard Ellithorpe I, of Spaulding) Moor 1560–1597
      1. 1. Thomas (Edward) Elithorpe 1580–1689 m. Catherine (Chambers Hampton (Ellithorpe)(Constable) 12th) GGM 1582–1633 m. Abigail Sumner 1600–1656
        1. 1. Mary Ellithorpe 1598–1641 m. Richard Miles 1598–1667
        2. 2. Abigail Elithorpe 1645–
        3. 3. Abigail Elithorpe 1678–1765
        4. 4. John Elithorpe 1643–1719
        5. 5. Nathaniel Elithorpe 1632–1709
        6. 6. Thomas Elithorpe 1602–1654
        7. 7. Thomas Elithorpe 1601–1654
        8. 8. Mary (Catherine) Elithorpe 1601–1688
        9. 9. Abigail Ellithorpe 1678–1765
        10. 10. Nathaniel Ellithorpe 1632–1709
        11. 11. Mary (Catherine) Elithorpe 1601–1688
  2. 2. Jenet Watson 1520–1558
  3. 3. Johnne Watsone 1530–1590
  4. 4. Alice Watson 1544–1597
  5. 5. James Watson 1529–1573
  6. 6. Richard Watson 1529–1573
  7. 7. Alice Wylney 1546–

Sir Watson's Timeline

2 Records

1502
1502
Birth of Sir Richard Watson in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
1553
1553
Age 51
Death of Sir Richard Watson in Saughton, Midlothian, Scotland
Saughton, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1502
    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: Death
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Saughton, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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