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Thomas Cowper 1550 – 1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 Mar 1620

Death Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Father: John Cooper)

Mother: Mary Spencer

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Humphrey

Children(s): Mary Cowper

Thomas Cowper Sr was born in 1550 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Thomas Coop (Cowper, Cooper) and Mary Margaret Spencer. Thomas Cowper Sr married Elizabeth Margaret Humphrey, and had children including Mary Cowper. Thomas Cowper Sr passed away in 1620 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas Cowper Sr was born in 1550 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Thomas Coop (Cowper, Cooper) and Mary Margaret Spencer.
  • Thomas Cowper Sr married Elizabeth Margaret Humphrey, and had children including Mary Cowper.
  • Thomas Cowper Sr passed away in 1620 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Thomas Cowper's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Cowper
1550 – 1620
Birth Place: Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Thomas Coop (Cowper, Cooper)
1530 – 1611
Chedgrave, Norfolk, England
Mary (Margaret) Spencer
1532 – 1587
Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John Cooper
1502 – 1581
Chedgrave, Norfolk, , Englan
Joan Begg
1503 – 1570
Chedgrave, Norfolk, England
Thomas Spencer
1470 – 1532
Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cooper\Cowper\Coper
1470 – 1530
Lady Challenger-Cooper\Cowper\Coper
1470 – 1540
Sir Cooper
1480 – 1540
Margaret Chandler
1485 – 1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Cowper's Descendants

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Thomas Cowper (1550 – 12 Mar 1620) m. Elizabeth (Margaret) Humphrey (1564 – 8 May 1624)
  1. 1. Mary Cowper (14 Oct 1586 – 1626) m. John Hawkes (1575 – 13 Mar 1672)
    1. 1. John Hawkes (1617 – 30 June 1662) m. Elizabeth (M) Browne (29 Sep 1621 – 29 Sep 1685)
      1. 1. John Hawkes (13 Aug 1643 – 1733) m. Martha Baldwin (01 Mar 1645 – 7 Jan 1676)
        1. 1. Solomon Hakes (16 Jan 1688 – 1752) m. Anna (Comstock) Billings (7 Oct 1681 – 1752)

Thomas Cowper's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Thomas Cowper Sr in Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1620
12 Mar 1620
Age 70
Death of Thomas Cowper Sr in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Holborn, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, The National Archives (United Kingdom); Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Class Number: Rg 8; Piece Number:

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Great Walsingham, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1620
    Event Place: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Northampton, Northampton Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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