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Thomas Kitson 1540–1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 OCT 1540

Birth Location: HENGRAVE Suffolk England

Death Date: 28 JAN 1602

Death Location: EYE Suffolk England

Father: Thomas Hengrave

Mother: Margaretha Bath

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Cornwallis, Elisabeth Cornwallis

Children(s): Mary Kitson, Maria Hengrave, Duchess Cavendish

In 1540, Thomas Kitson entered the world in HENGRAVE Suffolk England, born to Thomas Lord Kytson Van Hengrave And Margaretha Donnington Gravin Van Bath. Thomas Kitson married Elisabeth Cornwallis, and had children including Duchess Margaret Cavendish, Maria Lady Kytson Van Hengrave, Mary Kitson. Thomas Kitson passed away in 1602 in EYE Suffolk England.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Thomas Kitson entered the world in HENGRAVE Suffolk England, born to Thomas Lord Kytson Van Hengrave And Margaretha Donnington Gravin Van Bath.
  • Thomas Kitson married Elisabeth Cornwallis, and had children including Duchess Margaret Cavendish, Maria Lady Kytson Van Hengrave, Mary Kitson.
  • Thomas Kitson passed away in 1602 in EYE Suffolk England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Hengrave
1485–1540
Birth Location: Hengrave, Suffolk
TH
Margaretha Bath
1509–1561
Birth Location: Stoke Newington, London, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Elisabeth Cornwallis
1543–1605
Birth Location: Brome Hall, Eye, Suffolk
EC
Elisabeth Cornwallis
1543–1605
Birth Location: Brome Hall, Eye, Suffolk
EC

Children(s)

Mary Kitson
1566–1644
Birth Location: Hengrave, Suffolk, England
MK
Maria Hengrave
1567–1644
Birth Location: Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
MH
Duchess Cavendish
1563–1582
Birth Location: Hengrave, Suffolk, England
DC

Thomas Kitson's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Kitson
1540–1602
Birth Place: HENGRAVE Suffolk England
Parents
Thomas Lord Kytson van Hengrave
1485–1540
Hengrave, Suffolk
Margaretha (Donnington Gravin van) Bath
1509–1561
Stoke Newington, London, England
Grandparents
Thomas Long
1450–1510
South Wraxall Manor, Wiltshire, England
Margery Darell
1452–1510
Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England
John Donington
1480–1540
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
Lady (Elizabeth, "Countess of Bath" Pye Donington of Hodon) Hall
1480–
Haden Hall, Derbyshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Long
1419–1478
Margaret WAYTE
1435–1461
Lady Stourton
1433–1474
Sir Donington
1445–1540
Sir Pye
1444–1550
Lady Whitney
1447–1510
2nd-Great-Grandparents
EDWARD WAYTE
1410–1500
Margaret Popham
1414–1483
Sir Saddelbow
1420–1500
Lady Andrews
1420–1520
Sir VI
1420–1471

Thomas Kitson's Descendants

1.
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Thomas Kitson (9 OCT 1540–28 JAN 1602) m. Elisabeth Cornwallis (1543–1605) m. Elisabeth Cornwallis (1543–1605)
  1. 1. Mary Kitson 1566–1644 m. Thomas Dorsey 1565–1605 m. Sir (Thomas D'Arcy, Lt. of the tower of) London 1542–1605 m. Thomas (Lord Darcy van Chinche Earl Rivers Viscount) Colchester 1565–1639
    1. 1. Edward Dorsey 1590–1639 m. Elizabeth CONYORS 1595–1619 m. Anne Howard 1619–1694
      1. 1. Edward DORSEY 1619–1659 m. Anne HOWARD 1619–1694 m. Anne Howard 1637–1687
        1. 1. John DORSEY 1659–1715 m. Pleasance ELY 1661–1734
        2. 2. Col (Edward) Dorsey 1646–1705
        3. 3. Anne Dorsey 1649–1698
        4. 4. Eleanor Dorsey 1656–1743
        5. 5. John Dorsey 1638–1715
        6. 6. Sarah (Anne) Dorsey 1651–1670
        7. 7. Sarah Dorsey 1651–1670
        8. 8. Joshua Dorsey 1654–1719
        9. 9. Edward Dorsey 1703–1705
        10. 10. Anne Dorsey 1630–1698
        11. 11. Sarah HOWARD 1647–1691
        12. 12. Capt. (John) Dorsey 1658–1715
        13. 13. Katherine Greenberry 1672–1703
        14. 14. Gertrude Dorsey 1923–1923
        15. 15. Anne Dorsey 1648–1698
        16. 16. Edward Dorsey 1645–1705
        17. 17. Edward Dorsey 1662–1705
        18. 18. Joshua Dorsey 1639–1688
      2. 2. Edward Dorsey 1615–1659
      3. 3. Sarah Dorsey –1652
    2. 2. Lady (Penelope) Darcy 1593–1661
    3. 3. Thomas Dorsey 1586–1606
    4. 4. Elizabeth Darcy 1584–1650
    5. 5. Edward Dorsey 1619–1659
    6. 6. Elisabeth (Darcy Gravin) Rivers 1584–1648
  2. 2. Maria (Lady Kytson van) Hengrave 1567–1644
  3. 3. Duchess (Margaret) Cavendish 1563–1582

Thomas Kitson's Timeline

2 Records

1540
9 OCT 1540
Birth of Thomas Kitson in HENGRAVE Suffolk England
HENGRAVE Suffolk England
1602
28 JAN 1602
Age 62
Death of Thomas Kitson in EYE Suffolk England
EYE Suffolk England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 OCT 1540
    Event Place: HENGRAVE Suffolk England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 JAN 1602
    Event Place: EYE Suffolk England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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