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Thomas Ridgeway 1515–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Tor Mohun, Devon, England

Death Date: 27 Jun 1597

Death Location: Mohun, Devon, England

Father: John Stoneleigh

Mother: Lady Nettlestead

Spouse(s): Mary Southcote

Children(s): Thomas Gallen-Ridgeway

The story of Thomas Ridgeway began in 1515 in Tor Mohun, Devon, England. Thomas Ridgeway married Mary Southcote, and had children including Thomas Ridgeway Sir 1St Earl Londonderry Baron Gallen Ridgeway. Thomas Ridgeway passed away in 1597 in Mohun, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Thomas Ridgeway began in 1515 in Tor Mohun, Devon, England.
  • Thomas Ridgeway married Mary Southcote, and had children including Thomas Ridgeway Sir 1St Earl Londonderry Baron Gallen Ridgeway.
  • Thomas Ridgeway passed away in 1597 in Mohun, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Stoneleigh
1470–1556
Birth Location: Abbot Crenswell, Devon, England
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Lady Nettlestead
1441–1535
Birth Location: Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
LN

Spouses(s)

Mary Southcote
1520–1617
Birth Location: Devon, England
MS

Children(s)

Thomas Gallen-Ridgeway
1565–1631
Birth Location: Abbey, Devon, England
TG

Thomas Ridgeway's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Ridgeway
1515–1597
Birth Place: Tor Mohun, Devon, England
Parents
John Jacob Ridgeway Sir Baron of Stoneleigh
1470–1556
Abbot Crenswell, Devon, England
Lady (Elizabeth Wentworth of) Nettlestead
1441–1535
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Philip, Esquire of the Body, Kings Carver, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Constabl Wentworth and of Nettlestead, High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Usher of the Kings Chamber, Kings Taster, Kings) Sergeant
1423–1464
Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
Lady (Mary "Lady Wentworth", *(17th GGM-Rhodes), de Clifford, Baroness(Lady) Wentworth le Despenser) LYCV-76C
1421–1478
Appleby-in-Westmorland, Eden District, Cumbria, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord Clifford)
1388–1422
Lady Westmoreland)
1395–1436
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Mortimer
1371–1417
Henry Percy
1364–1403

Thomas Ridgeway's Descendants

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Thomas Ridgeway (1515–27 Jun 1597) m. Mary Southcote (1520–24 Feb 1617)
  1. 1. Thomas (Ridgeway Sir 1st Earl Londonderry, Baron) Gallen-Ridgeway 1565–1631 m. Lady (Cecily) MacWilliam, 1555–1600
    1. 1. Sir (Robert Ridgeway, 2nd Earl of) Londonberry 1575–1640 m. Elizabeth Weston 1575–1631
      1. 1. Mary Ridgeway 1604–1661
      2. 2. William (Thomas) Ridgeway 1619–1661 m. Rebecca Gulielini 1625–1670
        1. 1. Richard Ridgway 1654–1723 m. Abigail Stockton 1665–1726 m. Elizabeth (Almy Chamberlain) (Chamberlayne) 1654–1692

Thomas Ridgeway's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Thomas Ridgeway in Tor Mohun, Devon, England
Tor Mohun, Devon, England
1597
27 Jun 1597
Age 82
Death of Thomas Ridgeway in Mohun, Devon, England
Mohun, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Tor Mohun, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Jun 1597
    Event Place: Mohun, Devon, England
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