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William Dryden 1591–1660 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1591

Birth Location: Cold Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 24 DEC 1660

Death Location: East Farndon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Dryden

Mother: Lady Dryden

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William Dryden was born in 1591 in Cold Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Erasmus Dryden And Lady Frances Of Hodnell And Canons Ashby Baroness Dryden Of Canons Ashby Wilkes Dryden. William Dryden passed away in 1660 in East Farndon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Dryden was born in 1591 in Cold Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Erasmus Dryden And Lady Frances Of Hodnell And Canons Ashby Baroness Dryden Of Canons Ashby Wilkes Dryden.
  • William Dryden passed away in 1660 in East Farndon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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William Dryden's Ancestors

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William Dryden
1591–1660
Birth Place: Cold Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir Erasmus Dryden
1553–1632
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Frances% of Hodnell and Canons Ashby (Baroness Dryden of Canons Ashby) Wilkes) Dryden
1557–1630
Hodnell, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
John (Dryden (Esquire of Canons) Ashby)
1525–1584
Canons Ashby (Northampton) England
Elizabeth Cope
1529–1584
Canons Ashby (Northampton) England
William (Wilkes of) Hodnell
1529–1557
Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Ellen) Ireland
1535–1605
Hodnell, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Dryden
1500–1558
Lady Nicholson
1504–1536
Sir Northamptonshire)
1504–1558
Bridget Raleigh
1506–1558
Sir Wilkes
1504–1554
Anne Kytley
1510–1560
Thomas Empire
1503–1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Walton
1470–1512
Margaret Keith
1477–1542
William Nicholson
1495–1595
Isabel Herbert
1482–1504
Sir Oxford)
1448–1513
Lady Cope)
1450–1525
Sir Raleigh
1473–1508
Margaret Chamerlayne
1440–1509
George Sir
1468–1524
Katherine Walshall
1475–1508
Eustace Kytley
1475–1545
Eustace Kytley
1475–1545
Lady Ireland
1481–1518

William Dryden's Timeline

2 Records

1591
1591
Birth of William Dryden in Cold Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Cold Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
1660
24 DEC 1660
Age 69
Death of William Dryden in East Farndon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
East Farndon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1591
    Event Place: Cold Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: East Farndon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 DEC 1660
    Event Place: East Farndon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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