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William Dryden 1635–1686 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1635

Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 March 1686

Death Location: Somerset County, Maryland, USA

Father: William Dryden

Mother: Janet Hog

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William Dryden was born in 1635 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Dryden And Janet Hog. William Dryden had children including Margaret Dryden. William Dryden passed away in 1686 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA.

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Biography

  • William Dryden was born in 1635 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Dryden And Janet Hog.
  • William Dryden had children including Margaret Dryden.
  • William Dryden passed away in 1686 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA.

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William Dryden's Ancestors

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William Dryden
1635–1686
Birth Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Dryden
1585–1660
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, , England
Janet Hog
1609–
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alfred (Erasmus Drydens) Sir
1553–1632
Canons Ashby, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Frances Wilkes of) Hodnell
1557–1630
Hodnell, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Driden
1525–1584
Elizabeth Cope
1529–1584
William Wilkes
1529–1557
Sarah Wilkes
1535–1605
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Dryden
1500–1558
Lady Nicholson
1504–1536
Sir Cope
1504–1558
Lady Raleigh
1506–1558
Sir Wylkes
1504–1554
Lady Kytley
1510–1560
Thomas Empire
1503–1545
Margaret Henderson
1507–1597

William Dryden's Timeline

2 Records

1635
1635
Birth of William Dryden in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
1686
8 March 1686
Age 51
Death of William Dryden in Somerset County, Maryland, USA
Somerset County, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 March 1686
    Event Place: Somerset County, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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