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William Sayre 1452 – 1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1452

Birth Location: Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1495

Death Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Father: William Sandys

Mother: Beatrice Bohun

Spouse(s): Margaret Rawson

Children(s): Thomas Sayre, Thomas Sayer, John Sayre

William Sayre was born in 1452 in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Sandys and Beatrice De Bohun. William Sayre married Margaret Rawson, and had children including Thomas Sayre, Thomas Sayer, John Sayre. William Sayre passed away in 1495 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Sayre was born in 1452 in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Sandys and Beatrice De Bohun.
  • William Sayre married Margaret Rawson, and had children including Thomas Sayre, Thomas Sayer, John Sayre.
  • William Sayre passed away in 1495 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Sayre's Ancestors

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William Sayre
1452 – 1495
Birth Place: Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Sandys
1407 – 1447
Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England
Beatrice (De) Bohun
1416 – 1446
Lancashire, England
Grandparents
John Sandys
1377 – 1437
Furnace Fells, Lancshire, England
Margaret Rawson
1381 – 1441
Lancashire, England
John ("The Younger" de) Bohun
1361 – 1432
Exeter, Devon, England
Ann Halsham
1390 – 1448
Steyning, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Sussex
1301 – 1367
Cicely Filliol
1324 – 1381
John Halsam
1380 – 1425
Maud Mauley
1384 – 1453
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Bohun
1280 – 1304
Joan DeBraose
1280 – 1324
John Filliol
1280 –
Devorguilla Galloway
1281 – 1289
John Halsam
1370 – 1450

William Sayre's Descendants

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William Sayre (1452 – 1495) m. Margaret Rawson (1452 – 1514)
  1. 1. Thomas Sayre (1473 – 1564) m. Margaret Fairfax (1476 – 1525)
    1. 1. John Sayre (1490 – ) m. John Sayer (ABT 1497 – ) m. John Sayer (ABT 1645 – ) m. John Sawyer (ABT 1496 – ) m. Sayer (ABT 1497 – )
    2. 2. William Sayre (1499 – 1564) m. Alice Squire (1523 – 12 JUN 1567) m. Alice Squire (1514 – 2 JUN 1567) m. Elizabeth Squire (1544 – 1580)
    3. 3. William Sayer (1499 – 1564) m. Alice Squire (1523 – 12 JUN 1567) m. Alice Squire (1514 – 2 JUN 1567) m. Alice Squire (1510 – 2 JUN 1567) m. Alice Squire (1505 – 1564)
    4. 4. Margaret Sayre (1501 – )
    5. 5. Robert Sayre (1508 – )
    6. 6. Elizabeth Sayre (1509 – ABT 1575) m. David Povey (1510 – 1593)
    7. 7. Thomas Sayre (APR 1510 – 15 MAY 1544)
    8. 8. William Sayre (1514 – ABT 1564) m. Alice Squire (1523 – 12 JUN 1567) m. Alice Squire (1501 – 1567)
      1. 1. Thomas Sayre (1527 – 1581) m. Margery m. Margery Sayre (1533 – 1582)
      2. 2. Agnes Sayre (1531 – 26 FEB 1613) m. William Wheeler (1528 – 1570) m. William Makerness (1535 – 29 MAY 1613) m. William Mackerness (1565 – )
        1. 1. Ellen (Eleanor) Makernes (20 NOV 1564 – 20 OCT 1645) m. Roger Sargent (ABT 1562 – 16 JUL 1649) m. William Sargent (1561 – 5 JUL 1649)
        2. 2. John Mackernes (1560 – )
        3. 3. George Mackernes (1561 – 15 FEB 1617) m. Marie Markerness (1564 – ) m. George Markerness (1564 – ) m. Katherine Champman (ABT 1561 – APR 1627) m. <Living>
        4. 4. Ellen Makerness (ABT 1564 – OCT 1645) m. Charles Markerness (ABT 1564 – )
        5. 5. William Mackerness (1565 – ) m. Agnes Sayre (1531 – 26 FEB 1613)
        6. 6. Margery Makerness (1568 – AFT 10 MAR 1612) m. William Chapman
        7. 7. Humphrey Mackernes (1571 – ) m. Elizabeth Chambers (<1575> – ) m. Hannah Belderbye (<1575> – 1652) m. Barbara Clarke (1572 – 9 SEP 1632)
        8. 8. Priscilla Mackernes (13 DEC 1577 – BEF 10 MAR 1612)
        9. 9. Edmund Makernes
        10. 10. Alice Makernes ( – BEF 1606)
        11. 11. George Makernes
        12. 12. William Markerness (ABT 1560 – )
      3. 3. William Sayre (1535 – 1580) m. Elizabeth Squire (1537 – MAY 1581) m. Alice Squire (1514 – 2 JUN 1567)
      4. 4. Thomas Sayre (1536 – )
      5. 5. Katherine Sayre (1539 – )
      6. 6. Joan Sayer (1539 – 15 SEP 1607) m. Thomas Brown (1533 – 23 DEC 1590) m. Thomas Browne (1533 – 23 DEC 1590) m. Thomas Brown (1557 – 26 JAN 1591) m. Christopher Browne (1525 – 31 MAY 1574) m. John Mildmay (1542 – 1584) m. John Browne (1574 – 5 MAY 1616)
      7. 7. William Sayre (1540 – 1581) m. Alice Squire (1523 – 12 JUN 1567) m. Alice Squire (1514 – 2 JUN 1567) m. Elizabeth Squire (1544 – 1580)
      8. 8. Alice Sayre (ABT 1541 – 15 APR 1567) m. John Wheeler (1533 – BEF 15 APR 1567)
      9. 9. Elizabeth Sayre (ABT 1544 – BEF 1552)
      10. 10. Rebecca Sayre (1545 – 3 MAY 1553) m. Dominick Wheeler (1565 – 12 DEC 1615) m. Thomas Wheeler (1561 – Feb 1634-1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (ABT 1588 – 11 FEB 1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (2 MAR 1565 – 11 FEB 1635) m. Edward Wheeler (ABT 1619 – Unknown) m. John Wheeler (MAR 1560 – 2 DEC 1643) m. William Cunliffe (2 MAR 1561 – 11 FEB 1634)
      11. 11. William Sayre (1546 – 1572) m. Alice Squire (1501 – 1567) m. Alice Squire (1523 – 12 JUN 1567) m. Alice Squire (1514 – 2 JUN 1567) m. Alice (1550 – BEF 1650) m. Olive Irby (1547 – 10 MAR 1614) m. Elizabeth (Anne) Lodge (1536 – 20 SEP 1608)
      12. 12. Elizabeth Bread (1563 – 24 JAN 1644) m. Dominick Wheeler (1565 – 12 DEC 1615) m. Thomas Wheeler (1561 – Feb 1634-1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (ABT 1588 – 11 FEB 1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (2 MAR 1565 – 11 FEB 1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (1563 – 11 FEB 1635) m. John Wheeler (MAR 1560 – 2 DEC 1643) m. Stephen Cranfield (ABT 1572 – ) m. Thomas Wheeler (1531 – 10 JUN 1585) m. Barrett Wheeler (1525 – ABT 1566) m. Thomas Wheeler (ABT 1591 – )
      13. 13. Rebecca Sayre (1572 – 3 MAY 1653) m. Dominick Wheeler (1565 – 12 DEC 1615)
      14. 14. Katherine Sayre (13 OCT 1574 – 3 MAY 1653) m. Dominick Wheeler (1565 – 12 DEC 1615) m. Thomas Wheeler (1561 – Feb 1634-1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (ABT 1588 – 11 FEB 1635)
      15. 15. Rebecca Sayre (1579 – ) m. Dominick Wheeler (1565 – 12 DEC 1615) m. Thomas Wheeler (1561 – Feb 1634-1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (ABT 1588 – 11 FEB 1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (ABT 1575 – 11 FEB 1635) m. Thomas Wheeler (2 MAR 1565 – 11 FEB 1635) m. Robert West (ABT 1568 – ) m. <Living> m. Henry Graham (1536 – 23 AUG 1634) m. <Living> m. Edward Wheeler (ABT 1619 – Unknown) m. Henrie Lawrence (10 APR 1586 – 6 FEB 1664) m. Thomas Wheeler (1563 – 11 FEB 1635)
  2. 2. Thomas Sayer (ABT 1474 – 1540)
  3. 3. John Sayre ( – 1495)

William Sayre's Timeline

2 Records

1452
1452
Birth of William Sayre in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1495
1495
Age 43
Death of William Sayre in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1452
    Event Place: Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

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