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Margaret Pole, Plantagenet of York, Lady Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, (Saint Margaret) – 1473–1541 BIRTH 14 AUGUST 1473 • Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset, EnglandDEATH 27 MAY 1541 • (aged 67) Tower of London, London, England (beheaded) 1st cousin 15x removed14th Great Grandmother Last night while working on my family tree, I discovered my cousin Maggie was also my 14th great-grandmother. …
Sir Simon III Preston, Baron Preston of Craigmillar, III (14th GGF)1465–1519 BIRTH 1465 • Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, ScotlandDEATH 1519 • Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 14th great-grandfather Simon Preston of Craigmillar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchSimon Preston’s arms at Craigmillar Castle with his name- rebus of a “press” and “tun” [[File:Plaque to Simon Preston of Craigmillar, Edinburgh City center ]Chambers.jpg|thumb|300px|Plaque …
Thomas Mix (Meekes) (Immigrant, New Haven, CT) (9th & 10th GGF) 1624–1691 BIRTH 1624 • London, Middlesex, England DEATH 9 JUN 1691 • New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States 9th great-grandfather My grandparents in the 1600s Colonial America, New Haven, CT were publicly whipped for fornication. They were “forced” to marry. Later on, they were not good Puritans and were …
Sometimes during the research of my family tree, I find that one ancestor (Queen Mary I, aka “Bloody Mary”) was responsible for another ancestor’s death (John Rogers, “the Martyr”) who Mary had burned at the stake as he was a heretic. Mary burned a lot of people as she believed heretics should die by fire. …
Posted 29 Oct 2015 by Steven Cooper Haverhill, Massachusetts was a dangerous place to live in the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. It was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, inhabited by mostly Puritans, almost all of British descent. It lay 22 miles up the Merrimack River from the bay, and was considered to be the community closest …
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchNot to be confused with Matilda of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant. Matilda of Flanders Nineteenth-century depiction in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris Queen consort of England Tenure 25 December 1066 – 2 November 1083 Coronation 11 May 1068 Born c. 1031 Died 2 November 1083 (aged c. 52) Burial l’Abbaye …
John Rogers (the Martyr) (13th GGF) 1507–1555 BIRTH 4 FEB 1507 • Birmingham, Warwickshire, England DEATH 4 FEB 1555 • Warwick, Nottinghamshire, England 13th great-grandfather Rev. John Rogers was a sixth generation Rogers who chose to become a clergyman. He was born circa 1500 in the parish of Aston, near Birmingham at the family home ‘Deritend’. He was educated at Pembroke …
Thomas Matthew (Fitz) Rogers, The Pilgrim Rogers [Thomas Fitz Rogers] (Mayflower) (11th GGF) 1565–1621 BIRTH 11 JUL 1565 • Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England DEATH 20 FEB 1610 [DIFF. 1621] • Stratford, Warwick, Warwickshire, England [diff. Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. USA] 11th great-grandfather Thomas Rogers (Mayflower passenger) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchMayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) Thomas Rogers (c. 1571 …
Capt John Allen, wealthy shipping merchant, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (1616-1675) (9th GGF) 1616–1675 BIRTH 16 JANUARY 1616 • Norwich, Norfolk, England DEATH 27 MAR 1675 • Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States 9th great-grandfather Captain John Allen Birth: Jan. 16, 1616Norwich, Norfolk, EnglandDeath: Mar. 29, 1675Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Capt. John Allen, Jr., son of John Allen “the dyer” and his first wife Rebecca, Bapt. …