Family of John Southworth

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1. SIR JOHN⁴ SOUTHWORTH (THOMAS³ DE SOUTHWORTH, JOHN², CHRISTOPHER¹)¹ was born 1526 in Samlesbury Hall, Lancashire, England, and died November 03, 1595. He married MARY ASHETON¹, daughter of SIR RICHARD ASHETON. She was born in Of Offerton, Derby County.

More About SIR JOHN SOUTHWORTH:

Appointment 1: 1562, High Sheriff of Lancashire

Appointment 2: 1547, Knighted

Appointment 3: 1566, Member of Parliament

Fact: Imprisoned for harboring Catholic Priests

MILI: Military: 1557, Commended for Valor in Scottish Wars

Religion: Catholic

Child of JOHN SOUTHWORTH and MARY ASHETON is:

i. THOMAS⁵ SOUTHWORTH^2,3,4, b. Abt. 1548, Wirwick, South Lancashire, England; d. November 30, 1616; m. ROSAMOND LISTER^5,6.

More About THOMAS SOUTHWORTH:

Religion 1: Became a protestant

Religion 2: Bef. 1585, Became a protestant

Marriage Notes for THOMAS SOUTHWORTH and ROSAMOND LISTER:

THey had seven sons and four daughters, all living in 1959, when their grandfather, Sir John made his will.

Endnotes

1. Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore 1976, fifth edition).

2. Hills, Leon Clark, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore 1977), Referred to as "Thomas de'Southworth", he is shown as born in 1561.

3. Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore 1976, fifth edition), page 12.

4. Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore 1976, fifth edition).

5. Hills, Leon Clark, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore 1977).

6. Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore 1976, fifth edition).