Person:Susan Sotherton (1)

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Susan Sotherton
b.Bef 1560
d.Bet 22 Nov 1624 and 22 May 1625
  • HGeorge DowningEst 1545 - 1617
  • WSusan SothertonBef 1560 - Bet 1624 & 1625
m. Bef 1580
  1. George DowningEst 1580 - 1655
  2. Anne DowningEst 1582 -
  3. Margaret DowningEst 1584 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Susan Sotherton
Gender Female
Birth? Bef 1560 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1580 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (George).
to George Downing
Will[1] 22 Nov 1624
Death[1] Bet 22 Nov 1624 and 22 May 1625 Between date of will and date of probate.
Probate[1] 22 May 1625 Will proved.

"The will of George (Downing's) second wife, Susan Downing of Norwich, widow, was dated 22 November 1624 and proved on 22 May 1625. She named many relatives, among them her brother William Sotherton. Her children were Edward Pye, Henrie Pye of London, Hester Throckmorton, Anne Rushbrooke wife of Thomas Rushbrooke, George Downing, Margaret Debney wife of Robert Debney, and John Pye deceased. She also named many grandchildren. Relatives of her husband she described as; George Downing son of Edward Downing late of Thetford deceased, my late husband's niece the wife of Lincoln [sic], my late husband's niece Anne the daughter of Mortmayne of Bungay."[1]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hyde, Myrtle Stevens. A Study of the Downing Family in England, with Connections in Early New England. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul-Oct 1999)
    74:306-07.