Dorothy (Downes) Halsey (abt. 1567 - 1620)

Born about 1567 in Linslade, Buckinghamshire, England

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Died 27 Sep 1620 at about age 53 in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

Dorothy was born c 1567.

Dorothy features in the Visitation of Hertfordshire of 1634 (p. 62 of the Harleian edition), in which she is presented as the daughter of William Downes of co Salop, the husband of Robert and the mother of William Halsey, the armiger and holder of the Great Gaddesden property in 1634. ^[1]

She passed away in 1620. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1886) The Visitations of Hertfordshire, made by Robert Cooke, Esq., Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, Kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire Pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546. Publications of the Harleian Society, volume XXII. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofher222732cook/page/n78/mode/1up
2. ↑ Entered by Don Harris, Jun 5, 2011

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