Born about in Otford, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Sydney
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Sydney
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Alexander Cosby
— married
1580 in England
Wife of
Thomas Zouche
— married
1595 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Francis Cosby, William Cosby, Richard Cosby, Anne Cosby, Humphrey Cosby, Josiah Cosby, Rose Cosby, Elizabeth Cosby, Charles Cosby, Edith Cosby, John Cosby, Ann Cosby and Mabel (Cosby) Hartpole
Died
at about age 73
in England
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Biography
Dorcas Sydney daughter of William Sydney, Esq,. of Otford in Kent, England' She was cousin to Henry Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and a cousin of Sir Phillip Sydney. This lady had been one of the maids of honor to Queen Elizabeth and through her influential connections at Court obtained grants so extensive, at that period, that the family were territorial lords of moriety of Queens County.
Dorcas Sydney bore Alexander Cosby fifteen children, and after his death married Sir Thomas Zouche
Death Date Mystery
Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976, p. 281 reported her death year as 1606; though it was reported elsewhere as 1623.
Birth
- Birth: ABT 1550 Oxford, Kent, England[1]
Marriage
- Husband: @I16434@
- Wife: Dorcus Sidney
- Marriage: ABT 1567 Stradbally, Queen’s, Ireland[2]
- Husband: Thomas Zouche
- Wife: Dorcus Sidney
- Marriage: ABT 1595[3]
- Husband: William Sidney
- Marriage: AFT 1549 Orford, Kent, England[4]
- Child: Dorcus Sidney
Death
- Death: 23 NOV 1623[5]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestral File LV0W-L7
- ↑ Ancestral File LV0W-L7
- ↑ Ancestral File 13H4-1W3
- ↑ Ancestral File 104Z-RJP
- ↑ Ancestral File LV0W-L7
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p37459.htm#i374587
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976.
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