Born about in Gloucestershire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Hugh Dennis
and Katherine (Trye) Dennis
Sister of
Walter Dennis and John Dennis Esq
Wife of
Thomas Ligon Gent
— married
1576 in England
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 64
in Sowe, Warwickshire, England [uncertain]
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Biography
Frances was the daughter of Hugh Dennis and Katherine Trye. She married Thomas I Ligon/Lygon in 1576.
They were the parents of:
- Thomas II Ligon/Lygon
- John Ligon/Lygon
Frances survived Thomas and was buried 30 Jan 1624/5 at Walsgrave-on-Sowe, Warwickshire. She left a will dated 17 Oct 1622, proved 1 June 1625.[1] Thomas and Frances were cousins.[2]
PROBATE
Will dated 17 Oct. 1622; probated 1 June 1625 by her son Thomas. (P.C.C. 70) Her will listed her as a widow and lame in her feet. Her will mentions a son Garratts and his children as well as a son mearly referred to as Lygon. "She "later lived with her son Thomas at Calouden and was buried in the adjacent parish of Sowe."
Sources
- ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Volume 1. 2nd Edition. 2011. p 26
- ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, & William Ryland Beall. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years. Genealogical Publishing Com., 1999.
- Smyth, John, et al. The Berkeley Manuscripts. (Gloucester: Printed by J. Bellows, 1883-85). Online at HathiTrust, vol. 2, pages 92-93.
- http://www.atoddpiper.com/Robertson_Mundy/pafg52.htm#10790
- http://oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-129-781.pdf
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=zimm42&id=I127590
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1854094&id=I1077
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=royalexcesses&id=I15368
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110400280#
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