Jane (Morris) Cordray (1523 - 1598)

Born 1523 in Coxwell, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Cordray — married about 1539 in England

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1598 at about age 75 in Chute, Wiltshire, England

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Biography

Father Thomas Morris b. c 1493, d. 1556

Mother Alice Wynninge b. c 1496

Jane Morris was born circa 1523 at of Great Coxwell, Berkshire, England. She married Thomas Corderoy, Gent., son of Thomas Corderoy and Joan Seymour, circa 1539 (their eldest son Edward gave his age as 30 in a 1570 deposition, pointing to Edward's birth date being about 1540^[1]); They had 8 sons (Edward; William, Esq; John; Thomas, Gent; Robert, Gent; Richard; James; & Jerome, a cleric) and 5 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of William Beckett; Jane; Alice; Mary, wife of John Keines; & Joan, wife of Thomas Saunders).^[2] Jane Morris died on 28 October 1598 at Chute, Wiltshire, England; Buried at Chute, Wiltshire.^[3]

Family

• Thomas Corderoy, Gent. b. c 1520, d. bt 1576 - 24 Sep 1582

Children

• Edward
• William, Esq
• John
• Thomas, Gent
• Robert, Gent
• Richard
• James
• Jerome, a cleric^[4]
• Elizabeth, wife of William Beckett
• Jane
• Alice
• Mary, wife of John Keines
• Joan, wife of Thomas Saunders

Sources

1. ↑ Paul C Reed. The Royal Descent of the Bernard, Corderoy, and Ironmonger families of Virginia through the Seymour family, concluded, in 'The American Genealogist', Vol. 73, 1998, pp. 191-193, American Ancestors website
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 459.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 400.
4. ↑ "Corderoy the Divine" (from Gentleman's Magazine: "Corderoy, Jeremy, celebrated divine in the seventeenth century, Chute.)

See also:

• Collectanea topographica et genealogica, Volume 8 (1834 London J.B. Nichols); Digitizing sponsor University of Toronto; Book contributor Robarts - University of Toronto, (p 196):
  • Edward Corderoy, Gent. buried at Chute Dec. 12, 1587
  • Jane Cordroy, widow, buried at Chute Oct. 28, 1598
  • William Corderoy, Esq., buried at Chute Sept. 7, 1623
  • Jane, wife of William Corderoy, gent., buried at Chute April 25, 1630