Thomas Shakespeare (1616 - 1646)

Born 16 Mar 1616 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Shakespeare — married [date unknown] in Rowington, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1646 at age 29 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Rowington was the seat of some of the earliest Shakespeare families in Warwickshire. In the Register of the Guild of St. Anne, Knoll (Knowle), near to Rowington, are two of these early families listed: c. 1464 ‘Johnannes Shakespeyre ejusdem villae (Rowington) et Alicia uxor ejus’; 1476 ‘Thomas Chaksper et Christian cons. suae de Rowneton’. The family, presumably connected with that of the Bard, continued to live in the parish at Shakespeare Hall until about 1740 (VCH, Warwicks., vol. 3, p 45; Peter Lee, ‘The Shakespear[e]s of Rowington’, online).

Shakespeares of Rowington https://sites.rootsweb.com/~shakespeare/pedigrees/warks/rowington/shakespeares_of_rowington.htm

Sources

• Nicholas Mander, "Borromean Rings: The Genealogy of the Mander Family", 2011.