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Janet 'Jane' Watson 1537 – 1607 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Cottingham, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 17 Jan 1607

Death Location: Cottingham, Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Jenet

Mother: Lady Sotheron

Spouse(s): John Colder\Grant

Children(s): Mary Colder

Janet 'Jane' Watson was born in 1537 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir John James II, 1st Lord Watson, Jenet and Lady Joane Margaret Sotheron. Janet 'Jane' Watson later married John Colder\Grant, and together they raised children including Mary Elizabeth Colder. In 1607, Janet 'Jane' Watson passed away in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England.

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Parents

Sir Jenet
1500 – 1569
Birth Location: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
SJ
Lady Sotheron
1502 – 1568
Birth Location: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
LS

Spouses(s)

John Colder\Grant
1535 – 1597
Birth Location: Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
JC

Children(s)

Mary Colder
1555 – 1589
Birth Location: Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, England
MC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1537
    Event Place: Cottingham, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 Jan 1607
    Event Place: Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
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