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Sir William Jones 1536 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1536

Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England

Death Date: 12 Oct 1606

Death Location: Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Jones,

Mother: Edith Turberville

Spouse(s): Alice Lee, Lady Forde

Children(s): Henry Jones, Alexander Jones, Robert Jones, Robert Jones

According to available records, Sir William Jones was born in 1536 in Bridgewater, Somerset, England, the child of John Jones, and Edith Turberville. Following those early years, Sir William Jones married Alice Lee and Lady Mary Margaret Forde, and their family grew to include Henry Jones, Alexander Jones, Robert Jones and Robert Thomas Jones. In the later years of life, Sir William Jones died in 1606 in Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England.

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Parents

John Jones,
1524 – 1563
Birth Location: Glamorganshire, Wales
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Edith Turberville
1522 – 1572
Birth Location: Glamorgan, Wales
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Spouses(s)

Alice Lee
1540 – 1609
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
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Lady Forde
1543 – 1571
Birth Location: Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
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Children(s)

Henry Jones
1562 – 1610
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
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Alexander Jones
1564 – 1609
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England
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Robert Jones
1573 –
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
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Robert Jones
1573 – 1635
Birth Location: Reading Berkshire England Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1536
    Event Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Oct 1606
    Event Place: Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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