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Susanna Thorne "King Henry I Desendant"

King Henry I Desendant

5 MAR 1559 – 29 OCT 1588 · 12th great-grandmother

Susanna Thorne (5 March 1559–29 October 1588) was born at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. She married Roger Dudley and was the mother of Thomas Dudley. Family-tree notes identify her as a descendant of King Henry I through two proposed lines of descent.

At a glance

Name: Susanna Thorne
Alternate subtitle: King Henry I Desendant
Relationship: 12th Great Grandmother
Born: 5 March 1559, Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Married: Roger Dudley
Child: Thomas Dudley
Died: 29 October 1588, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Claimed descent: The original family-tree notes give two lines of descent from King Henry I.

Family connection

Doris Helen Sherrell (mother)
Floyd Nelson Sherrell (father)
Nora Leslie Fox (mother)
Phebe Celeste Tuthill (mother)
Celestia D. Plummer (mother)
Ebenezer Huse Plummer (father)
Joseph Dole Plummer (father)
Hannah Woodbridge (mother)
William Woodbridge (father)
Benjamin Woodbridge (father)
Thomas Woodbridge (father)
Mercy Dudley (mother)
Thomas Sutton Dudley, Gov of Massachusetts Bay Colony (father)
Susanna Thorne "King Henry I Desendant" (mother)

Susanna Thorne was born on 5 March 1559 at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. The Thorne family is described in the original family-tree notes as coming from Yardley Hastings.

She married Roger Dudley. Their son, Thomas Dudley, is identified in the family-tree notes as Governor of the Massachusetts Colony.

Susanna Thorne died on 29 October 1588 at Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, aged 29.

The original family-tree notes present two claimed lines of descent from King Henry I to Susanna through her mother, Mary Purefoy, and the Purefoy, Fettiplace, and other families. These descent lines are presented as family-tree claims and require documentary verification.

Historical context

Susanna Thorne lived in sixteenth-century Northamptonshire, England. Yardley Hastings, identified as the Thorne family’s place of origin in the supplied notes, was also recorded as her birthplace. Her son Thomas Dudley is described in those notes as Governor of the Massachusetts Colony.

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