Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Dryden
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. John Dryden (son of Erasmus Dryden and Frances Wilkes). John married Priscilla Quarles on 8 Oct 1605 in Romford, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Erasmus Dryden (son of John Dryden and Elizabeth Cope); died on 22 May 1632. Notes:
MP for Banbury, 1624.
Created a baronet 16 Nov 1619. Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1599, 1618.
BA, Magdalen College, Oxford, 11 Jun 1577. Middle Temple, 1577.Erasmus married Frances Wilkes. Frances (daughter of William Wilkes) was born in of Hodnell, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Frances Wilkes was born in of Hodnell, Warwickshire, England (daughter of William Wilkes). Children:
- Erasmus Dryden was born in of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, England.
- Elizabeth Dryden died on 2 Jun 1658.
- 1. John Dryden
Generation: 3
4. John Dryden was born in of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England (son of David Dryden and Isabel Nicholson); died on 30 Sep 1584; was buried in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. Notes:
His will of 15 Aug 1584 directed his burial in Ashby Church, "near unto the place where John Cope, knight, is buried," adding "And although I doe not allow of pomp in burials, yet for some reasonable considerations I will that the stone that I have already prepared shall be layede upon my grave, and my arms and my wyve's graven in brasse thereupon."
John married Elizabeth Cope in 1551. Elizabeth (daughter of John Cope and Bridget Raleigh) died after 15 Aug 1584. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Cope (daughter of John Cope and Bridget Raleigh); died after 15 Aug 1584. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 30 Sep 1584
Children:
- 2. Erasmus Dryden died on 22 May 1632.
- Nicholas Dryden
- Bridget Dryden was born after 1563 in of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England; died after 12 Feb 1644.
6. William Wilkes was born in of Hodnell, Warwickshire, England. Children:
- 3. Frances Wilkes was born in of Hodnell, Warwickshire, England.
Generation: 4
8. David Dryden was born in of Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England (son of William Dryden); died after 1540. David married Isabel Nicholson. Isabel (daughter of William Nicholson) was born about 1504 in of Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Isabel Nicholson was born about 1504 in of Staffle Hill, Walton, Cumberland, England (daughter of William Nicholson). Children:
- 4. John Dryden was born in of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1584; was buried in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.
10. John Cope was born in of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England (son of William Cope and Jane Spencer); died on 21 Jan 1558. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 22 Jan 1558
Notes:
Or Coope. Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1545-6. Knight of the shire for Northamptonshire, 1547. Knighted May 1549 or Mar 1550 (accounts differ). In 1538 he purchased Canons Ashby from Sir Francis Bryan and became a grazier and wool producer. His History of Parliament entry is here.
John Cope and Bridget Raleigh were:
Great-great grandparents of John Dryden (1631-1700) poet, critic, playwright, and Poet Laureate of England.
Great-great-great grandparents of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), satirist, poet, and author of Gulliver's Travels.
Grandparents of Elizabeth Boyle (d. 1622), who married, as his second wife, Edmund Spenser (d. 1599), author of The Faerie Queene.
And great-great grandparents of Anne Marbury (Anne Hutchinson), (1591-1643), religious visionary and central figure in the Antinomianism controversy that rocked the early Massachusetts Bay Colony.John married Bridget Raleigh. Bridget (daughter of Edward Raleigh and Anne Chamberlain) died before Jun 1542. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Bridget Raleigh (daughter of Edward Raleigh and Anne Chamberlain); died before Jun 1542. Children:
- 5. Elizabeth Cope died after 15 Aug 1584.
- Joan Cope
- Anthony Cope was born in of Adstone, Northamptonshire, England; died between 6 Jun 1558 and 20 Dec 1558.