Richard Overton

Abt 1533 - Bef 1581  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Richard Overton  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1533	Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 25 Jun 1581  [1]
  Burial	25 Jun 1581	St. Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Rose Overton ,   b. Abt 1527   d. Aft 30 Apr 1579  (Age ~ 52 years) ▻ Richard Beawe ;  John Irby ,  m. Aft 1545 ;  Richard Buckland ,  m. Aft 1553 + 2. Richard Overton ,   b. Abt 1533, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England d. Bef 25 Jun 1581  (Age ~ 48 years) ▻ Grace Sheppard
  Person ID	I19583	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Guthlac Overton,   b. Abt 1478   d. 20 Apr 1536, Clerkenwell, London, England (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Olive Browne,   b. Between 1490 and 1494, Bernake, Northamptonshire, England d. Between 19 Dec 1545 and 7 Jun 1546 (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1510  [3]
  Family ID	F5059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Sheppard   d. Aft 12 Dec 1581
  Children	+ 1. Rev. Valentine Overton,   b. Bef 25 Oct 1565   d. Bef 15 Jan 1647 and 30 Aug 1647 (Age > 81 years)
  Family ID	F11866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  A royal servant, clerk and auditor to queen Elizabeth.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2148] Clifford L. Stott, "In Search of 'Mr.' Overton: The Ancestry of Rev. Valentine Overton and His Connections to New England Immigrants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 172:222, Summer 2018; 172:323, Fall 2018; 173:82, Winter 2019. [S2906] Puritans and Pedigrees: The Deep Roots of the Great Migration to New England by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018. [S549] John G. Hunt, "The Overton Family of Swineshead, Lincolnshire." The American Genealogist 36:160, July 1960.