John Fortescue

Abt 1420 - Aft 1461  (~ 42 years)

• Name	John Fortescue
  Birth	Abt 1420	of Whympston in Modbury, Devon, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1461  [4]
  Alternate death	11 Mar 1481  [5, 6]
  Person ID	I7889	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	William Fortescue,   b. Abt 1385, of Whympston in Modbury, Devon, England d. Aft 8 Nov 1421 (Age ~ 36 years)
  Mother	Maud Falwell   d. Aft 8 Nov 1421
  Marriage	Bef 1411  [1]
  Family ID	F4583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Prutteston,   b. of Preston in Ermington, Devon, England d. 23 May 1501
  Marriage	Bef 1451  [6, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. John Fortescue,   b. of Wimpstone, Modbury, Devon, England d. 1519 + 2. Joan Fortescue   d. Aft 1523 + 3. William Fortescue,   b. Abt 1460, of Preston in Ermington, Devon, England d. 1 Feb 1520 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Family ID	F4570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2017

  
  

• Notes

  "Not to be confused with his 1st cousin, Sir John Fortescue, lawyer who became Chief Justice in England." [Ancestral Roots] This confusion is present in A History of the Family of Fortescue in All its Branches, citation details below.

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013., place only. [S1466] History of Gibbs of Fenton in Dartington, County Devon by Herbert Cokayne Gibbs. London: The Saint Catherine Press, 1925., place only. [S741] A History of the Family of Fortescue in All Its Branches by Thomas Fortescue, Lord Clermont. 2nd edition, London: Ellis and White, 1880. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., says "11 Mar 1460/1" in 246F-35, but says "11 Mar 1480/1" in 246E-35, so we think we can assume the former is a typo. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., "by 1450". [S741] A History of the Family of Fortescue in All Its Branches by Thomas Fortescue, Lord Clermont. 2nd edition, London: Ellis and White, 1880., "before the year 1450".