Nicholas MEGGS

Male 1527 - 1579  (52 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Nicholas MEGGS was born in 1527 in Bradford, England (son of Thomas MEGGS and Anne COPPLESTONE); died in Nov 1579 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Megges

    Notes:

    The manor of Bradford Peverell in Dorset County, England, was held by Nicholas, and afterward by nine of the Meggs family. The manor house was occupied in 1896 by the Middleton family. This house was in the Peverell and Meggs families from 1410 to 1610. In the great banquet hall is to be found a large illuminated window, representing the coat of arms granted to William Meggs by a patent dated June 4, 1479, in the reign of Edward the Fourth.

    Nicholas married Jane PEVERELL in 1552 in Bradford, Dorset., England. Jane (daughter of William PEVERELL and Jane IRENE) was born in 1523 in Bradford, England; died in 1578 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lawrence MEIGS was born about 1551 in Bradford, England; died in 1595 in Bradford, Peverell, Dorset, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas MEGGS was born in 1507 in Downham, Cambridgeshire, England (son of William MEGGS and Elizabeth WEST); died in Ancient Manor, Holway Co., Dorset, England.

    Thomas married Anne COPPLESTONE. Anne was born in Exeter, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anne COPPLESTONE was born in Exeter, Devonshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 1. Nicholas MEGGS was born in 1527 in Bradford, England; died in Nov 1579 in England.
    2. Henry MEGGS was born in Bradford, England; died after 10 Oct 1598.
    3. Robert MEGGS was born in Bradford, England; died after Mar 1533.
    4. Elizabeth MEGGS was born in Bradford, England.