Brief Life History of Katherine
When Katherine Ravencroft was born about 1561, in Bretton, Flintshire, Wales, her father, George Ravenscroft, was 27 and her mother, Dorothy Davies, was 26. She married Robert Davies I about 1580, in Disserth, Radnorshire, Wales. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 11 March 1616, in Cheshire, England, at the age of 56.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Catherine Ravencroft - birth: 1560; England
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1585 · The First English Colony is Established in America
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ravenscroft (Cheshire), from the genitive case of an Old English personal name Hræfn (genitive Hræfnes, from Old English hræfn ‘raven’) + Old English croft ‘paddock, smallholding, enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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