Brief Life History of John "Jasper"
When Sir John "Jasper" Horsey was born in 1495, in Exeter, Devon, England, his father, Sir John Horsey, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Turgis, was 30. He married Joan Wilford about 1525, in Exeter, Devon, England. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 23 December 1546, in England, at the age of 51, and was buried in Sherborne, Dorset, England.
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- UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
- Jasper Horsey in entry for John. Horsey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jasp. Horsey in entry for Wyllm. Horsey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Name Meaning
English (southern): habitational name from Horsey Pignes (Somerset), Horse Eye (Sussex), or Horsey (Norfolk), from Old English hors ‘horse’ + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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