Jone Greye

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Personal and Family Information

Jone was the daughter of unknown parents. The date and place of her birth have not been found.

She died about 15 MAR 1561. The place is not known.

Her husband was Thomas Hotchkiss, who she married on 28 JUN 1560 in All Saints, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, England. Their only known child was Johes (c1561-?).

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
DeathABT 15 MAR 1561

Notes

Note 1

!Note: The family branch founded by William Hotchkiss, burgess and pannarius of Shrewsbury, became the family’s merchant-class engine—anchored in the urban economy, embedded in the London cloth guilds, and later contributing to the rise of the Hoskins gentry line in Surrey. William’s lineage played a vital logistical and social role within the broader Hotchkiss kin network.

As a cloth merchant, William operated trade routes between Shropshire, Wales, and London, establishing strategic waypoints in Worcester, Barford, and most importantly, Houghton Regis. These weren’t just stops—they were support hubs: places where goods could be staged, kin could rest, and family matters could be managed.

By the 1550s, William’s descendants had turned Houghton Regis into a family operations center, particularly for re-stabilizing households after maternal loss. It served not just their branch, but others—arranging rapid remarriages, supporting childbirth, and absorbing orphans when needed. This wasn’t incidental. It was the result of deliberate positioning, mercantile strength, and kinship coordination. William’s branch didn’t just move cloth—they moved people, stabilized succession, and quietly underwrote the continuity of the wider Hotchkiss line.

!Source: Bedfordshire Marriages https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_857638875&tab=this

First name Thomas

Spouse's first name Jone

Last name Hawkins

Spouse's last name Graye

Marriage year 1560

Record set Bedfordshire Marriages

Date 28 Jun 1560

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Place Houghton Regis

Subcategory Parish Marriages

County Bedfordshire

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

!Source: Bedfordshire Marriages https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=XAUTO%2FFHS%2FBEDFORDSHIRE%2FMAR%2F00049414%2F1&tab=this

First name Thomas

Marriage county Bedfordshire

Last name Hawkins

Country England

Gender Male

Description All Saints

Marriage date 28 Jun 1560

Repository Bedfordshire Archives

Marriage year 1560

Document ref Parish Register

Marriage place Houghton Regis, All Saints

Entry number 34797

Spouse's first name Joan

Record set Bedfordshire Marriages

Spouse's last name Graye

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Spouse's sex Female

Subcategory Parish Marriages

Denomination Anglican

Collections from Great Britain, England