Dryden of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England John Dryden, Esquire, b abt 1526, of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d abt Sep 1584, prob Northamptonshire, England. He md Elizabeth Cope abt 1553, daughter of Sir John Cope, Knight, and Bridget Raleigh. Children of John Dryden and Elizabeth Cope were: Sir Erasmus Dryden b 20 Dec 1553, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d 22 May 1632, Warwickshire, England; md Francis Wilkes 1575, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire. Mary Dryden b abt 1555/56, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d 7 Dec 1617, Foxley, Northamptonshire, England; md Francis Foxley 1574, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire. Edward Dryden b abt 1556, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. George Dryden b abt 1557, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d 1591. John Dryden b abt 1559, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. Elizabeth Dryden b abt 1561, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. Bridget Dryden b abt 1562. Thomas Dryden b abt 1563, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d aft 1620. Stephen Dryden b abt 1567, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d aft 1591. Emma Dryden b abt 1569, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. Nicholas Dryden b abt 1571, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d 12 Jan 1608. Bridget Dryden b abt 1562, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England, d 2 Apr 1645, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England. She md Rev. Francis Marbury abt 1588, Alford, Lincolnshire, England, son of William Marbury and Agnes Lenton. SOURCES: AR: Line 14[39-40]; David Blackwell, [ref: The American Ancestors of Oratio Dyer Clark and of His Wife Laura Ann King, together with the ancestry of Anne Hutchinson, by John Edwin Salisbury, 1917]; SGM: Dave Utzinger, Ed Mann. Return to TOP of this page Return to INDEX FOR DRYDEN Return to MAIN INDEX Return to HOME