Gomes Heritage » Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn (± 1556-1632)
Personal data Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn
Sources 1, 2- He was born about 1556 in Great Canfield, Essex, England.
- Profession: Yeoman.
- (Reference Number - wikitree.privacy) : 60.
- (Reference Number - wikitree.user_id) : 463520.
- (Marriage) in Essex, Hertfordshire: Chelmsford-Wills, 1620-1720.
- (Marriage) in Essex:-Registers of Marriages, 1559-1837.
- (Marriage) in Gt. Saling, Hertfordshire, England.
- He died on March 19, 1632 in Roxwell, Bollinghatch, Co. Essex, England.Source 3
- He is buried in Roxwell, Chelmsford, Essex, England.
- A child of John Josselyn and Lady Alice of Fyfield Neville
Household of Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn
(1) He is married to Helnora (or Helendra) Nelville.
They got married on May 22, 1583 at England.
Child(ren):
- Simon Josselyn ± 1523-1524
- Agnes Josselyn 1527-1528
(2) He had a relationship with ??.
Child(ren):
- Thomas Josselyn 1590-1661
(3) He had a relationship with ??.
Child(ren):
- Mary Josselyn 1586-1587
(4) He had a relationship with ??.
Child(ren):
- Anna Anne Josselyn 1588-1653
(5) He has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
- Ralph Josselyn 1589-1657
(6) He has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
- Simon Josselyn ± 1594-1595
(7) He had a relationship with ??.
Child(ren):
- Dorothy Josselyn 1596-1606
(8) He has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
- Richard Josslyn Or Of Joslin 1598-1599
(9) He has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
- Joseph Josselyn 1600-1643
(10) He has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
- Nathaniel Josselyn 1602-1603
(11) He had a relationship with ??.
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Josselyn 1604-1642
(12) He had a relationship with ??.
Child(ren):
- Joanna Josselyn ± 1627-1697
(13) He has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
- Richard Jocelyn 1598-1639
Timeline Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn
Sources
- Claxton Web Site, Eadie Claxton, Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn Sr, October 16, 2017
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- joslyn Web Site, wil joslyn, Ralph Josselyn, Sr., November 12, 2017
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Historical events
Day of marriage May 22, 1583
- Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1583: Source: Wikipedia
- August 5 » Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- December 17 » Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
Day of death March 19, 1632
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1632: Source: Wikipedia
- February 22 » Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems .
- March 29 » Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- April 15 » Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
- July 23 » Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
Same birth/death day
- 1581 » Francis I, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1510)
- 1612 » Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
- 1637 » Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)
- 1649 » Gerhard Johann Vossius, German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- 1683 » Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (b. 1612)
- 1687 » René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (b. 1643)
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The Gomes Heritage publication was prepared by Tim Gomes.
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Tim Gomes, "Gomes Heritage", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/gomes-heritage/P382.php : accessed February 18, 2026), "Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn (± 1556-1632)".
Tim Gomes, "Gomes Heritage", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/gomes-heritage/P382.php : accessed February 18, 2026), "Ralph "Raffe" Josselyn (± 1556-1632)".