Biography of John Carey 2nd Earl Dover 1608-1677
Paternal Family Tree: Carey
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Copley Baroness De La Warr and West 1469-1536
Before 1608 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 28) and [his mother] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 17) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1608 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 28) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 17).
On 17 Apr 1617 [his grandfather] John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon (age 67) died at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. His son [his father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 37) succeeded 4th Baron Hunsdon. [his mother] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 26) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
In 1621 Hatton Fermor of Easton Neston Northamptonshire (age 41) and [his future sister-in-law] Anne Cockayne (age 16) were married. She brought a marriage portion of £4000. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of William Cockayne (age 60) and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 56).
On 06 Jul 1621 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 41) was created 1st Viscount Rochford. [his mother] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 31) by marriage Viscountess Rochford.
In 1623 [his future brother-in-law] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John (age 20) and Arabella Egerton Baroness St John Bletso were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 44) and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 40). He the son of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 43) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 24 Jun 1627 [his future brother-in-law] Charles Cockayne 1st Viscount Cullen (age 24) and Mary O'Brien Viscountess Cullen (age 18) were married at Church of St Gile's in the Fields. She the daughter of Henry O'Brien 5th Earl Thomond (age 39) and Mary Brereton Countess Thomond (age 47). He the son of William Cockayne and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 62).
After 1628 Thomas Fanshawe 1st Viscount Fanshawe (age 32) and [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Cockayne Viscountess Fanshawe (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Cockayne and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 63).
On 08 Mar 1628 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 48) was created 1st Earl Dover. [his mother] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 37) by marriage Countess Dover.
On 09 May 1628 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 20) and Dorothy St John were married. She died eight weeks later. She the daughter of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 48) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 48) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 37).
On 28 Jun 1628 [his wife] Dorothy St John died.
Before 01 Nov 1629 [his mother] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 39) died.
On 06 Jul 1630 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and [his step-mother] Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 65) were married at St Peter le Poer, Broad Street. She by marriage Countess Dover.
On 02 Dec 1630 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 22) and Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 20) were married. She the daughter of William Cockayne and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 65). He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.
In 1631 [his daughter] Mary Carey was born to John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 23) and [his wife] Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 21).
In 1633 [his daughter] Abigail Carey was born to John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 25) and [his wife] Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 23). In 1633 Abigail Carey died.
In 1638 [his former brother-in-law] Paulet St John died.
In 1640 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 32) by writ of acceleration 5th Baron Hunsdon.
On 11 Aug 1642 [his brother-in-law] Charles Cockayne 1st Viscount Cullen (age 40) was created 1st Viscount Cullen. Mary O'Brien Viscountess Cullen (age 33) by marriage Viscountess Cullen.
On 24 Oct 1642 [his former brother-in-law] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John (age 39) died from wounds. On 24 Oct 1642 His nephew Oliver St John 2nd Earl Bolingbroke (age 9) succeeded 6th Baron St John of Bletso. Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
In 1655 [his son-in-law] William Heveningham (age 51) and [his daughter] Mary Carey (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 47) and Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 45).
On 19 Jun 1661 [his brother-in-law] Charles Cockayne 1st Viscount Cullen (age 58) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Rushton. His son Brien Cockayne 2nd Viscount Cullen (age 29) succeeded 2nd Viscount Cullen.
Before 1664 James Sheffield and [his sister-in-law] Jane Cockayne (age 54) were married. She the daughter of William Cockayne and Mary Morris Countess Dover. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 1st Earl Mulgrave and Mariana Irwin Countess Mulgrave.
On 13 Apr 1666 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 86) died at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. His son John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 58) succeeded 2nd Earl Dover, 2nd Viscount Rochford. [his wife] Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 56) by marriage Countess Dover.
In 1668 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Cockayne Viscountess Fanshawe (age 59) died.
On 25 May 1668 [his sister-in-law] Anne Cockayne (age 63) died in Rushton, Northamptonshire.
In 1673 [his former brother-in-law] Anthony St John (age 55) died.
On 26 May 1677 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 69) died without male issue. Earl Dover and Viscount Rochford extinct. His second cousin once removed Colonel Robert Carey 6th Baron Hunsdon (age 25) succeeded 6th Baron Hunsdon.
In 1687 [his former wife] Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 77) died.
Paulet St John and Elizabeth Vaughan were married. He the son of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
Anthony St John and Ann Keynshan were married. He the son of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boleyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
Father: Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
John Carey 2nd Earl Dover 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pelham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pelham
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pelham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Pelham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Carew 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Oxenbridge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
GrandFather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Sackville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Sackville of Buckhurst 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Browne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sackville 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Digges
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Digges
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Clifton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Hoo
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Boleyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Mother: Judith Pelham Countess Dover 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Walsingham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Walsingham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Writtle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Writtle
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Walsingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gouter
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Gouter
GrandMother: Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Guildford
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Guildford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Pympe
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Guildford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Howard 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Guildford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara West 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Copley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Copley Baroness De La Warr and West