9685 Individuals in our Database | | | | CAPTAIN Thomas Blood Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 1537-1597 | | | Father | James Blood | Born: | | Mother | Eleanor Harrison | Born: | | | Thomas Blood Notes: | best known for his attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671
| Notes: | Sources suggest that Blood was born in County Clare, in the Kingdom of Ireland,[3] the son of a successful land-owning blacksmith of English descent, and was partly raised at Sarney, near Dunboyne, in County Meath. He was apparently a Presbyterian.[4] His family was respectable and prosperous (by the standards of the time); his father held lands in Counties Clare, Meath and Wicklow. His grandfather was a member of the Irish Parliament, and had lived at Kilnaboy Castle (also in County Clare).[5] He received his education in Lancashire, England. At the age of 20, he married Maria Holcroft, the daughter of John Holcroft of Holcroft Hall, Culcheth, Cheshire, and Golborne, Lancashire, and returned to Ireland
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FOR=5502 Ancestors Chart Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | James Blood
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024-persons | - | Eleanor Harrison
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