Paternal Family Tree: Dryden
In 1551 [his father] John Dryden of Canons Ashby [aged 26] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Cope [aged 22] were married.
On 20th December 1553 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet was born to John Dryden of Canons Ashby [aged 28].
On 21st January 1558 John Cope [aged 54] died. [his father] John Dryden of Canons Ashby [aged 33] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Cope [aged 29] inherited Canons Ashby House.
In 1571 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 17] was admitted to Magdalen College, Oxford University.
In or before 1580 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 26] and Frances Wilkes were married. They had 3 sons and 4 daughters.
Around 1580 [his son] John Dryden 2nd Baronet was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his wife] Frances Wilkes. He married (1) 8th October 1605 Priscilla Quarles (2) in or before 1631 Anne Parvish (3) 3rd July 1632 Honora Beville and had issue.
In 1583 [his daughter] Susannah Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 29]. She married 1609 John Pickering and had issue.
On 30th September 1584 [his father] John Dryden of Canons Ashby [aged 59] died.
In 1586 [his son] Erasmus Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Frances Wilkes. He married before 9th August 1631 Mary Pickering and had issue.
1590 [his son] William Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 36] and [his wife] Frances Wilkes.
In 1599 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 45] was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.
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On 8th October 1605 [his son] John Dryden 2nd Baronet [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Priscilla Quarles [aged 17] were married.
Before 1608 [his son-in-law] Edward Hartopp 1st Baronet [aged 35] and [his daughter] Mary Dryden Lady Hartopp were married.
In 1609 [his son-in-law] John Pickering [aged 24] and [his daughter] Susannah Dryden [aged 26] were married.
In 1618 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 64] was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.
On 16th November 1619 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 65] was created 1st Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.
In or before 1631 [his son] John Dryden 2nd Baronet [aged 50] and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Parvish [aged 42] were married.
Before 9th August 1631 [his son] Erasmus Dryden [aged 45] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Pickering [aged 39] were married.
On 22nd May 1632 Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet [aged 78] died. His son John [aged 52] succeeded 2nd Baronet Dryden of Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.
[his daughter] Mary Dryden Lady Hartopp was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet and Frances Wilkes. She married before 1608 Edward Hartopp 1st Baronet and had issue.
[his daughter] Dorothy Dryden was born to Erasmus Dryden 1st Baronet and Frances Wilkes. She married Edward Salwey and had issue.