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Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq 1566–1621 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Wigan Peele, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 11 Apr 1621

Death Location: Wigan, Lancashire, England

Father: Saint Martyr

Mother: Jane Molyneux

Spouse(s): Alice Rigby

Children(s): Alexander Colonel

Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq was born in 1566 in Wigan Peele, Lancashire, England, the child of Saint John Rigby Catholic Martyr And Jane Mollineux Molyneux. Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq married Alice Asshawe Rigby, and had children including Alexander Rigby Colonel. Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq passed away in 1621 in Wigan, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq was born in 1566 in Wigan Peele, Lancashire, England, the child of Saint John Rigby Catholic Martyr And Jane Mollineux Molyneux.
  • Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq married Alice Asshawe Rigby, and had children including Alexander Rigby Colonel.
  • Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq passed away in 1621 in Wigan, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Saint Martyr
1536–1635
Birth Location: Wigan, Lancashire, England
SM
Jane Molyneux
1540–1641
Birth Location: Pemberton, Lancashire, England
JM

Spouses(s)

Alice Rigby
1570–1604
Birth Location: Shaw Hall, Flixron, Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England
AR

Children(s)

Alexander Colonel
1594–1650
Birth Location: Middleton, Lancashire, England
AC

Alexander Esq's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Esq
1566–1621
Birth Place: Wigan Peele, Lancashire, England
Parents
Saint John Rigby, Catholic Martyr
1536–1635
Wigan, Lancashire, England
Jane (Mollineux \) Molyneux
1540–1641
Pemberton, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Adam) Rigby
1504–1600
Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Alice Rigby
1514–1624
Leighton, Cheshire, , England
Joan\Jane Molyneux
1516–1609
Pemberton, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Esq's Descendants

1.
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Alexander (Rigby\Rigbie) Esq (1566–11 Apr 1621) m. Alice (Asshawe) Rigby (1570–14 April 1604)
  1. 1. Alexander (Rigby) Colonel 1594–1650 m. Lucy Leighe 1596–1643
    1. 1. Lucy Rigby 1623–1688 m. Sir (John) Molyneux 1625–
      1. 1. Francis Molyneux 1650–1741 m. Mary (Molyneux Tancred) LADY 1661–1720
        1. 1. Margaret (Mary Molyneux) Stringer 1686–1712 m. John (Stringer (m. Molyneux)*) Sr 1681–1718

Alexander Esq's Timeline

2 Records

1566
1566
Birth of Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq in Wigan Peele, Lancashire, England
Wigan Peele, Lancashire, England
1621
11 Apr 1621
Age 55
Death of Alexander Rigby\Rigbie Esq in Wigan, Lancashire, England
Wigan, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Wigan Peele, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1621
    Event Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
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