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Anne Smith 1520 – 1545 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Cressing Temple, Essex, England

Death Date: 1545

Death Location: Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Corvy, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England

Father: Sir Smith

Mother: Agnes Harewell

Spouse(s): Edward Griffin

Children(s): Ralph Griffin, Nicholas Gryffyne

In 1520, Anne Smith entered the world in Cressing Temple, Essex, England, born to Sir John Carrington Smith and Agnes Harewell. Anne Smith married Edward Gryffyne Griffin, and had children including Ralph Griffin, Nicholas Gryffyne. Anne Smith passed away in 1545 in Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Corvy, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England.

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Biography

  • In 1520, Anne Smith entered the world in Cressing Temple, Essex, England, born to Sir John Carrington Smith and Agnes Harewell.
  • Anne Smith married Edward Gryffyne Griffin, and had children including Ralph Griffin, Nicholas Gryffyne.
  • Anne Smith passed away in 1545 in Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Corvy, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Smith
1470 – 1548
Birth Location: Cressing Temple, Witham, Essex, England
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Agnes Harewell
1496 – 1562
Birth Location: Wooten-Wawen, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
AH

Spouses(s)

Edward Griffin
1507 – 1569
Birth Location: Braybrook Castle, Braybrook, Market Harborough, Rothwell, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands
EG

Children(s)

Ralph Griffin
1530 – 1560
Birth Location: Brome, Warwickshire, , England
RG
Nicholas Gryffyne
1549 –
Birth Location: Warwick, Warwickshire, England
NG

Anne Smith's Ancestors

Self
Anne Smith
1520 – 1545
Birth Place: Cressing Temple, Essex, England
Parents
Sir John Carrington Smith
1470 – 1548
Cressing Temple, Witham, Essex, England
Agnes Harewell
1496 – 1562
Wooten-Wawen, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Hugh (Carrington Smith) (Smythe),
1420 – 1483
Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England
Elizabeth Salop
1438 – 1470
Witham, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Smith,
1386 – 1446
Millicent Laingham
1370 – 1447
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Carrington
1335 – 1380
Margaret Roos
1340 – 1383
Robert Laingham
1340 – 1418
Alice Hende
1340 – 1420

Anne Smith's Descendants

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Anne Smith (1520 – 1545) m. Edward (Gryffyne) Griffin (1507 – 16 Dec 1569)
  1. 1. Ralph Griffin (1530 – 1560) m. Margery Throckmorton (1533 – 21 Dec 1553)
    1. 1. Edward Griffin (18 Feb 1551 – ) m. Elizabeth Wilson (Jan 1557 – 1629)
      1. 1. Hugh Griffin (1582 – 1681) m. Karen Wall (1586 – 1655)
        1. 1. Humphrey Griffin (1605 – 19 Sep 1662) m. Elizabeth Andrews (1624 – 18 Sep 1670)
  2. 2. Nicholas Gryffyne (10 MAR 1549 – ) m. Alice Thomson (25 APR 1550 – 16 Sep 1603)
    1. 1. Phillip Gryffyne (1570 – )
    2. 2. Mary Gryffyne (1573 – )
    3. 3. Susan Griffin (1578 – )
    4. 4. George (Griffin) Gryffyne (1580 – 1610) m. Anne (Augusta) Nielson (1580 – 1610)
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas George) Griffin (1598 – 1634) m. Beatrix Northoppe (21 Jun 1600 – aft 1642)
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Griffin (1625 – 12 Sep 1660) m. Sarah (Clare) Gurdou (1625 – 1700)
        2. 2. Col (Samuel) Griffin (1638 – 5 Sep 1703) m. Sarah GURDOU (1640 – 14 Dec 1678)
      2. 2. Katherine (Ann) Griffin, (22 Oct 1610 – 17 Aug 1661) m. Thomas Sprigg, (26 Dec 1604 – 27 Dec 1678)
        1. 1. Col (Thomas) Sprigg, (1630 – 1704) m. Katherine Graves (1624 – 4 July 1668) m. Elinor ((or Eleanor)) Nuthall (1648 – 1696)
        2. 2. John (Jacob) Sprigg (1631 – 1676)
        3. 3. Nathaniel Sprigg (1632 – 1676)
        4. 4. Abraham Sprigg (1632 – 1676)
        5. 5. Joane Sprigg, (1644 – 1675)
    5. 5. Dorothie Griffin (1581 – )
    6. 6. Elizabeth Griffin (1587 – )

Anne Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Anne Smith in Cressing Temple, Essex, England
Cressing Temple, Essex, England
1545
1545
Age 25
Death of Anne Smith in Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Corvy, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England
Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Corvy, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Cressing Temple, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Dingley Hall, Dingley, Market Harborough, Corvy, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England
    Record Source: Age:
    24-25
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