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Catherine Leigh 1539–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: St. Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1576

Death Location: Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, England

Father: Thomas Leigh

Mother: Joan Chaloner

Spouse(s): James Blount

Children(s): Charles Blount, Ann Blount, Christopher Blount, Edward Blount, William Blount

Catherine Leigh was born in 1539 in St. Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Leigh And Joan Leigh Chaloner. Catherine Leigh married James 6Th Baron Mountjoy Blount, and had children including Ann Blount, Charles 8Th Baron Mountjoy Blount, Christopher Blount, Edward Blount, William 7Th Baron Mountjoy Blount. Catherine Leigh passed away in 1576 in Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Catherine Leigh was born in 1539 in St. Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Leigh And Joan Leigh Chaloner.
  • Catherine Leigh married James 6Th Baron Mountjoy Blount, and had children including Ann Blount, Charles 8Th Baron Mountjoy Blount, Christopher Blount, Edward Blount, William 7Th Baron Mountjoy Blount.
  • Catherine Leigh passed away in 1576 in Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Catherine Leigh's Ancestors

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Catherine Leigh
1539–1576
Birth Place: St. Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Leigh
1511–1545
Joan (Leigh) Chaloner
1518–1557
Grandparents
Margaret Colepeper
1481–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine Leigh's Descendants

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Catherine Leigh (1539–1576) m. James (6th Baron Mountjoy) Blount (1533–28 November 1568)
  1. 1. Charles (8th Baron Mountjoy) Blount 1563–1606 m. Penelope Devereux 1563–1607
    1. 1. Henry (Rich Earl of) Holland 1590–1649 m. Isabel Cope 1597–1655
      1. 1. Susannah Rich 1625–1649 m. James Howard 1620–1689
        1. 1. Essex Howard 1649–1704
        2. 2. George Howard 1646–
        3. 3. Henry Howard 1648–
        4. 4. James Howard 1644–1644
        5. 5. Thomas Howard 1641–
        6. 6. Elizabeth Felton 1656–1681
    2. 2. Mountjoy Blount 1596–1666 m. Anne (Le) Boteler 1600–1669
      1. 1. Anne Blount 1637–
      2. 2. Charles Blount –1631
      3. 3. Henrietta (Maria) Blount 1632–1634
      4. 4. Henry Blount –1679
      5. 5. Isabella Blount 1630–
      6. 6. Mountjoy (George) Blount –1675
      7. 7. Thomas Blount –1675
    3. 3. Lettice Lake 1585–1619 m. George Carey 1541–1617 m. Arthur Lake 1598–1633
    4. 4. Robert Rich 1587–1658
    5. 5. Penelope Clifton 1592–1613
    6. 6. Essex Cheke 1585–1658
    7. 7. Isabella Smythe 1595–1632
  2. 2. Ann Blount 1545–1572
  3. 3. Christopher Blount 1565–1601
  4. 4. Edward Blount 1554–1630 m. Mary Blount 1555–1616
    1. 1. Elizabeth Blount 1580–
  5. 5. William (7th Baron Mountjoy) Blount 1561–1594

Catherine Leigh's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Catherine Leigh in St. Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
St. Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1576
1576
Age 37
Death of Catherine Leigh in St. Leonard, Shoreditch, London., London, England, United Kingdom
St. Leonard, Shoreditch, London., London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: St. Oswalds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1576
    Event Place: St. Leonard, Shoreditch, London., London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, England

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