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Christopher Smythe 1520–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 OCT 1589

Death Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England

Father: Robert Smythe

Mother: Eleanor Lilburne

Spouse(s): Margaret Hyde, Margaret Hyde

Children(s): John Smythe, Madylin Smith, Nicholas Smythe, Alice Smythe, Jane Smythe, Constance Smithe, Magdalen Smythe

In 1520, Christopher Smythe entered the world in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Smythe And Eleanor Lilburne. Christopher Smythe married Margaret Hyde, and had children including Alice Smythe, Constance Smithe, Jane Smythe, John Smythe, Madylin Smith, Magdalen Margaret Smythe, Nicholas Smythe. Christopher Smythe passed away in 1589 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1520, Christopher Smythe entered the world in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Smythe And Eleanor Lilburne.
  • Christopher Smythe married Margaret Hyde, and had children including Alice Smythe, Constance Smithe, Jane Smythe, John Smythe, Madylin Smith, Magdalen Margaret Smythe, Nicholas Smythe.
  • Christopher Smythe passed away in 1589 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Christopher Smythe's Ancestors

Self
Christopher Smythe
1520–1589
Birth Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Smythe
1494–1544
Waltham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Eleanor Lilburne
1500–1532
, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
John Smith
1474–1524
Margery Smith
1474–1524
William Lilburne
1477–1525
Lincolnshire, England
Margery Ashton
1477–
Tipton, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Smith
1450–1510
Alice Smith
1414–1474
John Lilbourne
1430–1484
Isabel Haggerston
1412–1488
Thomas Aston
1442–1507
Margaret Dutton
1443–1484
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Smith
1412–1467
Margaret Cronwell
1418–1467
Thomas Haggerston
1385–1470
Agnes Umfraville
1389–1446
Richard Aston
1413–1492
Maud Massey
1419–1470
Thomas Dutton
1421–1459
Anne Touchet
1421–1503

Christopher Smythe's Descendants

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Christopher Smythe (1520–7 OCT 1589) m. Margaret Hyde (ABT 1540–) m. Margaret Hyde (1 JAN 1517–2 DEC 1603)
  1. 1. John Smythe 1535–1566
  2. 2. Madylin Smith 1540–1610 m. John Anderson 1562–1611 m. John Anderson 1545–1605 m. Edmund Anderson 1530–1605
  3. 3. Nicholas Smythe 1548– m. Margaret Dyer 1552–
  4. 4. Alice Smythe 1552–1620 m. John Fortescue 1533–1608
  5. 5. Jane Smythe 1545–1594 m. George Rotherham 1540–1593
  6. 6. Constance Smithe 1530–1603 m. Thomas Pye 1538–1602
  7. 7. Magdalen (Margaret) Smythe 1534–1623 m. David Babb 1569–1610 m. John Anderson 1545–1605 m. Edmund Anderson 1530–1605 m. John Crawley 1538–
    1. 1. Margaret (Dorothy) Babb 1594–1649 m. Robert (Joshua Edwards, Baron of) Cardiff 1588–1664 m. Edward Coles 1591– m. Richard Edwards 1595–1664
      1. 1. Robert Edwards 1608–1681 m. Rebecca Edwards 1610–1660 m. Mary Hunt 1603–1687
        1. 1. James Edwards 1644–1723 m. Ann Wright 1659–1724
        2. 2. Sarah Edwards 1635–1710 m. John Sampson 1631–1719
        3. 3. Isaac Edwards 1646–1709
        4. 4. John Edwards 1647–1677 m. Ann Wright 1648–1724
        5. 5. Thomas Edwards 1639–1711 m. Elizabeth Hadley 1648–1693
        6. 6. William Edwards 1650–1698
        7. 7. Margaret Edwards 1649–1727 m. William Mitford 1672–1747 m. Joyner 1670–
        8. 8. Richard Edwards 1650–1721
        9. 9. James Edwards 1663–1723
      2. 2. Ann Edwards 1615–1615
      3. 3. James Edwards 1618–1680
      4. 4. John Edwards 1620–1677 m. Penalope Edwards 1612–
      5. 5. William Edwards 1613–1697 m. Jonnet Reese 1614–1670
      6. 6. Thomas Edwards 1615–1702
    2. 2. William Babb 1592–

Christopher Smythe's Timeline

3 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Christopher Smythe in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1589
5 OCT 1589
Age 69
Death of Christopher Smythe in Saint Botolph's Church Aldgate, London, England, United Kingdom
Saint Botolph's Church Aldgate, London, England, United Kingdom
1589
7 OCT 1589
Age 69
Burial of Christopher Smythe in London, City of London, Greater London, England
London, City of London, Greater London, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 OCT 1589
    Event Place: Saint Botolph's Church Aldgate, London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 7 OCT 1589
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England

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