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Countess Elizabeth Wright 1551 – 1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1551

Birth Location: Plowland Holderness, York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 March 1598

Death Location: Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robte Wrighte

Mother: Elizabeth Tharp

Spouse(s): Earl Sherman

Children(s): Lady Sherman

Countess Elizabeth Wright was born in 1551 in Plowland Holderness, York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robte Wrighte and Elizabeth Grace Thorpe Tharp. Countess Elizabeth Wright married Earl William II 'the Elder' Fitzhenry Sherman, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Sherman. Countess Elizabeth Wright passed away in 1598 in Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Countess Elizabeth Wright was born in 1551 in Plowland Holderness, York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robte Wrighte and Elizabeth Grace Thorpe Tharp.
  • Countess Elizabeth Wright married Earl William II 'the Elder' Fitzhenry Sherman, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Sherman.
  • Countess Elizabeth Wright passed away in 1598 in Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Countess Wright's Ancestors

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Countess Wright
1551 – 1598
Birth Place: Plowland Holderness, York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robte Wrighte
– 1598
Elizabeth (Grace Thorpe) Tharp
1530 – 1611
Plowland, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
James Wrighte
Sir (Richard) Thorpe
1500 – 1565
Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England
Lady (Elizabeth de Vere) Brooke
1503 – 1542
Cobham Hall , Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Blount
1470 – 1508
Elizabeth Ford
1480 – 1532
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Countess Wright's Descendants

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Countess (Elizabeth) Wright (1551 – 29 March 1598) m. Earl (William II 'the Elder' Fitzhenry) Sherman (1538 – 1602)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Sherman (17 January 1570 – 24 Jan 1657) m. James Buck (1555 – 24 January 1657)
    1. 1. William (P.) Buck (1585 – 24 January 1658) m. Elizabeth (Malyme Mileham) Leach (1585 – 12 April 1674)
      1. 1. Isaac (William) Buck (1601 – 9 July 1695) m. Frances (Marsh) (Buck) (1615 – 30 August 1701 or abt 1645)
        1. 1. Howard (Thomas) Buck (1640 – 4 Apr 1755)
        2. 2. Benjamin Buck (1650 – 1696)
        3. 3. Jonathan BUCK (1652 – 1703)
        4. 4. Thomas Buck (About 1652 – 30 August 1701)
        5. 5. Ruth Buck (1653 – 26 Dec 1717)
        6. 6. Deacon (Isaac) Buck (1654 – 19 Mar 1689)
        7. 7. Benjamin Buck (1656 – 20 Nov 1720)
        8. 8. Thomas Buck (1656 – 1737)
        9. 9. Benjamin (Thomas) Buck (15 Sep 1656 – 30 Aug 1701)
        10. 10. Mehitable Buck (1657 – Aft 1708)
        11. 11. Mehitable Buck (1657 – 1685)
        12. 12. Joseph Buck (1657 – 1691)
        13. 13. Joseph Buck (1658 – Bef 1696)
        14. 14. Benjamin (Thomas) Buck (6 Sep 1659 – Aft 1701)
        15. 15. John Buck (6 Sep 1659 – 1697)
        16. 16. James Buck (6 Sep 1659 – 8 Mar 1696)
        17. 17. Elizabeth Buck (1661 – Aft 1705)
        18. 18. James Buck (17 Jul 1665 – bef 18 Jan 1689)
        19. 19. Deborah (Buck Merritt) (Goody) (17 Jul 1665 – Aft 1702)
        20. 20. Maj (Isaac) Buck (1678 – Feb 1761)
        21. 21. 'Benjamin' (Thomas) Buck (15 September 1682 – 4 April 1755) m. Elizabeth Howard ( – 8 January 1760)
        22. 22. Jonathan Buck (8 Mar 1696 – )
        23. 23. Benjamin Buck

Countess Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1551
1551
Birth of Countess Elizabeth Wright in Plowland Holderness, York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Plowland Holderness, York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1598
29 March 1598
Age 47
Death of Countess Elizabeth Wright in Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Plowland Holderness, York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 24 Feb
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 March 1598
    Event Place: Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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