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Edward Colby 1570–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Oct 1570

Birth Location: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 31 Dec 1591

Death Location: Horbling, Lincolnshire, , England

Father: John Esquire

Mother: Lady Brewes

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Edward Colby was born in 1570 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England, the child of John Colby Esquire And Lady Alice De Braiose Brewse Brewes. Edward Colby passed away in 1591 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, , England.

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Biography

  • Edward Colby was born in 1570 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England, the child of John Colby Esquire And Lady Alice De Braiose Brewse Brewes.
  • Edward Colby passed away in 1591 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, , England.

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Edward Colby's Ancestors

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Edward Colby
1570–1591
Birth Place: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
John Colby Esquire
1530–1591
Poynton, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Alice de Braiose Brewse) Brewes
1536–1591
Whittingham Hall, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Brewse,) knight
1512–1585
Little Wenham, Suffolk, England
Cicily Wilton
1514–1590
Little Wenham, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas I
1476–1514
Lady (Brewse)
1478–1556
John De-Fursdon
1480–1531
Eleanor Wilton
1486–1586
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edward Colby's Timeline

2 Records

1570
5 Oct 1570
Birth of Edward Colby in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
1591
31 Dec 1591
Age 21
Death of Edward Colby in Horbling, Lincolnshire, , England
Horbling, Lincolnshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1570
    Event Place: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1591
    Event Place: Horbling, Lincolnshire, , England

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