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Elizabeth Gilbert of Compton 1541–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1541

Birth Location: Greenway on the River Dart, Devonshire, England

Death Date: 2 Feb 1597

Death Location: Stowe, Cornwall, England

Father: Otho Devonshire

Mother: Catherine Raleigh

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Elizabeth Gilbert of Compton was born in 1541 in Greenway on the River Dart, Devonshire, England, the child of Otho Otto Gilbert Sheriff Of Devonshire And Catherine Champernowne Lady Governess To Queen Elizabeth 1St Mother Of Sir Walter Raleigh. Elizabeth Gilbert of Compton passed away in 1597 in Stowe, Cornwall, England.

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  • Elizabeth Gilbert of Compton was born in 1541 in Greenway on the River Dart, Devonshire, England, the child of Otho Otto Gilbert Sheriff Of Devonshire And Catherine Champernowne Lady Governess To Queen Elizabeth 1St Mother Of Sir Walter Raleigh.
  • Elizabeth Gilbert of Compton passed away in 1597 in Stowe, Cornwall, England.

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Elizabeth Compton's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Compton
1541–1597
Birth Place: Greenway on the River Dart, Devonshire, England
Parents
Otho (Otto) Gilbert Sheriff of Devonshire
1513–1547
Compton Castle, Compton Abbas, Dorsetshire, England
Catherine (Champernowne Lady Governess to Queen Elizabeth 1st. Mother of Sir Walter) Raleigh
1519–1594
Modbury, Devon, , England
Grandparents
Philip (Champernon) Sir
1479–1545
Modbury, Devon, England
Katherine (Carew) Lady
1485–1546
Ottery Mohun (Devonshire) England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Compton's Timeline

2 Records

1541
1541
Birth of Elizabeth Gilbert of Compton in Greenway on the River Dart, Devonshire, England
Greenway on the River Dart, Devonshire, England
1597
2 Feb 1597
Age 56
Death of Elizabeth Gilbert of Compton in Stowe, Cornwall, England
Stowe, Cornwall, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Greenway on the River Dart, Devonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1597
    Event Place: Stowe, Cornwall, England

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