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Elizabeth Leigh 1523 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1587

Death Location: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Percival Legh

Mother: Margaret Tildesley

Spouse(s): Laurence Downes

Children(s):

Elizabeth Leigh was born in 1523 in Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Percival Peter Legh and Margaret Tildesley. Elizabeth Leigh married Laurence Downes. Elizabeth Leigh passed away in 1587 in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Leigh was born in 1523 in Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Percival Peter Legh and Margaret Tildesley.
  • Elizabeth Leigh married Laurence Downes.
  • Elizabeth Leigh passed away in 1587 in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Elizabeth Leigh's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Leigh
1523 – 1587
Birth Place: Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Percival Peter Legh
1453 – 1527
Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Tildesley
1470 – 1549
Tyldesley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Peter Leigh
1415 – 1478
Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (de) Trafford
1420 – 1474
Trafford Park, Lancashire, England
Nicholas Tildesley
1450 – 1506
Tyldesley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Radclyffe
1455 – 1495
Bryn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Trafford
1394 – 1457
Anne Tyldesley
1394 – 1470
Thurston Tildesley
1435 –
Mary Keighley
1435 –
John Savage
<Living>
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Trafford
1362 – 1394
Elizabeth Radcliffe
1364 – 1432
William Venables
1280 –
Katherine Grosvenor
1267 –
John Tildesley
1412 – 1503
Adele Gauthier

Elizabeth Leigh's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Elizabeth Leigh in Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1587
1587
Age 64
Death of Elizabeth Leigh in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Disley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1587
    Event Place: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

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