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Ellen Leigh 1498–1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1498

Birth Location: Norbury, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1546

Death Location: Norbury, Cheshire, England

Father: Philip Leigh

Mother: Elizabeth Brereton

Spouse(s): Ralph Leicester

Children(s): Anne Leicester, Elizabeth Leicester, Ellen Leicester, Ralph Leicester, Rouge Leicester, John Leycester, Laurence Leycester, Mary Leycester, William Leycester

The story of Ellen Leigh began in 1498 in Norbury, Cheshire, England. Ellen Leigh married Ralph Leicester, and had children including Anne Leicester, Elizabeth Leicester, Ellen Leicester, John Leycester, Laurence Leycester, Mary Leycester, Ralph Leicester, Rouge Leicester, William Leycester. Ellen Leigh passed away in 1546 in Norbury, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Ellen Leigh began in 1498 in Norbury, Cheshire, England.
  • Ellen Leigh married Ralph Leicester, and had children including Anne Leicester, Elizabeth Leicester, Ellen Leicester, John Leycester, Laurence Leycester, Mary Leycester, Ralph Leicester, Rouge Leicester, William Leycester.
  • Ellen Leigh passed away in 1546 in Norbury, Cheshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Ellen Leigh's Ancestors

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Ellen Leigh
1498–1546
Birth Place: Norbury, Cheshire, England
Parents
Philip Leigh
1455–1523
Norbury, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth Brereton
1460–1517
Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Robert (Leigh Sheriff of) Cheshire
1410–1479
Adlington, Cheshire, England
Isabel (de) Stanley
1414–1475
Hooton, Cheshire, England
Andrew Brereton
1448–1527
Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Agnes Leigh
1445–1493
Adlington, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Hall
1386–1415
Matilda Norley
1390–1478
William Stanley
1386–1428
Blanche Alvanley
1380–1415
William Brereton
1414–1485
Philippa Hulse
1410–1463
Hugh Hulse
1361–1415
Margery Domville
1366–1443
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William VIII
1389–1426
Alice Corbet
1389–1458
Hugh Hulse
1361–1415
Margery Domville
1366–1443
Hugh Hulse
1342–1407
Ellen FitzRoger
1345–1390
John Domville
1322–1395
Cecily Mobberley
1323–1404

Ellen Leigh's Descendants

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Ellen Leigh (ABT 1498–1546) m. Ralph Leicester (ABT 1513–FEB 1572)
  1. 1. Anne Leicester –1587 m. Phillip Mainwaring 1530–1573 m. Ralph Leicester 1513–1572
    1. 1. Randle Mainwaring 1549–1612 m. Margaret (Mary) Fitton 1552–1612
      1. 1. Thomas (Gent) Mainwaring 1570–1663 m. Maud Smethwake 1580–1671 m. Margret Colly 1604–
        1. 1. John Manwaring 1600–1692 m. Hannah Wright 1600–1664
      2. 2. Edward Mainwaring 1569–
      3. 3. John Mainwaring 1570–1575
      4. 4. Phillip Mainwaring 1579–1661
      5. 5. Eleanor Mainwaring 1585–
      6. 6. Anthony (Arthur) Mainwaring 1586–
      7. 7. Catherine Mainwaring 1580–1613 m. Edward (Stanley Baronette of) Bickerstaffe 1576–1640
      8. 8. Anne Mainwaring 1569–1657 m. Lawrence Smith 1564–1621
      9. 9. Edmund Mainwaring 1575–1650 m. Jane Pickering 1575–
      10. 10. Sir (Randle) Mainwaring 1570–1632 m. Katherine Hurlestone 1550–1618 m. Jane Smyth 1572–1609
      11. 11. Elizabeth Mainwaring 1587–1641 m. Peter Leicester 1588–1649
      12. 12. Roger (Mainwaring Bishop of St.) Davids 1589–1653 m. Jane 1620– m. Cecilia Draper 1586–1640
    2. 2. Anne Mainwaring 1555–
    3. 3. Katherine Mainwaring 1558–
    4. 4. Lawrence Mainwaring 1562–
    5. 5. Thomas Mainwaring 1563–
    6. 6. Edmund Mainwaring 1568–
    7. 7. Edward Mainwaring 1561–
    8. 8. Elizabeth Mainwaring 1569–
  2. 2. Elizabeth Leicester 1535–1582 m. Sir (Randall) Mainwaring 1495–1557 m. SIR (EDMUND TRAFFORD (SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE) TRAFFORD 1526–1590 m. Edmund Trafford 1526–1590
  3. 3. Ellen Leicester 1533–
  4. 4. Ralph Leicester 1532– m. Anne Dutton 1535–1582
  5. 5. Rouge Leicester 1540–
  6. 6. John Leycester 1545–
  7. 7. Laurence Leycester 1540–1632 m. Anne (Jane) Warburton 1564–1603
  8. 8. Mary Leycester 1537– m. Hugh Calveley –1606
  9. 9. William Leycester 1541–1577 m. Elizabeth Worseley 1545–1603 m. Katherine Edwards 1530–1572

Ellen Leigh's Timeline

2 Records

1498
ABT 1498
Birth of Ellen Leigh in Norbury, Cheshire, England
Norbury, Cheshire, England
1546
1546
Age 48
Death of Ellen Leigh in Norbury, Cheshire, England
Norbury, Cheshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1498
    Event Place: Norbury, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Norbury, Cheshire, England

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