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Ellen Leigh 1525–1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1600

Death Location: Cheshire, England

Father: Peter Leigh

Mother: Jane Gerard

Spouse(s): Thomas Eccleston

Children(s): Catherine Eccleston

Ellen Leigh was born in 1525 in Cheshire, England, the child of Peter Leigh And Jane Gerard. Ellen Leigh married Thomas Eccleston, and had children including Catherine Eccleston. Ellen Leigh passed away in 1600 in Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Ellen Leigh was born in 1525 in Cheshire, England, the child of Peter Leigh And Jane Gerard.
  • Ellen Leigh married Thomas Eccleston, and had children including Catherine Eccleston.
  • Ellen Leigh passed away in 1600 in Cheshire, England.

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Ellen Leigh's Ancestors

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Ellen Leigh
1525–1600
Birth Place: Cheshire, England
Parents
Peter Leigh
1495–1541
Lyme Cheshire Haydock Bradley, Lancashire, England
Jane Gerard
1487–1510
Cheshire, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Peter Leigh
1442–1527
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Ellen (Legh Eleanor) Savage
1453–1491
Clifton, Cheshire, England
Thomas Gerard
1431–1490
Chorley Borough, Lancashire, England
Cecily Foulhurst
1443–1502
Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Peter Knight
1415–1478
Elizabeth Trafford
1420–1474
John Savage
1422–1495
Katherine Stanley
1430–1490
Peter Gerard
1407–1447
Isabelle Strangeways
1409–1447
Robert Foulhurst
1420–1498
Joan Vernon
1416–1474
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Savage
1401–1463
Eleanor Brereton
1405–1495
Thomas Ireland
1392–1459
Joan Goushill
1401–1458
John Gerard
1386–1431
Alice Butler
1406–1444
Thomas Strangeways
1395–1442
Catherine Neville
1415–1478
Thomas Foulhurst
1397–1439
Cecily Mainwaring
1401–1483
Richard Lord
1394–1451
Benedicta Ludlow
1396–1427

Ellen Leigh's Descendants

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Ellen Leigh (1525–1600) m. Thomas Eccleston (1520–1559)
  1. 1. Catherine Eccleston 1542–1630 m. William Parr 1540–1630
    1. 1. Margery Parr 1575–1616 m. William (H) Byram 1565–1628
      1. 1. William (H) Byram 1590–1640 m. Mary Williams 1599–1640
        1. 1. Nicholas Byram 1610–1688 m. Susanna Shaw 1617–1689

Ellen Leigh's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Ellen Leigh in Cheshire, England
Cheshire, England
1600
1600
Age 75
Death of Ellen Leigh in Cheshire, England
Cheshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Cheshire, England

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