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Frances Elizabeth Cecil 1556–1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 April 1556

Birth Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 06 Jun 1588

Death Location: Greenwich, Kent, , England

Father: William Burghley

Mother: Mildred Cooke

Spouse(s): John Lieutenant, Hon Pynchon, Sir (Smyth)

Children(s): Rev Smith, Rev (Smythe), Rev Smith, Francis Smith, Ralph 9XGGF, Henry Smith, Mary Smith, Capt. Smith, Anne Smith, Thomas Smith, Henry Smith

Frances Elizabeth Cecil was born in 1556 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the child of William Cecil 1St Lord Burghley And Mildred Cooke. Frances Elizabeth Cecil married Hon William Pynchon, John Speculation Smith Lieutenant, Sir James Thomas Smith Smyth, and had children including Anne Smith, Capt Christopher Lawrence Smith, Francis Smith, Henry Smith, Mary Smith, Ralph Smith 9Xggf, Rev Henry Smith, Rev John Smith, Rev Ralph Smith Smythe, Thomas Smith. Frances Elizabeth Cecil passed away in 1588 in Greenwich, Kent, , England.

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Biography

  • Frances Elizabeth Cecil was born in 1556 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the child of William Cecil 1St Lord Burghley And Mildred Cooke.
  • Frances Elizabeth Cecil married Hon William Pynchon, John Speculation Smith Lieutenant, Sir James Thomas Smith Smyth, and had children including Anne Smith, Capt Christopher Lawrence Smith, Francis Smith, Henry Smith, Mary Smith, Ralph Smith 9Xggf, Rev Henry Smith, Rev John Smith, Rev Ralph Smith Smythe, Thomas Smith.
  • Frances Elizabeth Cecil passed away in 1588 in Greenwich, Kent, , England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Frances Cecil's Ancestors

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Frances Cecil
1556–1588
Birth Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Parents
William Cecil 1st Lord Burghley
1520–1598
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Mildred Cooke
1524–1589
Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard Cecil (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley) Northampton)
1495–1552
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Lady (Jane Heckington Baroness of) Berkeleigh
1500–1587
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir (Syssell)
1456–1535
Alice Dicons
1470–1520
Sir Heckington
1472–1553
Alice Walcot
1470–1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Frances Cecil's Descendants

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Frances (Elizabeth) Cecil (6 April 1556–06 Jun 1588) m. John (Speculation Smith) Lieutenant (1585–15 Feb 1640) m. Hon (William) Pynchon (11 October 1590–29 October 1662) m. Sir (James Thomas Smith) (Smyth) (05 Jun 1555–4 Sep 1625)
  1. 1. Rev (John) Smith 1614–1710 m. Susanna Hinckley 1625–1667
    1. 1. Shobal Smith 1654–1734
    2. 2. Joseph Smith 1667–1747
    3. 3. Benjamin (Smith) Sr 1658–1720
    4. 4. Ebenezer Smith 1646–1646
    5. 5. John Smith 1652–1652
  2. 2. Rev (Ralph Smith) (Smythe) 1590–1685 m. Elizabeth Hobart 1612–1655 m. Grace Lewis 1615–1685
    1. 1. Thomas (John) Smith 1649–1720 m. Mary Mayo 1665–1726
      1. 1. David Smith 1691–1729 m. Sarah Higgins 1699–1795
        1. 1. Jonathan (T) Smith 1725–1807 m. Jane Hamilton 1728–1799
    2. 2. Daniel Smith 1647–1720
    3. 3. Unnamed (Child) Smith 1640–1640
    4. 4. Deborah Smith 1653–1725
    5. 5. Samuel Smith 1641–1697
    6. 6. John Smith 1644–1692
    7. 7. Daniel Smith 1647–1720
    8. 8. Child Smith 1640–1640
    9. 9. Elizabeth Smith 1648–1732
  3. 3. Rev (Henry) Smith 1600–1647
  4. 4. Francis Smith 1614–1679
  5. 5. Ralph (Smith) 9XGGF 1616–1685
  6. 6. Henry Smith 1619–1681
  7. 7. Mary Smith 1608–
  8. 8. Capt. (Christopher Lawrence) Smith 1592–1665
  9. 9. Anne Smith 1616–1680
  10. 10. Thomas Smith 1585–1660
  11. 11. Henry Smith –1671

Frances Cecil's Timeline

2 Records

1556
6 April 1556
Birth of Frances Elizabeth Cecil in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1588
06 Jun 1588
Age 32
Death of Frances Elizabeth Cecil in Greenwich, Kent, , England
Greenwich, Kent, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 April 1556
    Event Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1620-1650
    Event Place: New England
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: New England; Year: 1620-1650; Page Number: 32

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Jun 1588
    Event Place: Greenwich, Kent, , England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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