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Frances Leigh 1749–1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: May 1749

Birth Location: Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England

Death Date: 1823

Death Location: Cheriton, Shepway District, Kent, England

Father: Vice Byron

Mother: Sophia Trevanion

Spouse(s): General Leigh

Children(s): George Leigh

The story of Frances Leigh began in 1749 in Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England. Frances Leigh married General Charles Leigh, and had children including George Leigh. Frances Leigh passed away in 1823 in Cheriton, Shepway District, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Frances Leigh began in 1749 in Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England.
  • Frances Leigh married General Charles Leigh, and had children including George Leigh.
  • Frances Leigh passed away in 1823 in Cheriton, Shepway District, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Frances Leigh's Ancestors

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Frances Leigh
1749–1823
Birth Place: Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
Parents
Vice Admiral Foulweather Jack Byron
1723–1786
Estead Abbey (Nottinghamshire) England
Sophia Trevanion
1730–1790
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Grandparents
William Byron
1670–1736
Rochedale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Frances (Wilemenia) Berkeley
1703–1757
Saint Martin in the Fields, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Rochdale
1636–1695
Elizabeth Stonehouse
1660–1703
John Bridgewater
1646–1701
Jane Egerton
1655–1716
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Rochdale
1605–1679
Mary Russell?
1610–1639
Charles Winchester
1630–1698
Mary Scrope
1627–1680

Frances Leigh's Descendants

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Frances Leigh (May 1749–1823) m. General (Charles) Leigh (1748–7 August 1815)
  1. 1. George Leigh 1770–1850

Frances Leigh's Timeline

5 Records

1749
May 1749
Birth of Frances Leigh in Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1749
May 1749
Birth of Frances Leigh in Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
1823
19 October 1823
Age 74
Death of Frances Leigh in Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1823
19 October 1823
Age 74
Death of Frances Leigh in Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, England
Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, England
1823
1823
Age 74
Burial of Frances Leigh
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 1749
    Event Place: Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 1749
    Event Place: Plympton, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 October 1823
    Event Place: Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 October 1823
    Event Place: Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1823
    Record Source:
    [1] Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cheriton, Shepway District, Kent, England

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