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Frances Sanford 1556–1657 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 April 1556

Birth Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 10 Oct 1657

Death Location: Wraisbury, On Thames Bucks, Land, England

Father: Lord I)

Mother: Lady Burleigh

Spouse(s): Sir Smith, Hon Pynchon

Children(s): Rev. Smith

Frances Sanford was born in 1556 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the child of Lord William 1St Baron Of Burghley Cecil And Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I And Lady Mildred Cooke Cecil Lady Burleigh. Frances Sanford married Hon William Pynchon, Sir John Bland Smith, and had children including Rev Henry Smith. Frances Sanford passed away in 1657 in Wraisbury, On Thames Bucks, Land, England.

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Biography

  • Frances Sanford was born in 1556 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the child of Lord William 1St Baron Of Burghley Cecil And Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I And Lady Mildred Cooke Cecil Lady Burleigh.
  • Frances Sanford married Hon William Pynchon, Sir John Bland Smith, and had children including Rev Henry Smith.
  • Frances Sanford passed away in 1657 in Wraisbury, On Thames Bucks, Land, England.

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Frances Sanford's Ancestors

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Frances Sanford
1556–1657
Birth Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Parents
Lord William (1st Baron of Burghley) Cecil (and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I)
1520–1598
Bourne, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Mildred Cooke Cecil, Lady) Burleigh
1524–1589
Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard (High Sheriff Rutland of Burghley Northampton)) Cecil
1495–1553
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Lady (Janyne (Jane) HECKINGTON Lady of Tickencote and Rutland, Baroness Cecil, Lady) Burghley
1494–1587
Tickencote, Rutland or Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Sir (Anthony "Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford" Cooke "Scholar" (Companion Tutor to King Edward) VI)
1504–1576
Gidea Hall or Giddy Hall, Romford, Essex, England, or Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Lady (Anne "Ann" Brittany Fitzwilliam,) Cooke
1504–1588
Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England, or Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
David (Syssell)
1456–1541
Alice DYCONS
1470–
Sir Heckington
1472–1553
Alice Walcot
1470–1533
Thomas Knight
1434–1507
Lady MALPAS
1435–1507
William Fitzwilliam
1460–1534
Anne Hawes
1460–1512
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Frances Sanford's Descendants

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Frances Sanford (6 April 1556–10 Oct 1657) m. Sir (John Bland) Smith (15 March 1584–15 Feb 1640) m. Hon (William) Pynchon (11 October 1590–29 October 1662)
  1. 1. Rev. (Henry) Smith 1593–1647 m. Judith Ray 1596–1650
    1. 1. Henry Smith 1626–1676 m. Elizabeth Cooper 1637–1690 m. Anne Martins 1632–1656
      1. 1. Ensign (Joshua (Peck)) Smith 1658–1719 m. Mary Peck 1664–1755
        1. 1. Joseph ((Gwyn Bodfish)) Smith 1682–1764 m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Gwyn 1695–1734

Frances Sanford's Timeline

2 Records

1556
6 April 1556
Birth of Frances Sanford in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1657
10 Oct 1657
Age 101
Death of Frances Sanford in Wraisbury, On Thames Bucks, Land, England
Wraisbury, On Thames Bucks, Land, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 April 1556
    Event Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1657
    Event Place: Wraisbury, On Thames Bucks, Land, England

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