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Henry Bright 1560–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 September 1560

Birth Location: Suffolk/ St James, Bury St Edmunds, England

Death Date: 1609

Death Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Bright

Mother: Margaret Payton

Spouse(s): Mary Woodgate/, Mary Woodgate

Children(s): Elizabeth Bright, Mary BARKER, Elizabeth Bright, Mary Bright, Johana Bright, Samuel Bright, Thomas Bright, Martha Bright, John Bright, Stephen Bright, Anne Bright, Henry Bright, Henry Bright, Henry Bright, William Bright, Anna Bright, John Bright, Elizabeth Bright, Thomas Bright, Helena Bright

The story of Henry Bright began in 1560 in Suffolk St James, Bury St Edmunds, England. Henry Bright married Anna Gladstone, Mary Marie Woodgate, Mary Woodgate, and had children including Anna Bright, Anne Bright, Elizabeth Dell Bright, Elizabeth Bright, Helena Bright, Henry Bright, Johana Bright, John Bright, Martha Bright, Mary Barker, Mary Bright, Samuel Bright, Stephen Bright, Thomas Bright, William Bright. Henry Bright/ passed away in 1609 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Bright began in 1560 in Suffolk/ St James, Bury St Edmunds, England.
  • Henry Bright married Anna Gladstone, Mary Marie Woodgate, Mary Woodgate, and had children including Anna Bright, Anne Bright, Elizabeth Dell Bright, Elizabeth Bright, Helena Bright, Henry Bright, Johana Bright, John Bright, Martha Bright, Mary Barker, Mary Bright, Samuel Bright, Stephen Bright, Thomas Bright, William Bright.
  • Henry Bright passed away in 1609 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Henry Bright's Ancestors

Self
Henry Bright
1560–1609
Birth Place: Suffolk/ St James, Bury St Edmunds, England
Parents
Thomas Bright
1529–1587
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Margaret Payton
1533–1600
St Edmonds, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
William Payton
1503–1566
Whepstead, Suffolk, England
Joan (Payton) Jervis
1510–1531
St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Bright's Descendants

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Henry Bright (20 September 1560–1609) m. Mary (Marie) Woodgate/ (1560/1562/1565/1572–1618) m. Mary Woodgate (1571–)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Bright 1598–1657 m. John Dell 1545–1610 m. John Hatfield 1600–1661 m. John Dell 1598–1655 m. Ralph Dell 1575–1646 m. William Forth 1592– m. Johis Hatfield 1589–1698
    1. 1. Mary Dell 1602–1638
    2. 2. John Dell 1634–1700
    3. 3. Elizabeth Dell 1628–1680
    4. 4. Joan Dell 1608–1630
    5. 5. Ralph Dell 1576–1610
    6. 6. Mary Dell 1602–1638
    7. 7. Martha Hatfield 1632–1704
    8. 8. John HATFIELD 1620–
    9. 9. Ralph Dell 1575–1646
    10. 10. Elizabeth Dilloe 1607–1688
    11. 11. Ralph Dell 1575–1646
    12. 12. George Dille 1621–1655
    13. 13. Ralph Dell 1614–1680
    14. 14. Elizabeth Dilloe 1607–1688
    15. 15. Ellen DELL 1604–
    16. 16. Elizabeth DELL 1606–
    17. 17. Joan Dell 1608–1945
    18. 18. William ("Doctor") FORTH 1612–1657
    19. 19. Marie Forth 1614–
    20. 20. Thomas Hatfield 1600–1698
    21. 21. Ralph Dell 1575–1646 m. Ralph Dell 1576–1610 m. Elizabeth (Eliz) Bright/ 1598–1657
      1. 1. Elizabeth Dilloe 1607–1688
      2. 2. Joan Dell 1608–
      3. 3. Joan Dell 1608–1945
      4. 4. George (Dell) (Dille) 1621–1655
      5. 5. Joan Dell 1608–1945
      6. 6. John DELL 1598–
      7. 7. John Dell 1598–1655
      8. 8. Joan Dell 1608–
      9. 9. Ellen DELL 1604–
      10. 10. Ralph DELL 1600–1680
      11. 11. Mary Dell 1602–1638
      12. 12. Elizabeth DELL 1606–1688
      13. 13. Ellen DELL 1604–1638
      14. 14. Ellen Dell 1604–
      15. 15. Mary (Ann) DELL 1602–1638 m. John Wright 1569–1625 m. John Wright 1598–1643
        1. 1. Susannah Wright 1627–1720 m. Richard Pearce 1615–1678 m. Susannah Wright 1620–
        2. 2. Samuel Wright 1606–1665
        3. 3. James Wright 1613–1616
        4. 4. Samuel Wright 1591–1686
        5. 5. John Wright –1626
        6. 6. Nathaniel Wright 1618–1622
        7. 7. John Wright 1601–1688
        8. 8. Nathaniel Wright 1625–
        9. 9. Anna Wright 1633–1703
        10. 10. Hester Wright 1622–1664
        11. 11. Ann WRIGHT 1633–1638
        12. 12. Lydia Wright 1627–1627
        13. 13. Amy Wright 1620–1638
        14. 14. Ellen Wright 1622–1632
        15. 15. Sarah Wright 1633–
        16. 16. Phoebe Wright 1636–1636
        17. 17. Ezekiel Wright 1636–1636
        18. 18. Child Wright 1630–1690
        19. 19. Henry Wright 1637–1700
        20. 20. John Wright 1623–1626
        21. 21. Susannah WRIGHT 1627–1678
        22. 22. Ralph Wright 1635–1700
        23. 23. Anna Wright 1621–1638
        24. 24. Sarah Wright 1624–1726
        25. 25. John Wright 1599–1644
        26. 26. Anna Wright 1620–1703
  2. 2. Mary BARKER 1594–1669
  3. 3. Elizabeth ((Dell)) Bright 1604–1659
  4. 4. Mary Bright 1594–
  5. 5. Johana Bright 1586–1655
  6. 6. Samuel Bright 1606–1607
  7. 7. Thomas Bright 1596–1625
  8. 8. Martha Bright 1603–1657
  9. 9. John Bright 1600–
  10. 10. Stephen Bright 1605–1607
  11. 11. Anne Bright 1609–1611
  12. 12. Henry Bright 1602–1686
  13. 13. Henry Bright 1582–1585
  14. 14. Henry Bright 1589–1589
  15. 15. William Bright 1590–
  16. 16. Anna Bright 1578–
  17. 17. John Bright 1575–
  18. 18. Elizabeth Bright 1583–
  19. 19. Thomas Bright 1579–
  20. 20. Helena Bright 1593–1600

Henry Bright's Timeline

3 Records

1560
20 September 1560
Birth of Henry Bright in Suffolk/ St James, Bury St Edmunds, England
Suffolk/ St James, Bury St Edmunds, England
1560
20 September 1560
Henry Bright was baptized in Saint James, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Saint James, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
1609
1609
Age 49
Death of Henry Bright in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 September 1560
    Event Place: Suffolk/ St James, Bury St Edmunds, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1609
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 20 September 1560
    Event Place: Saint James, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Shropshire: Lydham, Edgton, Monk Hopton, Chelmarsh, Neenton, Billingsley - Parish Registers, Hereford Diocese
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

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