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Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby 1550–1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Sep 1550

Birth Location: Wrightington, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1600

Death Location: Eccleston, Lancashire, England

Father: Nicholas Harrock

Mother: Lady Rigby

Spouse(s): Isabella (Rigby)

Children(s): Gilbert Rigby

The story of Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby began in 1550 in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby married Isabella Waterson Rigby, Margarie Fletcher, and had children including Gilbert Rigby, Hugh Rigby, Isabella Rigby, Luke Rigby. Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby passed away in 1600 in Eccleston, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby began in 1550 in Wrightington, Lancashire, England.
  • Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby married Isabella Waterson Rigby, Margarie Fletcher, and had children including Gilbert Rigby, Hugh Rigby, Isabella Rigby, Luke Rigby.
  • Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby passed away in 1600 in Eccleston, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Harrock
1503–1598
Birth Location: Harrock Hall, Lancashire, England
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Lady Rigby
1515–1608
Birth Location: Harrock, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Isabella (Rigby)
1545–1590
Birth Location: Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

Gilbert Rigby
1580–1632
Birth Location: Eccleston, Lancashire, England
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Hugh Rigby's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Rigby
1550–1600
Birth Place: Wrightington, Lancashire, England
Parents
Nicholas RIGBYE of Harrock
1503–1598
Harrock Hall, Lancashire, England
Lady (Alice Worthington) Rigby
1515–1608
Harrock, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Nicholas Rigbye
1475–1557
Harrock, Eccleston, Lancashire
Agnes ((De Urmston)) Ormeston
1477–1566
Preston, Lancashire, England
Sir (Edward) Worthington
1490–1570
Harrock, Lancashire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Worthington
1506–
Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hugh Rigby's Descendants

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Hugh (Joseph De Wrightington) Rigby (6 Sep 1550–1600) m. Isabella (Waterson) (Rigby) (1545–1590)
  1. 1. Gilbert Rigby 1580–1632 m. Margaret Copland 1580–1650
    1. 1. Robert (Lee) Rigby 1604–1713 m. Emma Statler 1615–1670 m. Anna Orton-Rigby 1605–1674 m. Anna Orton-Rigby 1605–1674
      1. 1. Margaret (Emma Rigby) Gaskell 1630–1727 m. Henry Gaskell 1635–1726
        1. 1. Rachel Gaskell 1669–1724 m. Peter Atherton 1667–1723
        2. 2. Jane Gaskell 1657–1724
        3. 3. George Gaskell 1646–1721
        4. 4. Rachel GASKELL 1669–1724
        5. 5. Catharine Gaskell –1824
        6. 6. John Gaskell –1799
        7. 7. Lawe Gaskall 1705–1710
        8. 8. Peter Gaskell 1645–1710
      2. 2. James Rigby 1633–1695
      3. 3. Gilbert RIGBY 1626–1683
      4. 4. Anne Rigby 1637–1738
      5. 5. Elizabeth Rigby-Holten 1641–1690
      6. 6. Robert Rigby 1644–1690
    2. 2. Peter (Rigby de) wrightington 1604–
    3. 3. Margaret Rigby 1607–

Hugh Rigby's Timeline

2 Records

1550
6 Sep 1550
Birth of Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby in Wrightington, Lancashire, England
Wrightington, Lancashire, England
1600
1600
Age 50
Death of Hugh Joseph De Wrightington Rigby in Eccleston, Lancashire, England
Eccleston, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1550
    Event Place: Wrightington, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Eccleston, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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