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James Harington 1521–1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 24 January 1592

Death Location: Exton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England

Father: Sir Harrington

Mother: Elisabeth Moton

Spouse(s): Lucy Harington

Children(s): Theodocia Harington

James Harington was born in 1521 in Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Alexander Knight Harrington And Elisabeth Moton. James Harington married Lucy Harington, and had children including Theodocia Of Exton Rutland Harington. James Harington passed away in 1592 in Exton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England.

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Biography

  • James Harington was born in 1521 in Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Alexander Knight Harrington And Elisabeth Moton.
  • James Harington married Lucy Harington, and had children including Theodocia Of Exton Rutland Harington.
  • James Harington passed away in 1592 in Exton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England.

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James Harington's Ancestors

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James Harington
1521–1592
Birth Place: Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Alexander (Knight) Harrington
1497–1553
Exton, Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Elisabeth Moton
1503–1570
Peckleton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
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James Harington's Descendants

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James Harington (1521–24 January 1592) m. Lucy Harington (1520–1591)
  1. 1. Theodocia (of Exton, Rutland) Harington 1565–1650 m. Edward Sutton 1567–1643
    1. 1. Catherine (Ann) Sutton 1589–1654
      1. 1. Alice (Elizabeth) Eltonhead 1627–1685 m. Henry Corbin 1629–1675
    2. 2. Anne Sutton 1590–1654 m. Richard (Eltonhead) II 1581–1664
      1. 1. Alice Eltonhead 1627–1684 m. Henry (“Councillor”) Corbin 1629–1675
        1. 1. Frances (Alice Corbin Jennings) * 1671–1713 m. Honorable (Governor Sir Col. Edmund Randolph Jennings Sr. of Ripon Hall; Kings Council; Govenor of Virgina; Attorney General; Secretary of) State 1659–1727 m. Lt. (Colonel Phillip) Lightfoot 1643–1707
        2. 2. Gawin (I Corbin of Peckatone, son of Henry Colonel, HOB, President of the Council) v 1669–1744 m. Jane Lane 1670–1715 m. Martha Bassett 1694–1738
        3. 3. Winifred Corbin 1661–1709
      2. 2. Martha Eltonhead 1613–1689
        1. 1. Elizabeth Eltonhead 1642–1689
        2. 2. Edwin (Conway) II 1653–1698
      3. 3. Agatha Eltonhead 1623–
        1. 1. Ralph (Wormeley, Jr.) II 1650–1701
        2. 2. Christopher Wormeley 1643–1701
    3. 3. Lady (Mary(Margaretha) Sutton Eltonhead, Countess of) Dudley 1586–1645 m. Lord (Alexander Canmore Home\Hume , 1st Baron of) Home\Hume 1568–1619
      1. 1. Princess (Margaret\Margaretha Tudor (Home) (Countess of) Moray) 1607–1683 m. Sir (James Stewart (4th Earl of Moray) (9th Earl of Argyll) (Duke of Richmond and) Lennox) 1608–1653
        1. 1. Mary (Lisa Countess of Moray " Home") Stewart\Espey 1629–1668

James Harington's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of James Harington in Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1592
24 January 1592
Age 71
Death of James Harington in Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 January 1592
    Event Place: Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Exton, Rutland Unitary Authority, Rutland, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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