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James Disney Smythe 1558–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Aug 1558

Birth Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1593

Death Location: Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Smith

Mother: Lady Watson

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James Disney Smythe was born in 1558 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir John William Shakespeare Master And Alderman Father Of Shakespeare Smith And Lady Alice Of Bengeworth Worcestershire Watson. James Disney Smythe passed away in 1593 in Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • James Disney Smythe was born in 1558 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir John William Shakespeare Master And Alderman Father Of Shakespeare Smith And Lady Alice Of Bengeworth Worcestershire Watson.
  • James Disney Smythe passed away in 1593 in Yorkshire, England.

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James Smythe's Ancestors

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James Smythe
1558–1593
Birth Place: Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir John William Shakespeare Master and Alderman, Father of Shakespeare Smith
1532–1578
Snitterfield "Snytenfeld" Stratford-on-Avon, District, Warwickshire, England
Lady (Alice of Bengeworth, Worcestershire) Watson
1530–1585
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
John (High Sheriff of Essex Smith Asst to King Henry 8th) Smythe
1490–1538
Gosham, Wiltshire, England
Joan (Brouncker) Brunker
1500–1538
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Thomas Watson
–1568
Evesham, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, England
Agnes Weeks
1505–1576
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Smythe
1421–1490
Lady Cromwell
1418–1443
Sir Brounker
1465–1537
Ann Gouldinge
1489–
John Watson
1472–1521
Agnes Young
1472–1528
Lord Weeks
1475–1521
Lady Bates
1474–1526
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Smythe
1385–1467
Lady Binn
1390–1421
Robert Brouncker
1465–1537
Ursula Gouldinge
1471–1535
Daniel Watson
1445–1520
Matilda Henderson
1448–1473
John Younge
1459–1510
Elizabeth Pershale
1459–1519
Sir II
1445–1483
Lady Carey
1448–1530
LORD Lydd
1417–1485
LADY Kendal
1433–1491

James Smythe's Timeline

2 Records

1558
30 Aug 1558
Birth of James Disney Smythe in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
1593
1593
Age 35
Death of James Disney Smythe in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Aug 1558
    Event Place: Wilmslow, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1593
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England

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