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Joan Giffard 1526–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1526

Birth Location: Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England

Death Date: 15 APR 1596

Death Location: Bradninch, Devon, England

Father: Roger Giffard

Mother: Margaret Cobleigh

Spouse(s): Amias Chichester

Children(s): Frances Chichester

Joan Giffard was born in 1526 in Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England, the child of Roger Giffard And Margaret Cobleigh. Joan Giffard married Amias Chichester, and had children including Frances Chichester. Joan Giffard passed away in 1596 in Bradninch, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Joan Giffard was born in 1526 in Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England, the child of Roger Giffard And Margaret Cobleigh.
  • Joan Giffard married Amias Chichester, and had children including Frances Chichester.
  • Joan Giffard passed away in 1596 in Bradninch, Devon, England.

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Joan Giffard's Ancestors

Self
Joan Giffard
1526–1596
Birth Place: Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England
Parents
Roger Giffard
1495–1547
Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England
Margaret Cobleigh
1502–1547
Brightley, Chittlehampton, Devonshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Giffard
1461–1532
Devon, England
Ann Coryton
1473–1511
St Quinthlock, Cornwall, England
John Cobleigh
1479–1540
Brightleigh, Devon, England
Jane Fortescue
1486–1527
Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
John Gifford
1415–1491
Joan d'Abernon
1434–1496
John Coryton
1440–1505
Katherine Stoford
1445–
John Cobleigh
1445–1492
Alice Cockworthy
1445–1501
John Fortescue
1452–1537
Isabela Gibbs
1464–1501
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Gifford
1367–1420
John Dabernon
1375–
Isabella Mules
1392–1499
Edmund Coryton
1406–
Johanna Bodelsgate
1420–
Philip Stowford
1425–
Philip Stowford
1430–
John Sr.
1402–1468
Isabel Brightley
1395–1466
John III
1420–1477
Thomasine Chichester
1420–
John Fortescue
1418–1481
Elizabeth Champernon
1465–1518
Thomas Gibbs
1457–1549
Anne Courtenay
1485–

Joan Giffard's Descendants

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Joan Giffard (ABT 1526–15 APR 1596) m. Amias Chichester (28 MAR 1527–10 AUG 1577)
  1. 1. Frances Chichester 1559–1626 m. John (Wyatt of) Braunton 1557–1598
    1. 1. Margaret (Wyatt of) Braunton 1594–1675 m. Mathew Allen 1605–1671
      1. 1. Mary Allyn 1627–1689 m. Benjamin Newberry 1624–1689
        1. 1. Mary Newberry 1647–1727 m. John Maudsley 1640–1690

Joan Giffard's Timeline

2 Records

1526
ABT 1526
Birth of Joan Giffard in Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England
Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England
1596
15 APR 1596
Age 70
Death of Joan Giffard in Arlington, Devon, England
Arlington, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1526
    Event Place: Brightley in Chittlehampton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 APR 1596
    Event Place: Arlington, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bradninch, Devon, England

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