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John Benton 1495 – 1550 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1495

Birth Location: Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: Aug 1550

Death Location: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Baynton

Mother: Jane Diggs

Spouse(s): Leonora None, Julie Baynton

Children(s):

John Benton was born in 1495 in Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Baynton and Jane Diggs. John Benton married Leonora, Julie Digges Baynton. John Benton passed away in 1550 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Benton was born in 1495 in Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Baynton and Jane Diggs.
  • John Benton married Leonora, Julie Digges Baynton.
  • John Benton passed away in 1550 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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John Benton's Ancestors

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John Benton
1495 – 1550
Birth Place: Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Baynton
1460 – 1516
Fallardston, Wiltshire, England
Jane Diggs
1443 – 1516
Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Baynton
1439 – 1472
Fallardeston, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth (Margaret) Haute
1441 – 1488
Waddenhall, Kent, England
Thomas Degge
1415 – 1455
Kent, England
Joanna Brume
1437 – 1475
Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
John Baynton
1406 – 1465
Joan Echingham
1404 – 1473
William Haute
1390 – 1462
Joan Woodville
1409 – 1462
Maurice Brun
1386 – 1466
Elizabeth Redford
1391 – 1471
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir III
1387 – 1421
Joan Roche
1385 – 1410
Nicholas Haute
1357 – 1416
Alice Coven
1365 – 1399
Richard Woodville
1385 – 1441
Elizabeth Bedlisgate
1390 – 1448
Ingleram Bruyn
1353 – 1400
Elizabeth Pole
1362 – 1403
Henry Redford
1365 – 1429
Simone Maldon
1367 – 1459

John Benton's Timeline

2 Records

1495
1 Jan 1495
Birth of John Benton in Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1550
Aug 1550
Age 55
Death of John Benton in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1495
    Event Place: Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1550
    Event Place: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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