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John Chichester 1519–1568 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1519

Birth Location: Raleigh Devon Gb

Death Date: 30 November 1568

Death Location: Pilton West, North Devon District, Devon, England

Father: Edward Esq.

Mother: Elizabeth Chichester

Spouse(s): Gertrude Courtenay

Children(s): Margaret Chichester, Dorothy Pollard, Eleanor Bassett, Edward Chichester, Mary Bluett, Arthur Chichester, Elizabeth Fortescue, John Chichester

John Chichester was born in 1519 in Raleigh Devon Gb, the child of Edward Chichester Of Raleigh Esq And Elizabeth Chichester. John Chichester married Gertrude Courtenay, and had children including Arthur Chichester, Dorothy Pollard, Edward Chichester, Eleanor Bassett, Elizabeth Fortescue, John Chichester, Margaret Cecely Chichester, Mary Bluett. John Chichester passed away in 1568 in Pilton West, North Devon District, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • John Chichester was born in 1519 in Raleigh Devon Gb, the child of Edward Chichester Of Raleigh Esq And Elizabeth Chichester.
  • John Chichester married Gertrude Courtenay, and had children including Arthur Chichester, Dorothy Pollard, Edward Chichester, Eleanor Bassett, Elizabeth Fortescue, John Chichester, Margaret Cecely Chichester, Mary Bluett.
  • John Chichester passed away in 1568 in Pilton West, North Devon District, Devon, England.

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John Chichester's Ancestors

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John Chichester
1519–1568
Birth Place: Raleigh Devon Gb
Parents
Edward Chichester of Raleigh, Esq.
1496–1522
Devon, England
Elizabeth Chichester
1499–1548
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
John Chichester
1474–1536
Raleigh, Devons, England
Margaret Beaumont
1479–
Youlston, Devons, England
John (I Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin Earl van) Bath
1470–1532
Halstead, Essex, England
Countess (of Bath Cecilia) Daubeny
1478–1539
Saxelby, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Nicolaas Chichester
1440–1495
Christine Paulet
1445–1475
Sir Knight
1445–1479
John Bourchier
1470–1539
Cecilia Aubeney
–1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Devonshire
1423–1498
Margaret Keynes
1420–1460

John Chichester's Descendants

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John Chichester (1519–30 November 1568) m. Gertrude Courtenay (–30 April 1566)
  1. 1. Margaret (Cecely) Chichester 1470–1530 m. Thomas (I) Hatch\Hitch 1465–1534 m. Thomas Hatch 1557–1584
    1. 1. Margaret (Mary de) Hitch 1505–1572 m. Sir (William) Cowels 1500–1558
      1. 1. Beatrice Cowell 1520–1600 m. Robert Palyn 1525–1566 m. thomas Palyn\pallin 1520–1566
        1. 1. Robert Palyn\pallin 1543–1583 m. Beatryce Cowell 1543–1583
        2. 2. Alice (Mariana) Palyn 1572–1606
      2. 2. Ursula (Colle Cole) Coles 1531–1615
      3. 3. Edmond (de Colle Cole Coles MP-Justice of Peace-Deputy lieutenant of Worcestershire & Sheriff of Worcestershire-Sir &) Knight 1528–1606
      4. 4. Margaret (Colles) Cole 1522–1620
      5. 5. Anthony (de Colle) Cole 1526–1586
      6. 6. Anne (Cole) Colles 1526–1598
      7. 7. John Colles 1524–1620
      8. 8. Agnes Colles 1524–1589
      9. 9. Maria Colles 1530–1598
      10. 10. Michael Colles 1515–1600
      11. 11. Michael (Coillis of Bradwells Bucks) angsax 1530–1606
    2. 2. John ("The Voyager") Hatch 1495–1535
  2. 2. Dorothy Pollard 1556–
  3. 3. Eleanor Bassett 1547–1585
  4. 4. Edward Chichester 1568–1648
  5. 5. Mary Bluett 1548–1613
  6. 6. Arthur Chichester 1563–1625
  7. 7. Elizabeth Fortescue 1545–1630
  8. 8. John Chichester –1586

John Chichester's Timeline

2 Records

1519
1519
Birth of John Chichester in Raleigh Devon Gb
Raleigh Devon Gb
1568
30 November 1568
Age 49
Death of John Chichester in Raleigh Devon Gb
Raleigh Devon Gb

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1519
    Event Place: Raleigh Devon Gb
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 November 1568
    Event Place: Raleigh Devon Gb
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pilton West, North Devon District, Devon, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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