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John Harrison 1526 – 1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1526

Birth Location: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 27 September 1601

Death Location: Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Harrison

Mother: Lady Nynesor

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John Harrison was born in 1526 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Harrison and Lady Elizabeth "Eliza" Agnes Nynesor. John Harrison passed away in 1601 in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Harrison was born in 1526 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Harrison and Lady Elizabeth "Eliza" Agnes Nynesor.
  • John Harrison passed away in 1601 in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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John Harrison's Ancestors

Self
John Harrison
1526 – 1601
Birth Place: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Harrison
1500 – 1551
Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth "Eliza" Agnes) Nynesor
1500 – 1582
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Harrison of) Essex
1500 – 1551
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Goson (Harrison) Farnham
1475 – 1562
Hereford, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Margery Squire
1484 – 1562
Benwick, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Harrison's Timeline

2 Records

1526
1526
Birth of John Harrison in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1601
27 September 1601
Age 75
Death of John Harrison in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1526
    Event Place: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 September 1601
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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