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JOHN Peyton 1492–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1492

Birth Location: , Cambridgeshire, , England

Death Date: 1560

Death Location: Canterbury, Kent, , England

Father: Robert Peyton

Mother: Elizabeth Clere

Spouse(s): DOROTHY TyndalE

Children(s): Elizabeth Knowlton, Thomas Knowlton, Sir Doddington, John Sir

In 1492, JOHN Peyton entered the world in , Cambridgeshire, , England, born to Robert Peyton And Elizabeth Clere. JOHN Peyton married Dorothy Tyndale, and had children including Alyerud Peyton, Edward Knowlton, Elizabeth Knowlton, John Peyton Sir, Sir John Peyton Esq Doddington, Thomas Peyton Esq Knowlton. JOHN Peyton passed away in 1560 in Canterbury, Kent, , England.

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Biography

  • In 1492, JOHN Peyton entered the world in , Cambridgeshire, , England, born to Robert Peyton And Elizabeth Clere.
  • JOHN Peyton married Dorothy Tyndale, and had children including Alyerud Peyton, Edward Knowlton, Elizabeth Knowlton, John Peyton Sir, Sir John Peyton Esq Doddington, Thomas Peyton Esq Knowlton.
  • JOHN Peyton passed away in 1560 in Canterbury, Kent, , England.

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Spouses(s)

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JOHN Peyton's Ancestors

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JOHN Peyton
1492–1560
Birth Place: , Cambridgeshire, , England
Parents
Robert Peyton
1468–1517
, Cambridgeshire, , England
Elizabeth Clere
1466–1517
Ormesby, Yorkshire, , England
Grandparents
Thomas Peyton
1442–1484
Iselham, Cambridgeshire, , England
Jane Calthorpe
1446–
St Martins, Suffolk, , England
Robert Clere
1440–1466
Ormesby, Yorkshire, , England
Elizabeth Uvedale
1410–1492
Ormesby, Norfolk, , England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas DePeyton
1417–1484
Margaret Bernard
1420–1458
James Calthorpe
1420–
John Clere
1382–
Elizabeth Branch
1384–1441
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Peyton
1393–1416
Grace Burgoyne
1392–1439
John Bernard
1394–1451
Ellen Mallory
1398–1440
John Calthorpe
1382–1421
Ann Wythe
1378–1451
William Clere
1356–1384
Dionisia Witchingham
1360–1418
Philip Branch
1358–

JOHN Peyton's Descendants

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JOHN Peyton (1492–1560) m. DOROTHY TyndalE (1498–1575)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Knowlton 1520–1580 m. Edward Knowlton 1527–1553
    1. 1. 1553–1632 m. Elizabeth ("Eliza") Cantize 1550–1632
      1. 1. George Knowlton 1578–1668
      2. 2. Stephen Knowlton 1580–1585
      3. 3. Thomas Knowlton 1582–1672 m. Mary 1595–
        1. 1. John Knowlton 1620–1664
        2. 2. Robert Knowlton 1622–
        3. 3. Mary Knowlton 1628–
        4. 4. Sarah Knowlton 1630–
      4. 4. 1584–1639 m. ANN (Elizabeth) Smith 1586–1675
        1. 1. Elizabeth (F.) Knowlton 1608–1679
        2. 2. Robert Knowlton 1613–1703
        3. 3. Mary Knowlton 1617–1660 m. John Guilford 1615–1660
        4. 4. John Knowlton 1610–1653
        5. 5. William Knowlton 1615–1655 m. ELIZABETH Welch 1619–1688
        6. 6. Susanna Knowlton 1624–1660
        7. 7. Thomas ((Deac)) Knowlton 1622–1692 m. Susannah Knowlton 1622–1680 m. Mary Kimball 1622–
        8. 8. Jane Knowlton 1621–1660
        9. 9. Samuel Knowlton 1611–1655
  2. 2. Thomas (Peyton Esq) Knowlton 1538–
  3. 3. Sir (John Peyton Esq) Doddington 1544–1605 m. DOROTHIE BEAUPRE 1538–1602
    1. 1. Anne Peyton 1575–1621
  4. 4. John (Peyton) Sir 1544–1630 m. DOROTHIE BEAUPRE 1538–1602
    1. 1. John PEYYON 1578–1635

JOHN Peyton's Timeline

2 Records

1492
1492
Birth of JOHN Peyton in , Cambridgeshire, , England
, Cambridgeshire, , England
1560
1560
Age 68
Death of JOHN Peyton in Canterbury, Kent, , England
Canterbury, Kent, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1492
    Event Place: , Cambridgeshire, , England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, , England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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