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John Smithe 1531–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1531

Birth Location: Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 May 1578

Death Location: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Smith

Mother: Catherine Blount\Smythe

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In 1531, John Smithe entered the world in Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Robert I Smythe Smith And Catherine Joyce Blount Smythe. John Smithe passed away in 1578 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1531, John Smithe entered the world in Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Robert I Smythe Smith And Catherine Joyce Blount Smythe.
  • John Smithe passed away in 1578 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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John Smithe's Ancestors

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John Smithe
1531–1578
Birth Place: Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard '"Robert I (Smythe) Smith
1500–1539
Ledbury, Herefordshire, England
Catherine (Joyce) Blount\Smythe
1501–1570
Kinlet, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard (Vicar of Newwarke College, Leicester) (Smythe) Smith Vicar of Newwarke College,) Leicester
1465–1527
Rockhampton, Gloustershire, England
Joan (De) Brouncker
1470–1579
Melksham, Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Sir (John) Hillier-Blount-Kinlet,
1484–1531
Kinlet, Shropshire, England
Lady (Sarah Catherine Pershall) Blount
1484–1540
Bolleys Park, Chertney, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Mountjoy
–1485
Lora Ii
1454–1501
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Smithe's Timeline

4 Records

1531
1531
Birth of John Smithe in Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1578
30 May 1578
Age 47
Death of John Smithe in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1604
10 Mar 1604
Age 73
John Smithe was baptized in Stafford, St Mary, Staffordshire, England
Stafford, St Mary, Staffordshire, England
1605
10 Mar 1605
Age 74
John Smithe was baptized in Saint Mary,Stafford,Stafford,England
Saint Mary,Stafford,Stafford,England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Ledbury, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1604
    Event Place: Stafford, St Mary, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Staffordshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1605
    Event Place: Saint Mary,Stafford,Stafford,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 May 1578
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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