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John Smythe 1525–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 May 1586

Death Location: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Smythe

Mother: Dorothy Seymour

Spouse(s): Agnes Falden

Children(s): Sir Smith, Anne Smythe, Richard Smith

John Smythe was born in 1525 in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Clement Smythe And Dorothy Seymour. John Smythe married Agnes Emudi Falden, and had children including Anne Smythe, Richard Smith, Sir William Richard Smith. John Smythe passed away in 1586 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Smythe was born in 1525 in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Clement Smythe And Dorothy Seymour.
  • John Smythe married Agnes Emudi Falden, and had children including Anne Smythe, Richard Smith, Sir William Richard Smith.
  • John Smythe passed away in 1586 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Smythe's Ancestors

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John Smythe
1525–1586
Birth Place: St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Clement Smythe
1507–1552
Smythe Hall, Rivenhall, Essex, or Wrentham, Suffolk, England
Dorothy Seymour
1513–1567
Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (William) Smith
1490–1545
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Agnes Harewell) Herling
1490–1566
Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, England
John Seymour
1474–1536
Wolf Hall, Wiltshire.
Margery Wentworth
1478–1550
Nettlested, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Wentworth
1448–1500
Anne Say
1453–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Say
1415–1478
Elizabeth Cheney
1422–1473

John Smythe's Descendants

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John Smythe (1525–3 May 1586) m. Agnes (Emudi) Falden (1534–8 August 1614)
  1. 1. Sir (William Richard) Smith 1561–1653 m. Ales Tafte 1572–1615 m. Elizabeth (Carla) Powell 1567–1647 m. Maria Powell 1565–1590
    1. 1. Richard Smith 1593–1647 m. Ann Morgan-Chaney 1597–1656
      1. 1. Richard (Smith III) 1 1626–1688
        1. 1. Manuel Smith 1669–1720 m. Mary Willis 1663–1720
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret) SMITH 1647–
      3. 3. Sir (George) Smith 1634–1635
      4. 4. Lady (Anna) SMITH 1623–1702
      5. 5. Lady (Faith) Smith 1636–1645
      6. 6. Sir (Joseph) Smith 1620–1689
      7. 7. Lady (Martha) SMITH 1633–
      8. 8. Lady (Agnes SMITH) Hornebye 1613–1660
      9. 9. Lady (Mary Hester) SMITH 1624–1680
      10. 10. Lady (Elizabeth Anne) SMITH 1621–1702
    2. 2. Helena Smith 1602–1606
    3. 3. Mary Smith 1604–1678
    4. 4. William Smith 1582–1601
    5. 5. Sir (Thomas) Smith 1604–1657
    6. 6. Christian Smith 1577–1640
    7. 7. Sir (Richard) Smith 1602–1647
    8. 8. Joan Smith 1610–1644
    9. 9. Major (John) Smith 1607–1644
    10. 10. Elizabeth Smith 1609–1722
    11. 11. Robert Smith 1599–1639
    12. 12. Alicia Smith 1597–1665
    13. 13. Thomas Smith 1594–1646
    14. 14. Anne Smith 1604–1606
    15. 15. Margaret Smith 1602–1606
    16. 16. John (Giles "Miles" Smith) "Miles" 1603–1669
    17. 17. Eleanor Smith 1611–1606
    18. 18. Elizabeth Smith 1593–1675
  2. 2. Anne Smythe –1635
  3. 3. Richard Smith 1578–1653

John Smythe's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of John Smythe in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1586
3 May 1586
Age 61
Death of John Smythe in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 May 1586
    Event Place: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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