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Katherine Bright 1505–1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Lenham, Kent, England

Death Date: 22 Apr 1561

Death Location: Lenham, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England

Father: John Bright

Mother: Mabel Gybsone

Spouse(s): Robert Waters

Children(s): Mary Mildmay

The story of Katherine Bright began in 1505 in Lenham, Kent, England. Katherine Bright married Robert Atwaters Waters, and had children including Mary Atwater Dame Married As Honywood Lady Of Mildmay. Katherine Bright passed away in 1561 in Lenham, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Katherine Bright began in 1505 in Lenham, Kent, England.
  • Katherine Bright married Robert Atwaters Waters, and had children including Mary Atwater Dame Married As Honywood Lady Of Mildmay.
  • Katherine Bright passed away in 1561 in Lenham, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England.

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Katherine Bright's Ancestors

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Katherine Bright
1505–1561
Birth Place: Lenham, Kent, England
Parents
John Capt Bright
1457–1506
Royton, Lenham, Kent, England
Mabel Gybsone
1460–1505
Kent County, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Katherine Bright's Descendants

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Katherine Bright (1505–22 Apr 1561) m. Robert (Atwaters) Waters (1497–15 May 1565)
  1. 1. Mary (Atwater Dame-married as Honywood-Lady of) Mildmay 1527–1620 m. Robert (Honywood Esq of Charing) Kent 1525–1576
    1. 1. Sir (Robert) Honeywood 1545–1627 m. Lady (Dorothy Crooke, Baroness) Honywood 1549–1620
      1. 1. Lady (Dorothy (Countess of Thompson)) Honeywood 1552–1642 m. William Tompson 1550–1599
        1. 1. Rev (William) Thompson 1576–1623 m. Cunningham, (Elizabeth William Clark Archibald) Thompson 1570–1630
    2. 2. Lady (Grace) Honeywood 1556–1621 m. Michael (Heneage - Member of the Society of Antiquaries - Cambridge Alumni - Author - Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London) - 1540–1601
      1. 1. Sir (Knight George) Heneage 1590–1660 m. Elizabeth Tresham 1594–1647
        1. 1. George Heneage 1625–1701 m. Mary Kemp 1615–1709

Katherine Bright's Timeline

4 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Katherine Bright in Maidenwell, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
Maidenwell, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
1505
1505
Birth of Katherine Bright in Lenham, Kent, England
Lenham, Kent, England
1561
22 Apr 1561
Age 56
Death of Katherine Bright in Lenham, Kent, England (buried at St Leonard Eastcheap, London, England)
Lenham, Kent, England (buried at St Leonard Eastcheap, London, England)
1561
22 Apr 1561
Age 56
Death of Katherine Bright in Lenham, Kent, England (buried at St Leonard Eastcheap, London, England)
Lenham, Kent, England (buried at St Leonard Eastcheap, London, England)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Maidenwell, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Lenham, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Atwater history and genealogy
    [2] The Brights of Suffolk, England : represented in America by the descendants of Henry Bright, Jun.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1561
    Event Place: Lenham, Kent, England (buried at St Leonard Eastcheap, London, England)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1561
    Event Place: Lenham, Kent, England (buried at St Leonard Eastcheap, London, England)
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lenham, Maidstone Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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