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Katherine Leigh 1557 – 1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1557

Birth Location: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 10 Mar 1602

Death Location: Chew Magna, Somerset, England

Father: Sir Leigh

Mother: Alice Barker

Spouse(s): John Cowherd, Edward Baber, Edward Baber

Children(s):

Katherine Leigh was born in 1557 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Leigh and Alice Coverall Barker. Katherine Leigh married John Cowherd, Edward Baber, Edward Baber. Katherine Leigh passed away in 1602 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • Katherine Leigh was born in 1557 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Leigh and Alice Coverall Barker.
  • Katherine Leigh married John Cowherd, Edward Baber, Edward Baber.
  • Katherine Leigh passed away in 1602 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Katherine Leigh's Ancestors

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Katherine Leigh
1557 – 1602
Birth Place: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Leigh
1520 – 1572
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
Alice (Coverall) Barker
1508 – 1600
Shropshire, England
Grandparents
John Calverhall
1479 – 1540
Colehurst, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth (Dame Coverall) Hill
1479 – 1539
London, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hill
1460 – 1506
Margaret Wilbraham
1465 – 1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hill
1436 – 1514
Margaret Barker
1435 –
Thomas Wilbraham
1409 – 1467
Margaret Swetenham
1413 – 1503

Katherine Leigh's Timeline

3 Records

1557
1557
Birth of Katherine Leigh in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
1601
Mar 1601
Age 44
Burial of Katherine Leigh in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Chew Magna, Somerset, England
St. Andrew's Churchyard, Chew Magna, Somerset, England
1602
10 Mar 1602
Age 45
Death of Katherine Leigh in Chew Magna, Somerset, England
Chew Magna, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1602
    Event Place: Chew Magna, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Mar 1601
    Event Place: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Chew Magna, Somerset, England

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