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Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French 1530–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jul 1530

Birth Location: Wethersfield, Essex, England

Death Date: 19 June 1597

Death Location: Wethersfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir VI

Mother: Phyllis Waldegrave

Spouse(s): Thomas Elder'

Children(s): Sir I

Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French was born in 1530 in Wethersfield, Essex, England, the child of Sir John Thomas Heigham Vi And Phyllis Heigham Lady Waldegrave. Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French married Thomas Edward Ii French The Elder, and had children including Sir Jacob French Of Assington I. Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French passed away in 1597 in Wethersfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French was born in 1530 in Wethersfield, Essex, England, the child of Sir John Thomas Heigham Vi And Phyllis Heigham Lady Waldegrave.
  • Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French married Thomas Edward Ii French The Elder, and had children including Sir Jacob French Of Assington I.
  • Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French passed away in 1597 in Wethersfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir VI
1503–1554
Birth Location: Lavenham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Phyllis Waldegrave
1509–1579
Birth Location: Bures, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Elder'
1532–1613
Birth Location: Assington Hall, Arkesden, Essex, England
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Children(s)

Sir I
1554–1615
Birth Location: Assington, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
SI

Lady French's Ancestors

Self
Lady French
1530–1597
Birth Place: Wethersfield, Essex, England
Parents
Sir John Thomas Heigham VI
1503–1554
Lavenham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Phyllis ((Heigham) Lady) Waldegrave
1509–1579
Bures, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John (Higham) Heigham
1472–1522
Higham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Mary Terringham
1476–1514
Suffolk, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
GEORGE (Sir "Knight" of Smallbridge WALDEGRAVE "Esquire" (Imprisoned in the tower of London and released by Henry) VIII.)
1475–1528
Smallbridge, Suffolk, England
Lady (Anne Calthorpe Drury of) Hawstead
1484–1572
Hawstead, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady French's Descendants

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Lady (Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough,) French (5 Jul 1530–19 June 1597) m. Thomas (Edward II French 'the) Elder' (28 Jul 1532–11 February 1613)
  1. 1. Sir (Jacob French of Assington) I 1554–1615 m. Susan (Lucy) Warren 1555–1613
    1. 1. Thomas (French) Sr 1584–1639 m. Susan Riddlesdale 1584–1658 m. Susannah (Elizabeth Susan) Riddlesdale 1584–1658 m. Mary (French) 1577–1606 m. Susan Riddlesdale* 1509–1658
      1. 1. Alice French 1609–1666 m. Sgt. (Thomas Howlett) Sr. 1606–1677
        1. 1. Mary (S Howlett) (Perley) 1642–1718 m. John (H) Perley 1636–1729

Lady French's Timeline

2 Records

1530
5 Jul 1530
Birth of Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French in Wethersfield, Essex, England
Wethersfield, Essex, England
1597
19 June 1597
Age 67
Death of Lady Bridget Elizabeth Heigham\Higham, Burrough, French in Wethersfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Wethersfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jul 1530
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 June 1597
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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