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Lady Ann Smythe (Smith), Lady of Halifax 1560–1635 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1560

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1 Jun 1635

Death Location: Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

Father: Sir State

Mother: Lady Bengeworth

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Lady Ann Smythe (Smith), Lady of Halifax was born in 1560 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas I Customer Smythe Member Of The Haberdashers And The Worshipful Company Of Skinners Member Of Parliament English Secretary Of State And Lady Alice Watson Lady Of Bengeworth. Lady Ann Smythe (Smith), Lady of Halifax passed away in 1635 in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Lady Ann Smythe (Smith), Lady of Halifax was born in 1560 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas I Customer Smythe Member Of The Haberdashers And The Worshipful Company Of Skinners Member Of Parliament English Secretary Of State And Lady Alice Watson Lady Of Bengeworth.
  • Lady Ann Smythe (Smith), Lady of Halifax passed away in 1635 in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA.

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Lady Halifax's Ancestors

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Lady Halifax
1560–1635
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas I "Customer" Smythe Member of the Haberdashers and the Worshipful Company of Skinners, Member of Parliament, English Secretary of State
1530–1591
Ostenhanger Castle, Weston Hanger, Hythe, Kent, England
Lady (Alice Watson, Lady of) Bengeworth
1531–1585
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
JOHN (SMYTHE HIGH SHERIFF OF ESSEX AND ASSISTANT TO KING HENRY VIII SMYTHE) Smith
1490–1538
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Joan Countess Blackwell) Brouncker
1500–1579
Blackwell, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir (1440-1527)
1440–1527
Isabella Rich
1444–1516
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dame McElroy
1429–1487

Lady Halifax's Timeline

2 Records

1560
abt 1560
Birth of Lady Ann Smythe (Smith), Lady of Halifax in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
1635
1 Jun 1635
Age 75
Death of Lady Ann Smythe (Smith), Lady of Halifax in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1560
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1635
    Event Place: Gloucester County, Virginia, USA

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