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Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester 1562–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1562

Birth Location: Ostenhanger Castle, Ostenhanger, Kent, England

Death Date: 12 Mar 1655

Death Location: Sutton At Hone, Kent, England

Father: John MountJoy

Mother: Lady Bymand

Spouse(s): Sir th

Children(s): Sir Smythe, Sir Smythe, Katherine Smythe

Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester was born in 1562 in Ostenhanger Castle, Ostenhanger, Kent, England, the child of John William Blount 7Th Baron Of Mountjoy And Lady Mary Anne Bymand. Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester married Sir Thomas Ii The Merchant Smythe Smith London Amp Muscovy Merchant Knight Of Westonhanger London Councilman Sheriff Of London Amp Middlesex Operating Officer Of The Virginia Company Of London Member Of Parliament 1St Governor Of Th, and had children including Katherine Smythe, Sir Christopher I Lawrence Smythe, Sir John Smythe. Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester passed away in 1655 in Sutton At Hone, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester was born in 1562 in Ostenhanger Castle, Ostenhanger, Kent, England, the child of John William Blount 7Th Baron Of Mountjoy And Lady Mary Anne Bymand.
  • Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester married Sir Thomas Ii The Merchant Smythe Smith London Amp Muscovy Merchant Knight Of Westonhanger London Councilman Sheriff Of London Amp Middlesex Operating Officer Of The Virginia Company Of London Member Of Parliament 1St Governor Of Th, and had children including Katherine Smythe, Sir Christopher I Lawrence Smythe, Sir John Smythe.
  • Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester passed away in 1655 in Sutton At Hone, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Leicester's Ancestors

Self
Lady Leicester
1562–1655
Birth Place: Ostenhanger Castle, Ostenhanger, Kent, England
Parents
John William Blount 7th Baron of MountJoy
1530–1594
Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England
Lady (Mary Anne) Bymand
1535–1570
Kent, England
Grandparents
Philip Mountjoy
1500–1584
Margaret (Bonner Parsons) Mountjoy
1500–1568
Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
John (Bymand) Sir
1515–1575
Kent, England
Sarah Alexander
1515–1575
Allington Castle, Boxley, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Bonner
1480–1547
Elizabeth Frodsham
1480–1552
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Bonner
1450–1520

Lady Leicester's Descendants

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Lady (Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of) Leicester (1562–12 Mar 1655) m. Sir (Thomas II "The Merchant" Smythe (Smith), London & Muscovy Merchant, Knight of Westonhanger, London Councilman, Sheriff of London & Middlesex Operating Officer of the Virginia Company of London, Member of Parliament, 1st Governor of) th (abt 1558–4 Sep 1625)
  1. 1. Sir (Christopher I Lawrence) Smythe 1592–1638 m. Lady (Elizabeth Towneley, Lady of Stone) Edge 1598–1679
    1. 1. MAJOR (Richard LAWRENCE SMITH) (Immigrant) 1629–1700 m. Mary (Hitchin Grymes) Debnam 1631–1728
      1. 1. Mary (Sarah Susan Smith\Smythe) (Taliaferro) 1659–1720 m. Col (John "The Ranger " Taliaferro) Sr 1656–1720
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Wortham) Taliaferro 1686–1786
        2. 2. Charles Taliaferro 1684–1726
        3. 3. Zachariah Taliaferro 1683–1722
        4. 4. Jane ("Emma") Taliaferro 1683–1704
        5. 5. Mary Taliaferro 1685–1741
        6. 6. Colonel (Lawrence C.) Taliaferro 1680–1726
        7. 7. John (II Taliaferro of Snow Creek MD,) Colonel 1687–1744
      2. 2. William Smith 1642–1684
      3. 3. Col. (John) Smith, 1653–1719
  2. 2. Sir (John) Smythe 1590–
  3. 3. Katherine Smythe 1564–1615

Lady Leicester's Timeline

2 Records

1562
1562
Birth of Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester in Ostenhanger Castle, Ostenhanger, Kent, England
Ostenhanger Castle, Ostenhanger, Kent, England
1655
12 Mar 1655
Age 93
Death of Lady Sarah Agnes Blount, Lady of Kent, Countess of Leicester in Sutton At Hone, Kent, England
Sutton At Hone, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1562
    Event Place: Ostenhanger Castle, Ostenhanger, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1655
    Event Place: Sutton At Hone, Kent, England

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