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Lady Helen Ellen Leigh 1526–1577 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1526

Birth Location: High Leigh, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 31 Aug 1577

Death Location: York, Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Archer.

Mother: Margaret Kingsley

Spouse(s): Sir Booth

Children(s): Katherine Booth, Katheren Booth

Lady Helen Ellen Leigh was born in 1526 in High Leigh, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Knight Peter Perceval Leigh Lord Of Lyme Fought At Flodden Field Archer And Margaret Gerard Of Kingsley. Lady Helen Ellen Leigh married Sir John Booth, and had children including Katheren Booth, Katherine Booth. Lady Helen Ellen Leigh passed away in 1577 in York, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Helen Ellen Leigh was born in 1526 in High Leigh, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Knight Peter Perceval Leigh Lord Of Lyme Fought At Flodden Field Archer And Margaret Gerard Of Kingsley.
  • Lady Helen Ellen Leigh married Sir John Booth, and had children including Katheren Booth, Katherine Booth.
  • Lady Helen Ellen Leigh passed away in 1577 in York, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Leigh's Ancestors

Self
Lady Leigh
1526–1577
Birth Place: High Leigh, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Peter Perceval Leigh Lord Of Lyme* Fought at Flodden Field. Archer.
1505–1541
Lyme, Cheshire, England
Margaret (Gerard of) Kingsley
1514–1595
Bryn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Gerrard
1488–1523
Brynhill of Brindle, Choreley, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Leigh's Descendants

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Lady (Helen Ellen) Leigh (1526–31 Aug 1577) m. Sir (John) Booth (1516–1555 (1573))
  1. 1. Katherine Booth 1554–1594 m. Joseph Hawley 1554–1594
    1. 1. Samuel (N) Hawley 1577–1627 m. Mary McDONALD 1565–1647
      1. 1. Captain (Joseph Hawley (1st Ship builder. Yeoman. 1st town recorder. Justice of the Peace,) Commissioner) 1603–1690 m. Katherine (Birdsey) (Birdseye) 1626–1692
        1. 1. Captain (John Samuel) Hawley 1647–1734
        2. 2. Captain (John S) Hawley 1661–1729
        3. 3. Ebenezer Hawley 1654–1681
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hawley 1656–1719
        5. 5. Elizabeth Hawley 1650–1676
        6. 6. Ephraim Hawley 1659–1690
        7. 7. Hannah Hawley 1657–1726
        8. 8. Joseph Hawley 1653–1691
        9. 9. Mary Hawley 1663–1731
    2. 2. James Hawley 1583–1643
    3. 3. John Hawley 1583–1620
    4. 4. Richard Hawley 1580–1620
    5. 5. Thomas Hawley 1579–1690
  2. 2. Katheren Booth 1554–1594 m. Joseph Hawley 1554–1594

Lady Leigh's Timeline

3 Records

1526
1526
Birth of Lady Helen Ellen Leigh in High Leigh, Cheshire, England
High Leigh, Cheshire, England
1577
31 Aug 1577
Age 51
Burial of Lady Helen Ellen Leigh in York, Yorkshire, England
York, Yorkshire, England
1582
22 Jun 1582
Age 56
Death of Lady Helen Ellen Leigh in Derbyshire, England
Derbyshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1526
    Event Place: High Leigh, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] York, Yorkshire, England, St. Michael le Belfrey Parish Register, 1565-1653
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1582
    Event Place: Derbyshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] York, Yorkshire, England, St. Michael le Belfrey Parish Register, 1565-1653
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1577
    Event Place: York, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: York, Yorkshire, England, St. Michael le Belfrey Parish Register, 1565-1653

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