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Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh 1545 – 1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

Birth Location: Holwell, Dorset, England

Death Date: 1574

Death Location: Shropshire, England

Father: Sir Lee

Mother: Lady Morton

Spouse(s): John Watkins

Children(s): William Watkins

Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh was born in 1545 in Holwell, Dorset, England, the child of Sir Thomas Robert Lee and Lady Elizabeth Anne Ashley Morton. Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh married John Thomas Watkins, and had children including William Morton Watkins. Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh passed away in 1574 in Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh was born in 1545 in Holwell, Dorset, England, the child of Sir Thomas Robert Lee and Lady Elizabeth Anne Ashley Morton.
  • Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh married John Thomas Watkins, and had children including William Morton Watkins.
  • Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh passed away in 1574 in Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Leigh's Ancestors

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Lady Leigh
1545 – 1574
Birth Place: Holwell, Dorset, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Robert Lee
1458 – 1526
Lady (Elizabeth Anne Ashley) Morton
1458 – 1538
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Leigh's Descendants

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Lady (Elizabeth Lee) Leigh (1545 – 1574) m. John (Thomas) Watkins (1535 – 1571)
  1. 1. William (Morton) Watkins (1500 – 1610) m. Catherine Symonds (1504 – Abt 1571)
    1. 1. Sir (Francis) Watkins (Abt. 1540 – 1625) m. Elizabeth (Dorothy) Lee (1545 – ABT 1588)
      1. 1. Sir (James Watkins of Talgarth, Breconshire, Wales) England (1555 – 1623) m. Lady (Mary Anne) Read (1560 – 1650)
        1. 1. Samuel Watkins (Abt. 1595 – Abt. 1624) m. Lady (Alice) Moslin (1595 – Abt. 1644)
      2. 2. Thomas Watkins (1558 – abt 1607) m. Jane Edmunds (1566 – 1622)
        1. 1. Sir (James) Watkins (1588 – 1623) m. Agnes Huse (1589 – 1650)

Lady Leigh's Timeline

4 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh in Holwell, Dorset, England
Holwell, Dorset, England
1518
1518
Death of Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh in Holwell, Dorset, England
Holwell, Dorset, England
1545
1545
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh in Holwell, Dorset, England
Holwell, Dorset, England
1574
1574
Age 29
Death of Lady Elizabeth Lee Leigh in Shropshire, England
Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Holwell, Dorset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Holwell, Dorset, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Holwell, Dorset, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1574
    Event Place: Shropshire, England

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