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Lady Elizabeth Middleton 1544 – 1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Dec 1544

Birth Location: Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England

Death Date: 29 Sep 1602

Death Location: Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Denbigh

Mother: Mary Leycester

Spouse(s): Thomas Sr

Children(s): David Massey

In 1544, Lady Elizabeth Middleton entered the world in Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England, born to Sir David Middleton Lord High Governor of Denbigh and Mary Ellen Moss Leycester. Lady Elizabeth Middleton married Thomas Massey Sr, and had children including David Massey. Lady Elizabeth Middleton passed away in 1602 in Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1544, Lady Elizabeth Middleton entered the world in Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England, born to Sir David Middleton Lord High Governor of Denbigh and Mary Ellen Moss Leycester.
  • Lady Elizabeth Middleton married Thomas Massey Sr, and had children including David Massey.
  • Lady Elizabeth Middleton passed away in 1602 in Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Denbigh
1520 – 1544
Birth Location: Chester, Cheshire, England
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Mary Leycester
1520 – 1544
Birth Location: toff, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Sr
1515 – 1565
Birth Location: Broxton, Cheshire, England
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Children(s)

David Massey
1566 – 1623
Birth Location: Broxton, Cheshire, England
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Lady Middleton's Ancestors

Self
Lady Middleton
1544 – 1602
Birth Place: Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England
Parents
Sir David Middleton Lord High Governor of Denbigh
1520 – 1544
Chester, Cheshire, England
Mary (Ellen Moss) Leycester
1520 – 1544
toff, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (George Moss) Leycester
1500 – 1520
Toft, Cambridgeshire, England
Margrett Jones
1500 – 1580
Lyme Toft, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Middleton's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Elizabeth) Middleton (20 Dec 1544 – 29 Sep 1602) m. Thomas (Massey) Sr (1515 – 20 Apr 1565)
  1. 1. David Massey (circa 1566 – 29 Oct 1623) m. Dorothy Leigh (1568 – 29 Oct 1623)
    1. 1. Thomas (Massay\ Masse \ Massie\) Massey (circa 1610 – circa 1689) m. Anne Dodd (1575 – 1618)
      1. 1. Peter (Davie) Massie (1 January 1640 – 25 December 1719) m. Penelope (Ashley) Cooper (1647 – 1711)
        1. 1. Lucretia (Elizabeth) Massie (1676 – 23 Nov 1711) m. John Johnson (31 Aug 1677 – 6 November 1714)

Lady Middleton's Timeline

2 Records

1544
20 Dec 1544
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Middleton in Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England
Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England
1602
29 Sep 1602
Age 58
Death of Lady Elizabeth Middleton in Cheshire, England
Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1544
    Event Place: Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Sep 1602
    Event Place: Cheshire, England
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