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Lionel Leighton 1596–1628 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1596

Birth Location: Shropshire, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 13 Jan 1628

Death Location: Alberbury, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Father: Thomas Leighton

Mother: Elizabeth Gerrard

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The story of Lionel Leighton began in 1596 in Shropshire, Shropshire, England. Lionel Leighton passed away in 1628 in Alberbury, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Lionel Leighton began in 1596 in Shropshire, Shropshire, England.
  • Lionel Leighton passed away in 1628 in Alberbury, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

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Lionel Leighton's Ancestors

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Lionel Leighton
1596–1628
Birth Place: Shropshire, Shropshire, England
Parents
Thomas Leighton
1514–1604
Of, Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth Gerrard
1556–1626
St James, Garlickhithe, London, London, England
Grandparents
Edward Leighton
–1593
Wattlesborough (Shropshire), England
Anne Dayrell
–1571
Lillingstone Dayrell (Buckinghamshire) England
William Gerrard
1536–1607
Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England
Elizabeth (Gresham) Rowe
1538–1622
Chellaston, Derbyshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Leighton
1490–1532
Joyce Sutton
1492–1586
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Dudley)
1460–1483
Lady Willoughby
1463–1539

Lionel Leighton's Timeline

2 Records

1596
1596
Birth of Lionel Leighton in Shropshire, Shropshire, England
Shropshire, Shropshire, England
1628
13 Jan 1628
Age 32
Death of Lionel Leighton in Alberbury, Shropshire, England
Alberbury, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1596
    Event Place: Shropshire, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1628
    Event Place: Alberbury, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Alberbury, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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