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Margaret Ashton 1448 – 1500 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1448

Birth Location: Adlington, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1500

Death Location: Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England

Father: Lord Leigh

Mother: Isabel Brereton

Spouse(s): Sir deLeigh

Children(s): Lord Leigh

The story of Margaret Ashton began in 1448 in Adlington, Cheshire, England. Margaret Ashton married Sir Knight Henry deLeigh, and had children including Lord Giles Leigh. Margaret Ashton passed away in 1500 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Ashton began in 1448 in Adlington, Cheshire, England.
  • Margaret Ashton married Sir Knight Henry deLeigh, and had children including Lord Giles Leigh.
  • Margaret Ashton passed away in 1500 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England.

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Margaret Ashton's Ancestors

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Margaret Ashton
1448 – 1500
Birth Place: Adlington, Cheshire, England
Parents
Lord Robert d'Adlington Sheriff d'Cheshire de Leigh
1410 – 1479
Ashtede (Surrey) England
Isabel (Johanna) Brereton
1418 – 1463
Brereton Green, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Robert (Sir Booth van Dunham) Massey
1392 – 1460
Barton, City of Preston, Lancashire, England
Dulcis Venables
1396 – 1463
Barton, City of Preston, Lancashire, England
William Brereton
1388 – 1460
Brereton, Cheshire, England
Margaret Holland
1389 – 1458
Leighton, Montgomery, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Ashton's Descendants

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Margaret Ashton (Abt. 1448 – 1500) m. Sir (Knight Henry) deLeigh (1444 – 25 Nov 1495)
  1. 1. Lord (Giles) Leigh (1475 – 7 Aug 1538)

Margaret Ashton's Timeline

2 Records

1448
Abt. 1448
Birth of Margaret Ashton in Adlington, Cheshire, England
Adlington, Cheshire, England
1500
1500
Age 52
Death of Margaret Ashton in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1448
    Event Place: Adlington, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England

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