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Margaret CECIL 1545–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Leicestershire, England

Father: William Cecil

Mother: Mildred Cooke

Spouse(s): Henry Smith, Erastus Smith

Children(s): Henry Smith

Margaret CECIL was born in 1545 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, the child of William Baron Burghley Cecil And Mildred Cooke. Margaret CECIL married Erastus Smith, Henry Smyth Smith, and had children including Henry Smith. Margaret CECIL passed away in 1578 in Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret CECIL was born in 1545 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, the child of William Baron Burghley Cecil And Mildred Cooke.
  • Margaret CECIL married Erastus Smith, Henry Smyth Smith, and had children including Henry Smith.
  • Margaret CECIL passed away in 1578 in Leicestershire, England.

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Margaret CECIL's Ancestors

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Margaret CECIL
1545–1578
Birth Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Parents
William Baron Burghley Cecil
1521–1598
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Mildred Cooke
1524–1589
Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Anthony "Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford" Cooke "Scholar" (Companion Tutor to King Edward) VI)
1504–1576
Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Lady (Anne "Ann" Brittany Fitzwilliam,) Cooke
1504–1588
Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England, or Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret CECIL's Descendants

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Margaret CECIL (1545–1578) m. Henry (Smyth) Smith (1560–12 Sep 1610) m. Erastus Smith (1540–1616)
  1. 1. Henry Smith 1574–1648
    1. 1. Sarah (Smythe) Smith 1625–1709 m. William Goodson 1624–1673
      1. 1. Edward (Goodson) Sr. 1642–1722 m. Elizabeth (Eliza) Rushing 1652–1715
        1. 1. Thomas Goodson 1671–1728 m. Sarah ((Regan)) Goodson 1667–1746

Margaret CECIL's Timeline

2 Records

1545
1545
Birth of Margaret CECIL in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England
1578
1578
Age 33
Death of Margaret CECIL in Leicestershire, England
Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Leicestershire, England

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