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Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry 1540 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Littleborough, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 10 December 1558

Death Location: Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England

Father: Griffith Henry

Mother: Mary Clifton

Spouse(s): Richard Lightowlers

Children(s): Joan Lightowlers, Robert Lightowlers, Robert Lightollers, Isabel Lightowlers, Ann Lightowlers

Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry was born in 1540 in Littleborough, Lancashire, England, the child of Griffith Ap Henry and Mary Elizabeth Clifton. Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry married Richard "Rychinde" Lightowlers, and had children including Joan Lightowlers, Robert Lightowlers, Robert Lightollers, Isabel Lightowlers, Ann Lightowlers. Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry passed away in 1558 in Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry was born in 1540 in Littleborough, Lancashire, England, the child of Griffith Ap Henry and Mary Elizabeth Clifton.
  • Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry married Richard "Rychinde" Lightowlers, and had children including Joan Lightowlers, Robert Lightowlers, Robert Lightollers, Isabel Lightowlers, Ann Lightowlers.
  • Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry passed away in 1558 in Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Griffith Henry
1508 – 1558
Birth Location: London, London, England
GH
Mary Clifton
1512 – 1603
Birth Location: London, London, England
MC

Spouses(s)

Richard Lightowlers
1523 – 1567
Birth Location: Littleborough, Lancashire, England
RL

Children(s)

Joan Lightowlers
1547 –
Birth Location: Rochdale, Lancashire, England
JL
Robert Lightowlers
1560 – 1619
Birth Location: Littleborough, Lancashire, England
RL
Robert Lightollers
Birth Location: –
RL
Isabel Lightowlers
Birth Location: Lancashire
IL
Ann Lightowlers
Birth Location: Lancashire
AL

Margaret Henry's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Henry
1540 – 1558
Birth Place: Littleborough, Lancashire, England
Parents
Griffith Ap Henry
1508 – 1558
London, London, England
Mary (Elizabeth) Clifton
1512 – 1603
London, London, England
Grandparents
Sir (William Penrhyn Griffith, Chamberlain of North Wales, Knight of the) Bath
1476 – 1531
Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, Carnarvonshire, Wales
Jane Stradling
1505 – 1555
Wales
Robert Clifton
1485 – 1517
Clifton, Nottinghamshire, , England
Anne Melford
1487 – 1546
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Stradling
1475 – 1535
Elizabeth Arundell
1484 – 1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Henry's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Ferch Griffith ap) Henry (1540 – 10 December 1558) m. Richard ("Rychinde") Lightowlers (1523 – 1567)
  1. 1. Joan Lightowlers (Est 1547 – )
  2. 2. Robert Lightowlers (1560 – abt 1619) m. Dorothy Walmsley (13 Sep 1571 – 1619) m. Susanna Utley m. Hannah Naylor (1755 – 14 Sep 1824)
    1. 1. Robert (Henry Fishwick) Lightowlers (1589 – 06 Oct 1619)
    2. 2. Dorothea Lightowlers (1598 – 1670) m. Arthure Whitehead (1598 – 1686)
      1. 1. Elbert Whitehead (1607 – 1655)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Lightowler (1600 – Jun 1618)
    4. 4. Robert Lightowlers (1619 – 1688)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Lightowlers
  3. 3. Robert Lightollers m. Dorothy Walmaley\Walmsley (1571 – 1606)
  4. 4. Isabel Lightowlers
  5. 5. Ann Lightowlers

Margaret Henry's Timeline

7 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry in Littleborough, Lancashire, England
Littleborough, Lancashire, England
1558
10 December 1558
Age 18
Death of Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry in Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England
1592
7 Jan 1592
Age 52
Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry was baptized in Rochdale, St Chad, Lancashire, England
Rochdale, St Chad, Lancashire, England
1594
11 Aug 1594
Age 54
Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry was baptized in Rochdale,Lancashire,England
Rochdale,Lancashire,England
1619
1619
Age 79
Death of Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry in Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England
1672
Feb 1672
Age 132
Burial of Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry in Wigan, All Saints, Lancashire, England
Wigan, All Saints, Lancashire, England
1837
28 May 1837
Age 297
Margaret Ferch Griffith ap Henry was baptized in Gwaenysgor,Flint,Wales
Gwaenysgor,Flint,Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Littleborough, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 7 Jan 1592
    Event Place: Rochdale, St Chad, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Manchester, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1541-1812

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1594
    Event Place: Rochdale,Lancashire,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 28 May 1837
    Event Place: Gwaenysgor,Flint,Wales
    Record Source: Wales, Select Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1619
    Event Place: Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
    [2] Wigan, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1580-1812, Wigan Archives Services; Wigan, England; Film Number: 1; Reference Numbers: D/P24/1/2
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 December 1558
    Event Place: Windy Bank Rochdale, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Feb 1672
    Event Place: Wigan, All Saints, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
    [2] Wigan, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1580-1812, Wigan Archives Services; Wigan, England; Film Number: 1; Reference Numbers: D/P24/1/2
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