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Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh 1514–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1514

Birth Location: Lyme, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1575

Death Location: Calstock, Cornwall, England

Father: Sir Dalton

Mother: Lady Tildesley)

Spouse(s): Sir Newhall

Children(s): Lady Gerard, Sir Stanhape)

The story of Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh began in 1514 in Lyme, Cheshire, England. Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh married Sir Knight Thomas Gerard High Sheriff Of Lancashire Lord Kingsley Bryn Winwick Amp Newhall, and had children including Lady Katherine Gerard, Sir Thomas I The Bastard Gerard Stanhape. Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh passed away in 1575 in Calstock, Cornwall, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh began in 1514 in Lyme, Cheshire, England.
  • Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh married Sir Knight Thomas Gerard High Sheriff Of Lancashire Lord Kingsley Bryn Winwick Amp Newhall, and had children including Lady Katherine Gerard, Sir Thomas I The Bastard Gerard Stanhape.
  • Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh passed away in 1575 in Calstock, Cornwall, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Dalton
1474–1541
Birth Location: Lyme, Cheshire, England
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Lady Tildesley)
1487–1540
Birth Location: Kingsley, Cheshire, England
LT

Spouses(s)

Sir Newhall
1518–1558
Birth Location: Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancashire, England
SN

Children(s)

Lady Gerard
1533–1575
Birth Location: Bryn, Lancashire, England
LG
Sir Stanhape)
1540–1628
Birth Location: Newhall, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancaster, England
SS

Margaret Legh's Ancestors

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Margaret Legh
1514–1575
Birth Place: Lyme, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Peter\Piers VI, AKA "Peter Leigh of Lyme", Wounded at the Battle of Flodden-1513,*(13th GGF), Leigh\Legh(Lee), esq., of Haydock, Baron of Haydock, Bradley, Lyme & Dalton
1474–1541
Lyme, Cheshire, England
Lady (Margaret Tildesley (Tyldesley) (de) Tildesley)
1487–1540
Kingsley, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Legh's Descendants

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Margaret (Jane (Leigh)) Legh (1514–1575) m. Sir (Knight, Thomas Gerard High sheriff of Lancashire,Lord Kingsley,Bryn,Winwick, &) Newhall (19 Jun 1518–1558)
  1. 1. Lady (Katherine) Gerard 1533–1575 m. Sir (William Torbock Lord of Torbock) Hall 1526–1558
    1. 1. Margaret (Tarbocke) (Torbock) 1558–1645 m. Oliver Mainwaring 1554–1631
      1. 1. Roger (Mainwaring Bishop Of St) David's 1589–1653 m. Cecilia Draper 1585–1640 m. Jane (? SANS) NOM 1620–
        1. 1. Mary Mainwaring 1609–1663 m. Governor (Reverend Robert Brooke, 1602, Governor of Maryland and Commander,) Esquire 1602–1663
  2. 2. Sir (Thomas I "The Bastard" Gerard, () Stanhape) 1540–1628

Margaret Legh's Timeline

2 Records

1514
1514
Birth of Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh in Lyme, Cheshire, England
Lyme, Cheshire, England
1575
1575
Age 61
Death of Margaret Jane (Leigh) Legh in Calstock, Cornwall, England
Calstock, Cornwall, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1514
    Event Place: Lyme, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Calstock, Cornwall, England
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