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Margareta Maude Best 1531–1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1531

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK

Death Date: 29 May 1572

Death Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK

Father: John Maude

Mother: Genet FIRTH

Spouse(s): Henry I

Children(s): Henry Jr

The story of Margareta Maude Best began in 1531 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. Margareta Maude Best married Henry Best I, and had children including Henry Best Jr. Margareta Maude Best passed away in 1572 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK.

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Biography

  • The story of Margareta Maude Best began in 1531 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK.
  • Margareta Maude Best married Henry Best I, and had children including Henry Best Jr.
  • Margareta Maude Best passed away in 1572 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK.

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Margareta Best's Ancestors

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Margareta Best
1531–1572
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
Parents
John Maude
1502–1559
Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England
Genet (Jennette CLIFFE) FIRTH
1506–1558
Ovenden or Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Mead*
1486–1541
Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Margaret (Hannah Thorne Crowther) m1499
1484–1539
Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margareta Best's Descendants

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Margareta (Maude) Best (1531–29 May 1572) m. Henry (Best) I (May 1527–29 Oct 1572)
  1. 1. Henry (Best) Jr 1552–1628 m. Grace (Elizabeth) Boithes 1557–1628
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Bridget (Briggit)) Best 1592–1638 m. Abraham Shaw 1590–1638
      1. 1. John (Anthony) Shaw 1630–1704 m. Alice Phillips 1633–1704
        1. 1. Nicholas Shaw 1662–1717 m. Deborah Whitmarsh 1659–1717

Margareta Best's Timeline

2 Records

1531
1531
Birth of Margareta Maude Best in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
1572
29 May 1572
Age 41
Death of Margareta Maude Best in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 May 1572
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK

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