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Margareta Drake 1390–1419 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1390

Birth Location: Church Stretton, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1419

Death Location: Otterton, Devonshire, England

Father: John Exmouth

Mother: Christian Billet

Spouse(s): Thomas Leighton

Children(s): Richard Leighton

Margareta Drake was born in 1390 in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, the child of John Drake I Of Mt Drake And Exmouth And Christian Billet. Margareta Drake married Thomas Leighton, and had children including Richard Leighton. Margareta Drake passed away in 1419 in Otterton, Devonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Margareta Drake was born in 1390 in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, the child of John Drake I Of Mt Drake And Exmouth And Christian Billet.
  • Margareta Drake married Thomas Leighton, and had children including Richard Leighton.
  • Margareta Drake passed away in 1419 in Otterton, Devonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Exmouth
1360–1392
Birth Location: Great Waltham, Essex. England
JE
Christian Billet
1354–1430
Birth Location: Ashe by Axminster, Devon, England
CB

Spouses(s)

Thomas Leighton
1375–
Birth Location: Leighton, Shropshire, England
TL

Children(s)

Richard Leighton
1412–1456
Birth Location: Leighton, Shropshire, England
RL

Margareta Drake's Ancestors

Self
Margareta Drake
1390–1419
Birth Place: Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
Parents
John Drake I of Mt Drake and Exmouth
1360–1392
Great Waltham, Essex. England
Christian Billet
1354–1430
Ashe by Axminster, Devon, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margareta Drake's Descendants

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Margareta Drake (ABT 1390–1419) m. Thomas Leighton (1375–)
  1. 1. Richard Leighton 1412–1456 m. Joan (Joyce) Cornwall 1414–1432
    1. 1. John Leighton 1426–1493 m. Ankaret Burgh 1434–1498
      1. 1. William (Sr.) Leighton 1454–1520 m. Margery Sprencheaux 1450–1512
        1. 1. William (Jr.) Leighton 1500–1533 m. Dorothy Lacon 1505–1562

Margareta Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1390
ABT 1390
Birth of Margareta Drake in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
1419
1419
Age 29
Death of Margareta Drake in Otterton, Devonshire, England
Otterton, Devonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1390
    Event Place: Church Stretton, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1419
    Event Place: Otterton, Devonshire, England
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