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Nicholas Best 1554–1628 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1554

Birth Location: Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 21 July 1628

Death Location: Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir (Bkse)

Mother: Ann (Beyman)

Spouse(s):

Children(s): PATIENCE (GAWTON)

The story of Nicholas Best began in 1554 in Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Nicholas Best had children including Patience Best Gawton. Nicholas Best passed away in 1628 in Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Nicholas Best began in 1554 in Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
  • Nicholas Best had children including Patience Best Gawton.
  • Nicholas Best passed away in 1628 in Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir (Bkse)
1528–1600
Birth Location: Aldersted, Merstham, Surrey, England
S(
Ann (Beyman)
1528–1600
Birth Location: Merstham, Surrey, England
A(

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

PATIENCE (GAWTON)
1582–1624
Birth Location: Merstham, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England
P(

Nicholas Best's Ancestors

Self
Nicholas Best
1554–1628
Birth Place: Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Robert Beste\Best (Bkse)
1528–1600
Aldersted, Merstham, Surrey, England
Ann (Agnetis Bowman) (Beyman)
1528–1600
Merstham, Surrey, England
Grandparents
Sir (Chrystopher\Christopher\Cristofer Ben Bott\Bot-Ben-Beste\Best-Plantagenet, Son of) Richard
1500–1547
Alderstead, Merstham, Surrey, England
Alice Wintor
1480–1563
Surrey, England
King (Thomas Bowman (born Beyman) Celtic) Tribe
1500–1583
Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Queen (Margaret Bowman Haswell (Anglo-Saxon) Tribe)
1500–1589
alderstead merstham, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Lady Wintor-Beste\Best-Plantagenet
1480–1563
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Nicholas Best's Descendants

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Nicholas Best (Mar 1554–21 July 1628)
  1. 1. PATIENCE (BEST) (GAWTON) 1582–1624 m. Thomas (Gawton-Oxford Alumni) Sr 1573–1627
    1. 1. Lady (Joane Elizabeth Jane Gawton) Drake 1602–1652 m. Sir (Robert) Drake 1581–1636
      1. 1. Mary (Hill) Drake 1625–1692 m. Capt. (Richard Hill) (Immigrated) 1620–1694
        1. 1. Patience ((Drummond)) Hill 1649–1713 m. Capt. (John Forbes Drummond) (Quaker) 1635–1713

Nicholas Best's Timeline

2 Records

1554
Mar 1554
Birth of Nicholas Best in Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1628
21 July 1628
Age 74
Death of Nicholas Best in Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1554
    Event Place: Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 July 1628
    Event Place: Merstham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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