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Peter Best 1583–1658 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1583

Birth Location: GERMANY

Death Date: 1658

Death Location: Steig, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GERMANY

Father: Henry Best

Mother: Grace Boithes

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Johann Best

In 1583, Peter Best entered the world in GERMANY, born to Henry Best And Grace Boithes. Peter Best married Anna Barbara Unknown, and had children including Johann Philipp Best. Peter Best passed away in 1658 in Steig, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GERMANY.

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Biography

  • In 1583, Peter Best entered the world in GERMANY, born to Henry Best And Grace Boithes.
  • Peter Best married Anna Barbara Unknown, and had children including Johann Philipp Best.
  • Peter Best passed away in 1658 in Steig, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GERMANY.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Best
1552–1627
Birth Location: Ovenden, Halifax Parhish, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
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Grace Boithes
1557–1628
Birth Location: Halfax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Johann Best
1635–1707
Birth Location: Harxheim Steig, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, GERMANY
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Peter Best's Ancestors

Self
Peter Best
1583–1658
Birth Place: GERMANY
Parents
Henry Best
1552–1627
Ovenden, Halifax Parhish, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Grace Boithes
1557–1628
Halfax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Grandparents
Henry Best
1527–1572
Harley, Shropshire, ENGLAND
Margareta Mawd
1531–1572
Halfax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
John Boithes
1525–1568
Halfax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Isabella Swift
1531–1557
Halfax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Great-Grandparents
Richard Best
1501–1551
John Mawd
1502–1559
Agnes Meade
1506–1540
George Boithes
1499–1569
Agnes Waterhouse
1503–
Richard Swift
1502–1580
Jane Wheelock
1502–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Best
1475–1544
John Mawd
1480–1561
Agnes Towneley
1482–1520
John Waterhouse
1460–1533
Agnes Rushworth
1463–1530
Alexander Swift
1480–
Richard Wheelock
1476–

Peter Best's Descendants

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Peter Best (1583–1658)
  1. 1. Johann (Philipp) Best 1635–1707 m. Anna (Sybilla) Steitz 1660–1700 m. Margretha Breyvogel 1640–1666 m. Anna (Clara) Laubenheimer 1641–1690
    1. 1. John Best 1690– m. Anna (Catharina) Dries 1699–1763
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Catharine) Best 1717–1748 m. Matheus Walther 1711–
        1. 1. Anna (Maria) Walther 1739–1790 m. Phillipp (Jacob) Barr 1735–1794
        2. 2. Susanna (Margaretha) Walther 1740–
        3. 3. Johan (George) Walther 1741–
        4. 4. Catharine Walther 1743–
        5. 5. Elisabetha (Barbara) Walther 1745–
        6. 6. Jahannes Walther 1746–

Peter Best's Timeline

2 Records

1583
1583
Birth of Peter Best in GERMANY
GERMANY
1658
1658
Age 75
Death of Peter Best in Steig, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GERMANY
Steig, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GERMANY

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1583
    Event Place: GERMANY

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1658
    Event Place: Steig, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, GERMANY
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