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Richard Best 1525–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Ovendon (Ovenden), Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 August 1609

Death Location: West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richardus Best

Mother: Johanna Haigh

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Richard Best was born in 1525 in Ovendon (Ovenden), Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richardus Best And Johanna Haught Or Haigh. Richard Best passed away in 1609 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Richard Best was born in 1525 in Ovendon (Ovenden), Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richardus Best And Johanna Haught Or Haigh.
  • Richard Best passed away in 1609 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Richard Best's Ancestors

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Richard Best
1525–1609
Birth Place: Ovendon (Ovenden), Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richardus Best
1501–1551
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Johanna (Haught or) Haigh
1505–1545
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Richard (Best\) 3-22
1475–1544
Ovendon, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Richard VI Haigh) Sneyde
1485–1541
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Johanna Rogers
1480–1535
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Richard Best's Timeline

3 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Richard Best in Ovendon (Ovenden), Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ovendon (Ovenden), Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1609
30 August 1609
Age 84
Death of Richard Best in West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1621
20 Jul 1621
Age 96
Richard Best was baptized in Quinton, Warwickshire, England
Quinton, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Ovendon (Ovenden), Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1621
    Event Place: Quinton, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 August 1609
    Event Place: West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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