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Richard Leighton 1543–1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: June 1600

Death Location: Alberbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Edward Leighton

Mother: Anne Dayrell

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Richard Leighton was born in 1543 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Edward Leighton And Anne Dayrell. Richard Leighton passed away in 1600 in Alberbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Richard Leighton was born in 1543 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Edward Leighton And Anne Dayrell.
  • Richard Leighton passed away in 1600 in Alberbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Richard Leighton's Ancestors

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Richard Leighton
1543–1600
Birth Place: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edward Leighton
1520–1593
Wattlesborough (Shropshire) Uk
Anne Dayrell
1520–1571
Lillingstone Dayrell (Buckinghamshire) England
Grandparents
John Leighton
1469–1532
Wattlesborough Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Joyce Sutton
1492–1586
Dudley, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Paul Dayrell
1500–1556
Lillingstone, Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, England
Margaret Cheyney
1494–1571
Chesham, Bois, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Leighton
1452–1519
Elizabeth Devereux
–1516
Thomas Dayrell
1467–1523
Dorothy Danvers
1479–1507
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Leighton's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Richard Leighton in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1600
June 1600
Age 57
Death of Richard Leighton in Alberbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Alberbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: June 1600
    Event Place: Alberbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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