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Richard Overton 1532–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1532

Birth Location: Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 25 JUN 1581

Death Location: St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Father: Guthlac Overton

Mother: Olive Browne

Spouse(s): Grace Sheppard

Children(s):

Richard Overton was born in 1532 in Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England, the child of Guthlac Overton And Olive Browne. Richard Overton married Grace Sheppard. Richard Overton passed away in 1581 in St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Overton was born in 1532 in Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England, the child of Guthlac Overton And Olive Browne.
  • Richard Overton married Grace Sheppard.
  • Richard Overton passed away in 1581 in St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

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Richard Overton's Ancestors

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Richard Overton
1532–1581
Birth Place: Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England
Parents
Guthlac Overton
1478–1537
Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England
Olive Browne
1492–1546
England
Grandparents
William Overton
1432–1487
Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England
Rose Pulter
1442–1522
Lincolnshire, England
Robert Browne
1460–1506
Walcott, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Isabel Sharpe
1470–1518
Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas II
1402–1460
Cecily Temer
1415–1458
Pulter John
1386–1455
Christine Lindesay
1410–1458
John Browne
1435–1498
Alice Swineshed
1439–1503
Christopher Sharpe
1439–1472
Christopher Sharpe
1442–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Overton
1376–1436
Idonea
1385–
Sir Temer
1400–1420
Temer
1400–
Anthony Pulter
1350–
Agnes Franke
1354–
Thomas Browne
1400–
Thomas Browne
1400–
William Swineshed
1425–1451
William Swineshead
1428–
John Sharpe
1400–1454
Jane Staunton
1405–1472

Richard Overton's Timeline

3 Records

1532
1532
Birth of Richard Overton in Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England
Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England
1581
1581
Age 49
Death of Richard Overton
None
1581
25 JUN 1581
Age 49
Burial of Richard Overton in St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England
St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1532
    Event Place: Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1581

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 25 JUN 1581
    Event Place: St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England

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