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Robert Brett 1530–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Whitstanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 April 1586

Death Location: St Augustine, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: William I

Mother:

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Highgate

Children(s): Elizabeth (Hatfield)

The story of Robert Brett began in 1530 in Whitstanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. Robert Brett married Elizabeth Highgate, and had children including Elizabeth Brighy Brett Hatfield. Robert Brett passed away in 1586 in St Augustine, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Brett began in 1530 in Whitstanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
  • Robert Brett married Elizabeth Highgate, and had children including Elizabeth Brighy Brett Hatfield.
  • Robert Brett passed away in 1586 in St Augustine, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

William I
1500–1555
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
WI

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Highgate
1534–1599
Birth Location: Berkhampstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Elizabeth (Hatfield)
1580–1699
Birth Location: Crodenbrook, Cheshire, England
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Robert Brett's Ancestors

Self
Robert Brett
1530–1586
Birth Place: Whitstanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Robert Brett, I
1500–1555
Lincolnshire, East Midlands, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Robert) Brett
1470–1540
Pilton, shire, South West, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Pillond
1465–1503
Pillond, Pilton, shire, South West, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Brett's Descendants

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Robert Brett (1530–13 April 1586) m. Elizabeth Highgate (1534–17 October 1599)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Brighy Brett) (Hatfield) 1580–1699 m. Johis (Robbus) Hatfield 1589–1698
    1. 1. Thomas Hatfield 1600–1698 m. Anna (Hentem) Cox 1612–1710
      1. 1. Matthias (M) Hatfield 1640–1687 m. Mariken Melyn 1637–1694
        1. 1. Rachel Hatfield 1674–
        2. 2. Claes Paradys 1655–
        3. 3. Abraham (Hatfield) Jr 1670–1718 m. Phoebe Ogden 1674–1720 m. MARGARET Winans 1693–1745
        4. 4. Cornelius Hatfield 1666–1718
        5. 5. Isaac Hatfield 1670–
        6. 6. Rachel Hatfield 1674–1767
        7. 7. Nine (Children) Hatfield 1664–
        8. 8. Cornelius Hatfield 1666–1718
        9. 9. Isaac Hatfield 1667–1709
        10. 10. Abigail Hatfield 1670–
        11. 11. Eliabeth Hatfield 1725–1725

Robert Brett's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Robert Brett in Whitstanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Whitstanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1586
13 April 1586
Age 56
Death of Robert Brett in St Augustine, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
St Augustine, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Whitstanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 April 1586
    Event Place: St Augustine, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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