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Robert Smith 1475 – 1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1475

Birth Location: Steeple, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: ABT 1561

Death Location: Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Smith

Mother: Margaret Wyssett

Spouse(s): Dorothy Akeland

Children(s): Jane Smith, Thomas Hovell, Margaret Smith, Agnes Smythe, Edmund Smith

The story of Robert Smith began in 1475 in Steeple, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Robert Smith married Dorothy Akeland, and had children including Jane Smith, Thomas Hovell, Margaret Smith, Agnes Smythe, Edmund Smith. Robert Smith passed away in 1561 in Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Smith began in 1475 in Steeple, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
  • Robert Smith married Dorothy Akeland, and had children including Jane Smith, Thomas Hovell, Margaret Smith, Agnes Smythe, Edmund Smith.
  • Robert Smith passed away in 1561 in Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Smith
1450 – 1475
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
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Margaret Wyssett
1445 – 1535
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Dorothy Akeland
1515 – 1580
Birth Location: Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Jane Smith
1505 – 1546
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Hovell
1506 –
Birth Location: Ashfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Smith
1507 – 1582
Birth Location: West, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom
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Agnes Smythe
1509 – 1572
Birth Location: Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Edmund Smith
1511 –
Birth Location: Tuddenham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Smith's Ancestors

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Robert Smith
1475 – 1561
Birth Place: Steeple, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Smith
1450 – 1475
Suffolk, England
Margaret Wyssett
1445 – 1535
Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Hugh (Smyth) Smith
1394 – 1485
Rivenhall, Essex, England
Elizabeth Smith
1392 – 1475
Wytham, Essex, England
Robert Wyssett
1415 –
Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Robert Wyssett
1418 –
Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Smith
1365 – 1446
Millicent Laingham
1390 – 1447
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Smith
1335 – 1378
Margaret Ross
1340 – 1383
Robert Leynham
1350 –
Alice Hende
1340 – 1462

Robert Smith's Descendants

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Robert Smith (1475 – ABT 1561) m. Dorothy Akeland (1515 – 1580)
  1. 1. Jane Smith (1505 – 28 MAY 1546) m. Henricus Sapcotte (ABT 1500 – 28 JUN 1553)
  2. 2. Thomas Hovell (ABT 1506 – ) m. Thomas Hovell (ABT 1509 – ) m. Susan Ward (1529 – 24 NOV 1560) m. Hovel (Als) Smith (ABT 1512 – ) m. Thomas (Hovell or) Smith (ABT 1510 – )
  3. 3. Margaret Smith (1507 – 1582) m. Robert Wilkinson (1512 – JUN 1576) m. Robert Wilkinson (13 AUG 1510 – JUN 1576)
  4. 4. Agnes Smythe (ABT 1509 – 12 JAN 1572) m. .
  5. 5. Edmund Smith (1511 – )

Robert Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1475
1475
Birth of Robert Smith in Steeple, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Steeple, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1561
ABT 1561
Age 86
Death of Robert Smith in Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1475
    Event Place: Steeple, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1561
    Event Place: Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wargrave, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
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