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Robert Samuel Smyth 1565 – 1652 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Apr 1565

Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1652

Death Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Father: Eduardus Smythe

Mother: Elizabethe Smyth

Spouse(s): Grace Platt

Children(s): Grace Smith

In 1565, Robert Samuel Smyth entered the world in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, born to Eduardus Jacob Jacobi Smythe and Elizabethe Smyth. Robert Samuel Smyth married Grace Lee Gawkroger of Platt, and had children including Grace Lee Smith. Robert Samuel Smyth passed away in 1652 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1565, Robert Samuel Smyth entered the world in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, born to Eduardus Jacob Jacobi Smythe and Elizabethe Smyth.
  • Robert Samuel Smyth married Grace Lee Gawkroger of Platt, and had children including Grace Lee Smith.
  • Robert Samuel Smyth passed away in 1652 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Eduardus Smythe
1540 – 1643
Birth Location: Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabethe Smyth
1542 – 1581
Birth Location: Old, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Grace Platt
1566 – 1597
Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax Parish, West Riding of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Grace Smith
1597 – 1673
Birth Location: West Yorkshire, England
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Robert Smyth's Ancestors

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Robert Smyth
1565 – 1652
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Eduardus Jacob Jacobi Smythe
1540 – 1643
Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabethe Smyth
1542 – 1581
Old, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (George Micheal) Smythe
1513 – 1613
Hough Manor,Hough,Cheshire,England
POSS (Elizabeth (Soygan*)) Smith
1513 – 1600
Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
John (David Owen 10th) Great-Grandfather
1510 – 1545
Machynlleth, Powys, Wales
Mallt (Verch Hugh) Owen
1517 – 1545
Mathavarn, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Katherine Brereton
1492 – 1541
Damasen
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Smyth's Descendants

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Robert (Samuel) Smyth (22 Apr 1565 – 1652) m. Grace (Lee Gawkroger of) Platt (9 March 1566 – 17 April 1597)
  1. 1. Grace (Lee) Smith (6 January 1597 – 28 Dec 1673) m. Jonathan Fairbank (1600 – 5 Dec 1668)
    1. 1. Ruth Fairbank (18 April 1622 – 1686) m. Hon (“John" William) Field (1616 – 22 Mar 1686)
      1. 1. John Field (22 May 1644 – 12 Aug 1693) m. Elizabeth Everden (16 April 1643 – 1697)
        1. 1. Capt. (John Field) lll (20 February 1671 – 1757) m. Elizabeth ((Mary)) Eames (6 September 1680 – 1739)

Robert Smyth's Timeline

2 Records

1565
22 Apr 1565
Birth of Robert Samuel Smyth in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
1652
1652
Age 87
Death of Robert Samuel Smyth in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1565
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1652
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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