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Robert Smythe 1516 – 1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1516

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1586

Death Location: Fife, Scotland

Father: William Smythe

Mother: Margaret Clarke

Spouse(s): Mary Sham

Children(s): Robert Smythe

In 1516, Robert Smythe entered the world in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, born to William Smythe and Margaret Helena Clarke. Robert Smythe married Mary Elizabeth Sham, and had children including Robert Smythe. Robert Smythe passed away in 1586 in Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1516, Robert Smythe entered the world in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, born to William Smythe and Margaret Helena Clarke.
  • Robert Smythe married Mary Elizabeth Sham, and had children including Robert Smythe.
  • Robert Smythe passed away in 1586 in Fife, Scotland.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Smythe's Ancestors

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Robert Smythe
1516 – 1586
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
William Smythe
1500 – 1563
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Margaret (Helena) Clarke
1504 – 1541
Wellbourne, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Altham Smith
1460 – 1543
Putney, London, England
Lady (Anne) Staunton
1470 – 1510
Elford, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Smythe's Descendants

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Robert Smythe (Abt. 1516 – 1586) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Sham (1525 – 1615)
  1. 1. Robert Smythe (08 Jan 1538 – abt 1616) m. Frances Briant (Abt. 1541 – abt 1601)
    1. 1. Rev (Edmund) Smith (1564 – Aft. 10 Jan 1616/17 (will)) m. Alice Barry (Bef. 22 May 1575 – abt 1666)
      1. 1. Hannah ('Anna') Smith (January 1595 – 1645) m. Capt. (Edmund Norton) Scarborough (1587 – 1632)
        1. 1. Katherine Scarborough (1627 – 5 May 1688) m. Randal Revell (1620 – May 1685)
        2. 2. Frances Burton (1628 – 23 Jun 1697) m. Randal Revell (1620 – May 1685)

Robert Smythe's Timeline

4 Records

1516
Abt. 1516
Birth of Robert Smythe in Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
1516
Abt. 1516
Birth of Robert Smythe in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1586
18 Feb 1586
Age 70
Death of Robert Smythe in Fife, Scotland
Fife, Scotland
1586
1586
Age 70
Death of Robert Smythe in Fife, Scotland
Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1516
    Event Place: Corsham, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1516
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1586
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1586
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland

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