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Robert Wight 1527–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1527

Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Nottinghamshire, England

Father: John Knight

Mother: Olive Hubbard

Spouse(s): Mary Green, Margarett Wrighte

Children(s): Sir Blackland

In 1527, Robert Wight entered the world in Nottinghamshire, England, born to John Lord Of Kelvedon Manor Wright Sir Knight And Olive Hubbard. Robert Wight married Margarett Wrighte, Mary Green, and had children including Sir John Wight White Whighte Of Blackland. Robert Wight passed away in 1590 in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1527, Robert Wight entered the world in Nottinghamshire, England, born to John Lord Of Kelvedon Manor Wright Sir Knight And Olive Hubbard.
  • Robert Wight married Margarett Wrighte, Mary Green, and had children including Sir John Wight White Whighte Of Blackland.
  • Robert Wight passed away in 1590 in Nottinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Knight
1488–1551
Birth Location: Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England
JK
Olive Hubbard
1487–1560
Birth Location: Dagenham, Essex, England
OH

Spouses(s)

Mary Green
1527–1579
Birth Location: Hareby, Lincolnshire, England
MG
Margarett Wrighte
1531–1581
Birth Location: Hareby, Lincolnshire, England
MW

Children(s)

Sir Blackland
1552–1643
Birth Location: Hareby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England
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Robert Wight's Ancestors

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Robert Wight
1527–1590
Birth Place: Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
John Lord of Kelvedon Manor Wright Sir Knight
1488–1551
Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England
Olive Hubbard
1487–1560
Dagenham, Essex, England
Grandparents
Sir (John, of Kelvedon Manor, Worgg Wright II, Knight, Reverend to King Henry) VIII
1500–1551
Daggenham Manor, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, England
Agnes (Wright,) Kelvedon
1466–1509
Upminster, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir VIII
1488–1551
Agnes Kelvedon
1466–1509
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Knight
1488–1551
Agnes Kelvedon
1466–1509

Robert Wight's Descendants

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Robert Wight (1527–1590) m. Mary Green (Abt. 1527–27 May 1579) m. Margarett Wrighte (1531–1581)
  1. 1. Sir (John Wight White Whighte of) Blackland 1552–1643 m. Anna BRAY 1556–1650
    1. 1. Robert Wight 1578–1617 m. Elizabeth Fulshaw 1582–1611
      1. 1. Thomas Wight 1607–1674 m. Alice Roundy 1605–1665 m. Lydia (Penniman) Eliot 1610–1676
        1. 1. JOHN (WIGHT (Captain Militia)) I 1625–1705 m. MARY (GITTINGS) GITHINGS 1666–1686 m. Anne (TRUMAN) Wight 1670–1726

Robert Wight's Timeline

3 Records

1527
1527
Birth of Robert Wight in Nottinghamshire, England
Nottinghamshire, England
1549
4 Feb 1549
Age 22
Robert Wight was married in Wye, Kent
Wye, Kent
1590
1590
Age 63
Death of Robert Wight in Nottinghamshire, England
Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Nottinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1549
    Event Place: Wye, Kent

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Nottinghamshire, England
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