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Sarah Shirley 1720 – 1805 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Horstead Keynes, Sussex, England

Death Date: 1805

Death Location: Fletching, Sussex, England

Father: Thomas Shirley

Mother: Sarah Lovett

Spouse(s): Thomas Bennett

Children(s): John Bennet

The story of Sarah Shirley began in 1720 in Horstead Keynes, Sussex, England. Sarah Shirley married Thomas Bennett, and had children including John Bennet. Sarah Shirley passed away in 1805 in Fletching, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sarah Shirley began in 1720 in Horstead Keynes, Sussex, England.
  • Sarah Shirley married Thomas Bennett, and had children including John Bennet.
  • Sarah Shirley passed away in 1805 in Fletching, Sussex, England.

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Children(s)

Sarah Shirley's Ancestors

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Sarah Shirley
1720 – 1805
Birth Place: Horstead Keynes, Sussex, England
Parents
Thomas Shirley
1700 – 1798
Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England
Sarah Lovett
1700 – 1774
Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Thomas Shirley
1661 – 1717
Dinton, Buckingham, England
Hester Russell
1671 –
Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Shirley's Descendants

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Sarah Shirley (1720 – 1805) m. Thomas Bennett (1716 – )
  1. 1. John Bennet (29 May 1768 – 1840) m. Ann Welfare (2 Jun 1765 – July 1840)
    1. 1. Frances ((Fanny)) Bennett (3 May 1789 – 9 Jan 1878) m. William Gurr (30 Mar 1788 – 3 June 1872)
      1. 1. Harriet Gurr (5 Nov 1812 – 25 Apr 1895) m. Robert Wood (16 Sep 1810 – Mar 1863)
        1. 1. Thomas Wood (1844 – 19 Oct 1906) m. Mary (Fenwick) Wilson (Apr 1853 – 21 Mar 1918)

Sarah Shirley's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Sarah Shirley in Horstead Keynes, Sussex, England
Horstead Keynes, Sussex, England
1805
1805
Age 85
Death of Sarah Shirley in Fletching, Sussex, England
Fletching, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Horstead Keynes, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1805
    Event Place: Fletching, Sussex, England

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