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Sir John Bright 1575–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Dec 1575-86

Birth Location: Whirlow Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1655

Death Location: Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Knt

Mother: Mary Bright

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Sir John Bright was born in 1575 in Whirlow Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Henry Lord Bright Knt And Mary Ann Woodgate Bright. Sir John Bright passed away in 1655 in Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John Bright was born in 1575 in Whirlow Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Henry Lord Bright Knt And Mary Ann Woodgate Bright.
  • Sir John Bright passed away in 1655 in Yorkshire, England.

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Sir Bright's Ancestors

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Sir Bright
1575–1655
Birth Place: Whirlow Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Henry Lord-Bright Knt
1560–1609
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, , England
Mary (Ann Woodgate) Bright
1561–1618
East Bergholt, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Thomas\Thomae) Bright
1537–1587
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Lady (Margaret) Norton-Jervis-Peyton\Payton-Bright\Brighte
1533–1599
Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
LADY JERVIS
1503–1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Bright's Timeline

2 Records

1575
04 Dec 1575-86
Birth of Sir John Bright in Whirlow Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Whirlow Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
1655
1655
Age 80
Death of Sir John Bright in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Dec 1575-86
    Event Place: Whirlow Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1655
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England

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