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SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT 1515–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1515

Birth Location: Belstead, Suffolk, England

Death Date: Jan 1559

Death Location: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England

Father: SIR GERNIGAN\HUNT

Mother: ELIZABETH HUNT

Spouse(s): ELEANOR NARBOROUGH, Sarah Roby

Children(s): Mary Hunt, Emma Hunt, John Hunt, William Hunt

In 1515, SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT entered the world in Belstead, Suffolk, England, born to Sir John Henry Gernigan Hunt And Elizabeth Bridget Drury Gernigan Hunt. SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT married Eleanor Spelman Gernigan Hunt Of Narborough, Sarah Hunt Roby, and had children including Emma J Hunt, John Hunt, Mary Ann Hunt, William Hunt. SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT passed away in 1559 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1515, SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT entered the world in Belstead, Suffolk, England, born to Sir John Henry Gernigan Hunt And Elizabeth Bridget Drury Gernigan Hunt.
  • SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT married Eleanor Spelman Gernigan Hunt Of Narborough, Sarah Hunt Roby, and had children including Emma J Hunt, John Hunt, Mary Ann Hunt, William Hunt.
  • SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT passed away in 1559 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

SIR HUNT's Ancestors

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SIR HUNT
1515–1559
Birth Place: Belstead, Suffolk, England
Parents
SIR JOHN HENRY GERNIGAN\HUNT
1490–1560
Somerleyton Hall, Somerlaytown, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
ELIZABETH (BRIDGET (DRURY) GERNIGAN\) HUNT
1501–1574
Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Margaret Beddingfield
1476–1504
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Edward) Jernegan
1462–1515
Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Robert Drury
1456–1537
Hawstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Anne Calthorpe
1457–1531
Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

SIR HUNT's Descendants

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SIR (FRANCIS MESHACK) HUNT (26 Mar 1515–Jan 1559) m. ELEANOR ((SPELMAN) GERNIGAN HUNT OF) NARBOROUGH (1515–1564) m. Sarah (Hunt) Roby (abt 1520–abt 1575)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Hunt 1540–1616 m. John Warner 1568–1614 m. William (Warner, Sr, Sir) (10GGF) 1540–1614 m. Lord (Lawrence II Townley) (Towneley), 1543–1598
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas Hoverton) Warner 1580–1657 m. Elizabeth (Sotherton) Warner 1582–1629
      1. 1. Augustine (Warner) Sr. 1611–1674 m. Mary Towneley 1614–1662
        1. 1. Col. (Augustine Warner) Jr. 1642–1681 m. Mildred (Furton) Reade 1643–1686
    2. 2. Lawrence Towneley 1570–1655 m. Jennet Halstead 1578–1623 m. Margaret Ellsworth 1590–1622
      1. 1. Mary Towneley 1614–1662 m. Augustine (Warner) Sr. 1611–1674
        1. 1. Mary Miller 1626–1703
      2. 2. Lawrence Towneley 1611–1672
      3. 3. Alice Townley 1604–1623
      4. 4. Ellen Townley 1606–1623
      5. 5. Anne Townley 1608–1672
      6. 6. Mary (Markas) Towneley 1614–1674 m. James (Augustine) Miller 1610–1657
        1. 1. Isabel (Isabella Miller, daughter of James I, married John Lewis I and Robert) Yard 1640–1704 m. Major (John II) Lewis 1635–1689
  2. 2. Emma (J) Hunt 1542–
  3. 3. John Hunt 1539–
  4. 4. William Hunt 1547–

SIR HUNT's Timeline

5 Records

1515
26 Mar 1515
Birth of SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT in Belstead, Suffolk, England
Belstead, Suffolk, England
1524
ABT 1524
Age 9
SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT was married In Prob. Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
prob. Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
1534
20 Mar 1534
Age 19
SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT was married in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
1553
1553
Age 38
SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT was married in England
England
1559
Jan 1559
Age 44
Death of SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1515
    Event Place: Belstead, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: ABT 1524
    Event Place: prob. Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1534
    Event Place: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1559
    Event Place: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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