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Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West 1555 – 1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 July, 1555

Birth Location: Halnaker, Sussex, England

Death Date: 24 MARCH 1602

Death Location: Wherwell, or Lansium, Hampshire,England or Azores 7/6/1618

Father: Henry Guildford

Mother: Margerye\Margaret? Guildford

Spouse(s): Lady Knollys

Children(s): Col Swann

The story of Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West began in 1555 in Halnaker, Sussex, England. Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West married Lady Anne Knollys, and had children including Col William Swann. Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West passed away in 1602 in Wherwell, or Lansium, Hampshire,England or Azores 7/6/1618.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West began in 1555 in Halnaker, Sussex, England.
  • Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West married Lady Anne Knollys, and had children including Col William Swann.
  • Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West passed away in 1602 in Wherwell, or Lansium, Hampshire,England or Azores 7/6/1618.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Guildford
1528 – 1595
Birth Location: Artcliffe, Kent, England
HG
Margerye\Margaret? Guildford
1512 – 1565
Birth Location: Burham, Kent, England
MG

Spouses(s)

Lady Knollys
1555 – 1608
Birth Location: Stanford, Berkshire, England
LK

Children(s)

Col Swann
1585 – 1638
Birth Location: Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England
CS

Sir West's Ancestors

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Sir West
1555 – 1602
Birth Place: Halnaker, Sussex, England
Parents
Henry West Guildford
1528 – 1595
Artcliffe, Kent, England
Margerye\Margaret? (Mildred Fitzwilliam West) Guildford
1512 – 1565
Burham, Kent, England
Grandparents
Sir (John West) Guildford
1508 – 1565
Biddenden, Kent, England
Lady (Barbara West) Guildford,
1507 – 1570
Offington, Sussex, England
Sir (William) FitzWilliam,
1460 – 1576
Gaynes Park Hall, E. Sussex, England
Mildred (Maud Sackville) West
1482 – 1552
E. Harling, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, / or Withyham, Sussex, England?
Great-Grandparents
George Guildford
1470 – 1534
Lady Mortimer
1472 – 1528
Thomas DELAWARR-KG.
1457 – 1553
Lady COPLEY
1470 – 1536
John Fitzwilliam
Eleanor
2nd-Great-Grandparents
De Mortimer
1485 – 1510
Elizabeth Howard

Sir West's Descendants

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Sir (Knight Lord Thomas Leighton) West (9 July, 1555 – 24 MARCH 1602) m. Lady (Anne) Knollys (19 July 1555 – 30 August 1608)
  1. 1. Col (William) Swann (10 Jul 1585 – 28 Feb 1638) m. Judith (Austin) GREENE (05 Feb 1589 – 16 Sep 1680)
    1. 1. Col (Edward) Swann (1630 – 26 May 1708) m. Susannah Heath (1632 – 1693)
      1. 1. Susannah Swann (1660 – 24 Jul 1740) m. Col (Philip) Briscoe (1648 – 25 Apr 1724)
        1. 1. Susanna Holmes (1694 – 1735) m. John (I) Poston (1685 – 24 May 1744)

Sir West's Timeline

2 Records

1555
9 July, 1555
Birth of Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West in Halnaker, Sussex, England
Halnaker, Sussex, England
1602
24 MARCH 1602
Age 47
Death of Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West in Wherwell, or Lansium, Hampshire,England or Azores 7/6/1618
Wherwell, or Lansium, Hampshire,England or Azores 7/6/1618

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 July, 1555
    Event Place: Halnaker, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 MARCH 1602
    Event Place: Wherwell, or Lansium, Hampshire,England or Azores 7/6/1618
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