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Thomas Robert Leighton 1578–1671 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1578

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 Jan 1671

Death Location: Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Lord Leighton

Mother: Lady Gerrard-Leighton

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Leighton

Children(s): Thomas Leighton

In 1578, Thomas Robert Leighton entered the world in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Lord Knight Thomas Leighton And Lady Mary Elizabeth Gerrard Leighton. Thomas Robert Leighton married Elizabeth Leighton, and had children including Thomas Leighton. Thomas Robert Leighton passed away in 1671 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1578, Thomas Robert Leighton entered the world in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Lord Knight Thomas Leighton And Lady Mary Elizabeth Gerrard Leighton.
  • Thomas Robert Leighton married Elizabeth Leighton, and had children including Thomas Leighton.
  • Thomas Robert Leighton passed away in 1671 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Leighton
1554–1600
Birth Location: Wattlesborough Castle, Alberbury, Shropshire, England
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Lady Gerrard-Leighton
1556–1626
Birth Location: St James, Garlickhithe, London, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Leighton
1570–1604
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
EL

Children(s)

Thomas Leighton
1604–1672
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Thomas Leighton's Ancestors

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Thomas Leighton
1578–1671
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Knight Thomas Leighton
1554–1600
Wattlesborough Castle, Alberbury, Shropshire, England
Lady (Mary Elizabeth) Gerrard-Leighton
1556–1626
St James, Garlickhithe, London, England
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Edward Leighton) MP
1520–1593
Wattlesborough Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth (Anne) Dayrell
1517–1571
Lillingstone Dayrell (Buckinghamshire) England
Dame (Elizabeth Gresham) Rowe
1538–1622
Chellaston, Devonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Leighton's Descendants

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Thomas (Robert) Leighton (abt 1578–22 Jan 1671) m. Elizabeth Leighton (1570–15 January 1604)
  1. 1. Thomas Leighton 1604–1672 m. Joanna (Hannah Silsbee) Leighton 1606–1703
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Leighton) Cromwell 1646–1712
      1. 1. Elizabeth Small 1672–1738
        1. 1. Margaret (" Sarah " Elizabeth Hooper -) Hardin 1694–1736 m. Major (Benjamin Barnett Hardin) II 1700–1764
    2. 2. Sarah Leighton 1648–1672
    3. 3. Thomas Leighton 1642–1677
    4. 4. Mary (Leighton) Roberts 1636–1708

Thomas Leighton's Timeline

2 Records

1578
abt 1578
Birth of Thomas Robert Leighton in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1671
22 Jan 1671
Age 93
Death of Thomas Robert Leighton in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1578
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ulisheavin, Perth, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1671
    Event Place: Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
    Record Source: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register
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