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Thomas Pay 1538–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Cuckfield, Sussex, England

Death Date: 1601

Death Location: Cuckfield, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Pye

Mother: Isabella Courtenay

Spouse(s): Constance (Smithe)

Children(s): Thomas Oxford

The story of Thomas Pay began in 1538 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England. Thomas Pay married Constance Hyde Smythe Smithe, and had children including Thomas Divinity Pye Pay Chaplain Of Merton College Oxford. Thomas Pay passed away in 1601 in Cuckfield, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Thomas Pay began in 1538 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England.
  • Thomas Pay married Constance Hyde Smythe Smithe, and had children including Thomas Divinity Pye Pay Chaplain Of Merton College Oxford.
  • Thomas Pay passed away in 1601 in Cuckfield, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Thomas Pay's Ancestors

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Thomas Pay
1538–1601
Birth Place: Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Parents
Richard Pay \ Pye
1513–1547
Compton, Sussex, England
Isabella ("Bella" Peddler \) Courtenay
1515–1579
Compton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
BARTHOLOMEW ((Pay) PYE) II
1490–
Sussex, England
Mary (Jane) Westby
1489–1560
Sussex, England
Sir (Philip Courtenay, III of Powerham, Lord of) Meav
1469–1514
Powderham, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Margaret (Courtenay Carminow) Lady
1502–1540
Powderham, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Pay's Descendants

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Thomas Pay (1538–1601) m. Constance (Hyde Smythe) (Smithe) (1543–21 Jan 1623)
  1. 1. Thomas (Divinity Pye\Pay chaplain of Merton College,) Oxford 1560–1609 m. Lady (Margaret Mytford Codpath Pye) Watson 1551–1605
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Pye 1579–1638
      1. 1. Thomas (Lynne) Watson 1604–1672 m. Joanne Whitcomb –1676
        1. 1. Sarah Watson 1652–1690 m. Peter (Harris) 1679 1620–1679

Thomas Pay's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Thomas Pay in Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Cuckfield, Sussex, England
1601
1601
Age 63
Death of Thomas Pay in Cuckfield, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Cuckfield, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Cuckfield, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1601
    Event Place: Cuckfield, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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