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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 (Pay)

Mother: Isabella Peddler

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.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard (Pay)
1513–1547
Birth Location: Compton, Sussex, England
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Isabella Peddler
1515–1579
Birth Location: Compton, Sussex, england
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Spouses(s)

Constance (Smithe)
1543–1610
Birth Location: Annables Manor, Hertfordshire, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Oxford
1560–1609
Birth Location: Darlaston, Staffordshire, England
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Thomas Pay's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Pay
1538–1601
Birth Place: Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Parents
Richard E Pye (Pay)
1513–1547
Compton, Sussex, England
Isabella ("Bella" Courtenay) Peddler
1515–1579
Compton, Sussex, england
Grandparents
BARTHOLOMEW ((Pay) PYE) II
1490–
Sussex, England
Mary (Jane) Westby
1489–1560
Sussex, England
Sir (Philip of Powerham Lord of Meavy) Courtenay
1469–1514
Powderham, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Seymour
–1552
Wolf Hall (Wiltshire) England
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Bonville
–1476
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Pay's Descendants

1.
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Thomas Pay (1538–1601) m. Constance (Hyde Smythe) (Smithe) (1543–1610)
  1. 1. Thomas (Divinity Pye\Pay chaplain of Merton College,) Oxford 1560–1609
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Pye 1579–1638 m. Robert (Wallace) Watson 1575–1637
      1. 1. John Watson 1616–1650 m. Mary (Margaret) Rockwell 1624–1684 m. Elizabeth Frost 1614–1682
        1. 1. John (Watson) Sr 1653–1702
        2. 2. Sarah Merrill 1636–1687
        3. 3. Mary Watson 1644–1712
        4. 4. Anne Watson 1634–
        5. 5. Dorcus Watson 1639–1707
        6. 6. Margaret Watson 1633–
        7. 7. Captain (Luke) Watson 1635–1707
        8. 8. Alice Watson 1624–1663
        9. 9. John Watson 1637–
        10. 10. John Watson 1636–1730
        11. 11. Susan Watson 1637–
        12. 12. Johanna Watson 1637–

Thomas Pay's Timeline

8 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Thomas Pay in Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Cuckfield, Sussex, England
1558
abt 1558
Age 20
Thomas Pay was married in Compton, Sussex, , England
Compton, Sussex, , England
1558
3 Feb 1558
Age 20
Thomas Pay was married in Compton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Compton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1559
9 Oct 1559
Age 21
Thomas Pay was married in Upmarden,Sussex,England
Upmarden,Sussex,England
1565
3 Feb 1565
Age 27
Thomas Pay was married in Compton, Sussex, England
Compton, Sussex, England
1570
09 Oct 1570
Age 32
Thomas Pay was married
None
1571
1571
Age 33
Thomas Pay was married in Upmarden Susex
Upmarden Susex
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: Marriage
    Event Date: abt 1558
    Event Place: Compton, Sussex, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1558
    Event Place: Compton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 9 Oct 1559
    Event Place: Upmarden,Sussex,England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 3 Feb 1565
    Event Place: Compton, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 09 Oct 1570

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1571
    Event Place: Upmarden Susex

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1601
    Event Place: Cuckfield, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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