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Walter Light 1525–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Radway Grange, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 March 1596

Death Location: Radway, Grange, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Christopher Lyghte)

Mother: Elizabeth Warde

Spouse(s): Ursula Woodford

Children(s): Elizabeth Lyte

Walter Light was born in 1525 in Radway Grange, England, United Kingdom, the child of Christopher Light Lyte Lyghte And Elizabeth Warde. Walter Light married Ursula Woodford, and had children including Elizabeth Light Or Lyte. Walter Light passed away in 1596 in Radway, Grange, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Walter Light was born in 1525 in Radway Grange, England, United Kingdom, the child of Christopher Light Lyte Lyghte And Elizabeth Warde.
  • Walter Light married Ursula Woodford, and had children including Elizabeth Light Or Lyte.
  • Walter Light passed away in 1596 in Radway, Grange, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Walter Light's Ancestors

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Walter Light
1525–1596
Birth Place: Radway Grange, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Christopher Light (Lyte, Lyghte)
1500–1546
Horley,,Oxfordshire,England
Elizabeth Warde
1504–
Pillerton Priors, Warwickshire, England
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Walter Light's Descendants

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Walter Light (1525–16 March 1596) m. Ursula Woodford (1514–16 March 1596)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Light OR) Lyte 1547–1598 m. Robert Washington 1544–1623
    1. 1. Walter Washington 1570–1597 m. Alice (Katherine) Morden 1574–1647
      1. 1. Katherine WASHINGTON 1597–1658 m. Thomas STANTON 1585–1643
        1. 1. Thomas Stanton 1616–1677 m. Ann Lord 1614–1667
        2. 2. Alice (Alicia) Stanton 1618–
        3. 3. Walter Stanton 1617–1677

Walter Light's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Walter Light in Radway Grange, England, United Kingdom
Radway Grange, England, United Kingdom
1596
16 March 1596
Age 71
Death of Walter Light in Radway, Grange, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Radway, Grange, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Radway Grange, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 March 1596
    Event Place: Radway, Grange, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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