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William The Elder Allgar Alger 1506–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jul 1506

Birth Location: Shalford, Essex, England

Death Date: 1597

Death Location: Lindsell, Essex, England

Father: Sir Farm

Mother: Margaret Cowley

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William The Elder Allgar Alger was born in 1506 in Shalford, Essex, England, the child of Sir Robert I Lord Allgar Of Brazenhead Farm And Margaret Cowley. William The Elder Allgar Alger passed away in 1597 in Lindsell, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • William The Elder Allgar Alger was born in 1506 in Shalford, Essex, England, the child of Sir Robert I Lord Allgar Of Brazenhead Farm And Margaret Cowley.
  • William The Elder Allgar Alger passed away in 1597 in Lindsell, Essex, England.

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William Alger's Ancestors

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William Alger
1506–1597
Birth Place: Shalford, Essex, England
Parents
Sir Robert I, Lord Allgar,of Brazenhead Farm
1435–1493
Lindsell, Essex, England
Margaret Cowley
1440–1505
Brasonhead Castel, Lindsell, Essex, England
Grandparents
Sir (William of Lindsell Algore (Alger,) Algar)
1400–1468
Lindsell, Essex, England
Lady (Annella) Lerue
1402–1439
Lindsell, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Robert Martin Cole) Cowley
1420–1480
Cowley Hall, Willingdon, Essex, England
Sarah (Elizabeth) Cox
1420–1478
Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Allgar)
1367–1418
WIFE Algor
1380–1404
John Day
1380–1492
Lady Day
1385–1460
EN Cowley
1380–
COWLEY GGF
1400–
Cox
1400–1431
Elizabeth Chidiock
1404–1464
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Alger's Timeline

2 Records

1506
21 Jul 1506
Birth of William The Elder Allgar Alger in Shalford, Essex, England
Shalford, Essex, England
1597
1597
Age 91
Death of William The Elder Allgar Alger in Lindsell, Essex, England
Lindsell, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1506
    Event Place: Shalford, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1597
    Event Place: Lindsell, Essex, England

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