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William Boys 1657–1744 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1657

Birth Location: Canterbury Kent England

Death Date: 4 Aug 1744

Death Location: Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Esq

Mother: Ann Kingsley

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William Boys was born in 1657 in Canterbury Kent England, the child of John Boys Esq And Ann Kingsley. William Boys passed away in 1744 in Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Boys was born in 1657 in Canterbury Kent England, the child of John Boys Esq And Ann Kingsley.
  • William Boys passed away in 1744 in Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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William Boys's Ancestors

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William Boys
1657–1744
Birth Place: Canterbury Kent England
Parents
John Boys Esq
1614–1661
Kent, England
Ann Kingsley
1631–1712
Canterbury, Kent, England
Grandparents
John Boys
1591–1661
Canterbury, Kent, England
Marie ('Mary') Fotherbye
1592–
Of, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Boys
1549–1625
Sarah Rogers
1570–1602
Martin Bishop
1572–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Boyse
1526–1599
Christiana Searles
1531–1587
Richard Dean
1532–1597
Anne Digges
1540–1613

William Boys's Timeline

4 Records

1657
1657
Birth of William Boys in Canterbury Kent England
Canterbury Kent England
1657
22 Sep 1657
William Boys was baptized in Cathedral,Canterbury,Kent,England
Cathedral,Canterbury,Kent,England
1678
16 Mar 1678
Age 21
William Boys was baptized in Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, England
Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, England
1744
4 Aug 1744
Age 87
Death of William Boys in Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1657
    Event Place: Canterbury Kent England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1657
    Event Place: Cathedral,Canterbury,Kent,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1678
    Event Place: Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Aug 1744
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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