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WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT 1540 – 1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Sandwich, Kent, England

Death Date: 1575

Death Location: Sandwich, Kent, England

Father: Lord Lecht

Mother: Lady None

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Cecilia Light

In 1540, WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT entered the world in Sandwich, Kent, England, born to Lord William Lecht and Lady. WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT had children including Cecilia Light. WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT passed away in 1575 in Sandwich, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1540, WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT entered the world in Sandwich, Kent, England, born to Lord William Lecht and Lady.
  • WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT had children including Cecilia Light.
  • WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT passed away in 1575 in Sandwich, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Lecht
1525 – 1625
Birth Location: Kent, London, England
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Lady None
1507 –
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Cecilia Light
1575 – 1667
Birth Location: Sandwich, Kent, England
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WILLIAM LIGHT's Ancestors

Self
WILLIAM LIGHT
1540 – 1575
Birth Place: Sandwich, Kent, England
Parents
Lord William Lecht
1525 – 1625
Kent, London, England
Lady
1507 –
Grandparents
ELIZABETH WARDE
1504 – 1617
, Warwickshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

WILLIAM LIGHT's Descendants

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WILLIAM (Arthur) LIGHT (1540 – 1575)
  1. 1. Cecilia Light (1575 – 5 Jun 1667) m. William Bassett (1575 – 5 Jun 1667)
    1. 1. Roger Bassett (1598 – 1627)
    2. 2. William Bassett (24 Oct 1600 – 4 Apr 1667) m. Elizabeth (Tilden (Arrived 1621 on the) "Fortune") (1610 – 5 Jun 1667) m. Mary Tilden (1622 – 5 May 1667)
      1. 1. Esther Bassett (1619 – 20 Jan 1710)
      2. 2. Jane Bassett (1622 – )
      3. 3. William Bassett (1624 – 10 Jun 1670)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Bassett (1626 – 1670)
      5. 5. Joseph BASSETT (1629 – 16 Oct 1677)
      6. 6. Esther Bassett (1630 – 10 Sep 1664)
      7. 7. Nathaniel Bassett (1628 – 16 Jan 1709)
      8. 8. Sarah Bassett (5 Apr 1630 – 22 January 1710) m. Peregrine White (1620 – 31 Jul 1704)
      9. 9. Joseph Bassett (1635 – 1713) m. Mary Lapham (1641 – 1 Sep 1676) m. Martha Hobart (6 June 1637 – 14 Mar 1712)
        1. 1. Mary Bassett (1659 – 21 May 1734)
        2. 2. William (III) Bassett (1667 – 13 Apr 1734)
        3. 3. Ruth Bassett (1671 – 1760)
        4. 4. Lydia Bassett (1671 – 6 Apr 1755)
        5. 5. Elnathan Bassett (1672 – 20 Apr 1750) m. Mary Hill
        6. 6. Elizabeth Bassett (1672 – 11 Nov 1724)
        7. 7. Jane Bassett (1673 – 1712)
        8. 8. Jeremiah Bassett (1678 – 29 Jul 1768)
        9. 9. Jeremiah Bassett (1678 – 29 Jul 1768) m. mary felch (1695 – 18 february 1776)
        10. 10. William Bassett (1680 – )
      10. 10. Ruth Bassett (1633 – 26 Mar 1676)
      11. 11. Jane Bassett (1634 – )
      12. 12. Elizabeth Bassett (1650 – )

WILLIAM LIGHT's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT in Sandwich, Kent, England
Sandwich, Kent, England
1575
1575
Age 35
Death of WILLIAM Arthur LIGHT in Sandwich, Kent, England
Sandwich, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930, London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/1699-1705

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England
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