Robert Leighton (1585 - 1626)

Born 30 Apr 1585 in Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Devereaux) Leighton — married 1605 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1626 at age 40 in Alberbury, Shropshire, England

Biography

Robert Leighton was born in 1585 in Shropshire, England.^[1]

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Biography

Thomas Leighton of Wattlesborough, b. say 1560, who, by his wife, Elizabeth Gerrard, had Robert Leighton of Wattlesborough, , b. say 1590, who died in 1625; married Anne. ^[3] See also:

• Fact: Burial (21 March 1625) Shropshire, England
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Robert Leighton was the son of Thomas Leighton and Elizabeth Gerrard.

He married Anne Devereux, daughter of Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Bt. and Catherine Arden. He died in 1625.

Child of Robert Leighton and Anne Devereux 1. Edward Leighton

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Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave
2. ↑ Wikipedia
3. ↑ Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire, p. 432 London: J. Russell Smith, 1872
4. ↑ The Peerage
5. ↑ "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 January 2023, 00:55), entry for Robert Leighton (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GMSP-1X1 ); contributed by various users.
6. ↑ Thepeerage.com: Robert Leighton Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

Acknowledgements

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