Elizabeth (Brightman) Alton
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Elizabeth (Brightman) Alton (abt. 1555 - bef. 1638)

Elizabeth Alton formerly Brightman
Born about in Nottinghamshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] in Nottinghamshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 83 in Nottinghamshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Gregory Pedigree (1677)

According to the above pedigree chart,[1] Elizabeth Brightman[2] was the wife of John Alton of Nottingham, physician who died in 1629. They had two children:

  • Elena m. Thomas Bray and
  • George d. 1620 m Maria Hodgson.

George had three children

    • Elizabeth (aet 62 in 1675 (b. c. 1613); m. John Gregory, son of William, grandson of Alicia and Johannes Gregory of Broughton Sulney. John died 1654 in Nottingham.
    • Maria m. Joh. Major
    • Anna m. Henry Roos of Sneynton

Based on their granddaughter's birth about 1613, their sons birth would be estimated about 1583 and John's birth about 1553.

[3]

Research Notes

John and Elizabeth did not have a daughter Alice, who married John Gregory, father of the immigrant Henry Gregory. they were instead contemporaries of John.

Sources

  1. Thoroton, Robert. The antiquities of Nottinghamshire extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger books, other manuscripts, and authentick authorities : beautified with maps, prospects, and portraictures. (London: 1677) [pp 497, 498]
  2. Name : Elizabeth Brightman: Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents [1]
  3. “The Gregory Family.” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 23. 1869. p. 306 Google link Archive link
  • Burial: "Elizabeth Alton widowe 10 Nov. 1638"

Family Trees

  • Janice O'Bryan Byington Byington Web Site: MyHeritage family tree; Family site: Byington Web Site, Family tree: 414523-7 Discovery Media: 414523-7Elizabeth Gregory (born Brightman) Certainty: 3 25 SEP 2018 Added via a Person Discovery




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