Stephenson Family Tree » Roger Leigh (1554-????)

Personal data Roger Leigh 

  • He was born in the year 1554 in Stoneleigh, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • He died.
  • He is buried on June 4, 1614.
  • A child of Thomas Leigh and Alice Barker
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Roger Leigh

He is married to Joan Hunt.

They got married on February 4, 1579 at Rothwell, Yorkshire, England, he was 25 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roger Leigh

Roger Leigh
1460-1522
Alice Trafford
1487-1578
John Richard Barker
1488-1572
Elizabeth AGNES Bestney HILL DE COVERALL
1505-1565
Thomas Leigh
± 1509-1572
Alice Barker
± 1520-1603

Roger Leigh
1554-????

1579

Joan Hunt
1558-????


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Historical events

Day of marriage February 4, 1579

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1579: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
    • February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
    • June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
    • June 26 » Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
    • July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
    • October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.

Day of burial June 4, 1614

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1614: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 5 » In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
    • July 6 » Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
    • August 22 » Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
    • October 11 » The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
    • October 31 » First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London.
    • November 8 » Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.

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