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Eleanor Knight 1594 – 1656 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1594

Birth Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 1656

Death Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Knight

Mother: Elizabeth Wild

Spouse(s): John Bailey

Children(s): James Bailey, John Bayley

1594 marked the beginning of Eleanor Knight's life in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, to parents John Mortimer Knight and Elizabeth Wild. Eventually, Eleanor Knight married John Jacob "Old John" Bailey, and they welcomed James Bailey and John Edward Bayley. Eleanor Knight passed in 1656 at Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

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Parents

John Knight
1541 – 1569
Birth Location: Romsey, Hampshire, England
JK
Elizabeth Wild
1530 – 1570
Birth Location: Romsey, Hampshire, England
EW

Spouses(s)

John Bailey
1572 – 1651
Birth Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
JB

Children(s)

James Bailey
1612 – 1677
Birth Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
JB
John Bayley
1613 – 1696
Birth Location: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
JB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 Nov 1587
    Event Place: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1580
    Event Place: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1580
    Event Place: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1594
    Event Place: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 Oct 1651
    Event Place: Northampton, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1656
    Event Place: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
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