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SIR FRANCIS, MESHACK HUNT 1515 – 1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1515

Birth Location: Belstead, Suffolk, England

Death Date: Jan 1559

Death Location: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England

Father: SIR GERNIGAN\HUNT

Mother: ELIZABETH HUNT

Spouse(s): ELEANOR HUNT, Sarah Roby

Children(s): ELIZABETH (HUNT), JOHN HUNT, EMMA (HUNT), WALTER HUNT, SIR HUNT, William Hunt, LADY WARNER

Born in 1515 in Belstead, Suffolk, England, SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT 17th GGF was the child of SIR JOHN HENRY GERNIGAN\HUNT and ELIZABETH BRIDGET (DRURY) GERNIGAN\ HUNT. In time, SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT 17th GGF married ELEANOR (SPELMAN) GERNIGAN HUNT and Sarah Hunt Roby, and they raised a family that included ELIZABETH (HUNT), JOHN HUNT, EMMA J (HUNT), WALTER HUNT, SIR THOMAS HUNT, William Hunt and LADY MARY MARGARET ANN (HUNT) GERNIGAN MOORE WARNER. SIR FRANCIS MESHACK HUNT 17th GGF died in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England in 1559.

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Parents

SIR GERNIGAN\HUNT
1490 – 1560
Birth Location: Somerleyton Hall, Somerlaytown, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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ELIZABETH HUNT
1501 – 1574
Birth Location: Hawstead, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

ELEANOR HUNT
1515 – 1564
Birth Location: Norborough, Norfolk, England
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Sarah Roby
1520 – 1575
Birth Location: Hoe, Norfolk, England
SR

Children(s)

ELIZABETH (HUNT)
1539 – 1600
Birth Location: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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JOHN HUNT
1540 – 1587
Birth Location: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
JH
EMMA (HUNT)
1542 –
Birth Location: Peckham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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WALTER HUNT
1545 – 1600
Birth Location: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
WH
SIR HUNT
1553 – 1608
Birth Location: Somerlyton Hall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
SH
William Hunt
Birth Location: Peckham, Surrey, England
WH
LADY WARNER
1540 – 1616
Birth Location: Hoe, Norfolk, England -- or -- Peckham, Surrey, England
LW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 26 Mar 1515
    Event Place: Belstead, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: ABT 1524
    Event Place: prob. Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 20 Mar 1534
    Event Place: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1553
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Jan 1559
    Event Place: Somerleyton, Suffolk, England

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