Leighton, Anne

1591 - 1628  (~ 36 years)

• Name	Leighton, Anne
  Christened	14 Oct 1591	Hanbury, Worcestershire, England
  Gender	Female
  Buried	19 Sep 1628	Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England
  Person ID	I01334	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 May 2015

  
  

  Family	St. John, Sir John,   b. Abt 1584, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 1648, Battersea, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	09 Jul 1604	St James, Westminster, England   [1]
  Children	1. St. John, Thomas,   d. Jun 1630, England + 2. St. John, Oliver,   b. 9 Feb 1612, England ,   d. Nov 1641, England  (Age 29 years) + 3. St. John, Anna,   c. 5 Nov 1614, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 18 Mar 1695, Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England  (Age ~ 80 years)   4. St. John, John,   b. 24 Mar 1615, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Dec 1643, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age 28 years)   5. St. John, William,   b. 29 Mar 1616, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 2 Feb 1642/43, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 26 years)   6. St. John, Barbara,   c. 15 Feb 1618, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Aft 1638, England  (Age ~ 20 years)   7. St. John, Edward,   b. 26 Feb 1617/18, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 12 Apr 1645, England  (Age 27 years)   8. St. John, Nicholas,   c. 29 Mar 1620, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 18 Apr 1639, England  (Age ~ 19 years) + 9. St. John, Lucia,   b. Jul 1621, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 29 Mar 1658, Great Wishford, Wiltshire, England  (Age ~ 36 years) + 10. St. John, Walter,   b. May 1622, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   bur. 3 Jul 1708, Battersea, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 86 years)   11. St. John, Francis,   b. Jul 1623, England ,   d. 13 Jan 1633, England  (Age ~ 9 years)   12. St. John, Henry,   b. Jul 1628, Of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Sep 1679, Ireland  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Family ID	F00542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Anne Leighton

  
  

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  Day: 19 Month: Sep Year: 1628 Age: 37 Forenames: Anne Surname: ST JOHN Place: Lydiard Tregoze County: Wiltshire Country: England Reference: 105655 Notes: 1st wife of Sir John dau of Thomas LEIGHTON & Elizabeth KNOWLES Lydiard Tregize Church: Near by, on the north wall, at a considerable elevation. Is a monument to another St. John and his lady, dated 1633.^ The figures here of black marble, supporting an arch and entablature, with several figures and armorial bearings. On the entablature is the following inscription : - " D. S. " Johannes St. John Miles et Baronettus, annum agens XLIX um, mortalitatis suae memor H. M. M. P. C. Anno M.D.C.XXXIIII et sibi et Uxoribus suis Annae sc. et Mar- garettag. Anna Filia fuit Th. Leyghton Eq. Auae, ex Eliz. Conjuge Gentis Knowleisae, et Reginae Elizabeth setam virtutis quam cognationis ergo in Deliciis. Vixit annos XXXVII eximiis animi et corporis et gratiae muneribus datata, rarum virtutis et pietatis exemplum ; XIII Liberorum superstitium mater, tandem arumnosis ultimi puerperii agonibus diu confl.ictata et demum victa, fugit in coelum XIII Cal. Octob. M.D.C.XXVIII. - Margaretta Filia fuit Gul. Whitmor, Armig., de Apley, Provinciae Salop. Vivit LVIII um agens annum, virtutis laude spectabilis et bonis operibus intenta ; in istud hujus familiae Requiet- orium, suo tempore (ni aliter ipsa olim statuerit), aggre- ganda." - (Britton's Beauties of Wiltshire.) The inscription reads: “Anne was the daughter of Thomas Leighton, Knight, by his wife Elizabeth of the Knowles family and of the kindred of Queen Elizabeth, as blessed in character as in connection. She lived for thirty seven years, endowed with noble gifts of mind, body, and manner, a rare example of virtue and piety; she was the mother of thirteen surviving children; in the end, long worn down by the painful agonies of her last confinement and at last overcome, she fled to heaven on the 19th September, 1628.”

  
  

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  Details: Boyd's Citation Text: 1604 ST JOHN JN LEIGHTON AN HACKNEY ST JOHN MIDDLE.