Margaret Leigh, of Walton on the Hill

Margaret Leigh, daughter of Giles Leigh and Catherine Bold, was born about 1516 at Walton on the Hill, Surrey, England. She died 22 June 1558 at Hatfield, Peverell, Essex, England. She married John Allen (1500 - 1545) of Thaxted in 1538; they had eight known children.

Children

1. John Allen (1538 Thaxted, Essex, England - 22 June 1568 Hatfield, Peverell, Essex, England) married Elizabeth Alabaster 1553 Thaxted, Essex, England
2. Giles Allen (born 1540 Hatfield, Peverell, Essex, England)
3. Christopher Allen (born 1542 Hatfield, Peverell, Essex, England)
4. Catherine Allen (born 1544 Thaxted, Essex, England)
5. Elizabeth Allen (born 1546 Thaxted, Essex, England)
6. Agnes Allen (born 1548 Thaxted, Essex, England)

Alternate Information

• Margaret was born about 1516, the elder daughter of Giles Leigh, esq., of Walton Leigh. She married John Alleyne of Thaxted, and they had three sons:
  • John, his heir, who married three times and had sons Edmund and Thomas, and daughters, Elizabeth and Mary;
  • Christopher; and
  • Giles, of Hatfield Peverell, who married Christian West.
• John died on June 22, 1558, and son John succeeded him. No daughters are mentioned in Burke's.
• The "Visitation of Essex" for 1612 shows that John Allen and Margaret had children:

   John, m. Elizabeth Alabaster;

   2nd son Giles, m. Christian West;

   3rd son Christopher; Catherine, m. Thomas Baker of Chesterford;

   Elizabeth, m. Thomas Barneby of Colchester;

   possibly Agnes, m. William Higham. 

• The "Visitation of Essex" for 1634 shows that John Alleyn and Margaret Leigh had a son, "John Alleyn of Hattfeld Peverell." No other children are shown.
  • Marriage Date: ABT 1530; Place: Thaxted, Essex, England

Sources

• Thomas Hawley, William Harvey, Robert Cooke, John Raven (Richmond herald.), George Owen, Henry Lilly, William Berry; Walter Charles Metcalfe, editor. The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634. To which are Added Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from Various Harleian Manuscripts: And an Appendix Containing Berry's Essex Pedigrees, Part 1. Volumes 13-14. the Harleian Society, 1841. Google Books
• John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. 2nd ed. Scott, Webster, and Geary, Google Books

Links

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/x/Janice-M-Maxwell/G...
• https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2014/01/105-alleyn-of-hatfield-... “Descent: Gyles Leigh (fl. mid 16th cent.); to daughter, Margaret Leigh, wife of John Alleyn (d. 1558); to son, John Alleyn (c.1538-72); to son, Edmund Alleyn (1558-1616); to son, Sir Edward Alleyn (c.1586-1638), 1st bt. ....”