Abt 1561 - Abt 1616 (55 years)
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| Name |
Erasmus Ambrose Smith |
| Title |
Captain |
| Birth |
Abt 1561 |
Withcote, Leicestershire, England  |
| Christening |
Apr 1561 |
Leicestershire, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| FSID |
LT5M-VYM |
| Death |
Abt May 1616 |
Withcote, Leicestershire, England |
| Burial |
13 May 1616 |
Leicestershire, England |
| Person ID |
I8747 |
footsteps |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Father |
Erasmus Smith, Jr., b. Feb 1534, Leicestershire, England d. 30 Aug 1598 (Age 64 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Anne Bydd, b. Abt 1534, Leicestershire, England d. Bef 1586, Leicestershire, England (Age < 51 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Bef 1559 |
| Age at Marriage |
Erasmus was 24 years and 10 months - Anne was ~ 25 years. |
| Family ID |
F6795 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Cecil, b. 1542, Leicestershire, England d. 1611, Leicestershire, England (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Nov 1586 |
Leicestershire, England |
| Age at Marriage |
Erasmus was ~ 25 years and 11 months - Margaret was ~ 44 years and 11 months. |
| Children |
| + | 1. Reverend Henry Smith, b. 1593, Norfolkshire, England d. 9 Aug 1648, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F4489 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2025 |
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| Notes |
- During the 19th century an annual fair was held on 16 October, and a vi llage feast soon after the patronal festival of the parish church, All S aints (1 November). (fn. 42) Local histories have given particular prom inence to the execution of nine women at Leicester in 1616 for bewitchi ng one of the sons of Erasmus Smith (d. 1616) of Husbands Bosworth Hall , (fn. 43) and also to the lighting that struck the parish church on 6 J uly 1755 and caused great damage. (fn. 44)
During the 19th century an annual fair was held on 16 October, and a vi l lage feast soon after the patronal festival of the parish church, All S a ints (1 November). (fn. 42) Local histories have given particular prom i nence to the execution of nine women at Leicester in 1616 for bewitchi n g one of the sons of Erasmus Smith (d. 1616) of Husbands Bosworth Hall , ( fn. 43) and also to the lighting that struck the parish church on 6 J u ly 1755 and caused great damage. (fn. 44)
During the 19th century an annual fair was held on 16 October, and a vi llage feast soon after the patronal festival of the parish church, All S aints (1 November). (fn. 42) Local histories have given particular prom inence to the execution of nin e women at Leicester in 1616 for bewitchi ng one of the sons of Erasmus Smith (d. 1616) of Husbands Bosworth Hall , (fn. 43) and also to the lighting that struck the parish church on 6 J uly 1755 and caused great damage. (fn. 44)
During the 19th century an annual fair was held on 16 October, and a vi l lage feast soon after the patronal festival of the parish church, All S a ints (1 November). (fn. 42) Local histories have given particular prom i nence to the execution o f nine women at Leicester in 1616 for bewitchi n g one of the sons of Erasmus Smith (d. 1616) of Husbands Bosworth Hall , ( fn. 43) and also to the lighting that struck the parish church on 6 J u ly 1755 and caused great damage. (fn. 44)
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